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Alaska Airlines Flight Forced To Evacuate After Passenger's Samsung Phone Caught Fire

GizModo VR

Another day, another story of a Samsung phone turning into a ticking time bomb. On Monday, an Alaska Airlines flight was forced to evacuate all 129 passengers after landing at Seattle–Tacoma International Airport after one of those passenger’s phones caught ablaze. Read more.

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The 5 most important XR-related pieces of news from Google I/O 2023

The Ghost Howls

More information about Google’s XR headset are coming “later this year” Google and Samsung will release an XR headset (Image by Google) Google, Qualcomm, and Samsung are working on an XR headset.

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Smartphone fire on Alaska Airlines passenger jet prompts evacuation

Digital Trends

A smartphone caught fire on an Alaska Airline passenger plane at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on Monday, prompting an emergency evacuation of the jet.

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‘Oculus Venues’ Live Event App Now Available on Go and Gear VR, Event Schedule Here

Road to VR

Most Gear VR-compatible smartphones work with Venues, excluding Samsung Galaxy Note 4 and Samsung Galaxy Note 5. June 13 // MLB: Los Angeles Angels @ Seattle Mariners // 1:10 pm PT. Oculus’ Code of Conduct is also in full force, with community moderators on-hand in Venues. June 11 // School Night! June 18 // School Night!

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Big XR News from Apple, Google, XREAL, and Meta Reality Labs

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

This restructuring comes after teaming up with Qualcomm and Samsung to use the newly announced Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2 chipset for enhancing smart glasses. The Seattle department filed its most recent citation in mid-December, and Meta plans to fight the filing in June.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

VRScout

You can enjoy the full audio recording below: Mindshow, updated Samsung Gear VR, Samsung 360 camera release date, GoPro, HTC, mobile tracking innovation from Chinese developer Deepoon, Microsoft Hololens, investment wrapup, and more! THE SAMSUNG GEAR VR GETS A FACELIFT AND GOPRO DOUBLES DOWN ON 360. on August 19th.

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Intel & Major League Baseball Partnership Will Bring Free Weekly Games Streamed in VR

Road to VR

The VR broadcasting is done via Intel’s ‘True VR’ platform which is currently only available on Samsung’s Gear VR headset. Detroit Tigers vs. Seattle Mariners. In the following seasons during the three year deal, we expect to see ramped up game coverage along with the introduction of paid packages.

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