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10 “Metaversities” Are Opening Across The US This Fall

VRScout

The project is being funded by Meta as part of Meta Immersive Learning, a program which was established to help support the next generation of metaverse content creators. Unlike conventional classrooms, virtual classes will take advantage of technology to immerse students in their studies in a way that would be impossible to replicate IRL.

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Spatial Beats: Zoom, Looking Glass & AR Funding

AR Insider

This week we look at Zoom’s new immersive view, Looking Glass’ latest milestone, the latest AR funding rounds and the return to physical events. Let’s dive in… Tribeca Immersive will offer a combination of real and virtual events this June. Zoom rolls out new features, including Immersive View.

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Suffolk, Carnegie Mellon Universities Join Transatlantic VR Partnership

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Other universities such as Arizona State University, New Mexico State University, Purdue Global, University of Iowa, and many more have entered strategic partnerships for the programme. Bodyswaps has begun providing its solutions to Stanford University and the latter’s business school to teach soft skills.

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Art Collective Supported By George R.R. Martin Gets Into VR

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

million in renovations for the space that Meow Wolf occupies in New Mexico, as detailed on NPR. Martin created the book series “The Song of Ice and Fire” upon which the “Game of Thrones” television show is based. He purchased, leased out for 10 years, and added $2.5

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Big XR News from Boeing, ENGAGE XR, Apple, and Meta

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Many XR firms are distributing immersive workplace solutions to a range of enterprise end-users, and at the same time, vendors are working on providing extensive product portfolios. A paradigm-shifting XR moment is inbound, but which firms will lead the immersive space race? XR looks to be picking up in the public consciousness.

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Meta Reveals US Education Partnership amid v57 Update

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Meta has announced a massive immersive partnership with 15 universities across the US, ringing in the new academic year. These institutions, currently actively engaging in immersive learning, are hosting classes in virtual reality (VR) to determine the efficacy of XR technologies in the educational curriculum.

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The AVR Platform and Classroom 3.0 Showcased at EduTECH Asia 2018

EON Reality

vision for the Immersed Flipped Classrooms of the future. vision for the Immersed Flipped Classrooms of the future. Over the course of both days, visitors filled the EON Reality booth to get their own one-on-one experience of Creator AVR, Virtual Trainer, and the ways in which AR Assist can help out in the classroom.

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