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Epic Games, Oakland University Launch Augmented Reality Center

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Epic Games has launched an Augmented Reality Center (ARC) at Oakland University in Michigan. It will work jointly to build and implement cutting-edge AR technologies for the future of the immersive industry. These will develop tools such as haptic gloves, new immersive headsets, extended reality (XR) projectors, and other solutions.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

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The immersive story is different for everyone, and was built with Wevr’s VR character AI framework. Steel Wool Studios , based in Oakland, CA and founded by former Lucasfilm, Telltale Games, and Pixar creatives, received $5M in Series A funding entirely from HTC. INVESTMENTS AND VR FUNDING ROUNDUP. Bitmovin announced a $10.3M

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10 Recent VR and AR Investments You Should Know About

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Steel Wool Studios , based in Oakland, CA and founded by former Lucasfilm, Telltale Games, and Pixar creatives, received $5M in Series A funding… entirely from HTC. This funding pushes NextVR to almost $120M raised in total, and their Executive Chairman Brad Allen summed it up well: “The U.S. is excited about VR. HTC FUNDS STEEL WOOL, SOLO.