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Google Buying HTC’s Pixel Team for $1.1 Billion

VRScout

Google has announced a $1.1 billion cooperation agreement under which certain HTC employees – many of whom are already working with Google to develop Pixel smartphones – will join Google. Leading into today’s news, shares of HTC were halted on the Taiwan Stock Exchange pending this Wednesday night announcement.

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VR Simulation Puts You On The Frontline Of The Hong Kong Protests

VRScout

For the past five months, hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong demonstrators have taken to the streets in protest of the Fugitive Offenders amendment bill introduced by the Hong Kong government which would allow local law enforcement to extradite criminals wanted in territories outside Hong Kong, including mainland China as well as Taiwan.

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My Taiwanese XR Chronicles part 1: Cave, zSpace, Brogent hands-on

The Ghost Howls

Two weeks ago, I had a fantastic trip to Taiwan together with my Chinese assistant Miss S. Are you ready for immersing into Taiwan? We all participants of the VR Visionaries tour in Taiwan (Image by Digiblock). When I tell people that I have been in Taiwan, the first questions that I get are “How is Taiwan?”

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The XR Week Peek (2020.06.13): Magic Leap exploring a sale, events are going virtual and more!

The Ghost Howls

Otherwise, now the situation is more or less like before, with the exception of some places where there are still some Oculus devices in stock (for instance in Japan and Taiwan). More info (Camera Path and Google Drive backup) More info (Sketchfab exporting). Google MediaPipe can now track 3D objects.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.05.24): Snap releases new Spectacles AR glasses, Quest releases runtime v29, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Google unveils Starline communication solution. At Google I/O, Google has announced Project Starline, an interesting project it has worked on for five years. I find Starlight an AMAZING project on the research side , and I think that all these technologies Google has developed for it may be re-used in other XR projects.

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EON Reality recognized as Top 100 Company Supporting Education Excellence by OCBJ and IPSF

EON Reality

On the Top 100, EON Reality is joined by organizations such as Google, The Hoag Foundation, and Kia Motors America, Inc. EON Reality combines Virtual Reality Simulation Based Learning, Augmented Reality Knowledge Injection, and an Enterprise Platform that allows for rapid development, deployment, and adoption.

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IAAPA Update from Location-Based VR Expert, Bob Cooney

XR for Business Podcast

I think the seated motion simulators are pretty safe. It was a 6DOF simulation machine. Bob: Yeah, look, I think that there’s a lot of bad motion simulation out there in VR, which triggers motion sickness. If it’s not done well, it can actually exacerbate the simulator sickness that you get. It was wild.