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The XR Week Peek (2023.08.22): VRChat Android alpha released, Kinect For Azure discontinued, and more!

The Ghost Howls

I n the VR field, it was employed for experimentations both with full-body VR and affordable volumetric videos. It is plenty of space where to save 3D photos and videos. It’s a pity that the teams working on this topic will have difficulties in finding their needed hardware. But it seems there is a bit of hope this time.

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VR Therapies Calls for Urgent Support after Christmas Day Burglary

XR Today - Virtual Reality

ITV news report on the burglary at our centre on Xmas day Watch the video here – [link] Make a difference here – [link] Thank you everyone for donating, sharing & supporting us. Police have arrested a suspect aged 41 and will deliver sentencing in February.

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NVIDIA Bundles Redfall Bite Back Edition With GeForce RTX 40 Series GPUs

Anand Tech

NVIDIA has launched a new RTX game bundle for the chipmaker's latest generation GeForce RTX 40 series (Ada Lovelace) video cards. The plot takes players to Redfall, a fictional island town located in Massachusetts, where they have to fight off a legion of blood-thirsty vampires.

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Admix raises $25M Series B to scale up in-game ads, and prep for Metaverse gaming

TechCrunch VR

The London-based company brings ads to games, e-sports, virtual reality, and augmented reality. In-game advertising at scale, where advertisers can bid programmatically through traditional ad-buying platforms, rather than relying on an ad agency model, remains an enormous area, largely under-exploited.

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The Best University Courses To Learn Metaverse Skills

Bernard Marr

Good high school level or equivalent grades in mathematics and science subjects will be useful in securing a place in one of the best computer science undergraduate or graduate-level degree courses, such as those offered by Stanford University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the U.S., in Game Design. BSc or M.A.

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AR 101?—?A brief summary (Part 1)

ARVR

Augmented Reality Definition Augmented Reality (AR) is a technology that overlays digital content (graphics, text, audio, and video) on real-world images using mobile devices, PCs, or glasses, which have an integrated camera and specialized software (Papagiannis, 2017). 2000s : First outdoor mobile AR game ARQuake.

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MIT Accelerator Play Labs Announces Class of 13 AR/VR Startups

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

Play Labs , a summer accelerator at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), announced its first batch of 13 startups that are developing augmented reality and virtual reality technology. The initial companies are focused on AR and VR, as well as online gaming and esports. Tagged with: MIT Facebook Twitter Reddit More.

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