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Oculus to Donate Rift & Go to Learning Institutions Across Seattle, Taiwan, & Japan

Road to VR

Oculus recently announced the’ll be expanding their educational pilot program by donating Oculus Rift and Oculus Go headsets to a number of educational institutions across Taiwan, Japan, and Seattle. The post Oculus to Donate Rift & Go to Learning Institutions Across Seattle, Taiwan, & Japan appeared first on Road to VR.

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Defining a Tech Cycle and Where Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality Stand

ARPost

Many leading technology companies such as Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, and Google are investing billions into developing these technologies. In a particularly interesting case, there is a business in Japan that offers first-class flights and vacationing to any location using VR. I am not the only one who has identified this trend.

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FORM’s AR Swim Goggles Now Work In Open Waters

VRScout

“The introduction of the FORM goggles has been a game-changer for swimmers, and now with GPS and heart rate tracking available in open water, the goggles will fundamentally change the way we train outdoors,” added professional triathlete and Ironman Champion Lionel Sanders. Image Credit: FORM.

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Eido Inoue tells us everything we need to know about HADO and location based augmented reality

The Ghost Howls

who first immigrated to Japan over 25 years ago. Between that, I worked on consumer cloud software with Google for five years… managing engineering teams for Gmail, Japanese mobile, Google Labs, and social (Blogger etc.) teams for Japan. Hello Eido, introduce yourself to my readers! What is Meleap?

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Defining a Tech Cycle and Where Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality Stand

ARPost

Many leading technology companies such as Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, and Google are investing billions into developing these technologies. In a particularly interesting case, there is a business in Japan that offers first-class flights and vacationing to any location using VR. I am not the only one who has identified this trend.

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How Big is the Augmented Reality market?

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This makes sense when we consider the number of leading AR tech companies in the US space, from Google to Microsoft. While Europe is also poised for significant growth in the years ahead, the APAC region is expected to deliver the most potential for the AR industry, according to most industry reports.

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Big XR News from Qualcomm, NTT DOCOMO, Varjo, Morpheus, GigXR, and CoSo Cloud,

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Japan’s largest telecommunications company allowed attendees to test 6G robotics, haptics, and metaverse technologies to demonstrate the emerging technology’s potential. GIGXR Debuts Immersive HoloScenarios: BLS Training GigXR, an immersive healthcare training platform, launched updates for its HoloScenarios platform.