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Top XR Events in 2021 That Should Be on Your Must-Attend List

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Some of the exhibitors who will present new devices and technologies to the public are 8th Wall, Nreal, Unity, Unreal Engine, Pico Interactive, Atheer, Holoptic, Varjo, Cleanbox Technology, LetinAR, and Vuzix. Dr. Rolf Drechsler from the University of Bremen, Germany. Mikey Trujillo – Project Manager at Marvel Entertainment, LLC.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.10.12): Quest 2 is launching, dogs use AR, and more!

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VR people think that this may mean that Facebook may have to remove its mandatory Facebook login, also because other countries (like Germany) are raising similar concerns. Unreal Engine and Photoshop), as it happens in Google Docs when many people edit the same document at the same time. Image by Google). News worth a mention.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.03.22): Sony reveals PSVR2 controllers, FRL shows the wristband of the future, and more!

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Nreal Light is on sale in Germany. Google halves its revenues on the Play Store. Google has just decided to cut its share on the Play Store to “just” 15% of the revenues of the titles up to $1M. Learn more (XR Collaboration) Learn more (Unity College). (Thanks Ilja Z for the tip!). Some XR fun.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.06.20): Samsung to change its XR plans, Upload made a cool showcase, and more!

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More info Quest Gift Cards are now available in more countries Quest Gift Cards, which let you gift friends some credit for the Quest Store, are now also in the UK, Canada, Ireland, Germany, France, and Japan. I think they are great for simple gifts to friends and for giveaways from us content creators, so I’m happy they are expanding.

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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. And while Unreal Engine already supports OpenXR, Unity is a bit lagging, but support is coming in 2021. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Top news of the week.

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How I got started with virtual reality (and you can, too)

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It was too early for Unity, but they taught me about C++, C#, Java, OpenCV, OpenGL and other fancy development stuff. I thought developing everything VR-related in native code, but while researching how to develop for VR, I discovered that many people abandoned de nerd C++ wei to use a more visual program called Unity.

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Digital Twins: XR Today Expert Roundtable

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Orlando’s digital twin could be viewed as a more in-depth version of Google Maps that allows decision-makers to experience a “flyover” of the region with overlays of relevant data points.