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Microsoft Patents New MicroLED Display for HoloLens 2 Successor

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Microsoft has reportedly filed a new patent to develop a microLED display solution to enhance virtual, augmented, and mixed reality (VR/AR/MR) experiences. The backplane substrate includes a plurality of pixel logic hardware modules. An Apple-Microsoft-Meta micro-OLED Melee?

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Meta and LG CEOs to Discuss AI-Powered XR Devices

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This week, a South Korean news publication reports that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg plans to meet with LG officials in South Korea to discuss new XR hardware. The OS could potentially provide a valuable source of income and services for Meta’s XR hardware ecosystem to combat the already deep Apple Vision Pro offerings.

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Korean 3D spatial data tool startup Urbanbase closes $11.1M Series B+ round

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million in 2017 and its first Series B round in April 2020, from backers that included South Korea-based Shinsegae Information & Communication, Woomi Construction, SL Investment, KDB Capital, Shinhan Capital, Enlight Ventures, CKD Venture Capital, and Breeze Investment, Ha said. Existing investors did not join this round.

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Steam Deck User Interface Coming To VR

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A booklet put together by Valve to mark Steam Deck’s availability in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong indicates VR headsets using Steam will “soon” have Steam Deck’s user interface. Valve is bringing the Steam Deck’s user interface to VR headsets.

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LG, Oorbit Partner for Smart TV Metaverse Solution

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South Korea’s LG Electronics announced on Monday a partnership with Oorbit to develop serious gaming metaverse technologies for LG TVs. Pooya Koosha, Oorbit’s Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder , said that his company had been building hardware, software, and networking layers for the Metaverse for over ten years.

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Crytek-Incubated ‘VR First’ Program to Double Number of Academic VR/AR Labs in 2017

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VR First , the global initiative to seed academic institutions with VR/AR hardware and software, today announced that it’s nearly doubling the number of its VR labs in universities and science parks across the globe by the end of 2017. Sogang University, South Korea. South East European University, Macedonia.

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