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You Can Now Donate Blood While Immersed In Mixed Reality

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Credit: Abbott Laboratories Using Microsoft’s HoloLens 2 mixed reality headset, donors are immersed in a magical garden where they can plant seeds around their real-world environment while enjoying a comforting soundtrack. Donors remain aware of their surroundings at all times for safety purposes.

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The Knight Foundation launches $750,000 initiative for immersive technology for the arts

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Knight Foundation is looking for pitches on how to enhance and augment traditional creative arts through immersive technologies. We’ve seen how immersive technologies can reach new audiences and engage existing audiences in new ways,” said Chris Barr, director for arts and technology innovation at Knight Foundation, in a statement.

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USC Launches $1bn XR, Generative AI Initiative

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Founded in Dayton, Ohio in 1979, Full Sail University launched as an audio recording workshop. At the impressive event, the partners launched their first-ever Central Florida Immersive Technology Summit, hosting industry leaders across the globe. After successes in enrolment, it later expanded to its Winter Park-based campus in 1989.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

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Based in Germany, ThyssenKrupp is a European national conglomerate that just announced a partnership with the Microsoft Hololens. As the virtual reality medium is physically more immersive than traditional video games, the potential for this real world overlap is significantly higher. LIVE STREAMED OKLAHOMA VS. OHIO STATE IN VR.

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