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Escaping Into Virtuality

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Hardware, too, has evolved significantly this part year, with the long-awaited launch of Magic Leap and the release of the Oculus Go , which means that it is now possible to have untethered, six degrees of freedom experiences in a headset costing under $200.

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The IKEA of AR: Making Content Effortlessly, with EON Reality’s Dan Lejerskar

XR for Business Podcast

There was something called people avatars and virtual worlds, that was very popular around 2007. A billion dollar to spend on virtual worlds. And that allowed us to expand the business and have a presence that today, although we don’t have investment, I think we have more locations than Magic Leap, that has a $2.7-billion

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The IKEA of AR: Making Content Effortlessly, with EON Reality’s Dan Lejerskar

XR for Business Podcast

There was something called people avatars and virtual worlds, that was very popular around 2007. A billion dollar to spend on virtual worlds. And that allowed us to expand the business and have a presence that today, although we don’t have investment, I think we have more locations than Magic Leap, that has a $2.7-billion

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The IKEA of AR: Making Content Effortlessly, with EON Reality's Dan Lejerskar

XR for Business Podcast

There was something called people avatars and virtual worlds, that was very popular around 2007. A billion dollar to spend on virtual worlds. And that allowed us to expand the business and have a presence that today, although we don't have investment, I think we have more locations than Magic Leap, that has a $2.7-billion

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Dress for Success: Talking Headsets and Haptic Suits with Skarred Ghost Antony Vitillo

XR for Business Podcast

What would some of the practical use cases of this… I can see one in military training, where you’re in a virtual world, you’re in a hostile environment, and maybe something explodes behind you — a piece of shrapnel hits you — and maybe it vibrates. Alan: So, let’s unpack this for a second, Tony.

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Dress for Success: Talking Headsets and Haptic Suits with Skarred Ghost Antony Vitillo

XR for Business Podcast

I can see one in military training, where you're in a virtual world, you're in a hostile environment, and maybe something explodes behind you -- a piece of shrapnel hits you -- and maybe it vibrates. But then, there's another one called The Varro out of -- I believe, is it's Sweden? or Finland? Antony: Varro is from Finland.

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Dress for Success: Talking Headsets and Haptic Suits with Skarred Ghost Antony Vitillo

XR for Business Podcast

What would some of the practical use cases of this… I can see one in military training, where you’re in a virtual world, you’re in a hostile environment, and maybe something explodes behind you — a piece of shrapnel hits you — and maybe it vibrates. Alan: So, let’s unpack this for a second, Tony.

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