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Tinder's parent company is suing Google over in-app billing

Mashable VR

Online dating juggernaut Match Group is suing Google, alleging that its Android apps are being forced to use the tech giant's in-app payment system — thus allowing Google to extract royalties for such transactions. However, Google doesn’t allow apps onto the Google Play Store unless they meet certain criteria.

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GamesBeat Summit Conversations On The Metaverse, AR’s Future, and Hollywood Envy

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Sweeney sees massive amounts of investment happening in China and South Korea toward VR, and that could very well lead to making the Metaverse. co-creator John Hanke of Niantic Labs; Minority Report science adviser and Oblong Industries CEO John Underkoffler; and AR glasses maker and Osterhout Design Group CEO Ralph Osterhout.

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Sofa Sports and the Rise of Live Gaming

VRWorld

As the average person in their twenties and thirties represents part of one of the most powerful spending groups in the USA, the feared and loathed millennials, live streaming has become a uniquely modern way of getting a new audience onboard. 1997 in South Korea, which was an early advocate of accessible broadband internet.

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Top 26 VR/AR Events, Expos and Conferences to Attend in 2018

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FIVARS is a presentation of VRTO – Toronto’s virtual reality meetup group and think tank.