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Developing the Future of Mixed Reality

Tech Trends VR

And while Portland is by no means a backwater, it’s still not a major tech or immersive content hub like LA or San Francisco either. Zachary and Hoffman believe that bringing competition is one way to achieve this, and that, in a way is where the real value of having Magic Leap enter the arena lies.

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This All-Female Founders Pitch Event Was Held in VR

VRScout

San Francisco, CA) – creates magical pets for XR, like pet dragons or unicorns, that will become your faithful digital companions. Spandana Govindgari // ARAD (San Francisco, CA) – easy-to-integrate advertising platform for developers and advertisers to deliver AR ads to better target users and gain insights.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

VRScout

To make matters murkier, there’s also the recently-announced partnership between Google and HTC Vive to create new standalone mobile headsets for all Google Daydream-ready Android phones. After quietly settling a gender discrimination lawsuit recently, it turns out that Magic Leap is back on the fundraising trail.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.02.17): Half-Life Alyx will launch on March, 23rd, MWC has been canceled and much more!

The Ghost Howls

More info (Use Google Translate). Magic Leap plans dev days and dev programs. We all know that Magic Leap is in big trouble, and it seems that one of the paths it is trying to follow to exit the quicksands is trying to get more developers onboard. Google Chrome now supports WebAR. News worth a mention.

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The Road Ahead in VR and AR Will Have Two Steps Forward, One Step Back

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

John Riccitiello, CEO of Unity Technologies, predicted that tech journalists would start gleefully writing that the virtual reality revolution is over because sales of VR headsets fell short of expectations, and analysts are in the midst of shaving back their predictions. That’s pretty scary for the AR industry because Magic Leap raised $793.5

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The Right Time to Invest in VR, with MetaVRse’s Alan Smithson and Alex Colgan

XR for Business Podcast

Unity Technologies just went public. If you're living in, let's say, Toronto and you're pitching somebody in San Francisco and you make VR, how do you put their head in there and make sure they're in there? And Unity's, I think started. They work on Oculus Quest, they work on the Magic Leap. Alex: Huge news.

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The Right Time to Invest in VR, with MetaVRse’s Alan Smithson and Alex Colgan

XR for Business Podcast

Unity Technologies just went public. If you're living in, let's say, Toronto and you're pitching somebody in San Francisco and you make VR, how do you put their head in there and make sure they're in there? And Unity's, I think started. They work on Oculus Quest, they work on the Magic Leap. Alex: Huge news.

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