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Social VR Research Alert: Participate in a Research Study on Identity Construction in Virtual Environments, at Lund University in Sweden

Ryan Schultz

They are researching how social VR users express identity in virtual environments, and they wish to conduct interviews. If you are interested in participating in this research, please fill out this Google Docs form. Each interview will be around 30 minutes, and conducted online.

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Spatial Beats: Oculus, Google & Snap

AR Insider

This week, we look at tech stocks, Quest 2’s continued rise, Google’s VR sunsetting, and horsing around with Snapchat See the full roundup below. What is up with Google and XR? You can join virtual environments for festival mingling or join Q&As and drop into post-premiere parties.

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Google Announces ARCore 1.0 Update and New AR Experiences

VRScout

Now Google is going beyond what’s already available, announcing further partnerships with manufacturers to enable their upcoming devices this year, including Samsung, Huawei, LGE, Motorola, ASUS, Xiaomi, HMD/Nokia, ZTE, Sony Mobile, and Vivo. Google also teased us with an exclusive Ghostbusters World ARCore app. New Immersive Content.

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Space Invaders Celebrates 45th Anniversary With a New AR Game

ARPost

As Space Invaders turns 45, TAITO teams up with Google and UNIT9 to give its players an elevated AR gaming experience with Google’s ARCore Geospatial API. TAITO and Google partnered with global production and innovation studio UNIT9 to transform Space Invaders into an immersive AR game in honor of its 45th anniversary.

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The New Google Daydream View VR Headset Has Arrived

VRScout

Available in stores today and coinciding with the release of Google’s Pixel 2 phone, Daydream View is an improvement—but you’re probably not going to notice until you actually put it on. In addition to a new top head strap, Google also changed up the materials. It’s not the outer materials where Daydream View really shines though.

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How To Attend Zoom, Skype, Hangouts Meetings In VR With SPACES

VRScout

Whereas some apps, such as Immersed , Glue , and Spatial , offer those with VR headsets the chance to coordinate within virtual co-working environments, SPACES allows VR users to connect with those out-of-headset using a handful of popular video messaging apps. “SPACES creates a virtual webcam that most software can see and use.

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Virtual Reality and Team Building: An Outlook

ARPost

These days, most folks have experienced virtual reality in some shape or form: it could be a Google cardboard, VR kiosk at a local mall, or an at-home VR headset from HTC or Oculus. VR headsets create interactive environments that anyone can have access to. Application of Virtual Reality in Team Building.