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The Role of the Avatar in the Metaverse

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Following Facebook’s big reveal at its Connect 2021 and 2022 events, the company announced a series of technological updates. Alternatively, Meta’s big tech teammate, Microsoft, also launched a huge partnership on cross-compatibility with the former’s Quest product lineup and latter’s Office 365 solutions.

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Cryptocurrencies and ICO Under Increasing Scrutiny While Stars Move In

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billion yuan or $398 million (according to a report from the National Committee of Experts on the Internet Financial Security Technology). Let’s not forget Estonia is moving towards launching their own ICOs named Estcoin , in a race to become the first country with a digital currency.

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Crytek-Incubated ‘VR First’ Program to Double Number of Academic VR/AR Labs in 2017

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AR headset distribution is much more dramatic, as students are mainly developing on Microsoft HoloLens (43%), with Google Glass, Vuzix AR headsets, Epson Moverio, Meta AR Dev Kits making up the rest of the pie chart. We invite all industry technology providers and stakeholders to join us in this meaningful program.”. RUBIKA, France.

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