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The XR Week Peek (2023.10.24): Bytedance debunks the rumors about Pico, new Glassholes are a trend, and much more!

The Ghost Howls

The Verge started referring to them as the new “Glassholes”, the term that was invented to describe people wearing Google Glass in public, when that device was popular. I understand the fun of doing stuff with passthrough: when the Vive Focus came out, I did some stuff like that, too. There are many other examples of that.

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‘Oculus Launch Pad’ Is Silently Populating The VR Content Pool

VRScout

’ “Some of my team members were based in Singapore, India, Canada, Hong Kong, and New York, while I was working from California,” Chen continued. Screenshot taken from adventure VR title ‘Chrysalis.’ Screenshot of VR adventure title ‘Chrysalis.’

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The Best University Courses To Learn Metaverse Skills

Bernard Marr

Basically, if the metaverse is the new internet, then everyone wants to be the new Google - holding the keys to the huge amounts of money to be made from selling advertising there. Huge companies like Facebook and Microsoft are throwing vast sums of money at their attempts to build, and therefore define, the metaverse. BSc or M.A.

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My predictions for augmented reality in 2021

The Ghost Howls

As a long-time AR enthusiast, and one of the first to have tried Google Glass in Italy, I have to admit that I will consider AR mainstream only when it will be on glasses that we will wear all day , when we’ll live in a completely shared mixed reality world (the AR Cloud). Or is it just a talk about glasses?

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Zoom working on adding Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality to Meetings

XROM

Sameer Raje, General Manager and India Head, Zoom Video Communications, in a conversation with TNIE, said, new offerings are on the cards as the company is working on virtual reality and augmented reality to enable smooth collaboration in work-from-home as well as hybrid setting.

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Looking through the Jio Glass

ARVR

We’re looking at you, Google Glass. Besides Google Glass, there have been plenty of venture backed companies promising to make consumer grade Augmented Reality come to life, only to realize the scale of the problem is larger than originally anticipated. You can see it in action below: [link] Why build on Android?

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Reaching into 3D Data, Exploring CAD Designs, Virtual Meetings, and More

Leapmotion

Recommended: Google Chrome. It was created by Y.Srinivas Reddy, an self-taught web designer/developer and entrepreneur from India. Recommended: Google Chrome. It even includes a sandbox mode featuring a variety of custom signs (e.g. Like, Dislike, Rock, Lizard, Spock) and the ability to add new signs. Requires: Webcam.

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