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Sketchfab Hosts 1 Million Online Scenes While Matterport Posts 250K Virtual Spaces

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Virtual reality’s web presence is heating up. The first comes from Sketfchfab — which is announcing 1 million scenes live online — and the second is Matterport — which is announcing over 250,000 spaces published in virtual reality. ” Charles Singletary contributed to this report.

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Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 845 to Improve AR/VR Rendering & Reduce Power Consumption “by 30%”

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Qualcomm introduced it’s new Snapdragon 845 mobile processor at the company’s tech summit in Hawaii this week, which Qualcomm says improves mobile AR/VR headset (branded to as ‘XR’, or ‘eXtended reality’) performance up to 30 percent in comparison to its predecessor, Snapdragon 835.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.11.21): Qualcomm launches AR2 chip, HTC headset gets leaked, and more!

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Let’s see what have been the most interesting things happening in immersive reality…. Qualcomm and Niantic bet on the future of augmented reality with AR2. The biggest news of the week took place in the Hawaii islands, where Qualcomm had its Snapdragon Summit event. Another week, another roundup of amazing AR/VR news!

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The Future of Performance Art: Samsung and Punchdrunk Showcase ‘Believe Your Eyes’

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VR mixed with performance is taking the strength of VR’s immersion and boosting it with an extra layer of sensory input: the presence of other people. And when a skilled group of people, say those known for creating immersive experiences like Sleep No More, are those involved, the artistry of it just takes it further.

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Jake Rowell: How The best VR Experience Came to Life

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After spending the past ten days in Hollywood, we met with numerous industry members who are working on next generation of Virtual Reality content. For a pure enjoyment, theBlu experiences simply are the best way to immerse a person in virtual reality, no matter the age. Why not have a third experience?

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Hands-on: VR Goes Skydiving at iFLY – The Ultimate Haptic Simulation

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iFLY , a leading provider of indoor skydiving facilities, today launched their iFLY VR initiative which combines the company’s indoor skydiving experience with immersive visuals powered by a Gear VR headset. I got to try to experience for myself at the company’s SF Bay location.

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Coral Compass: Fighting Climate Change in Palau Leverages The Power of VR

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If a 2D picture or traditional documentary can’t raise enough awareness about the urgency of climate change, could a more immersive media - Virtual Reality, provide some more insights? Virtual Human Interaction Lab at Stanford University are researching to find the answer. . How to take the full advantages of VR?

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