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A Florida university is making Quidditch a (virtual) realityI.

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A Florida university is making Quidditch a (virtual) reality I hold in my hands what looks and feels like a wand from a Harry Potter film. The game—and the wand—were developed by Pat Starace , director of the digital fabrication course at Full Sail University in Orlando, Florida. Read more here.

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The AR Experience Honoring Scientist Jane Goodall

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To help bring visitors into that world, NGM called on Florida-based Falcon’s Creative Group. The idea of using light and sound to create an unreal experience was also used in the Unreal Garden this summer. The National Geographic Museum is located in Washington DC. In fact, it’s part of some pretty exciting trends.

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Homeland Security Releasing VR School Shooting Training Simulator

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million program, which was built on Epic Games’ Unreal Engine, isn’t the first VR experience to focus on surviving an active shooter situation. The training center, which is located at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, allows up to 60 people at the same time, including those who can log in remotely from their homes.

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VR/AR Association Holds Virtual Summit Dedicated to the Metaverse

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AI is then digitally embodied through Unreal Engine , Unity , Metahuman , or Ready Player Me. The summit is scheduled to take place from December 5-7, 2022, in Miami Florida. Charisma CEO Guy Gadney presented “Characters in the Metaverse” with writing lead Rianna Dearden. Also present was Virbe founder and CEO Chris Wrobel.

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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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Ben Lang has written a very interesting editorial on the topic, and for instance, he imagines that this may mean that all Sony-owned game studios will all start using Unreal Engine as their game engine , unifying the production processes among them all. Unreal Engine can now use your iPhone to record facial animations.

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Red 6 Pilots Laud Novel AR Air Combat Trainer

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According to the Orlando, Florida-based firm, the demo featured two Red 6 testing pilots using Berkut 540 fighter jets at the Santa Monica Airport in California. The company created its Combined Augmented reality Battlespace Operation Network (CARBON), allowing pilots to interact with the same AR assets, which simulated KC-46 Pegasus Tankers.

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Magic Leap’s LEAP Con 2018 round-up: all the major announcements in only one place

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This has been very interesting, because we now know what are the features that the Florida company is going to introduce. Yes, various games have been announced, but this is the true innovation proposed by the Florida company. Magic Leap has unveiled the roadmap for the next months.