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The Knight Foundation launches $750,000 initiative for immersive technology for the arts

TechCrunch VR

Knight Foundation is looking for pitches on how to enhance and augment traditional creative arts through immersive technologies. We’ve seen how immersive technologies can reach new audiences and engage existing audiences in new ways,” said Chris Barr, director for arts and technology innovation at Knight Foundation, in a statement.

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Spatial raises $14M more for a holographic 3D workspace app, a VR/AR version of Zoom or Hangouts

TechCrunch VR

Niche in consumer, however, can speak to major opportunity in enterprise, and that is where Spatial is operating, with technology that it has built to be interoperable with any headset or AR glasses — currently including Microsoft HoloLens, Oculus Quest, Magic Leap One, Qualcomm XR2 or an Android/iPhone mobile device — or even a basic PC, (..)

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Apple and Snap partner JigSpace, the ‘Canva for 3D,’ raises a $4.7M Series A

TechCrunch VR

He referenced products like Microsoft Powerpoint and Canva , which make it easy for the average user to create presentations and graphics that communicate their ideas. . “Right at the center of it is knowledge transfer. It’s about one person giving knowledge to another person in a really effective way,” Duff told TechCrunch.

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AR will mean dystopia if we don’t act today

TechCrunch VR

Like web crawlers, it will be hard to force this on devices, but like with cookies and many ad-tracking technologies, people should at least be able to tell devices what they want and hopefully market forces or future innovations can require platforms to respect it.

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Getting Fit with a VR Toolkit, and Other XR Tips with VRd?j?’s Michael Eichenseer

XR for Business Podcast

XR is no different, and VRdōjō founder Michael Eichenseer runs Alan through a few of the cardiovascular benefits to the technology. Everybody’s getting this interest in, “what can this technology do for my business? I worked at their technology headquarters, and we did technology training for the employees.

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Getting Fit with a VR Toolkit, and Other XR Tips with VRd?j?’s Michael Eichenseer

XR for Business Podcast

founder Michael Eichenseer runs Alan through a few of the cardiovascular benefits to the technology. Everybody’s getting this interest in, “what can this technology do for my business? Personally, I think there’s no facet of human communication that we won’t be touched by these technologies. Michael: Yep.

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Getting Fit with a VR Toolkit, and Other XR Tips with VRd?j?'s Michael Eichenseer

XR for Business Podcast

founder Michael Eichenseer runs Alan through a few of the cardiovascular benefits to the technology. Everybody's getting this interest in, "what can this technology do for my business? Personally, I think there's no facet of human communication that we won't be touched by these technologies. XR is no different, and VRd?j?

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