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What F8 2017 Means for Mass Market Adoption of Immersive Technologies

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More than 4,000 people attended the event at the McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, California, and more than 3 million worldwide watched the keynote via Facebook Live. Augmented Reality. This year, the star of the show was Augmented Reality. Zuck is doing the same thing with Augmented Reality.

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8th Wall and COFFEE Bring a WebAR Christmas to Westfield Shopping Centers

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While gathering restrictions are still in place for most people, COVID can’t stop Christmas, and augmented reality is here to help save it. We are excited to partner with Westfield to help drive shoppers to their centers for a fun, interactive augmented reality experience with special offers during this holiday season.”.

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The 5 most important XR-related pieces of news from Google I/O 2023

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This has been revealed months ago, and in particular, it is well known that Google should work on the operating system (an immersive version of Android), Qualcomm on the chipset, and Samsung on the device itself. The idea of the project is to make remote meetings more realistic, natural, immersive, and break the dullness of Zoom meetings.

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Gaming-Themed Atari Hotels Will Include VR And AR Entertainment

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According to the release, the goal of these Atari Hotels is to merge retro gaming with modern immersive entertainment to offer guests a one-of-a-kind gaming-focused travel destination; this includes modern interactive entertainment powered by VR and AR. . A render of the potential Atari Hotel design / Image Credit: Atari Inc.

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No Headset? A VR Space Like Star Trek’s “Holodeck” May Soon Become Reality

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San Jose holographic display startup Light Field Lab and LA graphics company OTOY , which focuses on cloud-based high-end graphics, have officially announced a partnership that is “making the Star Trek Holodeck a reality” according to a recent press release.

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Adobe To Launch AR Features ‘As Fast As We Can,’ Exec Says

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On the other hand, VR cuts you off from your visual surroundings to completely immerse you in an app or film. Between 360 video, virtual reality, and augmented reality, I think augmented reality has much bigger opportunities,” Asher said. “It’s not as bulky. .”

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zSpace to Demo VR/AR Learning Tools at ACTE Careertech Vision Event

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Immersive education solutions firm zSpace has unveiled fresh updates to its Career and Technical Education (CTE) and workforce applications. ” Doing so will exhibit the San Jose, California-based company’s pledge to empower and transform education systems worldwide. .”

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