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One of America’s Biggest VR/AR Centers Is… Orlando?

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California? Defense, simulation, education, and entertainment come together in South Florida like they do no place else. While he is now the Head of Government Solutions for Unity , Disti remains a member – Disti’s Global Managing Director is the chapter’s marketing director. How about Orlando? Why Orlando? “A

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Top XR Events in 2021 That Should Be on Your Must-Attend List

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Featuring over 200 speakers, the event will cover in detail some of the most important topics in the industry, such as: VR/AR in the age of pandemics; Museums of the future; VR for good; Immersive arts and design; AR Cloud; Training in the workplace; Location-based entertainment; VR tourism and hospitality; Social VR. ICHVR 2021.

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USC Launches $1bn XR, Generative AI Initiative

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The University of Southern California (USC) announced last week the launch of an over $1 billion USD initiative to grow its university programmes for extended reality (XR), generative artificial intelligence, and ethical technology. The USC Frontiers of Computing programme has invested in Southern California’s state economy.

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The Most Important Upcoming AR/VR Events This Year

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AWE USA 2023 When: May 31 – June 2 Where: Santa Clara, CA, US; and virtual Late spring/early summer is a great time to be in California. The event aims to discuss the impact and opportunities for XR across a number of industries including architecture, design, medicine, education, training, science, art, and entertainment.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.11.15): Vive Focus 3 aims at LBEVR market, Niantic and Qualcomm launch AR SDKs, and more!

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Hello everyone from Palo Alto, California! In a side event happening after AWE, HTC has announced a bunch of updates of Vive Focus 3 that have the potential of revolutionizing the Location Based Entertainment in VR (LBEVR o LBVR) sector. Unity has bought Weta Digital for 1.6B. Unity has just bought Weta Digital for 1.6B.

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Creating remote MR productions

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Today, this is changing as Mixed Reality (MR) is rapidly finding its way into the mainstream media, whether through social media, within the political landscape, or as a replacement for live entertainment. Build your first HoloLens 2 Application with Unity and MRTK 2.3.0 Trending AR VR Articles: 1.

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Snapdragon AR2 to Empower AR Devices, Qualcomm Says

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The San Diego, California-based firm has become synonymous with delivering XR solutions capable of untethering head-mounted displays (HMDs) from PC. VR has gone through a rapid transition from a primarily consumer-focused, tethered device for gaming and entertainment, to standalone headsets in similar verticals.

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