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

ARPost

A large adoption rate for augmented and virtual reality in 2020 has broadened the audience and age groups interested in the latest technologies. One of the biggest international events dedicated to the augmented and virtual reality will take place at the beginning of September in Chengdu Financial City in Sichuan, China.

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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

It is very interesting that because of this recall, Facebook shared some data about how many facemasks were affected : it says 4M in the United States, around 170K in Canada. Sony has sold 10M PS5 worldwide. I think they handled all this situation in the best way possible. In Japan, the number is around 80K.

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Meta Mulls AdHawk Buyout for Cameraless Eye Tracking

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Meta Platforms Inc is mulling a potential buyout of AdHawk Microsystems, a virtual reality (VR) eye-tracking technology firm, Bloomberg reported on Monday, citing anonymous sources. Reports expect Meta to incorporate the firm’s technologies for developing its own mixed reality (MR) solutions.

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8th Annual Lumiere Awards For Creative Filmmaking Expands VR Categories

VRScout

Virtual reality receives new categories as it takes center stage at this years awards for creative work in film, TV & VR. The Advanced Imaging Society and The VR Society have returned yet again for their annual honoring of this years biggest influencers in categories including creative filmmaking, television and virtual reality.

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PlayStation VR Demos Coming to Hundreds of US Retailers

Road to VR

When it comes to virtual reality, you really do have to ‘see it to believe it’, so Sony is joining the ranks of HTC and Oculus in opening demo spaces for their VR headset to retailers nationwide. That number is slated to expand to 300 locations across the US and Canada starting June 24th.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.07.07): Facebook shows thin sunglasses, Iron Man VR gets released and more!

The Ghost Howls

Mixing these two kinds of lenses and having the screen being not a traditional one, but a special laser-emitting screen , the result is the one of a virtual reality headset that is very thin, light, and comfortable. The team at North will be acquired, but it will keep operating in its own region in Canada.

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Virtro Entertainment to bring their take on the Wizard Of Oz to PSVR with Run Dorothy Run 

Cats and VR

Virtro Entertainment – the female-led VR indie game studio out of Vancouver, Canada, today announced the release of Run Dorothy Run – an immersive endless-runner and rhythm VR game, with a cheeky take on the classic novel, "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz." It is Virtro’s first title, and is designed specifically for virtual reality.