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Qualcomm Announces Tethered AR ‘Smart Viewer’ Reference Design with Onboard Co-processing

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Qualcomm, maker of chips and technologies for mobile devices, today announced a reference design for a tethered AR headset which is tethered to a phone or PC but also contains its own chips to handle some onboard processing. The company calls the split-processing approach an AR ‘smart viewer’ headset.

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This Technology Can Turn The Real-World Into Living Art

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Researchers can take an image and use it as a reference point to create a virtual world, object, or person. Using various reference images, the research team of Thu Nguyen-Phuoc , Feng Liu , and Lei Xiao were able to generate stylized 3D scenes that could be used in a variety of virtual environments. Image Credit: Cornell University.

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Immersive Tech Brings The Tokyo Olympics To Life At Home

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From volumetric video to AI-powered motion capture , here’s how immersive tech is changing the most historic sporting event on the planet. In addition to 360-degree video, event organizers and broadcasts are experimenting with a variety of different technologies to help bring this years’ action to life at home.

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Sword Art Online VR Event Immerses You In The Hit Anime

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In the Underground Labyrinth, for example, you’ll find an exhibition area featuring an immersive audio-visual experience as well as a four-sided theater that’s been generating tons of buzz on social media. The post Sword Art Online VR Event Immerses You In The Hit Anime appeared first on VRScout.

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Oculus CTO John Carmack Talks Immersive Technology On The Joe Rogan Podcast

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It’s a long conversation with dozens of changing topics, so we went ahead and timestamped key discussions regarding immersive technology: [ 00:34 ] – Rogan and Carmack waste no time diving into Oculus’ latest hardware release, the Oculus Quest. Image Credit: Joe Rogan Experience. [

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Immersed Says It Will Publicly Demo Visor In September

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Immersed says it will publicly demo Visor in September, and claims Founder’s Edition units will ship shortly after. The Visor demos will be given at Immersed IRL, the company's own event at the Zach Theatre in Austin, Texas on September 19. 0:00 / 0:53 1× Promotional video from Immersed. Who Is Immersed And What Is Visor?

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Zylia’s 3D Audio Technology Could Be The Start Of Virtual Concert Halls

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The immersive audio experts over at Zylia are all about pushing the boundaries of 3D audio recording, whether it be for academic research, art, games, music, sports, VR, and everything in between. We see hyper-realistic games, both visually and audibly, allowing players to fully immerse themselves in the plot,” he adds.