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Weekly Funding & People Roundup: Leap Motion Raises $50M,

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The Series A round was led by leading online real estate portal and first-time investor, Zillow Group. Schilowitz will remain as chief creative officer at immersive cinema specialist Barco Escape. Read more here. 3) Hutch Interiors , an LA-based startup, has raised $10M for its AR home design mobile app. Read more here.

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Take A Walk On The Wild Side Of VR With Cybershoes

VRScout

An immersive VR locomotion solution that ditches the omnidirectional treadmill design in favor of a swivel chair. Yeah, you look a little goofy spinning and shuffling around in a chair with your feet barely brushing the floor, but is it any more embarrassing than participating in any other immersive experience ?

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CityXR: A Vision For Augmented Cities In The Shadow Of Hyper-Reality

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Matsuda himself subsequently began working in AR following the film's release, leading design teams at both Leap Motion (now Ultraleap) and Microsoft. While an admirable concept for how sports might undergo immersive reinvention, the technology demonstrated during the final race was ultimately let down by a lack of occlusion.

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Varjo XR-4 Series Review: Next-Level Mixed Reality Headsets

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

The Models Varjo says while rival headsets are catering to “2D productivity use cases”, its 4 th generation series will create deeply immersive experiences for industrial customers in search of exceptional visual fidelity and performance. The XR-4 series also supports UltraLeap’s Leap Motion 2 hand-tracking module for custom requirements.

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5 Potential Gear VR ‘Killer Apps’ Demonstrated During Samsung Contest

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Kim, Director of Content and Services at Samsung, explained: “[It’s] a useful tool to 1) create an interactive, immersive presentation in VR (or using traditional desktop), and 2) consume immersive informative, platform agnostic VR content that can be experienced inside any VR headset.”. Follow the developers on Facebook.

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Who Will Own the Metaverse?

AR Insider

AR is being applied in training and education, healthcare, heads-up wayfinding and navigation, tourism, retail, field service, real estate sales, design and architecture. Its wizarding successor grossed $12M in its first month.

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Top 50 Asian Virtual Reality-Augmented Reality Leaders,Evangelists, Investors & Influencers

XROM

VeeR acquires, produces, and distributes best-in-class immersive stories and light-weight interactive experiences. Eddie is also the founder and director of Sandbox Immersive Festival, China’s first VR/immersive media festival which the well acclaimed first edition was held in June in the city of Qingdao. web, and mobile.