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Niantic Launches Harry Potter Wizards Unite as Beta in Australia & New Zealand

Next Reality AR

The long-awaited augmented reality game based on the Harry Potter franchise from Pokémon GO masterminds Niantic is closer to release, as the developer has begun public beta testing of the app. The land down under joins New Zealand (who gained access to the beta on April 16), as the lucky guinea pigs for the location-based game.

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Caterpillar Is Using AR To Connect Workers And Maintenance Support

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The presence of mixed reality in industries outside of entertainment is constantly growing. With augmented reality specifically, we recently reported on an intriguing way an elevator company was equipping their technicians with HoloLens to make their work a great deal safer and more efficient.

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How Immersive Technology Is Advancing Healthcare

ARPost

Virtual and augmented reality technology have both been responsible for particular advancements in the healthcare industry, and not just in medicine. This is clearly because no one is going to put their hand up to be the guinea pig. This is where immersive technology is really having its moment to shine.

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This Guy Is Spending A Full Week In VR, For Science

VRScout

Jak Wilmot, a content producer specializing in VR, has been pondering this exact question himself; so much so that the brave virtual reality enthusiast is livestreaming the effects of prolonged exposure to VR during an experiment in which he spends a full week (168 hours) immersed inside a headset.

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Hands-on: Mojo Vision’s Smart Contact Lens is Further Along Than You Might Think

Road to VR

And while the Mojo Vision smart contact lens is still much thicker than your typical contact lens, last week the company demonstrated this prototype can work in an actual human eye, using Mojo Vision CEO Drew Perkins as the guinea pig. Image courtesy Mojo Vision.

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Distorting Virtual Reality

Tech Trends VR

Watching it in the new Oculus Go I really enjoyed the intimacy of the scenes, where you felt really up-close and personal with the actors.

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EON Reality Launches 10,000 Courses in Guinea, Revolutionizing Education with AI and XR Technologies

EON Reality

Guinea’s First Spatial AI Center Sets Stage for Future-Proof Education via AI and XR IRVINE, CA, APRIL 19, 2024 – EON Reality, a trailblazer in educational technology integrating augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR), proudly unveils a major educational stride in Guinea.

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