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Big XR News from Google, ChatGPT, Vodafone, and Seoul Metropolitan Government

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Google Parent Alphabet Lays Off 12,000 Jobs Late last week, Alphabet, Google’s parent firm, laid off roughly 12,000 individuals. The move accounts for around 6 percent of Google’s global workforce. Google’s layoffs come just days after Microsoft and Amazon announced cutbacks of roughly 10,000 employees.

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The Top XR Education and Training Vendors for 2023

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Providing an immersive space for consuming and interacting with information, XR represents perhaps the perfect way to deliver training and education to students in all environments. The company offers a broad range of AR and VR solutions, including VR training tools, and AR for assisted work.

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Big News From Meta, Samsung, Microsoft, and HTC VIVE

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Groups like Microsoft are leveraging a collapsing military contact to keep its IVAS device lineup alive for further funding, and HTC VIVE took note to explain the importance of enterprise end-users in discussion with the World Economic Forum. The government-backed programme aims to seek out and incubate talent. Microsoft Begin IVAS 1.2

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Trends and predictions for XR in 2024

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Anyway, with the end of the life of Quest 2, this cycle finished and a new one started with Quest 3, Apple Vision Pro, Google and Samsung announcing their own headset, and other companies chasing them (e.g. Especially Apple and Google, which are the dominant players in the smartphone industry, are both launching headsets this year.

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20+ Amazing (And Free) Data Sources Anyone Can Use To Build AIs

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All of these tasks require data, and businesses that want to train their own ML algorithms in order to automate their day-to-day tasks need sources of data. Governments, research institutions, private companies, and non-governmental organizations all routinely make data freely available for research and even commercial purposes.

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“Thinking Ahead About XR” Report by Bipartisan Policy Center and XR Association

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The XRA is an industry organization founded by Google , HTC VIVE , Microsoft , Oculus , and Sony Interactive Entertainment. The report also recommended the creation of more XR training tools designed for people who may not be personally interested in using the technology outside of work opportunities. Economic Issues. “If

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XRA Launches Foundation for Diverse XR Workforces

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Naria Santalucia, Microsoft. The news comes months after the XRA, joining lobbying efforts with the Congressional Reality Caucus, saw the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Act, leading to the US Government funding billions for emerging technologies across the country. Chair Jessica?Lindl,

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