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‘Google Earth VR’ Lets You Experience the Total Solar Eclipse Right Now

Road to VR

Whether or not you’re in the narrow band of ‘solar eclipse totality’ that’s making its way across the continental United States on Monday, August 21st, Google Earth VR has seen a recent update that will let you experience the rare event from the comfort of your own HTC Vive or Oculus Rift. image courtesy NASA.

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Where is VR/AR and Education Now?

VRScout

In March 2014 Facebook bought Oculus and the current wave of interest in VR and AR was reborn. 1 VR/AR is proving to be an effective learning tool. 2 – The number of interactive teaching tools for K-12 teachers has exploded. Some analysts projected that education would be the 4th largest sector for VR/AR investment.

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Lenovo Reveals ThinkReality VRX at IGS Europe 2022

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Jason McGuigan, Head of Commercial for Virtual Reality , announced the news at his speech at the premier event in Madeira Island, Portugal’s Savoy Palace, which joined some of the world’s largest tech firms, including Google, Qualcomm, EndeavorXR, Varjo Technologies, and many others.

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How Is Virtual Reality in Online Education Used?

ARVR

Examples of the former include Oculus Rift and Valve Index , while the latter include Gear VR and Google Cardboard. If the VR device is phone-based, then the software is developed for the Android or iOS application marketplaces (Google Play or App Store). But what about online courses and learning?

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Getting — and Keeping — Your Attention in XR, with LumiereVR COO Alexander Haque

XR for Business Podcast

Alan: So does it work with the Oculus Go? We actually have a pretty good relationship with the folks at Oculus. And to your point, by the way, what you mentioned — Google expeditions for the classroom — they started off by tackling that problem of bringing VR and synchronizing it across headsets. Alan: Got it.

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Getting -- and Keeping -- Your Attention in XR, with LumiereVR COO Alexander Haque

XR for Business Podcast

Alan: So does it work with the Oculus Go? We actually have a pretty good relationship with the folks at Oculus. And to your point, by the way, what you mentioned -- Google expeditions for the classroom -- they started off by tackling that problem of bringing VR and synchronizing it across headsets. Alan: Got it. Alex: It does.

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Getting — and Keeping — Your Attention in XR, with LumiereVR COO Alexander Haque

XR for Business Podcast

Alan: So does it work with the Oculus Go? We actually have a pretty good relationship with the folks at Oculus. And to your point, by the way, what you mentioned — Google expeditions for the classroom — they started off by tackling that problem of bringing VR and synchronizing it across headsets. Alan: Got it.