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

ARPost

With over 45 member companies representing the XR industry, the XR Association (XRA) has led the way in accelerating the growth and adoption of virtual, augmented, and mixed reality technology. 2022 also saw much progress in the immersive technology space, with several product launches that showcased new use cases for emerging technologies.

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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. The project was also undersigned by Vive Arts, HTC’s program to help cultural institutions fund and develop VR installations. The experience, dubbed T. The experience, dubbed T. rex skeleton bone-by-bone.

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Step Inside the FBI’s Unabomber Investigation in VR

VRScout

A former mathematician, Kaczynski abandoned his academic career to live in a small secluded cabin in Lincoln, Montana. To preserve the history of the FBI’s investigation and capture of Kaczynski, The Newseum and HTC Vive Studios have partnered to develop and produce a unique VR experience titled, Unabomber: The Virtual Reality Experience.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

VRScout

Google recently announced that they are partnering with HTC Vive and Lenovo to build new wireless headsets which we can look forward to later this year. …and just a few more. UPLOAD VR SUED OVER “RAMPANT” SEXUAL BEHAVIOR IN THE WORKPLACE & WRONGFUL TERMINATION. LET’S PROVE THE FUTURE IS FEMALE AND ALTER REALITY.

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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

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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