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The XR Week Peek (2022.05.16): Meta teases Cambria, Google shows new AR features, and more!

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This reminds me of a similar error HTC made in the past of mixing signals of a pro device and consumer content It has RGB passthrough cameras with three times the resolution of Quest 2 cameras. Image by Google). Google performs interesting AR news at I/O conference. The problem of moderation inside virtual worlds.

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‘Google Earth VR’ Launches For Free To Let You Fly Around The World

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This is Google Earth VR. Our Virtual World. Google Earth VR is a surprise project from Google’s Geo team that is being both announced and released today. This is the team behind Google Maps and the original Google Earth. Google Earth VR’s primary locomotion system is flight.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

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Google wants you to play with Blocks, this smartphone wants you to get rid of your headset, a new marketplace connecting content creators with funding, the price of the Oculus Rift is slashed, the investment & funding wrapup, and more… 1. GOOGLE WANTS YOU TO PLAY WITH BLOCKS. THIS SMARTPHONE WANTS TO MAKE HEADSETS OBSOLETE.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.06.13): Magic Leap exploring a sale, events are going virtual and more!

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The VR route is instead being pursued by HTC (with its VEC event happening soon) and IEEE. This means that if you are in Google Earth VR in a green room where there is a friend of yours, you can see the city that you are visiting all around you, and the real image of your friend being there with you. Who knows….

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What Does the XR Industry Think about Apple’s Vision Pro?

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Also, while converging the physical and virtual worlds is inevitable, it won’t be through massive ski goggles on your face. Apple’s approach was not to get everyone into virtual worlds right away, but it was a great way to meet audiences halfway. Apple has missed that this is possible today, not tomorrow.

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12 Can’t Miss VR Talks You Have To See At GDC 2017

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Lessons Learned From A Thousand Virtual Worlds. Rikard Steiber (HTC), Joel Breton (HTC). As President of Viveport and Head of Vive Studios respectively, Rikard Steiber and Joel Breton are two of the most senior figures working on the HTC Vive today. Alon Or-bach (Samsung Electronics), Kaye Mason (Google).

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New Motion Tracking Enables 50×50 Meter VR Spaces

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We received word from WorldViz that they are putting the finishing touches on a Virtual Reality expansion for their PPT (Precision Position Tracking) system. meters i.e. 26,910 sq. feet are covered with a single device. “The beauty of our PPT system and the new plug-ins is that they take the orientation data from the game engine.

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