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Spatial Beats: Zoom, Looking Glass & AR Funding

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This new contract hopes to help with the ongoing military service member suicide epidemic. M contract to provide VR training at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico. The Air Force has purchased 43 VR units to kick off the training program, which will put student pilots inside a virtual MQ-9 ground base station. .

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USA Today’s VR News Show Premieres With 3 High-Flying Adventures

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USA Today revealed that they have taken to the skies in the debut episode of their virtual reality news show, VRtually There. The new show is the product of a collaboration between USA Today’s parent company Gannett and YouTube, whom will have the rights to stream the show exclusively for the first 60 days of each episode.

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Suffolk, Carnegie Mellon Universities Join Transatlantic VR Partnership

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The University of Suffolk is set to join a massive transatlantic research project in virtual reality (VR), it announced on Monday. Other universities such as Arizona State University, New Mexico State University, Purdue Global, University of Iowa, and many more have entered strategic partnerships for the programme.

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Art Collective Supported By George R.R. Martin Gets Into VR

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million in renovations for the space that Meow Wolf occupies in New Mexico, as detailed on NPR. In the trailer teasing Meow Wolf’s new VR initiative, a few thoughts were shared on why they do what they do and how virtual reality will be integrated into their future projects.

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Big XR News from Boeing, ENGAGE XR, Apple, and Meta

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Germany and Austria have teamed up with GoStudent, leading to significant gains in language learning with virtual reality. Moreover, The United Kingdom’s Noun Town has created new means to learn languages like German, Japanese, Chinese, Italian, French, Spanish, Korean, and others.

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Meta Reveals US Education Partnership amid v57 Update

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Meta has announced a massive immersive partnership with 15 universities across the US, ringing in the new academic year. These institutions, currently actively engaging in immersive learning, are hosting classes in virtual reality (VR) to determine the efficacy of XR technologies in the educational curriculum.

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Smart Nations Powered By Augmented Virtual Reality

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Advances in Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality are reshaping the way we learn and interact with our world. The future is here, with EON Reality’s Augmented Virtual Reality (AVR) technology. The future is here, with EON Reality’s Augmented Virtual Reality (AVR) technology.