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Meta Quest 2 & Quest Pro VR Headsets Get Price Cuts

VRScout

Beginning March 5th, 2023, the 256GB Quest 2 will be available for $429.99 (previously $499.99) in the US, Canada, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, and the UK. For more information check out the full blog post here.

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Facebook Bans News in Australia and I Feel Fine

GizModo VR

As lawmakers in Australia continue to insist on moving forward with legislation to force Facebook to pay publishers for the right to link to their stories, the social network has decided to block users in the country from sharing or viewing news articles on its platform. Read more.

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Australia and New Zealand: Southern Hemisphere’s Paradise

AUGray

Australia and New Zealand are considered to be heaven on earth for people on the other side of the world. Now that we’ve covered one major aspect of Australia and New Zealand, let us see another. Tourism: In 2018 and 2019, over 9 million visitors visited Australia and New Zealand every year. Guess what it is? Yes, you are right!

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Microsoft Wants U.S. to Adopt Internet Rules From Australia That Google Hates

GizModo VR

government to adopt media rules that would force big tech companies to share profits with newspapers when they link to news content, according to a new blog post by Microsoft president Brad Smith. Microsoft would like the U.S. And the entire concept is controversial, to say the least. Read more.

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Zac Duff (JigSpace) on Embodied Cognition and Leveraging AI + Spatial Computing to Transform Communication

The AR Show

He studied game design in Australia before working in the games industry and beginning to teach digital art and game design. Blog Post: [JigSpace is in the driver’s seat]([link] from the Apple Developer Blog. Blog Post: [JigSpace is in the driver’s seat]([link] from the Apple Developer Blog.

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Google Must Pay Politician Over 'Defamatory' Videos Uploaded by User in Australia

GizModo VR

An Australian Court announced Monday that Google will need to pay $515,000 for refusing to remove two YouTube videos about John Barilaro, the former New South Wales state deputy premier. Despite those damages being a small drop in the bucket for Google and its owner Alphabet, it may be a canary in a coal mine for how… Read more.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.08.15): Samsung XR prototype leaked, Meta 2024 glasses are only for internal use, and more!

The Ghost Howls

More info In Australia, there is a zoo made only of holograms I’ve found this news quite interesting: in Brisbane, Australia , the company Axiom Holographics has built a full zoo where there is no real animal, but just holograms of them. Almalence plans to license this technology to headsets manufacturers.

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