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BFI London Film Festival Announces Showcase for Immersive Media

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Last week, the British Film Institute announced that this year’s London Film Festival will be offered virtually, including a dedicated showcase for immersive media. LFF Expanded includes ten interactive works, eleven 360-degree films, and one augmented reality installation. The “Expanded Strand”.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.08.02): Facebook creates Metaverse group and prepares to launch its smartglasses, and more!

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Facebook Reality Labs creates a group focused on working on the “metaverse”. Zuckerberg said last week that he wants in 5 years Facebook to become a “metaverse company” and this week he started taking action in this sense: he has created a group in the company focused on “building the metaverse”. (Image by Facebook).

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AR Brings Dungeons & Dragons To Life IRL

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The new Dungeons & Dragons film is getting rave reviews from both critics and audiences and ARcana , a new augmented reality (AR) powered D&D experience, is coming soon to smartphones and tablets. That said, it isn’t all bad news for tabletop players.

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Augmented Reality May Be The Future, But It Still Has Major Limitations

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Augmented reality may be the future of games, but there are some huge problems that stand in its way. They are all unabashed fans of science fiction, and yet they have to deal with the realities of where technology is. Osterhout is a developer, designer and entrepreneur.

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Samsung XR and EarthX Debut Environmentally-focused 360 Short Films

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Samsung has partnered with EarthX to debut a dozen immersive short films on the Samsung XR video platform from environmentally-focused filmmakers. This week the platform is adding new section of environmentally-focused 360 short films in partnership with EarthXR, the interactive arm of EarthX, an environmental non-profit. Valen’s Reef.

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WiiT: From Social Media Group to Non-Profit for Gender Equality in XR

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From a social media group to a non-profit organization fighting for equal rights: this is the story of Women in Immersive Technologies (WiiT). This new organization founded by a group of women working in the extended reality field wants to promote gender equality in the industry. In May 2016, they created a Facebook group.

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Cannes XR Virtual Exhibit Offers Insightful Panels On VR

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The legendary film festival goes virtual to deliver a series of live talks featuring some of the biggest names in the XR industry. Festival-goers can purchase a ticket to access a collection of genre-defying art via the Museum of Other Realities , a virtual exhibition space accessible via PC VR headsets. Tickets begin at $14.99.

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