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Reebok Launches AR Tool To Unlock Neighborhood Basketball Courts

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Build your own regulation-size basketball court with the simple tap of a screen using Reebok’s new “Court of Greatness” tool. You can expect other Reebok art installations in Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and Atlanta throughout the fall and winter during the FW21 season. Image Credit: Reebok.

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Niantic Partners with City Governments to Turn Pokémon GO into a Tool for Community Engagement

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Four of the studied cities — Akron, Ohio; Charlotte, North Carolina; Philadelphia. Knight Foundation has facilitated eight events for city governments to gain insight into how technology can contribute to community engagement. Niantic and the Knight Foundation jointly funded the study and the programs.

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VR Connects Incarcerated Parents With Their Children

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Immersive technology has also proven to be an effective tool when it comes to education and training. One of the incredible benefits of VR is its ability to connect people over long distances in a personal and intimate manner.

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CrashCourse: The VR Experience That Teaches Young Football Players About the Dangers of Concussion

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It features well-known football players, such as Bryce Love of Washington Redskins, JJ Arcega-Whiteside of Philadelphia Eagles, as well as Trenton Irwin of Miami Dolphins. The VR experience developed with the input of a team of neurosurgeons from Stanford University immerses the users into a typical football game.

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The Knight Foundation launches $750,000 initiative for immersive technology for the arts

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Project lead: Lisa Sonnenborn | Philadelphia | @TempleUniv , @IODTempleU , @peopleslight . Project lead: Paul Farber and Ken Lum | Philadelphia | @monument_lab , @PennDesign , @SachsArtsPhilly , @paul_farber. Civic Portal – Monument Lab. Who’s Coming? – The Museum of Art and History at the McPherson Center.

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The (uncomplete) Immersive Technology in Healthcare digest?—?Decembre 20, 2020

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It is not only about physical health because these tools are very adapted to bring “useful” entertainment. In this article, authors measure the improvement of accuracy in a prostatectomy du to AR guided tool.… From treatment to research, games and games functionalities are powerful tools to help patients.

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VRROOM: Lessons learnt building a VR social platform that arrived at the top place on a VR store

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We have built great experiences on top of VRChat, which is an amazing platform, has a lot of daily users, and has good building tools, so we could just happily rely on it. You have just to add what can be useful for every one of the creators that will use your development tools. Then why did we decide to try to build our own product?

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