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

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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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HTC VIVE Debuts Mars CamTrack at SIGGRAPH 2022

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VIVE Mars CamTrack is open for purchase in the United States, Canada, and Europe, with plans to launch in China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and Australia over the next few months. Learn more: [link] #VIVEMARS #SIGGRAPH2022 #trackedonmars #virtualproduction pic.twitter.com/uNTI9bH6hs. — HTC VIVE (@htcvive) August 8, 2022.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.11.14): Meta lays off 11,000 people, Apple works on some sort of “metaverse”, and more!

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According to the news outlet DigiTimes, Apple will use Taiwan-based Pegatron as its sole assembly manufacturer for it, and mass production of the device is set to begin “at the end of the first quarter of 2023”. The console can also be inserted in a special case (a much improved version of Google Daydream View) to become a VR headset.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.03.02): XR2 shows the future of standalones, F8 and GDC canceled and much more!

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The only company not much affected by it is HTC, that manufacturers its headsets in Taiwan and not in Mainland China. This is one of the weirdest rag-doll experiments in Unity. This means that the Taiwanese company may earn some market shares in this period, with people desperately looking for a headset to play Half-Life: Alyx.

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Take an Infrared #Selfie, Sculpt Pottery in VR, and 15 More Art/Music Experiences

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We learned how to use Unity, code in C#, design in Autodesk Maya, and use a Leap Motion sensor. Created by Metanaut, a newly formed VR studio based in Taipei, Taiwan and Vancouver, Canada, it lets you chain chords, melodies, and instruments together in complex webs. ” Recommended: Google Chrome. . “Our team (HisarCS.)

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Leap Motion’s North Star is the DK1 of AR: hands-on preview and how to buy it!

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There is not even an assembly kit like with Google Cardboards. If you have already heard his name, it is probably because he is the author of this famous photo of Sergey Brin wearing Google Glass in the metro. 90% of the worldwide electronics are produced in the big area that goes from Shenzhen to Taiwan and Hong Kong.