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Google is Exploring Ways to Let You Animate Your ‘Blocks’ Creations

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Google’s team at Daydream Labs have been prototyping ways of animating objects and characters in Blocks , the company’s recently released VR modelling tool. The post Google is Exploring Ways to Let You Animate Your ‘Blocks’ Creations appeared first on Road to VR.

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Post-Pandemic, Augmented Reality Serves Entertainment With Its Re-Emergence

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Incredibly secular and in need of the right software and hardware components to get off the ground, AR as we know it wouldn’t see major leaps in the public sector until the mid 2010s. In 2014, Google Glass launched–to much fanfare, and nascent jokes online–quickly followed by the original Microsoft HoloLens.

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‘Titanic VR’ Dives Deep into the History of the Fateful Sinking in Educational VR Experience

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Titanic VR was built from the ground-up for VR and was made using what the studio says were “comprehensive maps to create a realistic 3D model of the wreck site as well as motion capture, face-scanning technology and professional voice actors to immerse users in the story.”

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The XR Week Peek (2023.09.12). Quest 3 fully leaked, new Rumors on Valve, and more!

The Ghost Howls

The piece of news that made people hope for a close release is the recent radio certification that Valve has obtained in Korea for its new unknown hardware device. This headset should feature pancake lenses, mixed reality capabilities, and micro-LED displays by Raxium , a startup owned by Google.

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How to Create an Augmented Reality App: Technology Guide 2022

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This follows investments in mobile hardware capability, interest in immersive virtual experiences with the metaverse, and rising industry competition. For example, a user could point a camera at areas of their city to see what it looked like ten years ago from an archive of Google Maps.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.10.26): DecaGear is an intriguing VR headset, HTC is working on a new device, and more!

The Ghost Howls

And the price of the wireless add-on is even more suspicious: speaking with a hardware manufacturer, they told me that ONLY THE ANTENNAS of a Wi-Gig connection for VR streaming (like the one of the Vive Pro) costs around $100… so how can the whole wireless streaming device cost just $50?? Learn more.

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The Metaverse and Organizations

ARVR

The hardware at the endpoint, the headset, glasses, microphones, etc. Enhancing education and training The pandemic and the resulting restrictions on personal gatherings have forced educational institutions to adopt e-learning platforms and other digital means of communication on multiple platforms like zoom, teams, google hangouts, and more.