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Top XR Vendors Majoring in Education for 2022

XR Today - Virtual Reality

Perhaps the biggest company in the mixed reality landscape right now, Microsoft is paving the way to a future of incredible hybrid learning. According to Microsoft, implementing mixed reality into the training landscape leads to a reduction in training times of approximately 30%. Magic Leap.

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Ed Games Expo Returns With A Full Day Dedicated To VR And AR Education

VRScout

The Educational Games Expo kicked-off this week in Washington, DC. Co-hosted by the VR/AR Association of Washington, DC, XR for Classroom Learning kicked off with remarks from Frank Brogan of the US Department of Education , Sophia Moshasha of the VR/AR Association of DC, and Gino Fazio of the CDC.

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7 Insightful XR Education Case Studies to Read in 2022

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Microsoft HoloLens and GE. Working with Microsoft , GE decided to upgrade its training experience to introduce a Mixed Reality educational environment via Microsoft HoloLens 2. Magic Leap and the University of Washington.

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Oculus Is Building an AR Incubation Team to Prototype New Hardware

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This team will be based in Redmond, Washington and will work to, “prototype complete systems that will bring together work in machine perception, optics, displays, human perception, haptics, audio, input, graphics, UI/UX, mobile computing, silicon, sensing, batteries, and whatever else is needed to create a truly compelling AR experience.”

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Oculus Is Building an AR Incubation Team to Prototype New Hardware

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

This team will be based in Redmond, Washington and will work to, “prototype complete systems that will bring together work in machine perception, optics, displays, human perception, haptics, audio, input, graphics, UI/UX, mobile computing, silicon, sensing, batteries, and whatever else is needed to create a truly compelling AR experience.”

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When to Use Virtual Reality (VR) Instead of Augmented Reality (AR)?

InstaVR

But even the ones that remain and have pretty good traction, such as Microsoft Hololens, have a major shortcoming — immersion. The person at Sea-Air-Space Exposition outside Washington, DC can use an InstaVR-generated app to be transported onto a Navy ship and into a Navy Fighter Jet. You simply can’t do that in AR!

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Retraining for a Post-Retirement World with VRVoice’s Bob Fine

XR for Business Podcast

One of the things that was demoed there, there was a presentation from Microsoft about the new Hololens 2. I finally — finally, after a year and a half — I got to try out the Magic Leap in Laval, and it was a good experience. A lot of companies focusing on it. A lot of companies picking up on it. Alan: Yeah.