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Why VR Is Not the Metaverse and Vice Versa

ARPost

It will be more like Facebook, where someone in Texas can connect with someone in Korea. Facebook and Microsoft are two that are publicly giving it a go. People are wary of Facebook’s power over their lives, so they may be disinclined to give them (or another solitary company) power over their virtual selves.

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How Virtual Reality (VR) Helps Companies During the Coronavirus Outbreak

InstaVR

But business impact has been substantial too — from Microsoft and Apple lowering financial projections to major conferences like Mobile World Congress and Facebook’s F8 being cancelled. . We’ve discussed at InstaVR the major changes at businesses driven by virtual reality’s widespread adoption. Of course not. .

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Save the Date for the Most Important XR Events in Q3 and Q4 2022

ARPost

Where: Houston, Texas, USA. Industrial XR Global Summit will bring together specialists, new developments, and workshops in the following fields: AR/VR, digital reality, spatial computing; Cloud computing; IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things), 5G, connectivity; Blockchain, cybersecurity; 3D, 360 ° , reality capture.

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Creating Immersive Learning Experiences

Tech Trends VR

At its annual I/O Developer Conference in Mountain View, California Google announced the launch of Tour Creator , a new tool that easily allows anyone to create interactive content in Virtual Reality. And that, in fact, is the ultimate goal of any transformative technology. They weave themselves into the fabric of our daily lives.”.

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Houston’s ITC Expo to Showcase Business-focused VR/AR Solutions, November 6th–7th

Road to VR

Houston, Texas, a hub for industries ranging from Medicine to Oil & Gas to Aerospace, has been ground-zero for many of the conversations reimagining the scope of what VR and AR can accomplish. The Immersive Technology Conference runs from November 6th-7th at the University of Houston, in Houston, Texas.

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Intel Dismisses IoT for Augmented and Virtual Reality

VRWorld

The question is, is Intel going to play it nice and collaborate with Google on Glass Enterprise Edition, with Microsoft on consumer version of HoloLens (Microsoft ended up developing custom silicon, just like they had to go with custom IP for Xbox consoles), or will the company launch its own branded AR product? While Glass 2.0

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Austin’s Rapidly Growing VR Community

VRScout

I was familiar with Austin, Texas because of SXSW — having attended with my previous employer, Emblematic Group. Texas’ business incentives have attracted the attention of IBM, Motorola, Apple, and Indeed. There’s not too many people who are really looking into our use case of enterprise for virtual reality and augmented reality.”.

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