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The XR Week Peek (2020.09.07): new Quest is coming at $299 and $399, NVIDIA RTX3070 is powerful and affordable and more!

The Ghost Howls

Facebook halts the sale of Quest in Germany. Facebook is temporarily suspending the sale of Oculus Quest devices in Germany. Germany, please save us . More info (Facebook halting Quest sales in Germany) More info (A Redditor explaining the problem). Google releases a tool for body tracking on your phone.

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

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

News reports have revealed that a new extended reality (XR) tool has now become integral to Germany’s European Under 17 (U17) football training programme, leading to enhanced sports training. Germany recently scored a major win at the European U17 Football Championship against France.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.12.14): Facebook gets sued for alleged monopolization, Medal Of Honor is a mediocre game, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Facebook gets sued for monopolization in US and Germany. In Germany, instead, the legal action regards the mandatory Facebook login for Oculus Quest 2. Since Snap Camera is supported, you can use it to also have virtual makeup on Zoom or Google Duo. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Top news of the week.

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Visualizing the Future of AR, with Visualix’s CEOs Michael Bucko & Darius Pajouh

XR for Business Podcast

Alan: One of my predictions from a few years ago was that Apple and Google will probably create some sort of game or experience that you’ll find yourself alone in your house, chasing Pokémon or something around your house and you’ll be scanning up and down and left and right. He used to work on Google Earth.

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Visualizing the Future of AR, with Visualix’s CEOs Michael Bucko & Darius Pajouh

XR for Business Podcast

Alan: One of my predictions from a few years ago was that Apple and Google will probably create some sort of game or experience that you’ll find yourself alone in your house, chasing Pokémon or something around your house and you’ll be scanning up and down and left and right. He used to work on Google Earth.

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Visualizing the Future of AR, with Visualix's CEOs Michael Bucko & Darius Pajouh

XR for Business Podcast

Alan: One of my predictions from a few years ago was that Apple and Google will probably create some sort of game or experience that you'll find yourself alone in your house, chasing Pokémon or something around your house and you'll be scanning up and down and left and right. He used to work on Google Earth.

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Convergence, Enterprise AR, and Mapping the Inside World with Charlie Fink

XR for Business Podcast

There’s a whole range of services, and GPS is getting better now that it’s being married to computer vision, so you can get highly-localized Google directions – really accurate, down to a couple of feet. Is this a job for Google Glass? Charlie: Yeah it’s Google Glass. Google put in 500 million dollars.

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