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Sales of Fab Tools Surge to Over $71 Billion in 2020

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SEMI, an organization representing chipmakers and producers of semiconductor production tools, published this week that sales of wafer processing equipment has surged to an all-time record of $71.19 Thirdly, next-generation lithography equipment (both DUV and EUV) is getting more expensive, so are other tools used in clean rooms.

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Meta’s Social VR App is Coming to Web & Mobile Soon, Alpha Begins for Members-only Rooms

Road to VR

“To enable that, we’ll provide the tools that allow the creators of members-only worlds to set the rules for their communities and maintain those rules for their closed spaces.” It was too good to be true.

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HoloLens 2 Sales Expanding to 15 More Countries, ‘Development Edition’ Launches in the US

Road to VR

While you could previously buy the ‘Device Only’ package for $3,500, the ‘Development Edition’ is the same price but includes $1,250 of free developer tools: HoloLens 2 Development Edition. Value (MSRP; in $USD). HoloLens 2 device. Azure credits. 3-month Unity Pro license. 3-month Pixyz Plugin license. ”

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Celebrate The Women’s World Cup With New Snapchat AR Lenses

VRScout

The partnership offers fans a variety of new immersive experiences and creative tools created by female artists and developers for what many would argue is the greatest game in the world. For more information on all of the new Lenses and creative tools check out Snap Inc.’s Credit : Snap Inc. Credit: Snap Inc. Credit: Snap Inc.

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Ericsson to Build New UK Facility for 6G Research

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Katherine Ainley, Chief Executive of Ericsson UK and Ireland , said that the networking giant had connected the UK for over 120 years. The news comes after the Swedish telecoms giant joined forces with Three Ireland and Glanbia Ireland to develop Ireland’s first-ever 5G campus network.

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Report: Meta to Open ‘Horizon Worlds’ to Younger Teens Amid Renewed Retention Push

Road to VR

Horizon Worlds on the other hand has been limited to users 18+ since it was launched in 2021, and only to those in US, Canada, UK, France, Iceland, Ireland and Spain. Meta’s Quest 2 headset is technically only available to users aged 13 and up.

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Meta rolls out new parental controls for Instagram and Quest VR headsets

TechCrunch VR

Meta announced today that it’s rolling out new tools on Instagram and Quest VR headsets that are designed to give parents additional supervision controls. On Instagram, parents and guardians can now send invitations to their teens to initiate supervision tools. Meta plans to roll out the tools globally before the end of the year.