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Meta Faces FTC Buyout Block, First-Ever Sales Fall

XR Today - Virtual Reality

The news comes after the FTC launched an anticompetitive case in January against the metaverse tech giant, along with representatives from North Carolina, New York, and Tennessee. The claim cited complaints from numerous XR software developers that Meta’s software updates blocked third-party coders from optimising apps on Quest devices.

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Teens' Scheme to Takeover Twitter Handles Ends With Tragic Death in Swatting Incident

GizModo VR

According to the station, an underage extortionist going after the “@Tennessee” Twitter account placed a false 9-11 report (“swatting”) of a shooting at the home of 60-year-old handle owner Mark… Read more. A troll conspiracy to capture a generic Twitter handle has resulted in death, Nashville ABC affiliate WKRN has reported.

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How and Why Brand Engagement Is Driving XR Development

ARPost

The most cutting-edge advances in AR graphics and dynamic rendering that will one day build games and other apps are being developed by AR advertisers. 8th Wall has used holograms in brand engagement experiences as well, with the most recent being a July WebAR game featuring a hologram of tennis champion Andy Murray.

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Y-12 National Security Complex and HaptX partner to advance U.S. Government training missions

HaptX

The newly constructed Oak Ridge Enhanced Technology and Training Center (ORETTC) in Tennessee trains those responsible for safeguarding nuclear and radioactive material as well as first responders and other experts in nuclear operations, safeguards, cyber, and emergency response. National Nuclear Security Administration.

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Can the Industrial Metaverse, XR Build Future Smart Cities?

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

My mom [who recently experimented with the Meta Quest 2] started to understand this because she was in the form of an avatar in this app, looking at her hometown of Ireland while sitting here in Memphis, Tennessee. He started with Minecraft, which is straight creative, and then went into Roblox to learn how to make your own games.

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This Degree Will Actually Land You a Job and Prepare You for the Future

EON Reality

Graduates from EON Reality’s global network have career opportunities around the world in Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality as well as the game industry, visual effects, and animation. Advanced Skills in Software Applications Development. Skills taught included: General knowledge in area of VR/AR projects. Province *.