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Google Bringing WebVR 1.1 To Daydream in January

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As reported by Road to VR , Google recently confirmed that the latest iteration of the framework, WebVR 1.1, Speaking at the W3C Workshop on Web & Virtual Reality last month, Megan Lindsay, WebVR Product Manager at Google stated that a beta version should launch in December 2016 followed by a stable launch in January 2017.

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Coronavirus Forces Cancellation Of E3 2020

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” With Sony Playstation having opted out of E3 2020 for the second year in a row and Nintendo continuing to make its biggest announcements via its Nintendo Treehouse live streams, the infamous trade show has been on a steady decline for years.

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Unity Technologies Hosting Vision VR/AR Summit Asia in Beijing

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Unity revealed that representatives from Google, Samsung Gear VR, PTC Vuforia, Sony PlayStation VR, and Microsoft HoloLens will be on hand to discuss new developments in their individual technologies. The breakout workshops and keynotes will all be live-streamed. Vision Inspire Award (Best Overall).

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IGS Europe Launches Next Week!

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IGS Europe is a content-driven XR showcase event that brings together its participants in keynotes, developer workshops, exhibitions, and networking opportunities. — Immerse Global Summit (@ImmerseSummit) September 18, 2022. IGS Europe will feature executives from many major XR firms and affiliated industry innovators.

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Pico Shifts Focus From Controllers To Hand Tracking

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For existing VR makers like Pico, HTC, Meta, Valve, and Sony, a $3,500 headset-in-a-box might not be too threatening to their immediate positions, but what happens when Apple's less expensive follow-ups ship with much less bulk? Can these smaller players really hope to lure enough developers to compete with the likes of Meta and Apple?

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HTC VIVE Debuts Mars CamTrack at SIGGRAPH 2022

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The event will also tackle the challenge of developing the Metaverse with a list of workshops, panels, courses, and others to discuss the merging of physical and digital content.

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An Inflection Point for WebVR and the Open Metaverse

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And then on October 19th and 20th, there was a historic W3C Workshop on Web & Virtual Reality where all of the major VR players gathered in San Jose to hash out the WebVR web standards for delivering VR and AR applications over the web.

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