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Preserving Historical Landmarks In VR Should Be A Priority

VRScout

Yesterday, the historic Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France suffered a devastating fire that caused significant, lasting damage to the 12 Century building. Image Credit: Google Inc. Ensuring history survives using modern day technology. and the Native American cliff dwellings at Mesa Verde in southern Colorado.

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The 2019 VR Awards Winners Recognized for Outstanding VR Tech

ARPost

This year’s 70+ person judging panel included academic professors and researchers as well as representatives from Google, HTC, HP, Deloitte, NVIDIA, Apache, and others. VR Game of the Year went to A Fisherman’s Tale by Innerspace and ARTE France. It’s often used in industry for advanced training simulations. VR Game of the Year.

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Sky Launches VR App With Content From Disney, Jaunt, Baobab Studios

VRScout

In his second piece of VR content for Sky Sports, David Beckham is seen entering a Sky VR simulator, which takes you to sports events at the touch of a button. The footage was created in-house by the Sky VR Studios, in collaboration with Google.

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Graffiti VR Experience Paints the Future of Art & Entertainment

VRWorld

Graffiti Simulator launches next week on Steam and takes the level of creativity we saw in Google’s Tilt Brush to a whole another level. Level of creativity achieved by Tilt Brush and Graffiti Simulator simply requires VR controller, rather than a ‘two dimensional’ Xbox One controller.

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How Are XR Firms Training Sports Athletes and Saving Their Lives?

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Germany recently scored a major win at the European U17 Football Championship against France. Taking place in Budapest, Hungary, Germany’s players topped France for the first time in 14 years. Some provide simulation training and others offer wearables with heads-up displays (HUDs).

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The XR Week (2020.11.16): HP Reverb G2 still haunted by WMR tracking, Quest 2 update brings 90Hz, and more!

The Ghost Howls

to play simulation games) or if you don’t need to play games where controllers tracking is fundamental, like competitive shooters. Google releases the Objectron dataset. 1pm: Louis Cacciuttolo, VR events (France) 4pm?—?4.30pm: It is not as good as the Valve Index , but it is also much cheaper.

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Over 20 Use Cases of Smart Glasses, VR Headsets, and Smartwatches at Airports

EnterpriseWear

Ideas on the ground and on board: The airport industry first began toying with wearable technology with the release of the original Google Glass in 2013. Let’s look back: Early trials: Virgin Atlantic ’s 2014 trial at London Heathrow Airport – in collaboration with SITA – included both Google Glass and the Sony SmartWatch 2.