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How Different Age Groups Can Use Virtual Reality

ARPost

Users from every age group can use VR but may use it for different purposes. Younger people often use VR, but many hardware manufacturers include an age suggestion in product manuals. These suggestions are not grounded in medical science, but they provide information on which age groups the hardware best suits.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.08.02): Facebook creates Metaverse group and prepares to launch its smartglasses, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Facebook Reality Labs creates a group focused on working on the “metaverse”. Zuckerberg said last week that he wants in 5 years Facebook to become a “metaverse company” and this week he started taking action in this sense: he has created a group in the company focused on “building the metaverse”. (Image by Facebook).

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How is Immersive Filmmaking Changing the Entertainment Industry?

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Using Immersive Technology to Create Entertainment The immersive technology landscape provides developers and content creators in the entertainment space with new tools for developing story lines, delivering content, and making scenes more impactful. What is Immersive Filmmaking?

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Report: Magic Leap Ships First Wave of Headsets to Small Group of Partners

Road to VR

Citing “people familiar with the matter,” Bloomberg reports a small group of unnamed software developers recently received test units. This is emblematic of the sort of information publicly available on Magic Leap One, as the company is staying mum on definitive hardware specs.

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Niantic, Qualcomm Partner for Snapdragon Hardware Scalability

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

Last Wednesday, augmented reality (AR) software studio Niantic partnered with Qualcomm to leverage the latter’s Snapdragon Spaces extended reality (XR) platform for geotagged immersive content and supporting hardware. Developing AR Hardware. The partnership sees Niantic integrate its Lightship Visual Positioning System (VPS)? —

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Jim Ryan Appointed President & CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment

Road to VR

Sony has officially announced that John Kodera has stepped down as president and CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE), making way for previous SIE deputy president Jim Ryan to take the position. ” Kodera is also expected to lead the Sony Group’s DX (Digital Transformation) strategy.

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IDC Releases Whitepaper on “Embracing AR Technologies”

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It also predicts markets going forward and highlights some specific hardware and software options. Embracing Augmented Reality Technologies to Accelerate Your Organization’s Digital Transformation” was published by IDC and authored by IDC Group Vice President of Device and Consumer Research Tom Mainelli. That growth could lead to $45.6