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AI, Education, and XR: Quotes from Tech Giants

EON Reality

” Elon Musk: “VR and AR could be incredibly useful for educational purposes, making complex concepts more tangible and engaging.” ” Bill Gates: “I see VR/AR playing a big role in future education, especially for science and technical subjects.”

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Top XR Vendors Majoring in Education for 2022

XR Today - Virtual Reality

Few things are more important than delivering the right education to individuals around the globe. The cloud has paved the way for a new era of collaborative remote learning, while AI tools and automated systems are assisting educators in their tasks. What’s more, educators have been able to reduce average operating costs by 10%.

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Personalizing Learning with Data

Tech Trends VR

They will enter a workforce where job functions, roles and even categories will be significantly altered, and will face social and global challenges beyond what we can imagine today,” says Steve Liffick, General Manager of Education Strategy and Platforms at Microsoft.

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Report: Immersive Experiences in Education

Tech Trends VR

It is easy to get excited about the possibilities the Mixed Reality spectrum brings to education. And exploring a few of those possibilities is what I had the chance to do when I collaborated with Microsoft Education to write the Immersive Experiences in Education white paper we’ve published at the ISTE 2019 conference a few weeks ago.

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Microsoft Kills Off AltspaceVR Amid Major Layoffs

Upload VR

AltspaceVR is shutting down in March as Microsoft decimated its teams working in VR & AR this week as part of a major workforce reduction across the entire company. As an independent startup Altspace ran out of money, but in 2017 Microsoft acquired it and continued the effort.

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Glue Collaboration to Shut Down, Operating Firm Declares Bankruptcy

XR Today - Virtual Reality

The news of Glue’s potential closure comes following the decrease in virtual meeting spaces from major XR firms, such as Microsoft, Mozilla, and Meta. Moreover, Meta has also removed all user data related to these features. A new tool to download data was made available on April 1, 2024, for demo users and subscribers.

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Zoom, Microsoft Team up for VR Video Conferencing

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Last Friday, Zoom announced an alliance with Microsoft Teams to enable users to receive cross-platform calls and share meeting data between the services without requiring extra licenses or third-party assistance. . Also, Microsoft and Accenture are guiding Indian technology firms to establish an XR presence in the region.