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XR Travel Case Study in Focus: World XR Forum and Crans-Montana

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Here’s how the World XR Forum created a virtual travel experience for travelers during lockdown, within a Crans-Montana lounge. Creating a unique experience in the renowned VR platform, “Birdly”, the team was able to build an immersive simulator. Exploring the Potential of Virtual Travel. Powerful XR Experiences.

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If ‘Ready Player One’ Doesn’t Suck, It Stands to Positively Impact the VR Industry

Road to VR

The only time Wade Watts (Tye Sheridan) truly feels alive is when he escapes to the OASIS, an immersive virtual universe where most of humanity spends their days. It wasn’t just a Montana phenomenon though, as it was the impetus for a 40 percent increase in fly-fishing gear sold by major mail order firm The Orvis Company.

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Weekly Funding & People Roundup: Google acquires Owlchemy.

AllThingsVR

Alongside platforms like Google VR and Unreal Engine, it gives developers a springboard into creating immersive experiences, which many believe will be the future of how we will interact with many services — both leisurely and utilitarian ones — in the future. Read more here. 3) Vivid Vision said today it has raised $2.2 Read more here.

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