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Google Releases AR Geospatial Creator for Unity

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

Google has unveiled its Geospatial Creator for Unity platform, allowing developers to preview 3D assets via the Unity Editor. Viewing spatially-linked assets on a hyperrealistic 3D planet map, the toolkit powers ARCore and Photorealistic 3D Tiles via the Google Maps Platform, it said on its website.

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Creating Immersive Learning Experiences

Tech Trends VR

Google harnesses the power of photos and street view to deliver simplified VR development for teachers and students. At its annual I/O Developer Conference in Mountain View, California Google announced the launch of Tour Creator , a new tool that easily allows anyone to create interactive content in Virtual Reality.

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Funding Roundup: Google Acquires Eyefluence, Oblong Industries.

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Funding Roundup: Google Acquires Eyefluence, Oblong Industries Raises $65M & InContext Raises $15.2M Google buys Eyefluence , a company that specializes in turning eye movements into virtual actions, to boost its VR hardware. The eye-tracking interface startup founded in 2013 had raised $21.6M

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Snap Earns $20m Grant to Back California Tech Industry

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

Based near some of the world’s top businesses like Google, Qualcomm, Meta Platforms, and others, Snap’s role in driving innovation in the United States and beyond has led to significant growth in extended reality (XR). ” For many within the industry, recipients are forecast to attract $1.3

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Intel Dismisses IoT for Augmented and Virtual Reality

VRWorld

There’s a clear reason why, and it can be found in recent ‘resurrection’ of Google Glass in ‘Enterprise Edition’, as well as wanting to react to popular products from Vuzix and ODG (Osterhaut Design Group). While Glass 2.0

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Apple iPhone 8, 8 Plus and iPhone X will Boost AR Market

VRWorld

The company is allegedly now working on AR-enabled smart glasses, and while Apple was slower to AR market than Google, the widespread adoption of iPhone might end up with Apple taking over Google. That came as a surprise considering how many years Google has spent researching their AR options.

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New Google Glass for Enterprise Emerges in FCC Listing

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It’s been over a year since Google launched its Glass Enterprise Edition , something the company called “a new chapter” for the device. ” Image courtesy Google. SEE ALSO Google Appears to Be Ramping Up R&D Efforts for "New and novel" AR/VR Lenses.

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