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Big XR News from Meta, Google, Unity, T-Mobile, KPMG

XR Today - Virtual Reality

Meanwhile, major technology firms Google and T-Mobile contributed further to the XR landscape with some significant project partnerships. trillion in Asia, and $20-38 billion in the KSA by 2035. The platform uses ARCore and Photorealistic 3D Tiles from the Google Maps Platform to provide a hyperrealistic 3D worldview.

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VRARA Holds Annual Education Forum

ARPost

The event was attended by representatives from over 70 universities in the United States, Europe, and Asia, and was attended by representatives from dozens of companies providing VR and AR education solutions. Accessibility in terms of cost and learning curve were recurring themes, as were immersion, and data and security.

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Google’s AR/VR Team Just Keeps Growing

Road to VR

Google first started its venture into virtual reality with Google Cardboard back in 2014. A look at the company’s job listings so far this year reveals Google’s expanding commitment and investment in VR and AR. Google is continuing to grow its AR and VR teams and shows no signs of stopping any time soon.

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Niantic’s ‘Ingress Prime’ Brings A Sci-fi Twist To Location-Based AR Gaming

VRScout

Using OpenStreetMap alongside Google Maps, the app revealed a secret digital battlefield that existed over the real-world, allowing a small, but dedicated community of players to duke it out in digital turf wars. Ingress Prime is available now on the Apple App Store and on Google Play. Image Credit: Niantic .

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Tech Giants Prime AR’s Headworn Era

AR Insider

All the big tech players — Microsoft, Google, Facebook, and Amazon — are in the game as well. Apple’s working on solving this problem, too, according to a report in Nikkei Asia. Google was the first major technology company to release a head-worn computer when it introduced Google Glass in 2013.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.02.15): Facebook keeps working on its masterplan, WebXR arrives on iOS, and more!

The Ghost Howls

If you remember well, there’s a scary leaked letter of Mark Zuckerberg where he claims that he doesn’t want to just make programs that run on Android, because they’re subject to the rules of another company (Google). More info (News on The Verge) More info (Original News on Nikkei Asia) More info (A cool render of the Apple XR glasses).

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Forecast: VR Market Will Reach $162 Billion by 2020

VRScout

According to research from the International Data Corporation (IDC), worldwide revenues for the augmented reality and virtual reality (AR/VR) market is forecast to grow from $5.2 The US, Western Europe, and Asia Pacific (excluding Japan) are projected to account for three-quarters of revenue for VR and AR.