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The Official US Civil Rights Trail Book Adds AR Experience to Engage the Young Generations

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To accompany the project, there’s also a book, and its latest edition includes a special feature to attract younger generations. Readers will find QR codes throughout the book, and each code launches an AR experience that focuses on key moments and prominent figures involved in the fight for civil rights. How the AR Experience Works.

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#BookTok rejoice: TikTok launches official Book Club

Mashable VR

The social media giant is well aware of this popularity, seizing upon that long-embedded love for literature with by launching an official book club on the platform. The TikTok Book Club will be open to everyone, much like #BookTok is, but with an organized structure.

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Book Review: Experience on Demand

Tech Trends VR

Its author – Professor Jeremy Bailenson – is the Director of Stanford University’s Virtual Human Interaction Lab, and one of the world’s greatest authorities on Virtual Reality, yet this doesn’t come across as an academic book. Bailenson's book places VR within a broader social context Click To Tweet.

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Where to access banned books

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Across the United States, efforts to ban books skyrocketed to unprecedented levels in 2021. A startling number — 729 — of materials were challenged last year, according to the American Library Association , with most of the targeted books featuring Black or LGBTQ characters.

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Horizon Worlds VR Metaverse Coming To Web & Mobile

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Meta this week announced that it has given a select group of users the ability to grow and moderate their own communities by creating “members-only worlds.” ” These closed spaces feature exclusive VR content accessible by a hand-picked group of Horizon Worlds users.

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A centuries-old secret society is hanging out in Facebook groups

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Make a Facebook group. In the early 17th century, the first bits of Rosicrucianism began popping up in the form of anonymous pamphlets in Germany, which claimed that a group of people were secretly working to transform European politics and religion. While many of the Facebook groups are private, members can join any of them.

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AR Technology Takes Darts To The Next Level

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Groups of up to six can reserve their own private oche (the term used to describe the throw line in darts) complete with comfortable lounge chairs and other retro decor inspired by the Roaring Twenties. For those lucky enough to find themselves in the Darlinghurst area, bookings for La Di Darts are available now at ladidarts.com.au.