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New York Times Halloween Edition Uses Augmented Reality Bugs to Scare & Educate

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Our national month-long celebration of all things creepy and crawly comes to a climax on Wednesday with Halloween and will end with Día de Muertos on Friday, so now is the ideal time for the The New York Times to publish a mildly chilling augmented reality story for children. Viewable in AR via.

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VR Education Startup Raises $12.5M to Teach Math and More Using VR in Schools

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Prisms was founded by Anurupa Ganguly , who has taught math and physics across both Boston and New York City. The app’s development, Ganguly explains, was in response to the US education system, and how math instruction doesn’t appeal to real life situations.

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New York Times Uses AR To Tell Story Of Thailand Cave Rescue

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The New York Times visualizes the extremely dangerous conditions Thailand Cave rescuers dealt with during the rescue of the Wild Boars soccer team using AR. It was a story that had everyone glued to the news for minute-by-minute updates. This isn’t the first AR experience for the New York Times.

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New York City Invests in AR/VR Incubator to Bolster City’s Jobs, Tech Talent

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New York City’s Deputy Mayor for Housing and Economic Development, Alicia Glen, recently announced the selection of NYU Tandon School of Engineering to “develop and operate” the “first government-funded” VR/AR hub for education, training, research, investment and business creation at a 15,000 square foot space in the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

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IKEA Built A Massive 19-Foot Bag With AR Capabilities

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The Swedish furniture retailer has released numerous augmented reality (AR) experiences in the past, from an educational in-store game to a home decor app that allows you to “delete” furniture in your real-world space. Now IKEA is using AR to promote a new brand platform highlighting affordability. Endless Possibilities.”

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New York City Mayor Wants To Be The “Global Hub” For VR/AR With Newly Funded Lab

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New companies spawned by the tech will be welcoming new employees and established companies will be welcoming new faces as they tackle the new opportunities VR and AR afford their businesses. In New York, the current Mayor has laid out a plan to create 10,000 jobs for middle-class citizens.

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Witness The Discovery Of The God Particle In AR

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Image Credit: The New York Times. To help celebrate the impressive progress achieved with the help of the Large Hadron Collider, The New York Times has released an extensive interactive breakdown of the colliding process highlighting the scientific importance of this bleeding-edge technology.

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