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Orlando Mayor Offers 2,500 Open Positions to Build Metaverse in the MetaCenter

ARPost

Over the years, Orlando has become a leading hub for tech companies that want to innovate and explore the capabilities of emerging technologies. This was further supported by the founding of the University of Central Florida (UCF) to create a workforce capable of supporting the US space program.

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ARway to Integrate Magic Leap 2, Microsoft HoloLens 2 Headsets

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

This will expand the company’s offerings beyond mobile handsets and boost the number of use cases for its technologies. This aims to create a growing number of key partnerships capable of building use cases for AR technologies. The firm aims to complete the moves with a similar time frame as Magic Leap.

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Big XR News from Meta, Microsoft, and Magic Leap

XR Today - Big XR News tag

The division also develops AR and VR technologies like the Quest Pro headset. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said he believes the metaverse is the next central computing platform and has invested heavily in developing the technology. Microsoft first announced its acquisition in 2022. ”

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Save the Date for the Most Important XR Events in Q3 and Q4 2022

ARPost

Even though its focus is on new computer graphics technology, it covers many other relevant XR topics, such as privacy and safety in AR and VR, rapid prototyping of XR experiences, haptics, and digital twins. Some of the previous TECHSPO attendees include Microsoft, Meta, IBM, Twitter, and Verizon. Where: Miami, Florida, the US.

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Sony Acquires Beyond Sports to Expand Metaverse Solutions

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Beyond Sports develops real-world data for 3D animations, and its technologies will seamlessly integrate with Sony’s growing portfolio of immersive solutions. Technologies from Beyond Sports and recently-acquired Hawk-Eye Innovations will develop real-time 3D (RT3D) content for baseball, tennis, basketball, and football matches.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.07.13): Sony invests in Epic, Rockstar is working on an AAA VR game, and more!

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Image by Epic Games). Sony invests $250M in Epic Games. Sony has announced that it has made a big investment of $250M in Epic Games through one of its subsidiaries. The long-term results of these partnerships are unforeseeable, but we can still play the speculation game. Rockstar is working on AAA VR open world game.

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Spatial Beats: Snap, Niantic & Facebook

AR Insider

This week, we look at Snap’s latest lens craze, Niantic’s next AR gaming title, new XR funding and more Facebook/Oculus acquisitions. Let’s dive in… E3, the big trade event for the video game industry, concluded this week. The games industry is now bigger than movies and music combined. Who’s next?