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Will 3D Cities Unlock Immersive Experiences?

AR Insider

I n 2006, I attended a launch event in San Francisco for Microsoft Virtual Earth 3D. cities, starting with San Francisco. But that’s a non-starter for anyone outside of the few million people that own VR hardware (much less the compatible HTC and Oculus hardware). Geospatially Sound. Force Multiplier.

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Which Startups Are Hiring for Augmented Reality Jobs?

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billion in 2019, with many billions more being invested in R&D by the likes of Facebook, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and many more. Their Oculus app allows real-time collaboration without ever leaving your home. As of November 2020, they’re hiring for both New York and San Francisco positions.

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Will 3D Cities Unlock Immersive Experiences?

ARVR

In 2006, I attended a launch event in San Francisco for Microsoft Virtual Earth 3D. cities, starting with San Francisco. But that’s a non-starter for anyone outside of the few million people that own VR hardware (much less the compatible HTC and Oculus hardware). GPS fails in dense urban areas?—?one

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Big XR News from Meta, Salesforce, Timberland, Epic Games, Zoom, and Microsoft

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The company’s Parent Dashboard will allow people supervising children and young adults to approve app purchases and downloads, block inappropriate apps, and monitor activities on devices, among others, using the Oculus mobile app. ” Zoom, Microsoft Team up for VR Video Conferencing. Salesforce Introduces NFT Cloud Pilot.

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Will M&A Accelerate AR?

AR Insider

Edward Miller and team have built a highly specialized technology in a technically-advanced area (see video below) that would take Facebook much more time to build. has strong technology that’s aligned with Apple’s ongoing spatial efforts. We also like the alignment between AR team-productivity startup Spatial and Microsoft.

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Microsoft Announcing New Hub – Microsoft Reactor

VRWorld

This week, Microsoft announced the launch of Microsoft Reactor in San Francisco —the flagship hub for the tech giant’s efforts in mixed reality (MR). “We are at the threshold of the next revolution in computing,” Liz Hamren, corporate vice president of Microsoft Devices Marketing, wrote in a blog post.

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Hands-on: Oculus’ Wireless ‘Santa Cruz’ Prototype Makes Standalone Room-scale Tracking a Reality

Road to VR

On stage at Oculus Connect 2016, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg teased that Oculus is developing a new, standalone, wireless VR headset with inside-out positional tracking. This was Oculus’ Santa Cruz prototype, a ‘feature prototype’ demonstrating, for the first time, the company’s inside-out tracking technology.

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