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Major companies to discuss metaverse plans at December conference

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Teppo Rantanen of the City of Tampere, Finland, will report on the city’s development of a metaverse that will serve as a laboratory for metaverse services. You can watch a short video from last year’s conference below: Joe Ferencz of Gamefam will discuss his company’s role in developing a metaverse for Cirque du Soleil.

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Varjo Promises Human-Eye Resolutions For VR This Year

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There is a virtual television on the wall to my left displaying a 4K video of a city. Varjo is a startup of 19 employees that is only 10 months old based in Helsinki, Finland. A video of a prototype back in Finland showed how this tech can work with AR. I am standing in a virtual living room rendered via Unity.

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XR Today’s Virtual Reality Guide for Enterprises

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The Helsinki, Finland-based firm’s latest headset provides industry-leading immersion for aviation professionals with such realism, they can earn credits for their pilot licence training. VR is now rapidly emerging as an excellent alternative to video conferencing and calls. VR Trends for 2022. Customer Service.

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Varjo Announces AR Pass-through Capability for Its ‘Bionic Display’ Headset

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Varjo, the Finland-based headset manufacturer, today announced the company’s upcoming high resolution VR headset will have AR pass-through capabilities powered by Socionext image signal processors.

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Russia Bans Facebook & Instagram, Quest Sees Ripple Effects

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Hitting the F5 button resulted in multiple minute-long waits to refresh your feed, something which ultimately was designed to stymy the user’s ability to view and share video and images. The year-long slowdown is over though. Twitter is also now blocked.

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Pre-orders for TPCast Wireless VR Add-on Now Available in Europe

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TPCast pre-orders are available in the following countries: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and UK. Check out the full video guide from the company below to see just what sort of setup the TPCast demands. 1x PC Transmitter.

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Varjo Launches XR-4 Series Mixed Reality Glasses That Rivals Natural Vision

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Both the XR-4 and XR-4 Focal Edition offer versions of the headsets that can go completely offline, are TAA compliant, non-RF and assembled in Finland. Available now for enterprise orders The XR-4 series pricing starts at 3990 euros or dollars.

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