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

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

During the pandemic, when country borders were closed, and flights were cancelled, this meant turning to technology to provide a different mode of escape. Here’s how the World XR Forum created a virtual travel experience for travelers during lockdown, within a Crans-Montana lounge. Exploring the Potential of Virtual Travel.

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Weekly Funding & People Roundup: Google acquires Owlchemy.

AllThingsVR

Launched last year , it lets developers design and build massively detailed environments by using distributed cloud computing infrastructure, incorporating machine learning technology and other advances. Read more here. 3) Vivid Vision said today it has raised $2.2 Read more here.

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

Road to VR

While basically none of the technology portrayed in Ready Player One reflects the current state of VR devices or software, leaving a clear gap in its ‘advertised’ benefits and the reality of the experience available to VR users today, it still has the potential to be a significant factor in VR adoption.

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