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Controversial Assisted Suicide Pod Cleared for Use in Switzerland

GizModo VR

Assisted suicide booths, a longtime fixture of sci-fi, may soon be a thing in Switzerland. Swiss outlets report that the manufacturer of a 3D-printed assisted suicide pod called the Sarco capsule has received legal approval to be used by the public. Read more.

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Magic Leap Expands to Switzerland with New Optics Center, Reveals More About Seattle Facility

Next Reality AR

On Monday, in a bid to facilitate further innovation and spread its physical footprint, Magic Leap revealed a new Center of Excellence in Lausanne, Switzerland, which will expand the company's overall research and development capacity. Facing mixed reviews for the Magic Leap One, Magic Leap has already returned to the lab to improve on the device's successor.

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Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts and EON Reality Announce AR/VR Center in Switzerland

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Between hosting training and development programs for students, entrepreneurs, and members of Switzerland’s workforce and the VR Innovation Academy, the new Center aims to provide the area with the knowledge to create their own industry-standard AR and VR solutions.

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Lucerne University and EON Reality Announce AR/VR Center in Switzerland

EON Reality

Between hosting training and development programs for students, entrepreneurs, and members of Switzerland’s workforce and the VR Innovation Academy, the new Center aims to provide the area with the knowledge to create their own industry-standard AR and VR solutions.

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The Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Switzerland Agrees to Produce VR and AR Lessons

EON Reality

The Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts is the largest university-level institution in Central Switzerland and employs more than 1,800 people. Featured Press Release AR augmented AVR platform EON Reality luasa lucerne university reality switzerland virtual VR

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AppleCare fraud scheme used more than 1,000 fake iPhones from Hong Kong

Digital Trends

Fakes had simulated water damage, were exchanged for real ones in Switzerland. Mobile News Apple applecare Hong Kong iPhone Switzerland

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Oculus Go to Hit UK & European Retailers This Month, Pre-orders Now Available

Road to VR

UK and European residents have (mostly) been able to order Oculus Go directly through the Oculus website since it launched early last month, with the company delivering to many countries in the EU and Schengen Zone including Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the UK. Switzerland – Digitec.

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Logitech's Litra Glow Makes YouTube-Level Lighting As Simple As It Gets

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logitech litra glow blue microphones amazon tiktok economy of switzerland lausanne logitech litra glow technology internet companies nikon d50 digital cameraI wish I had a solution like the Logitech Litra Glow when I started buying odds and ends to build my perfect office lighting situation.

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At Least 7 Hikers Dead After Glacier Collapse in Italy Amid Record Heat

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Meta Quest 2 & Quest Pro VR Headsets Get Price Cuts

VRScout

Beginning March 5th, 2023, the 256GB Quest 2 will be available for $429.99 (previously $499.99) in the US, Canada, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, and the UK.

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Using augmented reality, Altoida is identifying the likely onset of neurodegenerative diseases

TechCrunch VR

He then moved to San Diego and worked in the Virtual Reality Medical Center before moving on to Bern, Switzerland to conduct additional research. Augmented Reality Health TC Altoida Alzheimer's arkansas Bern dementia Disease Food and Drug Administration Houston iPad Japan medicine Mental Illness Merck New York Pharmaceutical san diego switzerland United States Virtual reality

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The HoloLens 2 AR Headset Can Now Be Used While Driving

VRScout

We had extensive discussions,” said Marc Pollefeys, director of Microsoft’s Mixed Reality and AI Lab in Zurich, Switzerland.

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Meta Re-lowers Quest 2 Price & Drops Quest Pro to $1,000

Road to VR

Meta says in a blogpost that pricing changes to Meta Quest 2 (256GB) will also update across Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, and the UK.

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3-Story Space Habitat Is Designed to Fit in SpaceX's Starship Rockets

GizModo VR

For students at a boarding school in Switzerland, the curriculum now includes extraterrestrial architecture. The school has installed a 23-foot-tall, 3D-printed prototype of a space habitat that was designed with SpaceX rockets in mind. Read more.

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How Researchers Use AR Spiders To Cure Arachnophobia

VRScout

To help combat the dramatic effects brought on by this traumatic condition, researchers at the University of Basel in Switzerland have developed a new smartphone app called Phobys.

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New York Times App Lets You See a Higgs Particle Reaction from the Large Hadron Collider in Augmented Reality

Next Reality AR

On Friday, the Times published "It's Intermission for the Large Hadron Collider," an interactive story that gives readers a virtual tour of the Large Hadron Collider at the European Center for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Switzerland and explores its most famous discovery, the Higgs boson.

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Male Mice Produce Rat Sperm in Novel Chimera Experiment

GizModo VR

Cue the Jurassic Park theme song: Scientists in Switzerland appear to have pulled off a remarkable feat, creating sterile and seemingly healthy mice that can produce the sperm cells of a rat.

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A Man Tore His Lung From Masturbating, Doctors Say

GizModo VR

In a recent case report from Switzerland, doctors detail how a 20-year-old ended up with air leaking into his chest after some seemingly innocent self-love. A young man’s session of masturbation inadvertently led to him spending almost a week in the hospital.

