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Mexico Celebrates First VR Festival in Latin America

VRScout

Mattel used the event to unveil its VR View-Master in Mexico, while Samsung and Unity were also some of the event’s main sponsors. Nicolas Alcalá, a well known VR pioneer who crowdfunded his first film project, The Cosmonaut by raising over $500,000 from 5,000 people, also took the stage.

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Alejandro Inarritu and Legendary are Creating a VR Short Film

VRScout

The ILMxLAB created world will immerse you in a border crossing journey between Mexico and the United States. Alejandro Inarritu is taking a big step into the world of virtual reality. The VR short film will follow a group of immigrants and refugees crossing the border between Mexico and the United States.

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Putting AR into Art

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Artivive supply a flexible tool for museums and artists which essentially allows them to integrate Augmented Reality into their existing content with minimal fuss. Artivive supply a flexible tool for museums and artists which allows them to integrate Augmented Reality into their existing content Click To Tweet.

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Spatial Beats: Zoom, Looking Glass & AR Funding

AR Insider

The XR section of the venerated New York film festival introduced its offering on Tuesday: a mix of VR in the Museum of Other Realities, some limited in-person events at the Tribeca Hub downtown, and location-based mobile AR experiences around New York. Proximie raises $38m for augmented reality surgery. Smartphones.

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The hey I got food poisoning and could not make it to Augmented World Expo today. Here is a list of the fun things going on.

Cats and VR

AWE (Augmented World Expo), the largest and longest running conference and expo dedicated to augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR), officially opened its exhibition doors today to kick off the biggest event in the event’s 8-year history. The expansion takes AWE from the U.S., www.ciear.ca. www.massless.io