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Nreal rebrands as XREAL and expands its ecosystem

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Nreal becomes XREAL One of the new brand images of XREAL (Image by XREAL) Nreal, which is one of the most interesting AR startups around, entered into a dispute with Epic Games for its name being too close to “Unreal” , which is a well-known name in our ecosystem. So the Nreal management took the right decision.

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Space Invaders Celebrates 45th Anniversary With a New AR Game

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Space Invaders is a shooting video game created by Tomohiro Nishikado in 1978 and manufactured and sold by TAITO. It was the first fixed shooter video game and is considered one of the most iconic arcade games ever. Players can defend their real-world neighborhoods from 3D invaders emerging from nearby buildings and landmarks.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.06.13): Magic Leap exploring a sale, events are going virtual and more!

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More info (Laval Virtual canceled) More info (XR Europe canceled) More info (E3 canceled) More info (Tribeca canceled). This is also used to substitute workshops and speeches usually employing Youtube Videos or Youtube Live Streams ; VR events , made in virtual reality in platforms like ENGAGE, Somnium Space, Mozilla Hubs, VIRBela, etc….

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The XR Week Peek (2023.09.25): Pico 5 to come in three models, Quest 3 is launching, and more!

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First of all, one of the leakers affirms having found the info from a Chinese video on BilliBilli, but then some Chinese people saw the same video and said that it said nothing that was contained in the leak. There is also a new render about the upcoming elite strap and a lot of videos about its high-quality passthrough in action.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.07.18): Roblox is coming to Quest, Google has an unclear XR vision, and more!

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I’ve found this statement interesting for a few reasons: Europe wants to be a leader in this transition, and so fight the usual tech domination by US and China. how can Europe dominate Web 4.0??? The result is so cool that I invite you all to watch this video. More info (EU announces strategy for Virtual Worlds and 4.0)

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The XR Week Peek (2020.02.24): HTC shows Cosmos and Proton, devs make cool hands interactions, Sansar on sale and more!

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Facebook has anyway communicated that it will make anyway its announcements in those days, probably with online videos. StageCraft is a big LED screen, powered by Unreal Engine, that is used to replace the traditional green screens when shooting movies. XR Europe is coming! Learn more. Learn more. Some XR fun. Funny link.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.02.10): Lynx launches MR standalone headset, Facebook acquires Scape and much more!

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More info (Lynx R1 Launch post on Road To VR) More info (Lynx R1 Launch post on Upload VR) More info (Some more info on its special lenses) More info (Launch keynote) More info (Video that explains this kind of lenses) More info (Feedback on this kind of lenses) More info (Stan Larroque talking about the success of the sales). Let’s hope so.