Sun.Feb 23, 2020

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Flood The Streets With Water And Hot Lava Using Snapchat’s New AR Ground Lenses

VRScout

Snap Inc. launches two new ground-sensing World Lenses on iOS and Android. Though advertised as a multimedia messaging app focused on user privacy, Snapchat has quickly established itself as one of the leading innovators in AR technology thanks to its ever-growing lineup of reality-warping World Lenses. What began as simple face filters and dancing hotdogs has rapidly evolved into an advanced AR platform capable of altering famous landscapes and even replacing the sky. .

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Linden Lab Planning to Spin Off ‘Sansar’ to Refocus on ‘Second Life’

Road to VR

Sansar , Linden Lab’s VR-capable Second Life follow-up, is being spun out, the company’s CEO has confirmed. . First launched in beta in mid-2017, Sansar was Linden Lab’s first VR-native attempt at a virtual world platform. Designed to allow creators to build and host virtual worlds and experiences for other to visit, the platform struggled to gain traction and notoriety among VR users.

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The VR Job Hub: Amazon, Anshar Studios & VNTANA

Peter Graham

The virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR) industries are wonderfully diverse when it comes to the job roles available, always looking to hire the best talent to work on exciting projects. Whether you’ve been an avid fan of the tech for a while or are already involved in some way, today’s VR Job Hub has plenty of new roles which can help you become more involved and shape VR/AR’s future.