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Northeastern Bomber Targeted Virtual Reality Club on Campus: Report

GizModo VR

Police discovered a note railing against virtual reality and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on the scene of a package explosion at Northeastern University in Boston on Tuesday night, according to CBS Boston. An unnamed 45-year-old man at the university suffered “minor hand injuries” from the explosion and a second package… Read more.

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Meta, IBM Rally XR Community for Global AI Alliance

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Also, institutions like Cornell University, Imperial College London, Boston University and Harvard University’s MOC Alliance, University of California Berkeley, University of Notre Dame, University of Illinois, University of Tokyo, Yale University and many more have joined the alliance.

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Report: Interfaces will use voice, gesture, and other inputs

Hypergrid Business

Press release: Voice Control, Gesture Control, and See-through Displays Are Top Electronic User Interface Innovations BOSTON, MA – With Apple, Google, and Microsoft sharpening their focus on electronic user interfaces, voice control, gesture control,...

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How Can Brands Jumpstart Sales with AR? Part II

AR Insider

This can be valuable in optimizing campaigns through targeted advertising, and “retargeting” services like Facebook Pixel, Google Ads, landing pages, or wish lists. A study from Boston Consulting Group found that 9/10 brands are using, or plan to use, AR in their marketing. Does AR Really Boost eCommerce Conversions?

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VR Reader

ARVR

Furthermore, my involvement is primarily confined to one particular social VR platform, AltspaceVR, owned by Microsoft, making most of my experience the product of a niche within a niche within a niche. Microsoft has been very active in this area for years and their video on the history of flight simulation is a good introduction.

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How Will AR Transform Advertising?

AR Insider

While not swapping anything out, Google is attempting to make the world an ad through its visual search app–Google Lens. Microsoft Capture Studio is offering such services scanning celebrities and performers for entertainment and education purposes. Just imagine a world where Siri, Alexa and Google Assistant have bodies.

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Retraining for a Post-Retirement World with VRVoice’s Bob Fine

XR for Business Podcast

I just went to PAX East on Friday, up in Boston. One of the things that was demoed there, there was a presentation from Microsoft about the new Hololens 2. Microsoft with their Hololens 2, they’ve actually moved their Hololens from the devices division of the company to Azure, which is their cloud computing. Really simple.