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PSA: You Don’t Need Xbox Game Pass to Play ‘Fortnite’ for Free on Quest

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Microsoft says you’ll need a high-speed internet connection, with best performance at rates of 20 Mbps and 5Ghz WiFi or mobile data connection. Keep in mind: we’re talking about traditional flatscreen Xbox games played on a virtual screen.

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Epic Games Awarded Grants to 31 XR Projects in 2021 Through the $100M MegaGrants Fund

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Research Center for Molecular Medicine (CeMM) – DataDiVR Interactive Data Analytics Platform (Austria). ONMOTIO – Immersive Technical Training in Inhospitable or Dangerous Zones Using VR (Canada). Tribe XR – DJ in VR (United States).

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How to Build a Location-Based AR Application

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Such applications use GPS data and digital compass, a combination that works pretty accurately, to determine one’s device location as well as its position. The location-based AR apps then send queries to the device’s sensors and decide whether they should add the virtual object based on the acquired data. Resolve the data question.

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Microsoft to Expand HoloLens Availability to 29 More European Markets in December

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HoloLens is currently only officially available in Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. image courtesy Microsoft. image courtesy Microsoft.

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HoloLight Earns $12m in Funding amid XR Streaming Push

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Spatial Computing and Industrial XR Streaming As XR adoption rapidly increases across immersive enterprise sectors , companies are challenged with tackling computing, security, and data concerns. For Hololight, the company has worked tirelessly on creating the streaming technologies supporting its platform.

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Choosing the Right AR SDK: Mobile AR App Development Toolkit for 2020

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This lets you use 3D models and CAD data to set up trackers since they’re the perfect reference for physical 3D objects. Data size, sensitivity, and speed can be adjusted to suit the needs of your AR project. Based in Salzburg, Austria, Wikitude was founded in 2008. So, the app has entire functionality when it is offline.

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Meta makes fundraising easier ahead of Earth Day

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Starting this month, the center will highlight climate action steps for individuals and add new data visualizations for country-specific emission levels. Instagram users can choose from more than a million registered charities in the app when using the Reels fundraising tool, and all funds go directly to the nonprofit selected.