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SXSW 2023: Highlights and XR Experiences That Push the Boundaries of Storytelling, Music, and Technology

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SXSW 2023 also offered a range of compelling conference sessions across 15 tracks, including interactive tracks exploring science, technology, culture, government, and more; film tracks covering both the creative and business elements of film and TV production; and music tracks featuring content on the making, marketing, impact, and future of music.

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5 Takeaways from VRTO that will Help to Guide VR Forward

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The two day conference was packed with simultaneous, back-to-back presentations and workshops from industry leaders such as Microsoft, Google, AMD, The VOID, IMAX, Two Bit Circus, Secret Location, Globacore, Quantum Capture, The Canadian Film Centre, and many more. It’s not just the collaboration and support from government-backed groups.

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CyberXR, XR Bootcamp Back XR Beyond Inclusion Fund

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The groups have cited automation, income gaps, and others as challenges to marginalised communities, and the partnership’s scholarship hopes to boost representations for such demographics with corporate sponsorship to prepare the next generation of talent. .”

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OBAC Opens Second Black Accelerator Cohort

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The OYA Black Arts Coalition (OBAC), a major Ontario-based organisation promoting talent from Black and minority groups, has partnered with the Canadian Film Centre’s Media Lab (CFC Media Lab) and immersive firm Dark Slope to open applications for its second cohort, it was recently revealed in August.

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Augmented Reality May Be The Future, But It Still Has Major Limitations

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Our panelists included John Hanke, CEO of Niantic Labs and co-creator of Pokémon Go; Ralph Osterhout, CEO of Osterhout Design Group, maker of augmented reality glasses; and John Underkoffler, CEO of Oblong Industries, maker of the Mezzanine collaboration software and science advisor for the film Minority Report.

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AR Glasses Company ODG Raises $58 Million Series A Round

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San Francisco-based Osterhout Design Group (ODG) said it closed a large $58 million Series A funding round, and will use the money to “accelerate its existing production capabilities” and “complete its new products” to be introduced at CES in January. Shenzhen O-film Tech Co.,

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From Within: Why VR And Empathy Go Hand In Hand

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VR pokes a deeper part of your brain,” Ewalt says, “And the more real the film is, the more emotions you’ll experience, whether joy, fear, laughter, so on.”. One of VR’s key strengths is tapping into an emotional wellspring that may only be grazed by the other media such as TV, film and literature. A Powerful Tool For Understanding.

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