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Report: Meta to Open ‘Horizon Worlds’ to Younger Teens Amid Renewed Retention Push

Road to VR

WSJ only posted snippets of the memo, entitled ‘Horizon 2023 Goals and Strategy’, which was allegedly written by Meta Vice President of Horizon Gabriel Aul. Horizon Worlds on the other hand has been limited to users 18+ since it was launched in 2021, and only to those in US, Canada, UK, France, Iceland, Ireland and Spain.

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Apple Vision vs. Meta Quest: The New iPhone Vs. Android?

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Google chickened out , Microsoft got distracted , and it's totally understandable if you lost interest in VR when they did. Yes, Google might still be resurgent with Android, powered by Owlchemy's insights and Samsung's hardware , and other companies might surprise with a novel strategy too.

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Exclusive: First-Ever Impact Reality Summit Announces 2020 Lineup

VRScout

Some of the biggest names in social impact will be in attendance, including: Participant Media, Conservation International, the Rainforest Alliance, Connect for Climate/World Bank, and the Milken Institute, as well as tech companies like Google, Microsoft, and Oculus.

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XR Advertising Case Study in Focus: Meta and MADE.com

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Connecting with customers in today’s digital-first environment require careful strategy from today’s business leaders. There are countless other companies already vying for attention in the same landscapes, like the Google search engines and social media platforms.

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Q&A: How Sketchfab Is Making 3D Models Accessible

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Sketchfab was founded in France and has since become one of the premier names in 3D hosting and modeling. We discuss the future of 3D modeling, how Sketchfab sees VR developing, and some of the strategy he used to bring his startup to success. Do you see Google Project Tango as a big part of the company’s future? on Sketchfab.

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Our First Look At Microsoft HoloLens 2

VRScout

It’s no secret that Microsoft’s mixed reality strategy is centered around its Intelligent Cloud, and the Intelligent Edge; therefore the HoloLens team has worked very closely with Azure to bring it all together in one sleek package. So, here’s the full low-down on Microsoft’s newest immersive device: It’s all about the Cloud.

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Eido Inoue tells us everything we need to know about HADO and location based augmented reality

The Ghost Howls

Between that, I worked on consumer cloud software with Google for five years… managing engineering teams for Gmail, Japanese mobile, Google Labs, and social (Blogger etc.) Slightly slower teams have been known to beat faster teams by using better teamwork and strategy. teams for Japan.