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The 5 most important XR-related pieces of news from Google I/O 2023

The Ghost Howls

Last week, Google delivered its most important event of the year, the Google I/O. During its keynote, the CEO Sundar Pichai announced many new products of the company. During the last years, XR has never been relevant at Google I/O, but this year it has been relevant inside the keynote, again.

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Moth+Flame Raises $2.5M to Expand Its Immersive VR Work Training Tech

Road to VR

The New York-based company’s latest funding round was led by Bee Partners with additional investment from First In, Meeting Street Capital, Service Provider Capital, Spacecadet, and Dan Farah, producer of Steven Spielberg’s film adaptation of Ready Player One. The post Moth+Flame Raises $2.5M

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Street View Comes To Google Earth VR

VRScout

The new update brings Street View imagery from 85 countries. Last year Google launched a VR version of Google Earth , letting you visit locations around the world in 3D. You can now fly down closer to street level, check your controller to see if Street View is available, and enter an immersive 360° photo.

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Google Maps Rolls Out AR Update for Android, iOS

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

This week, Google is rolling out a long-awaited update for its Maps service, integrating augmented reality (AR) navigation visualizations, search functions, and immersive retail tools, 9 to 5 Mac reported. The software giant first previewed Google Maps Live View’s AR functions in September.

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Which Startups Are Hiring for Augmented Reality Jobs?

ARPost

billion in 2019, with many billions more being invested in R&D by the likes of Facebook, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and many more. See Also: New Guidelines for Developers: XR Software Should Be Accessible for Users With Disabilities. As of November 2020, they’re hiring for both New York and San Francisco positions.

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Moth+Flame Releases Immersive iOS Trainer

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Moth+Flame , a leading company for immersive learning solutions, announced on Wednesday that it had released its first-ever iOS immersive training app for businesses and corporate entities. Such technologies are key for businesses to reach crucial learning targets and teach best practices, it explained. What Does the App Offer?

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Report: Meta is Considering Physical Stores to Sell Its Vision of the Metaverse

Road to VR

Meta (formerly Facebook) is not only building its next generation of AR and VR headsets, but it’s looking to jumpstart a sort of immersive internet the company believes will one day be the future of human interaction—that’s the ‘metaverse’ everyone’s talking about.

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