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Epic Games, Oakland University Launch Augmented Reality Center

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Epic Games has launched an Augmented Reality Center (ARC) at Oakland University in Michigan. It will work jointly to build and implement cutting-edge AR technologies for the future of the immersive industry. A major gaming engine, Epic Games announced on Friday a collaboration with OU’s College for Creative Studies (CCS).

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Suffolk, Carnegie Mellon Universities Join Transatlantic VR Partnership

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

” Bodyswaps technologies were “one way of helping students become job ready,” she added. .” ” Bodyswaps technologies were “one way of helping students become job ready,” she added. It’s really a bit of a blend of career support and new technology which I think works really well.”

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Exposing Homelessness Through Eviction With ‘These Sleepless Nights’ Mixed Reality Mini-Doc

VRScout

To shed a light on this issue, The Next Amendment , an anti-homelessness group dedicated to establishing universal housing for the underprivileged, is looking to spearhead a national conversation on the right to shelter through a 4-part AR-powered mini-documentary entitled These Sleepless Nights. Constitution.

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Christopher Lafayette: Let’s build together an inclusive XR community

The Ghost Howls

He’s mostly active on Linkedin and has always worked in VR considering not the technology, but the human and all the collectivity at the center of his vision. Hi, I’m Christopher Lafayette, founder of the Black Technology Mentorship Program. I’ve enjoyed being active in this particular technology space for some time.

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The Future of Play: How Intel And The ESL Are Helping Bring Virtual Reality To ESports

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

The VR stream featured a 200% growth in peak concurrent viewers compared to IEM’s first virtual reality live stream in Oakland, with 340,000 total unique viewers tuning into the VR broadcast. More than 130,000 unique viewers tuned into the IEM Oakland VR streams. That technology debuted at CES 2017.

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Prepping for Virtual Surgery, with 8Chili’s Aravind Upadhyaya

XR for Business Podcast

But our guest Aravind Upadhyaya is working to make surgical training virtual, with the help of XR technologies. Today, we're speaking with Aravind Upadhyaya, co-founder and CEO of 8chili, an Oakland, California based startup, bringing the dream of telesurgery to the real world. So we could use our technology.

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Prepping for Virtual Surgery, with 8Chili’s Aravind Upadhyaya

XR for Business Podcast

But our guest Aravind Upadhyaya is working to make surgical training virtual, with the help of XR technologies. Today, we're speaking with Aravind Upadhyaya, co-founder and CEO of 8chili, an Oakland, California based startup, bringing the dream of telesurgery to the real world. So we could use our technology.