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Google and Amazon Workers Fill Streets To Protest Israel's 'Project Nimbus'

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“No justice, no peace, tech workers are in the streets!” Those words echoed through the air outside Google’s New York City office as workers left for the day on Thursday evening. Outside, they faced a street packed with dozens of Google and Amazon employees opposed to Project Nimbus , a $1.2 billion cloud computing… Read more.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

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In the fall of 2016, Microsoft announced a partnership with a handful of hardware manufacturers to make developer headsets implementing the inside-out tracking technology seen on the HoloLens. DOES APPLE HAVE 1000+ ENGINEERS WORKING ON AR IN ISRAEL? HIGH-END VIRTUAL REALITY JUST GOT MORE AFFORDABLE. GE POWER USES VR TO CUT DESIGN TIME.

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Future of Privacy Forum Issues XR Data Flow Infographic

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The FPF, a Washington, DC-based organisation with offices in Belgium, Singapore, and Israel, aims to unite experts across the XR industry to discuss current and future challenges over data and privacy rights and for the sector. The Push for XR Best Practices.

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Lumus ‘Sheds Light’ on Future of AR, Apple Vision Pro

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Founded in 2000, the Ness Ziona, Israel-based firm designed products for Scorpion helmets used in fighter jets like the A-10 Warthog and F-16 Fighting Falcon. This is due to several “false starts” with Google Glass , Microsoft HoloLens2, and Magic Leap, although the companies remain potential customers.

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What to Expect from Apple in the AR/VR Space

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Most recently, it was revealed that Apple also quietly acquired and absorbed Camerai , an Israel-based specialist in AR and camera tech. It is clear that Apple is planning to be a big player in the AR/VR space, but is yet unclear how its products will look like.

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Apple Manufacturer Quanta Partners With Lumus For AR Displays

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Recently, they reached out to Lumus, an Israel-based business that designs displays for AR glasses and headsets. Quanta will be offering their manufacturing resources for Lumus’ lenses, and in return, they’ll be allowed to reproduce the lenses for the consumer tech companies they work with, like Apple and Microsoft.

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Alibaba Backed WayRay won Grand Prize on AutoMobility LA’s Top Ten

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After making it to the Top Three alongside an impressive group of innovative startups from around the world, including Ohio-based GhostWave and Israel’s Innoviz Technologies, they were named this year’s winner of the 2017 Top Ten Automotive Startups Competition.