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Cooperation of Deep Tech SMEs and Global Giants Drive Opportunities in the Metaverse

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In Finland, the opportunities for cooperation between deep tech SMEs and large corporations have been proactively created by both the XR companies themselves and by private and public accelerators. Finland at the Forefront of the Metaverse. LaValle, who was also an early founder and head scientist of Oculus VR.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.11.09): PS5 doesn’t improve PSVR, VRChat reaches 24,000 concurrent users, and more!

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Image by Microsoft). Microsoft ramps up distribution of HoloLens 2 and Kinect For Azure. Microsoft is working to improve the distribution of its latest devices: HoloLens 2 and Kinect For Azure. Netherlands, Switzerland, Spain, Austria, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark, Belgium, Portugal, Poland, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.

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Varjo Promises Human-Eye Resolutions For VR This Year

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Varjo is a startup of 19 employees that is only 10 months old based in Helsinki, Finland. The talent comes from the likes of Microsoft and Nokia. They retrofitted an Oculus Rift with an extra layer of lenses inside the unit. An OLED microdisplay projects an image onto a glass plate over the Oculus lenses.

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Oculus For Business is now available for all companies

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Oculus has gained in these years always more success in the consumers’ landscape, and now with the Oculus Quest , thanks to an affordable device running great content , it is making strides in the market. Today, finally, Facebook has changed all of this and i s making Oculus For Business available to all interested companies.

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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!

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Image by Microsoft). Both Sony and Microsoft have not given clear plans on their VR offerings for their next-gen consoles , the PS5 and the Xbox Series X, but we have some interesting hints. Add custom environments to your Oculus Quest… if you can. News worth a mention. We now know how much Sony has paid for Insomniac Games.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

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You’ve been able to pop on a VR headset and watch any Netflix content on a flatscreen TV in a virtual living room for a year and a half, and according to a recent job posting you’ll soon be able to do the same with the Microsoft Hololens. Based in Helsinki, Finland, Vizor raised $2.3M Facebook wants to convert their current 1.7B

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How Brain-Computer Interfaces Can Deliver On VR’s Promises

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Meta is working on an AR headset, which puts them in the same league as Microsoft and Magic Leap. Researchers in Finland are experimenting with brainwave analysis as a method for content curation. We all want to live our Jedi dreams, but the Oculus Touch controllers are not quite “the Force.”