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

XR Today - Virtual Reality

The report, which analyzed the economic forecast of Metaverse services across the US, Canada, the Middle East, North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Turkey, and Asia, found that the Metaverse could have a significant impact on a variety of industries, including retail, manufacturing, education, and healthcare. Metaverse to Contribute 2.8%

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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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Investors Poured a Record $2 Billion into VR/AR in 2017, But Early Stage Funding Slowed

Road to VR

Each year, Greenlight Insights compiles and qualifies data from private and public sources across North America, Europe, and Asia in order to assess the global venture funding landscape surrounding the VR/AR industry.

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“AWE Nite: The State of Global XR Market” Highlights and Takeaways

ARPost

AWE Nite Asia returned live after a two-year hiatus to discuss the State of the Global XR Market. The panel discussion was moderated by the President of Sunrise International President and AWE Asia , Gavin Newton-Tanzer. Adoption and Resistance.

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

VRScout

Thankfully, however, the data Niantic collected from Ingress’s short-lived years wasn’t wasted as it’s now being used for Niantic’s upcoming Harry Potter: Wizards Unite AR game. Ingress, at the time was considered merely a ‘proof of concept’, quietly fell to the wayside.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.08.15): NVIDIA makes many announcements at SIGGRAPH, new leaks on Apple and Pico, and more!

The Ghost Howls

The next features to be added are support for international character sets, geospatial coordinates, and real-time streaming of IoT data. New connectors are in development and finally also popular software like Unity and Blender will be able to connect with Omniverse. Tools to supercharge graphics workflows with machine learning.

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VR in 2016: HTC’s $799 Vive Brings Belief To VR Skeptics

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

Developers are charging for simple VR rollercoasters built from the Unity asset store, or quickly hashing together ‘[Insert Sport/Activity Name Here] VR’ tech demos that lack industry-standard features such as multiplayer. Asia, Alliances, and Accelerators. In an ideal world, every developer releases their game with ease.

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