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The XR Week Peek (2020.06.13): Magic Leap exploring a sale, events are going virtual and more!

The Ghost Howls

Image by Magic Leap). Magic Leap is on sale. A report on Bloomberg informed us all that Magic Leap is exploring a sale of the company. The sales never skyrocketed and now Magic Leap is in desperate need of cash , after many layoffs, disappointing sales, and having put its IP as collaterals to a bank.

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The Ghost Howls’s VR Week Peek (2019.12.16): Oculus Quest gets hand tracking, Magic Leap pivots towards enterprise and much more!

The Ghost Howls

Magic Leap pivots towards enterprise. At the same time, Magic Leap has also shipped a new runtime for its hardware , with the addition of new nice features like vocal commands. At the same time, Magic Leap has also shipped a new runtime for its hardware , with the addition of new nice features like vocal commands.

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Oculus Quest App ‘Magic Keys’ Teaches You Piano Using AR

VRScout

Learn how to tickle the ivories with this educational VR experience powered by the experimental Passthrough API. Since then we’ve seen a variety of interactive AR games make their way to the standalone headset, from martial arts simulator Crazy Kung Fu to VR puzzler Gravity Labs.

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Vantari VR Expands Training Solution to Middle East, Italy

XR Today - Virtual Reality

NUME Plus Use Case For example, NUME Plus, a medical training innovator in Florence, Italy, partnered with Vantari VR to strengthen the southern European nation’s healthcare and education systems. He continued that the country had a “total of 37 medical universities, less than [1,000] hospitals, and 70 simulation centers.”

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7 Insightful XR Education Case Studies to Read in 2022

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

One of the areas where XR is seeing the most significant and rapid adoption, is in the world of education and training. Today, we’re going to be looking at some of the most inspirational case studies from the educational landscape, highlighting the benefits of XR for training. Magic Leap and the University of Washington.

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The Most Important Upcoming AR/VR Events This Year

ARPost

The event aims to discuss the impact and opportunities for XR across a number of industries including architecture, design, medicine, education, training, science, art, and entertainment. XR:WA is for everyone, from those curious to try immersive experiences for the first time to seasoned professionals.

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Ecuador Is Launching A VR Training Program Supported By The World Bank

VRScout

Immersive training has the potential to make a huge impact on Ecuador’s education system. ” They partnered with Visyon , a Barcelona-based practical immersive technology company, to provide a widespread selection of technical experiences in VR from Oculus and Vive, and AR through Magic Leap, HoloLens, and Moverio glasses. .”

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