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NVIDIA, Siemens Demo Freyr Virtual Plant at Hannover Messe 2023

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

The deal will provide the Lysaker, Norway-based battery firm with enhanced production and efficiency scaling tools for its operations. The company will leverage NVIDIA’s Omniverse platform with immersive replicas of FREYR’s gigafactories. This follows announcements to jointly develop the industrial metaverse last year. .”

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Is XR ‘Taking Off’ for the Commercial Aviation Industry?

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Extended reality (XR) tools will allow manufacturers, airlines, and customers to leverage immersive tools capable of empowering the commercial aviation market. Trainees could use Microsoft HoloLens 2 and Magic Leap headsets, as well as tablets and smartphones for the platform. Airport Customer Experiences.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.11.09): PS5 doesn’t improve PSVR, VRChat reaches 24,000 concurrent users, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Image by Microsoft). Microsoft ramps up distribution of HoloLens 2 and Kinect For Azure. Microsoft is working to improve the distribution of its latest devices: HoloLens 2 and Kinect For Azure. Netherlands, Switzerland, Spain, Austria, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark, Belgium, Portugal, Poland, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.

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Will The Metaverse Need Policing?

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

Backed by technology giants like Google, Microsoft, and Meta, this environment has the potential to change many aspects of people’s everyday lives. The metaverse holds the key to more immersive business interactions, better creativity, and incredible opportunities for diversity and inclusion.

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Funding Roundup: Intel acquires Voke VR, The Future Group Raises.

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Series A, Drifter Entertainment (VR Game Studio) Raises $400K Seed Intel has acquired a startup called VOKE , which specialises in immersive sports video experiences, and counted both Intel and the Sacramento Kings among its investors. Before that, he worked for Microsoft as the tech director on HoloLens and Kinect.

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What’s Behind NVIDIA’s Q2 2023 Earnings Losses?

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

The report echoed market sentiments amid waves of redundancies at Meta Platforms, Microsoft, Amazon, and other tech giants from August to November last year. Siemens recently partnered with NVIDIA at a FREYR Battery factory in Norway to showcase their industrial metaverse technologies.

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The Virtual Arena: Educators Learn Their VR

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Out-of-Home entertainment, and Immersive Technology industry specialist Kevin Williams reports in his latest Virtual Arena column on the further growth in recognition that virtual reality VR is receiving from the Enterprise sector. Image credit: KWP. Image credit: KWP.