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We Tried Snap’s AR Glasses And Had Our Minds Blown

VRScout

Unlike existing AR headsets such as the Magic Leap 2 or Microsoft HoloLens, the Spectacles feature a discrete, light-weight design more akin to glasses than a headset. Needless to say, this is an incredibly short amount of time, even for an immersive technology device. Now anyone can begin creating AR Lenses for their local areas.

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Educators make lemonade with Virtual Worlds

Hypergrid Business

Architecture students from Egypt and the United States meeting in Second Life. This is what Microsoft did in the 1980s with office automation. Image courtesy Jon Brouchoud.). Educators are using virtual worlds, but not in the way they had used them in the past, and not in the same numbers.

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Convergence, Enterprise AR, and Mapping the Inside World with Charlie Fink

XR for Business Podcast

Of course it also has telepresence, so you could be virtually present in a place like Egypt – not in real time, but in space and simulation. In other words, think about it on a spectrum of immersion… although that doesn’t really make sense. Charlie: VR has a lot of fantastic applications in training and simulation.

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Convergence, Enterprise AR, and Mapping the Inside World with Charlie Fink

XR for Business Podcast

Of course it also has telepresence, so you could be virtually present in a place like Egypt – not in real time, but in space and simulation. In other words, think about it on a spectrum of immersion… although that doesn’t really make sense. Charlie: VR has a lot of fantastic applications in training and simulation.

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Augmented Birthday Parties and Virtual Reality Field Trips with Centertec's Bill Tustin

XR for Business Podcast

Alan: The whole idea of being able to take field trips really far -- going to the pyramids in Egypt -- that's not really something that most schools (or any schools), you know, "let's get a flight and fly halfway around the world to go see something." That type in a VR experience would be real exciting. That was a game-changer.

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Augmented Birthday Parties and Virtual Reality Field Trips with Centertec’s Bill Tustin

XR for Business Podcast

Alan: The whole idea of being able to take field trips really far — going to the pyramids in Egypt — that’s not really something that most schools (or any schools), you know, “let’s get a flight and fly halfway around the world to go see something.” That type in a VR experience would be real exciting.

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Augmented Birthday Parties and Virtual Reality Field Trips with Centertec’s Bill Tustin

XR for Business Podcast

Alan: The whole idea of being able to take field trips really far — going to the pyramids in Egypt — that’s not really something that most schools (or any schools), you know, “let’s get a flight and fly halfway around the world to go see something.” That type in a VR experience would be real exciting.