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Could Facebook’s AR Video Calls Solve “Zoom Fatigue”?

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Spice up your video calls with AR games and party hats. With the COVID pandemic forcing many of us to adhere to social distancing measures, video calls have become essential in the way we work, socialize, and learn. This new category will let you share interactive AR effects with anyone on a group video call through Messenger.

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Facebook Cancels F8 Conference Over Fears Of A Coronavirus Outbreak

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As fears of a Coronavirus pandemic continue to dominate the news cycle, Facebook today confirmed that the company will not be holding its somewhat-annual F8 developers conference this year over concerns of a potential outbreak. Sony, Microsoft, EA, and several other major names are reportedly skipping this year’s conference as well.

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Eleventh Annual OpenSimulator Community Conference set for December

Hypergrid Business

It’s that time of year again when the open metaverse community comes together to share developments at the annual OpenSimulator Community Conference. This will be the eleventh year for the community-run conference, which spotlights the latest innovations in the OpenSim virtual world platform.

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How to Add AR Content to You Online Presentations and Video Conferences?—?Groove Jones

ARVR

People have been asking for ways to enhance their online presentations and video conferences… Continue reading on AR/VR Journey: Augmented & Virtual Reality Magazine ». Today we are all using online more than ever.

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Major companies to discuss metaverse plans at December conference

Hypergrid Business

(Image courtesy Metaverse Spectrum Business Conference.) The Metaverse Spectrum Business Conference, Expo, and Pitch Fest will highlight expanding business applications for the metaverse at its virtual conference this coming December. You can watch a short video from last year’s conference below:

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Quest 3 Unboxing Reportedly Leaked Ahead of Fall Release, Video Here

Road to VR

Meta’s upcoming Quest 3 headset is slated for a Fall 2023 launch, possibly even at the company’s Connect developer conference coming September 27th. The video in question was posted to Reddit today , and subsequently captured and reposted in full by X (formerly Twitter) user ‘VR Panda.

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Magic Leap Releases Series of Video Sessions from Inside the L.E.A.P. Conference

Next Reality AR

conference was free to all who registered in time, but if you weren't able to make the trip to Hollywood, the company just released video of some of the sessions that took place over the course of two days. Magic Leap's recent L.E.A.P.