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Facebook Cancels F8 Conference Over Fears Of A Coronavirus Outbreak

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In lieu of an in-person conference, Facebook states that it will be providing many of the same programs and services it normally would during F8 through a combination of locally-hosted events, videos and livestreams, educational workshops, charitable donations, and other F8-inspired experiences.

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Google Bringing WebVR 1.1 To Daydream in January

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Speaking at the W3C Workshop on Web & Virtual Reality last month, Megan Lindsay, WebVR Product Manager at Google stated that a beta version should launch in December 2016 followed by a stable launch in January 2017. .” As reported by Road to VR , Google recently confirmed that the latest iteration of the framework, WebVR 1.1,

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Unity Technologies Hosting Vision VR/AR Summit Asia in Beijing

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Unity revealed that representatives from Google, Samsung Gear VR, PTC Vuforia, Sony PlayStation VR, and Microsoft HoloLens will be on hand to discuss new developments in their individual technologies. The breakout workshops and keynotes will all be live-streamed. Vision Inspire Award (Best Overall).

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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. The company explored 3D modelling and printing, and later, Microsoft debuted its first-generation HoloLens at the time.

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An Inflection Point for WebVR and the Open Metaverse

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And then on October 19th and 20th, there was a historic W3C Workshop on Web & Virtual Reality where all of the major VR players gathered in San Jose to hash out the WebVR web standards for delivering VR and AR applications over the web.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.01.27): Samsung may be working on a new headset, Half-Life: Alyx will ship on time and much more!

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Or that Microsoft is working on a new reference design that fixes the issues of the first one? This week, a rumor spread among XR communities: next-gen PSVR will be announced at a press conference to be held by Sony on February, 5th. And again… is it possible that this headset can accommodate both forms of tracking ?

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Snapdragon AR2 to Empower AR Devices, Qualcomm Says

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Other devices from Magic Leap and Microsoft’s HoloLens headsets offer deeper levels of immersion. With it, experts can see what you see to guide professionals with step-by-step work instructions via a micro display similar to Google Glass or Vuzix. These are AR smart glasses that are tethered to smartphones, which debuted in 2019. .”

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