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The XR Week Peek (2020.12.28): Flight Simulator VR released, a new hack lets you use Quest without Facebook, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Microsoft Flight Simulator releases VR patch. Microsoft Flight Simulator is now compatible with VR headsets : not only the HP Reverb G2 as initially teased but all the headsets that are compatible with OpenXR , so basically all the most famous devices. Google lets now everyone contribute to StreetView. Top news of the week.

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Google Launches Social Awareness VR Initiative ‘Daydream Impact’

VRScout

Google Daydream will provide organizations with VR training and equipment rentals. But the challenge is that these organizations and change-makers often lack the resources or knowledge on how to best use VR. So to start, Google is providing training through a VR filmmaking course on Coursera , which anyone can take.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.03.20): Meta to perform new layoffs, Google Glass to shut down, and more!

The Ghost Howls

More info (Official statement by Mark Zuckerberg) More info (Meta to lay off 10,000 people — Road To VR) More info (Meta to lay off 10,000 people — Upload VR) More info (Meta focusing more on AI — Yahoo Finance) More info (Meta focusing more on AI — CNN) Other relevant news Google is discontinuing Glass It’s the end of an era.

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How to get started with nReal glasses development in Unity

The Ghost Howls

and in testing it by simulating it in the editor, thanks to nReal “emulator” Are you ready? How to get started with nReal development (and emulator) in Unity (Video tutorial). How to get started with nReal development (and emulator) in Unity (Textual tutorial). Android SDK.

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How to choose an LBVR product?

The Ghost Howls

VR just passed the thorough of disillusionment and is here to stay thanks to investments in the AR/VR market by Facebook, Google and Apple. Seated VR: hand tracking games, movies and simulators. VR simulators are more interactive. Such simulators are quite popular in Asia. The post How to choose an LBVR product?

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How to build ARCore Cloud Anchor Sample for Unity

ARVR

I assume that you have basic knowledge of Unity Google Account Pair of hands 1–3 hours of free time Problem and Confusion Main problem that I’ve encountered is that there are several moving cogs in this endeavour: Unity3D 2019.4.x Virtual Reality: Do We Live In Our Brain’s Simulation Of The World? Prerequisites Latest Unity 2019.4.x

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Amazon Is Helping Researchers Study How to Dim the Sun

GizModo VR

Computer processors across Amazon Web Services recently hummed into gear to create 30 simulations of what Earth could look like by the middle of this century. Normally, climate models run on supercomputers. But this effort on Amazon’s servers represents one of the first attempts to do modeling on the cloud and could… Read more.

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