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The XR Week Peek (2023.08.22): VRChat Android alpha released, Kinect For Azure discontinued, and more!

The Ghost Howls

More info Other relevant news (Image by Microsoft) Microsoft discontinues Kinect for Azure Microsoft has decided to discontinue its latest iteration of the Kinect sensor, dubbed Kinect For Azure DK. Microsoft will stop selling its Kinect For Azure sensor in October 2023, or until the supplies last. This seems good.

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The Knight Foundation launches $750,000 initiative for immersive technology for the arts

TechCrunch VR

Through a partnership with Microsoft the foundation is offering a share of a $750,00 pool of cash and the option of technical support from Microsoft, including mentoring in mixed-reality technologies and access to the company’s suite of mixed reality technologies. .

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AR 101?—?A brief summary (Part 1)

ARVR

70s : Group of researchers at different organizations, such as NASA, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the University of North Carolina, continued research in computer graphics and virtual reality (Krevelen, 2010). 2000s : First outdoor mobile AR game ARQuake. 2000s : First outdoor mobile AR game ARQuake.

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The Best University Courses To Learn Metaverse Skills

Bernard Marr

Huge companies like Facebook and Microsoft are throwing vast sums of money at their attempts to build, and therefore define, the metaverse. A computer science degree will teach you programming, as well as the fundamentals of data and database management, how hardware works, and networking.

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HTC Enables Wireless Vive VR Design, New Features for 2017

VRWorld

Not to be outdone by HTC, Oculus is working on the wireless version themselves, codenamed “Santa Cruz” There is also Intel’s Project Alloy and the mainstream VR specification which Intel developed in collaboration with Microsoft, and a few other players.

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