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7 pieces of advice if you have to remotely work as a VR developer from China

The Ghost Howls

You all know that I’m spending a few weeks in China, and apart from eating a lot, I’ve also to keep working remotely at our VRROOM platform for concerts and live shows. There is not only the problem of the timezone but also the unknown of the internet connection and the inability of reaching Western websites like Google.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.03.22): Quest to feature new parental control tools, Google acquires Raxium, and more!

The Ghost Howls

After many pressures from the community and the media, Meta has finally decided to introduce new parental control tools in Quest 2. Even if Meta still doesn’t admit that its headsets are used by a lot of small kids (these measures are marketed as tools parents can use with teenagers), these measures are targeted also at them.

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Google’s latest virtual tour lets you walk the Great Wall of China

TechCrunch VR

Google’s Arts & Culture team is today launching a new online experience that lets users virtually walk the Great Wall of China. As the largest man-made structure in the world, the Great Wall of China is one of the most iconic and popular heritage sites anywhere. national parks.

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HTC’s New Vive Focus Headset Locker Aims to Put VR at the Forefront of Education in China

Road to VR

HTC has been making inroads into the education system in China with its startup VIVEDU , which centers around both University-level and K-12 education programs using HTC Vive and now HTC Vive Focus, the company’s 6DOF standalone VR headset. Image courtesy HTC. As an enterprise solution, there’s no word on pricing yet.

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What is the Oculus Quest? Read here description, specs, price and how to preorder it (even from China)!

The Ghost Howls

As I have detailed in this other article , Oculus has just launched a new Oculus For Business program that offers various interesting enterprise offerings: dedicated support, 2 years warranty, kiosk-mode, and some tools to configure and control multiple headsets at once from a simple web panel. Tilt Brush, Google 47. Thumper, Drool 46.

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AR Active Users Reach 334 Million

AR Insider

This is true if counting Apple (ARkit) and Google (ARcore) compatibility. As an important qualifier, this doesn’t include platforms endemic to China. That’s because users of these platforms aren’t always addressable to companies outside of China. That mobile AR installed base is often cited as “1 billion units.”

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Triangulating Snap’s Local AR Play

AR Insider

As we examined last week, Google similarly wants to build an Internet of places — revealed through Google Lens — by indexing the physical world just like it indexed the web. Like we did last week for Google and its recent moves towards AR-fueled local commerce, what’s Snapchat’s latest? Shared and Persistent.

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