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The XR Week Peek (2021.08.02): Facebook creates Metaverse group and prepares to launch its smartglasses, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Facebook Reality Labs creates a group focused on working on the “metaverse”. Zuckerberg said last week that he wants in 5 years Facebook to become a “metaverse company” and this week he started taking action in this sense: he has created a group in the company focused on “building the metaverse”. (Image by Facebook).

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Felix & Paul Studios Secures Multi-Million Dollar Financing for Next Location-based VR Experience

Road to VR

” “We are proud to count on the backing of creative financial partners like EDC, BDC, SODEC, and National Bank of Canada, whose support is pivotal to our pioneering role in the immersive entertainment market,” said Stéphane Rituit, CEO of Felix & Paul Studios.

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Reality TV Meets The Metaverse In This Interesting New Project

VRScout

Insight Productions is the same award-winning company behind a number of popular Canadian television programs, including Big Brother Canada, Canadian Idol, and The Amazing Race Canada just to name a few. “The age of immersive metaverse television is now within our reach and we are excited to be trailblazers in this genre.”.

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GoFundMe shuts down a campaign for the anti-vax Freedom Convoy in Canada

Mashable VR

Donations were going toward the so-called "Freedom Convoy," a group of Canadian truck drivers and their supporters who have taken an extreme step to protest the new COVID-19 regulations imposed by the Canadian government for travelers across the border. Families and children have also joined the protest group in Ottawa.

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Patient Advocacy Groups (PAGs) are forging a more equitable future for public health

Mashable VR

This is where patient advocacy groups, or PAGs, have stepped up to meet the evolving needs of patients. Patient advocacy groups are organizations that provide education, resources, support services and more to patients and their caregivers.

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Meta’s VR Events Platform Venues Is Joining Horizon Worlds

VRScout

There are also live comedy shows, group meditation sessions, and a whole bunch of VR esports broadcasts. The platform is currently available to those ages 18+ in the US and Canada. As previously stated, the company plans on expanding to additional countries this summer.

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The VOID Opens In Canada And Plans For The Future Of Hyper Reality

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Their other location in Canada features virtual reality through a relationship with Canada’s first virtual reality arcade brand, CTRL V , using their proprietary VR arcade platform with HTC Vives. What’s next from this group? This is the second location for Cineplex’s The Rec Room. The VOIDs’s SDK.

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