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AWE USA 2023 Day Three: Eyes on Apple

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The “Building Open Standards for the Metaverse” panel moderated by Moor Insights and Strategy Senior Analyst Anshel Sag brought together XR Safety Initiative (XRSI) founder and CEO Kavya Pearlman, XRSI Advisor Elizabeth Rothman, and Khronos Group President Neil Trevett. Apple’s tendency to operate outside of standards was discussed.

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NimbRo Wins $5 Million Avatar XPRIZE Driving Robot With VR Headset

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The finals of the competition were held over the weekend in Long Beach, California, with team NimbRo from the Autonomous Intelligent Systems group at the University of Bonn, Germany, winning the $5 million grand prize. The videos embedded below show a brief overview of the project as well as the telepresence robot in action.

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MTV VMAs Debut Historic XR Metaverse Show

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Blackpink, a South Korean girl group, took the first award at the event, with a Meta Platforms spokesperson tweeting their excitement on the groundbreaking win. BLACKPINK crushing it in and out of the metaverse. Meta (@Meta) August 29, 2022.

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CraneMorley Earns Top Honors at the Vega Digital Awards

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Long Beach, CA – February 11,2020) The International Awards Associate (IAA) proudly announces the winners of its 2019 Vega Digital Awards. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE. CraneMorley Wins Three 2019 Vega Digital Awards.

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Microsoft’s Mixed Reality Strategy Driven By Pioneer Who Helped Launch VR’s Renaissance

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Alex Kipman, technical fellow of new device categories in the Windows and Devices Group at Microsoft, said in an interview Bolas “owns our mixed reality shell, period. There’s one shell that goes across HoloLens and these headsets you’ve seen — it’s a Windows Mixed Reality shell.

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2020 – The Year of AR and VR for Education and Training

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The benefits of this connectivity are many and varied depending on who you are, your demographic group, or generation. I saw my first presentation at the League for Innovation Conference in Long Beach, California in 2002.

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Celebrating the 2023 Auggie Awards and XR Prize Challenge

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The group won over Mutienliao , Oregon Shakespeare Festival , and Ferryman Collective. The Startup Pitch Competition “We had an incredible group of startups pitch,” Boost VC Partner Maddie Callander said in presenting the Startup to Watch Auggie. Unfortunately, no one from Delta Reality was present to accept the award.

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