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Snap Earns $20m Grant to Back California Tech Industry

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California has awarded Snap Inc a massive fund worth $20 million USD. Hailing from Santa Monica and with offices in Paolo Alto, Snap has long been associated with Silicon Valley’s tech hub in California. However, after a year from its departure, the company leased a new office in California’s Bay Area.

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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. The post Creating Immersive Learning Experiences appeared first on Tech Trends.

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Sony’s New 3D Display Doesn’t Require Any Glasses

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Available for purchase next month, the ELF-SR2 is a 27-inch 4K display that can supposedly deliver immersive 3D content without the need for additional hardware, such as augmented reality (AR) glasses or a VR headset. Sony announced a new addition to its growing lineup of Spatial Reality Displays. For more information visit here.

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How Immersive Tech Continues to Find a Home in Architecture and Real Estate

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Since its inception in the industry a couple of years ago, immersive tech quickly found an appropriate home in real estate and architecture, and proved itself to be one of the most valuable tools to communicate a property design. Here are some of the most intriguing ways immersive technology is changing how architects work and function.

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How is Immersive Filmmaking Changing the Entertainment Industry?

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Not only can the right tools help creatives, developers, and talent work more effectively together in distributed landscapes, but they also have the power to enhance the way we interact with movies, events, games, and television shows. Let’s take a closer look at how immersive filmmaking is transforming the entertainment industry.

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Which Startups Are Hiring for Augmented Reality Jobs?

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Their platform for virtual concerts featuring avatars has garnered big interest in a post-COVID world and they’re betting big on immersive personalized experiences at the cross-section of gaming and entertainment. Since the launch, they’ve created augmented reality experiences for COVID-19 and California wildfire news stories.

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OVR Technology Creates First-of-Its-Kind Virtual Reality Experiences With Scents

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It layers real-world scents to a digital space, giving users a truly immersive experience. OVR Technology harnesses the power of our olfactory system to make VR immersive. First, they built a now-patented hardware, called ION. Anyone can benefit from the immersive experiences of OVR Technology’s scent platform.