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Austin’s Rapidly Growing VR Community

VRScout

Does Austin have the largest VR community outside of Los Angeles? I was familiar with Austin, Texas because of SXSW — having attended with my previous employer, Emblematic Group. The VR community in Austin was a bit of a late bloomer compared to other cities. All the tangibles, however, were there.

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A Look at the AWE Agenda for This Year

ARPost

Also, the founder and managing partner of AR funding group Super Ventures , Inbar’s talks are always full of insight, passion, and a few laughs. Also, Athena Demos of Big Rock Creative (the group that brings Burning Man to AltspaceVR ) presents “Principles in the Metaverse (Multiverse).”. The Day-One Main Stage Marathon. Autodesk Inc.

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Spatial Beats: Perseverance XR, Rebecca Minkoff & 3D Maps

AR Insider

Realworld is based on the Microsoft version of Google Earth. Meow Wolf’s Omega Mart is an immersive art experience with over 50 collaborating visual and musical artists and artist groups from all over the world. Recent advances in technology have renewed interest in space, and given humanity hope in the midst of a pandemic.

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Vancouver Emerging As Top Five VR and AR Hub

VRScout

Marco DeMiroz is a co-founder and general partner of the Venture Reality Fund , an XR venture capitalist group based in the Bay Area. Seattle, and Austin. Seattle, or Portland, because you’re going up against giants like Google or Microsoft. That expertise is beginning to pique the interest of Silicon Valley investors.

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Maritime Club celebrates 10th anniversary

Hypergrid Business

This is in addition to using mainstream media including social media pages like Facebook and Google Plus since it is where most people get information. “OpenSim-specific channels like www.opensimworld.com and the in-world groups are important and make it easy to join your group via a clickable poster in-world,” he said.

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GamesBeat Summit Conversations On The Metaverse, AR’s Future, and Hollywood Envy

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

co-creator John Hanke of Niantic Labs; Minority Report science adviser and Oblong Industries CEO John Underkoffler; and AR glasses maker and Osterhout Design Group CEO Ralph Osterhout. There wasn’t any group that was spared by it. All three of them said they were die-hard sci-fi fans. We all need our Klingons, our speaker suggested.

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2014: A Year in Virtual Superlatives

Leapmotion

While in the neighborhood filming Takei’s Take in Austin, the incomparable George Takei swung by the studio to try Shark Punch – an underwater virtual reality experience that enables you to, well, you get the idea. While we love to chart new territory, the monthly SFHTML5 meetup at Google SF holds a special place in our hearts.