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Discovery and Google Announce VR Travel Series ‘Discovery TRVLR’, First of 38 Episodes to Arrive in November

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Discovery and Google today announced the launch of a new 38-episode VR video series called Discovery TRVLR, a product of both Discovery and Google’s internal VR teams. Saschka Unseld, Emmy Award-winner and creative director at the now defunct Oculus Story Studio , is Creative Producer for the series.

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8i Lands $27M in Series B Funding and Reveals Tango-powered Mixed Reality App ‘Holo’

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Volumetric video specialists 8i have announced their latest series B funding round has netted them a further $27 while also unveiling Holo, a mixed reality video app, powered by Google’s Tango technology. SEE ALSO Asus 'ZenFone AR' Google Tango, Daydream VR Phone Launched, Specs Revealed.

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Our First Look At Microsoft HoloLens 2

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One of the more surprising announcements during the presentation, Spatial Anchors serve as a way to share three-dimensional images compatible with Apple’s ARKit as well as Google’s ARCore. To do that, it had to pass the basic impact tests from several protective eyewear standards used in North America and Europe.

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Oculus Deploys New Age Rating System for VR Content

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By March 1st 2017, every title in the Oculus Store will be assigned through the International Age Rating Coalition (IARC) rating process. The Oculus Store adds to the list of participating storefronts, which includes Google Play, the Nintendo eShop and the Windows Store. Oculus Home is the company’s VR content storefront.

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Crytek-Incubated ‘VR First’ Program to Double Number of Academic VR/AR Labs in 2017

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With currently 26 labs operating in the United States, Europe, Asia and Oceania, VR First is bringing the number to 40 labs by the end of year. North Metropolitan TAFE, Australia. image courtesy VR First. image courtesy VR First. Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. Middle East Technical University, Turkey. Purdue University, USA.

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Top 50 Asian Virtual Reality-Augmented Reality Leaders,Evangelists, Investors & Influencers

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Pradeep has been a leader for IBM GBS Australia and New Zealand (A/NZ), He has over 30 years of executive & management experience across a number of industries. He is an Adjunct Professor/Visiting Faculty at number of institutions in Australia, Singapore & India. The company was later acquired by Google in 2010.