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XRA’s XR Industry Report: 2022 Highlights and Plans for 2023 and Beyond

ARPost

The report showcases the growing ecosystem of companies involved in immersive technologies and their commitment to innovation, safety, and user experience. Transfr was also recognized for using VR training to enhance workforce development in areas such as career exploration in Alabama, Indiana, and Montana, and electrician training.

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American Museum of Natural History Brings Visitors Closer to T. Rex with New VR Experience

Road to VR

HTC and the American Museum of Natural History announced that the Manhattan-based institution’s upcoming ‘T. rex: Skeleton Crew, was created by the Museum’s Science Visualization team, Vive Studios, and Warsaw-based AR/VR studio Immersion. The experience, dubbed T. The experience, dubbed T. rex skeleton bone-by-bone.

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Weekly Funding & People Roundup: Google acquires Owlchemy.

AllThingsVR

Owlchemy Labs, founded in 2010, has raised $5 million in seed funding from Capital Factory, Qualcomm Ventures, Colopl VR Fund, HTC and The Venture Reality Fund. Read more here. Read more here. 3) Vivid Vision said today it has raised $2.2 million in a seed round to build VR tools that could be used to treat eye problems known as “lazy eye.”San

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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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