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VRChat Entertainment Network Coming This New Years

VRScout

The developer is looking for video submissions from the VRChat community. The popular VR social platform VRChat is launching the VRChat Entertainment Network in celebration of New Year’s 2023. Exclusively for #VRChat New Years 2023: Introducing the VRChat Entertainment Network! Wanna make it on the BIG SCREEN? (as

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Meta Wants to Beat Google at its Own Game with Horizon OS

Road to VR

This puts Meta in an entirely new position as a platform holder, as it now seems the company is trying to beat Google at its own game. Apple vs. Google. Google: Keep on Daydreaming After having abandoned its ill-fated standalone XR platform Daydream in 2019, Google took a giant step back from VR that it never quite recovered from.

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Post-Pandemic, Augmented Reality Serves Entertainment With Its Re-Emergence

ARPost

In 2014, Google Glass launched–to much fanfare, and nascent jokes online–quickly followed by the original Microsoft HoloLens. But the technology didn’t crack the mainstream in entertainment the way many tech observers had predicted. Onboarding in those capacities lagged behind. With Isolation Came Innovation.

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Reality Bytes: Snap, Google & Amazon

AR Insider

We continue the narrative this week with Maher’s look at Snap’s latest AR blitz, Google’s Starline 3D video calls and Amazon’s grand acquisition. See the quick summary below, followed by embedded video. We dive deep into Amazon’s master plan for entertainment. Far out (from reality).

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Back To The Moon Is The First Google Doodle Available In All Realities

VRScout

Step into the world of French illusionist and film director Georges Mélíès in AR, VR, or standard video. Back to the Moon was first released in 2018 as a first-of-its-kind collaboration between Nexus Studios , Google Spotlight Stories , Google Arts & Culture , Cinématèque Française , and Google Doodles.

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Spatial Beats: Apple VR, Google Poly & LBVR Hangs On

AR Insider

Finally, why in the name of the geek gods is Google shutting down Poly? Google’s own Tilt Brush, an important content creation tool, relies on Poly. Tilt Brush co-creator Patrick Hackett just left Google, too. Virtuix Announces $100,000 Prize Pool for VR Esports Contests at Family Entertainment Centers. Not a good sign.

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Top XR Vendors Majoring in Art and Entertainment in 2022

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Like virtually all sectors, the art and entertainment industry has been exposed to significant pressure in recent years. With lockdowns and pandemics changing the way people seek out entertainment and inspiration, companies have been left searching for new ways to engage their audience.