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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. Meta (Oculus).

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Microsoft Axes Social VR Platform & XR Interface Framework Amid Wide-reaching Layoffs

Road to VR

Microsoft is laying off 10,000 employees, and with it the company is axing social VR platform AltspaceVR and its XR interface framework, Mixed Reality Toolkit. In a Hail Mary that few expected, Microsoft turned around and snapped up the ailing platform only two months after the planned shut-down date.

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XR in Education Case Study in Focus: Microsoft and GE

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

In the educational landscape, extended reality tools have an incredible opportunity to enlighten and engage students in a variety of spaces. Already, countless universities and businesses have embraced VR, AR, and MR as tools for better training. However, traditional methods of education have had some limitations in the past.

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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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Big XR News from Meta, Apple, Microsoft, and OpenXR

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Big vendor news this week, Admist start-ups and fresh ideas; this week, big names like Meta, Microsoft, Google, and Apple took the headlines due to each firm’s optimisation of its XR product portfolio. According to the firm, the new Meta Quest for education product will help teachers save time and improve student headset onboarding.

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Using Mixed Reality to Enhance the Educational Process

ARVR

While technology has become a big part of the educational process, it’s currently limited to things like collaboration tools and electronic texts. New technology, like mixed reality (MR), provides excellent opportunities to change all of this and revolutionize the entire educational process.

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The Top XR Education and Training Vendors for 2023

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Providing an immersive space for consuming and interacting with information, XR represents perhaps the perfect way to deliver training and education to students in all environments. Teachers in the academic world can create powerful educational experiences based on realistic simulations.