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USC Launches $1bn XR, Generative AI Initiative

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

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 XR Week Peek (2020.09.07): new Quest is coming at $299 and $399, NVIDIA RTX3070 is powerful and affordable and more!

The Ghost Howls

Point Reyes” is a beach in California, so it is just an internal codename at Oculu… ehm Facebook, following what it has always been its tradition for new unannounced headsets. So the original Quest is going to die pretty soon, closing what has been a historical cycle for virtual reality. HTC CEO Yves Maitre resigns.

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Become a Spartan in Halo Training Grounds’ Free-Roaming VR Multiplayer Starting This Weekend

Peter Graham

Called Halo: Outpost Discovery, the travelling live event experience will be heading to various US cities and as part of it VRstudios has created a free-roaming virtual reality (VR) multiplayer called Training Grounds. . The event will be heading to the following cities over the next couple of months: July 5-7 – Orlando, Florida.