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AR App Lets You Play ‘Space Invaders’ On A Beer Can Because Why Not?

VRScout

Australian-based developer Immertia has released an app that allows alcohol brands to gamify beer cans using AR technology. To help showcase its technology in action, Immertia has released a new AR game called Beer Invaders which—as you might expect—can be played on a basic aluminum beer can.

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Vuzix AR Swim Goggles Used For Tactical Scuba Diving

VRScout

Vuzix, a company specializing in wearable augmented reality (AR) technology, recently conducted an experiment in collaboration with OPTAC-X and Kymeta Corporation during which its Vuzix Smart Swim glasses were used to perform a SATCOM-enabled AR scuba dive. military customers, they have been designed and are manufactured in the United States.”

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Channel Your Inner 90’s Child With POGs AR

VRScout

The game where players would face-off by stacking collectible milk caps – or POGs – with the objective of flipping as many POGs as you can by smashing the stack with a ‘slammer’. There is even a POGMAN, a goofy mascot who hides throughout the game in various disguises, and shows up from time to time.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.11.21): Qualcomm launches AR2 chip, HTC headset gets leaked, and more!

The Ghost Howls

The biggest news of the week took place in the Hawaii islands, where Qualcomm had its Snapdragon Summit event. Star Wars Squadron (one of the most appreciated VR games on PC) is going to be FREE on the Epic Store on November, 24th. According to a popular Rockstar Games leaker, Meta and Rockstar Games’ partnership goes beyond GTA V.

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Qualcomm Q3 Earnings Look to Meta, OPPO XR Partnerships

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Yi Xu, Director of XR Technology, OPPO , unveiled at the Augmented World Expo (AWE) 2023 on 1 June. Additional features include OPPO’s in-house SUPERVOOCTM fast-charging technologies, heart rate detection, and other functionality. ” This allowed OPPO to become an ideal partner for collaboration in XR, he added. .”

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Meta has a sweet vision for VR, but it's a long way from reality for the rest of us

Mashable VR

Speaking to reporters from a room decorated with decals of California, Montana, and Hawaii (all states where he owns homes), Zuckerberg led a show-and-tell of Meta's VR research and prototyping. While the technology is promising, it won't become viable for consumer use for years. Meta calls this the "visual Turing test.".

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Open House: Animation, Digital Art, and Computer Science Majors Invited to the Augmented & Virtual Reality Programme in Norway

EON Reality

These technologies are spreading far beyond the gaming world and into business and education, where its being used to train employees and better educate students. These skills will also enable students to work with product visualization, game creation, multimedia design, and broadcast media.

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