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#1344: “Turbulence: Jamais Vu” Wins IDFA DocLab Immersive Non-Fiction Award with Embodied Mixed Reality Doc on Depersonalization & Derealization

Voices of VR

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#1328: Kickoff of IDFA DocLab 2023 Coverage: “Natalie’s Trifecta” is a Virtual Tour of Natalie Paneng’s Digital Art, Identity, & Imagination

Voices of VR

Music: Fatality

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6 AR trends to watch in 2020

ARVR

In 2016 the immersive technology was globally used through the app Pokemon GO. Big names such as Apple, Microsoft, Facebook and Google are rapidly developing the technology, making it accessible to many industries. Apple and Google played big roles in this. In 2019, Google brought Glass Enterprise Edition 2 on the market.

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Augmented Reality Top 8 of 2018

VRScout

Notable Women, by former Treasurer of the United States Rosie Rios, Google Creative Lab, and Nexus Studios. The NYT AR piece on the cave rescue was an excellent application of the medium,” said Jon Wiley, Director Google AR VR. “My Graham Roberts is the director of immersive platforms storytelling at NYT. “We

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Reuniting Undocumented Immigrant Families with VR

VRScout

Family and friends from these immigrants’ home countries make tailored VR tours of homes, old neighborhoods, and messages from family members in immersive snippets called “VR Postcards.” “Immigration is its own silo of politics…the mix of tech and immigration, it’s something we haven’t seen before.”

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The XR Week Peek (2021.01.25): Facebook plans “a big shift” in privacy, Apple VR headset rumored, and more!

The Ghost Howls

More info (Use Google Translate). The decision comes after the dismissal of Google Poly, a service deeply used by Wave, which would require the company to invest time and money to find and integrate a substitute. Brazilian startup Mespper has just expanded its ecosystem that runs across Brazil and China. Some news on content.

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Christopher Lafayette: Let’s build together an inclusive XR community

The Ghost Howls

I want companies to hire people that look like me that come from cities countries like east Oakland, Baltimore, Compton, Atlanta, Brazil, Detroit, Brooklyn, Nairobi, Zimbabwe, Johannesburg, New Orleans, and more. Have you ever walked into a crowded building and no one looked like you?