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Scope AR Secures $9.7M Series A to Develop AR Training & Remote Assistance Tools

Road to VR

million Series A funding round to further develop it cross-platform AR work training and on-site instruction tools. ” SEE ALSO OpenXR Standard Ratified, Microsoft, Oculus, & Others to Release First Implementations. Series A to Develop AR Training & Remote Assistance Tools appeared first on Road to VR.

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Big XR News from Unity, PIXO VR, and Microsoft

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XR World Reacts to New Unity Runtime Fees Unity Technologies has reportedly backtracked on the controversial fees it introduced last week, triggering a public outcry from the developer community, with many Unity developers slamming the new fees as unfair, prompting the San Francisco-based firm to rescind its announcement partially.

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Engaging Audiences With Immersive Technology

Tech Trends VR

To help them do this, winners will receive a share of the $750,000 in funding, and optional technical support from Microsoft, including mixed-reality coaching, mentorship and technology access and training, as well as the opportunity to be featured across Microsoft marketing channels. and James L.

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This All-Female Founders Pitch Event Was Held in VR

VRScout

San Francisco, CA) – creates magical pets for XR, like pet dragons or unicorns, that will become your faithful digital companions. Spandana Govindgari // ARAD (San Francisco, CA) – easy-to-integrate advertising platform for developers and advertisers to deliver AR ads to better target users and gain insights.

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XRDC Interviews AR and VR Industry Experts in Healthcare Report

ARPost

Are you attending XRDC’s AR and VR conference in San Francisco on October 14-15? And recently, AR glasses like HoloLens are being used to train doctors and specialists. Creating new standalone headsets make sharing VR a social experience, which can aid in training and group activities. Healthcare affects everyone.

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Will M&A Accelerate AR?

AR Insider

These are longstanding and extensive training sets for object recognition that feed right into its AR play. We also like the alignment between AR team-productivity startup Spatial and Microsoft. For example, its similarly-named Visual Positioning Service utilizes its database of Street View imagery to localize a given device.

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Lyft Patents Show How AR & VR Could Change Ridesharing

VRScout

Lyft drivers would access this information through an AR headset, such as a Microsoft HoloLens, Google Glass, or Magic Leap, which would place the digital content directly in the view of the Lyft driver, or through an AR enabled smartphone. You could also use your own smartphone or any type of wearable AR device to find them yourself.

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