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Orlando is ‘The MetaCenter’: Pushing Boundaries in the Metaverse

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Through the initiatives of the Orlando Economic Partnership and Unity, a metaverse creation company, the city is creating a digital twin of their 800-square mile metro area that will map everything in 3D and collect massive data like weather, traffic, job opportunities, talent potential, real estate data, and many others.

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Investors Poured a Record $2 Billion into VR/AR in 2017, But Early Stage Funding Slowed

Road to VR

Each year, Greenlight Insights compiles and qualifies data from private and public sources across North America, Europe, and Asia in order to assess the global venture funding landscape surrounding the VR/AR industry.

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The XR Week Peek (2024.02.06): Apple ships the Vision Pro, Meta had record revenues, and more!

The Ghost Howls

More info (Nathie going around the streets with the Vision Pro on) More info (Vision Pro guy with a robot dog) More info (A girl staying in the pool with the Vision Pro) More info (Photos and videos of other people wearing the headset in public places) Unity has released the tools to build for the Vision Pro. I sincerely hope so.

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AWE 2021 Day Two: More on the Metaverse

ARPost

After Murphy and Garcia presented their focused attitude on the metaverse, Unity Technologies head of AR/VR Ad Innovation Tony Parisi expressed a similar sentiment: “We come here to AWE to see all these cool things… but remember: it’s not about the thing, it’s the thing that gets you to the thing.”

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AWE 2022 Day Two: The Floor Opens. Talks on Interoperability, Hardware, and Software

ARPost

Meskill also discussed Magic Leap’s plan for their AR cloud generated by both the sensors on the headset itself as well as using data collected from other connected devices. Demos on the AWE floor included more intimate recordings and video calls with loved ones, as well as a game built for 2D but ported in through a Unity SDK.

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What Does the XR Industry Think about Apple’s Vision Pro?

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

The reveal that Apple will be using Unity to bring 3D applications and games to Vision Pro was exciting. Their partnership with Unity will get them there quickly. There are already a lot of developers on Unity, so I understand that developing for the Vision Pro will be quite effortless. Brian Meaney , Head of Product, Alteon.io

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Building a Better 360 Camera from Consumer to Pro, with Insta360’s Michael Shabun

XR for Business Podcast

He’s the marketing director of Insta360 and leads North American marketing strategy, partnerships and communication efforts. Michael specializes in helping overseas brands build their presence in North America. They used to actually just build virtual experiences and it would use gaming engines like Unity and Unreal.