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Over 2,000 Meta Quest Headsets Deployed in Kentucky Schools

XR Today - Virtual Reality

In a recent report by XR MDM solutions provider MangeXR, the firm highlighted a recent success story with educational end users in the Kentucky region. Moreover, the current phase two of headset distribution sees the Kentucky Department of Education actively approach special education groups.

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New Meta Quest for Education Product Due this Year

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

In a promotional video , Meta’s President of Global Affairs, Nick Clegg , stated: We are going to be shipping a new education product for Quest in a few month’s time, which has been designed for and very much designed around the feedback we received from teachers themselves.

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Facebook Acquires FacioMetrics To Add ‘Fun Effects’ To Photos and Videos

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Facebook acquired face recognition technology provider FacioMetrics to beef up the social network giant’s photo and video capabilities. The company produced facial behavior and demographic tools for developers, using video. These tools aid facial detection and understanding, and even let you swap faces.

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How Transportation Sectors are Leading in Scalable XR Training

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

HTC VIVE is currently providing their devices for North Dakota Classrooms, and Meta recently gave thousands of Quests to Kentucky Schools. The partnerships are displaying an increasing interest in XR learning tools for large-scale deployment. Many different immersive service providers meet various needs. per cent, reaching 9.7

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How the XR Community Celebrates Black History Month (Black Futures Month?)

ARPost

For these and other reasons, it’s a great tool for Black History Month. Initially, this primarily meant a combination of curated libraries of existing 360° video and original recorded immersive content. It can also bridge the physical gap by having these experiences available to everyone everywhere. Rendever focuses on VR for seniors.

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Putting Your Classroom AR/VR Learning Plan Into Action

EON Reality

The main thing is to have a strategic plan of where, when, and how to best utilize these powerful tools. AVR is not the be all or the end all of a lesson, but it is a powerful tool that can be used to better engage students and facilitate learning at higher levels. If it fits, it fits, don’t force it because we have cool tools.

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How I use CoSpaces to help students create their dreams

Hypergrid Business

I came across CoSpaces through Twitter at the start of this school year and it has quickly became a favorite classroom tool due to the creation platform. Schools from Australia, Indonesia, Russia, Canada, New Zealand, Kentucky, Delaware, and our school all participated. No software to install and no subscription fees are a huge plus.