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

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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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You Can Now Play ‘Hellblade 2’ in VR Thanks to This Indispensable Mod

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Check it out in action below: In the video’s description, Flat2VR warns you’ll need a “beefy PC (think 4090)” to run the game, which the modding group calls is “one of the best-looking VR experiences you can possibly see in VR today.”

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WiiT: From Social Media Group to Non-Profit for Gender Equality in XR

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From a social media group to a non-profit organization fighting for equal rights: this is the story of Women in Immersive Technologies (WiiT). This new organization founded by a group of women working in the extended reality field wants to promote gender equality in the industry. In May 2016, they created a Facebook group.

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InstaVR Interviews: Antoine Vivet, Founder of Longue-Vue (a division of Manzalab Group)

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Antoine Vivet, Founder of Longue-Vue (a division of Manzalab Group ). Then after directing two award-winning short films, he naturally turned to Multimedia, Web Design, Motion Design and UX Design. What additional software besides InstaVR do you use? To learn more about his work and Manzalab Group, visit [link].

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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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Facebook Creates New Internal Organization to Build “the Metaverse”

Road to VR

Facebook Reality Labs, the company’s AR/VR research and development team, announced the creation of a special product group focused on developing its future vision for “the Metaverse.” Bosworth says its so-called Metaverse Product Group will be lead by Vishal Shah, Instagram VP of Product.

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Mary Matheson speaks about storytelling in VR and the importance of 360 movies

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What was interesting about virtual reality is that instead of bringing my characters or stories from other countries back to Europe, I was able to bring my audience in Europe over to the countries where I was filming and working. When you go and watch a film, often you’re there. You don’t just fly in and take some shots.

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