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Oculus Is Bringing Free-To-Use VR To 90 California State Libraries

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The pioneering company continues its crusade of spreading VR by donating 100 headsets for educational purposes. Now the Facebook subsidiary is focusing on making virtual reality more accessible than ever by bringing their Oculus Rift headsets to public libraries across California all for the low cost of $0.00.

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VR STEM Tools Heading To California & Nevada Libraries

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As part of HTC’s new Vive Libraries program, the Taiwanese-based electronics company recently donated a whopping 110,000 HTC Vive kits to libraries across California and Nevada. Now it appears as though these California and Nevada VR systems will be receiving an upgrade in the form of a series of advanced STEM tools.

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Creating Immersive Learning Experiences

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The benefits of using immersive technologies as teaching tools have been widely documented and extensively discussed, specially in recent years with the rapid development of Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed reality hardware and applications.

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EON Experience Fest 2024: Where Innovative Minds Ignited the Educational Revolution

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Charting the Frontiers of Spatial AI and Immersive Learning IRVINE, CA – January 29 , 2024 – EON Reality, the global leader in AI-powered Augmented and Virtual Reality knowledge transfer for education and industry, proudly reflects on the monumental success of EON Experience Fest 2024.

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How Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR) can transform Education

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After packing up classrooms and settling into new teaching settings like living rooms and kitchen tables, teachers, students and parents are beginning to question whether this is the start of a drastic change in the education system. Younger students can even supplement their learning with educational AR games and toys such as PlayShifu.

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Fighting Climate Change With XR Tech And $100,000

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Developers compete to create immersive experiences designed to fight climate change. AWE, the long-running AR/VR conference, is set to go down later this month in Santa Clara, California, offering attendees an up-close and personal look at a variety of game-changing XR technology from over 300 exhibitors from across the world.

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US Legislators Form VR-centric “Reality Caucus” to Guide Immersive Technology Policy

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Bill Flores (R-Texas)’ Darrell Issa (R-California). Ted Lieu (D-California). These technologies have shown tremendous potential for innovation in the fields of entertainment, education and healthcare. Immersive technology business and thought leaders will be well-served by understanding the predilections of these U.S.