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XR Travel Case Study in Focus: World XR Forum and Crans-Montana

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

During the pandemic, when country borders were closed, and flights were cancelled, this meant turning to technology to provide a different mode of escape. Here’s how the World XR Forum created a virtual travel experience for travelers during lockdown, within a Crans-Montana lounge. Exploring the Potential of Virtual Travel.

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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

rex: Skeleton Crew, was created by the Museum’s Science Visualization team, Vive Studios, and Warsaw-based AR/VR studio Immersion. rex’s Montana home circa 66 million years ago during the Late Cretaceous Period. We hope this technology will let our visitors experience the most fantastic and inaccessible realms of nature.”.

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8 Insightful XR Travel Case Studies to Read in 2022

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

In the last couple of years, we’ve begun to see some examples of what the right technology can do from leading hotel, transportation, and tourism companies. The same offerings can make the actual travel experience more engaging, by immersing customers in a unique experience while they’re sitting in their seat. Varjo and Arksen.

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#1258: Using XR & AI to Reclaim and Preserve Indigenous Languages with Michael Running Wolf

Voices of VR

Michael Running Wolf is a Northern Cheyenne/Lakota/Blackfeet indigenous man who grew up in Montana. The biggest blocker is that most natural language processing […] Michael Running Wolf is a Northern Cheyenne/Lakota/Blackfeet indigenous man who grew up in Montana.

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Weekly Funding & People Roundup: Google acquires Owlchemy.

AllThingsVR

Launched last year , it lets developers design and build massively detailed environments by using distributed cloud computing infrastructure, incorporating machine learning technology and other advances. Read more here. 3) Vivid Vision said today it has raised $2.2 Read more here.

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The 2017 Virtual Reality Conference and Expo Schedule

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2016 could be considered the official introduction of virtual reality to the world and many industries have either embraced the technology at varying levels or simply started paying attention to movements within the industry. Experiential Technology Conference & Expo (XTechExpo) // March 14th – March 15th. Austin, Texas.