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Don't Worry, This Chainsaw-Equipped Robot Arm Is, Uh, Perfectly Safe. Yeah.

GizModo VR

Raleigh-based engineer Shane Wighton was given a robotic arm to test, but instead of making it do normal activities like the YMCA dance, Wighton decided to strap a chainsaw to that sucker and make a low-polygon dog out of foam board. Read more.

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OBAC Opens Second Black Accelerator Cohort

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The company, founded by Raleigh, North Carolina native Stefan Youngblood , is the largest such ecosystem and aims to upskill people of the African diaspora in metaverse and Web3 competencies in a bid to increase ownership, technologies, and innovations among the demographic.

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59% of VR Developers Use Unity, But Devs Make More Money With Unreal

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Unity Technologies and Epic Games are in a grudge match for the hearts and minds of game developers. I interviewed both John Riccitiello, CEO of San Francisco-based Unity, and Tim Sweeney, CEO of Raleigh, N.C.-based Netmarble said that Unreal was the only technology that could enable 200 people to fight in the same arena at once.

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Later This October Post Malone is Live in Concert via Oculus Venues

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The livestream is thanks to immersive content and technology company Supersphere and will be part of Post Malone’s North American Runaway headline tour in support of his third studio album, Hollywood’s Bleeding , which has been #1 on Billboard Top 200 for several weeks.

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10 Recent VR and AR Investments You Should Know About

VRScout

Established in 2010 by CEO Alex Schwartz, they have an impressive portfolio of titles as well as proprietary “Owlchemy VR” technology, which powers concurrent cross-platform development (which lowers creation costs). funding score. Internet traffic. Bitmovin announced a $10.3M HOLLYWOOD HEARTS VR: STX ENTERTAINMENT ACQUIRES SURREAL.

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Getting — and Keeping — Your Attention in XR, with LumiereVR COO Alexander Haque

XR for Business Podcast

XR technologies are undeniably a leap forward in humankind’s mechanical evolution. Alan: I have to say, as somebody who’s doing a podcast about the business use cases of XR technologies… this is glaringly obvious to me. I think you’re an early adopter of most technologies. Alex: Right.

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Getting -- and Keeping -- Your Attention in XR, with LumiereVR COO Alexander Haque

XR for Business Podcast

XR technologies are undeniably a leap forward in humankind's mechanical evolution. Alan: I have to say, as somebody who's doing a podcast about the business use cases of XR technologies. I think you're an early adopter of most technologies. Alex Haque of LumiereVR waxes philosophical about how to design XR with that in mind.