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XR Training Offers Major Boost to Learner Outcomes, CWRU Exec Says

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Case Western Reserve University, a world-renowned medical institution, joined the event to reveal how it leveraged Microsoft’s MR tools by combining them with its educational software platform. Farrow stated that her medical school, one of the top 25 institutions in the United States, developed a new facility in 2014.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.08.02): Facebook creates Metaverse group and prepares to launch its smartglasses, and more!

The Ghost Howls

If I had known people could like it, I would have not made it in 5 minutes with Microsoft Word, lol. It is very interesting that because of this recall, Facebook shared some data about how many facemasks were affected : it says 4M in the United States, around 170K in Canada. Sony has sold 10M PS5 worldwide. Kudos to them!

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Top 10 AR/VR Stories of 2017

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The United States is well-known for instances where civil juries award massive damages to aggrieved parties in court matters. 8 – Sony dominates VR gaming. This came to the VR industry in a big way, when an intellectual property lawsuit saw Oculus on the hook for some $500M in damages in a February ruling.

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The best AR and VR news from CES 2022

The Ghost Howls

PlayStation VR 2 Logo (Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). Vive Tracker has been one of the best products ever launched by HTC and it has been used in many applications, either for leisure (think about full-body tracking in VRChat) or for professional usage (training with physical objects). Qualcomm and Microsoft partnership.

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XRA, Lawmakers to Host First National XR Month

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November may potentially become the United States’ official month to commemorate extended reality (XR) technologies, it was revealed on Thursday last week. Echoing Issa’s comments, Rep DelBene added that such technologies could improve child education, workforce training, improve medical care safety, and other benefits.

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Big News from XR Awards, Microsoft, Meta, and Sony

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New updates to Microsoft Mesh allows remote workers to add immersive experiences to private previews on the platform. Moreover, the update is part of Microsoft’s push to optimise its products with immersive features to combat modern challenges like Zoom fatigue and dial-in hurdles.