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The XR Week Peek (2020.02.17): Half-Life Alyx will launch on March, 23rd, MWC has been canceled and much more!

The Ghost Howls

Magic Leap plans dev days and dev programs. We all know that Magic Leap is in big trouble, and it seems that one of the paths it is trying to follow to exit the quicksands is trying to get more developers onboard. This expertise is also paid very well , with high salaries in cities like London or San Francisco.

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Lyft Patents Show How AR & VR Could Change Ridesharing

VRScout

Lyft drivers would access this information through an AR headset, such as a Microsoft HoloLens, Google Glass, or Magic Leap, which would place the digital content directly in the view of the Lyft driver, or through an AR enabled smartphone. You could also use your own smartphone or any type of wearable AR device to find them yourself.

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Fable Studio Pivoting to “Virtual Beings,” Building Stories Around Persistent AI-powered Characters

Road to VR

Saatchi says that his time at Oculus Story Studio was largely spent trying to figure out how to fuse VR gaming and film to define the art form of immersive storytelling. The suitablye named Virtual Berings Conference is planned for Summer 2019 in San Francisco. “Lucy is always Lucy if she’s in AR or VR. million followers.

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The Man Who Coined The Term ‘Metaverse’ Speaks About.

AllThingsVR

Stephenson’s forward thinking has recently landed him a job as a futurist at enigmatic AR company, Magic Leap. He was also on hand at this year’s TechCrunch Disrupt conference in San Francisco to answer questions about his new book, Sevneves, and a reality that is inching ever more closely to the fantasy he crafted in 1992. “A

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These Sleepless Nights Highlights America’s Eviction Crisis Using Mixed Reality

Peter Graham

At the installations, guests will be able to wear Magic Leap headsets to view imagery on the cube as they walk around it. “A large part of US homelessness hinges on the facilitation of court-ordered evictions.

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ODG Raises $58 Million Series A Investment for AR Glasses, New Products to Debut in January

Road to VR

San Francisco based Osterhout Design Group (aka ODG) announced today that they’ve raised a significant $58 million Series A investment to accelerate production and R&D of its smart glasses products. Participating in the investment is Shenzhen O-film Tech Co., Vanfund Urban Investment & Development Co.,

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What it’s like to View XR Through Varjo, the World’s First Human-Eye Resolution Headset

VRScout

Last Monday, I walked three blocks uphill on Mason St in San Francisco to the Fairmont Hotel to demo a stealth product that had been touted to me as one of the biggest advancements in XR tech this side of Magic Leap.