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Unity Technologies Hosting Vision VR/AR Summit Asia in Beijing

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Building on the momentum set into motion by the inaugural event, Unity Technologies is hosting Vision VR/AR Summit Asia in Beijing. Unity revealed that representatives from Google, Samsung Gear VR, PTC Vuforia, Sony PlayStation VR, and Microsoft HoloLens will be on hand to discuss new developments in their individual technologies.

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What is the Market Growth of Virtual Reality

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Applications like Zoom and Microsoft Teams grew massively following the demand for video conferencing software during the COVID-19 pandemic. Reacting to the worldwide epidemic, many companies quickly adopted video conferencing tools to enable efficient remote operations. The device also serves as an enterprise and education tool.

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Korean 3D spatial data tool startup Urbanbase closes $11.1M Series B+ round

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The latest funding will be used for enhancing its B2B SaaS, investing in R&D for advanced virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR) and 3D tools, which are considered core technologies of metaverse that is its new business Urbanbase plans to enter, according to Ha. The company had raised Series A funding of $1.8

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EON Reality Joins Axelrod for UAE Knowledge Metaverse

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Extended reality education firm EON Reality Inc announced on Sunday its partnership with Axelrod Holdings to launch its EON Metaverse Builder platform in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Asia-Pacific.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.12.13): Upload Winter Showcase had many VR announcements, Pico prepares for the holidays, and more!

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What was expected but still not announced is that the FTC is also trying to prevent Microsoft from acquiring Activision Blizzard. This acquisition could give too much power to Microsoft and it could damage the customers by making all Blizzard games exclusive to Microsoft platforms, so the FTC is trying to prevent it.

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Apple Drops Pegatron, Picks Luxshare for MR Headset

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Citing five anonymous sources familiar with the situation, the Nikkei Asia report revealed that the former Pegatron facility would host Luxshare’s AR manufacturing facility. However, the firm withdrew from Apple’s AR headset development to focus on automotive tools and servers.

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Tech Giants Prime AR’s Headworn Era

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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. Microsoft announced its augmented reality headset, Hololens, in 2015, and released the first version in 2016.