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Microsoft to Expand Azure Kinect’s Computer Vision Tech to Commercial Market

Road to VR

” Microsoft has also recently expanded HoloLens 2’s availability to Italy, Netherlands, Switzerland, Spain, Austria, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark, Belgium, Portugal, Poland, Singapore, South Korea, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.

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Quest 2 Discounted for Limited Time, Includes Free Copy of ‘Resident Evil 4’ & ‘Beat Saber’

Road to VR

If you’re in Europe, look out for a similar deal at your typical retailers in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the UK.

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The Worst European Floods in 100 Years Have Left 120 Dead, 1,300 Missing

GizModo VR

At least 120 people have died and around 1,300 people are still missing across western Europe in the wake of extreme rainfall, bursting rivers, and heavy flooding that devastated parts of Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, and the Netherlands.

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Physicists Spotted a Rare ‘X’ Particle From the Beginning of the Universe

GizModo VR

Researchers at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland recently detected a vanishingly rare particle they believe was around at the very beginning of the universe.

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This Drone's Feathered Wings Can Open and Close Like a Bird's

GizModo VR

Researchers at Switzerland’s École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne figured, if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em Read more.

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VR Mountain Bike Simulator Has You Riding Cliffside Across Death-Defying Trails

VRScout

Developed by immersive content studio REWIND and Cut Media, Danny MacAskill’s VR Ride Out has participants peddling their way through two vertigo-inducing locations—Collies Ledge in the Isle of Skye, Scotland and the Landwasser Bridge in Switzerland—using a one-of-a-kind motion rig.

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Quest Pro Price Cut To $1000 Just 4 Months After Launch

Upload VR

The 256GB Quest 2 price cut takes effect on Sunday in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, the UK, and the US.

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HoloLens 2 Sales Expanding to 15 More Countries, ‘Development Edition’ Launches in the US

Road to VR

Now Microsoft is expanding the regions where it will sell HoloLens 2 to 15 new countries: Italy, Netherlands, Switzerland, Spain, Austria, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark, Belgium, Portugal, Poland, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.

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Scientists Develop Artificial Skin That Allows You To Feel In VR

VRScout

According to an article published last week to the journal of Soft Robotics , scientists based out of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne in Lausanne, Switzerland, have developed a skin-like material that, when worn over a users’ body, simulates a far more realistic sense of touch than that of current haptic feedback technologies. The self-sensing material forms to a user’s body, providing next-level haptic feedback.

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Hologram Voicemails Are Here Thanks To Asynchronous Reality

VRScout

Mute the real world and revisit interactions you may have missed using this mind-bending technology. Have you ever had one of those days where you needed to just sit down at your desk and focus to complete a task, but couldn’t because of all the distractions happening around you?

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TapID Uses Bone Conduction To Deliver A Better Typing Experience In VR

VRScout

Could this wearable device solve the headache that is typing in VR? You can do some pretty amazing things in VR. Unfortunately, typing is not one of them. Currently, entering your password and username or typing out a message in VR means awkwardly selecting keys using your motion controllers.

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Taking Action Against Serious Crimes In The Metaverse

VRScout

During the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Omar Sultan Al Olama, a Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence in the United Arab Emirates, talked about some of these concerns. A Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence in the United Arab Emirates wants the U.N.

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Here’s Every Country & Store Where Quest 2 is Officially Being Sold

Road to VR

Jump to: Australia | Austria | Belgium | Canada | Denmark | Finland | France | Iceland | Ireland | Italy | Japan | Netherlands | New Zealand | Norway | Poland | South Korea | Spain | Sweden | Switzerland | Taiwan | United Kingdom | United States. Where to Buy Oculus Quest 2 in Switzerland.

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Quest’s Hand-tracking is Making It Possible to Learn Basic Sign Language in VR

Road to VR

Cédric Girardin, an apprentice at the Switzerland-based university’s Computer Perception and Virtual Reality research group ( cpvrLab ), created a basic Quest app that can recognize and teach users up to 23 hand signs from the German fingerspelling alphabet.

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One Direction’s Liam Payne Stars In Live VR Concert Tomorrow

VRScout

Britain, France, Germany, Sweden, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Austria and Belgium; plans for launch in South Korea, China, Taiwan and Japan are on the horizon. MelodyVR enlists the former boy band member for their first live VR concert. Liam Payne, former member of English-Irish boy band One Direction, is hosting a secret concert for a small handful of lucky fans somewhere in London, U.K.

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These Are the Countries Where You Can Still Buy Quest & Rift S Direct From Oculus

Road to VR

Switzerland. ×. With a successful holiday season under its belt, Facebook was no doubt looking forward to resupplying its retail partners with more Oculus Quest & Rift S stock.

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Epic Games Awarded Grants to 31 XR Projects in 2021 Through the $100M MegaGrants Fund

Road to VR

BRUNNER Elektronik AG – Unreal Engine Integration for BRUNNER NOVASIM VR/MR (Switzerland). Since 2019 Epic Games (well known as the creators of Unreal Engine & Fortnite ) has run the Epic MegaGrants program, a $100 million fund to financially support projects built with Unreal Engine.

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Russia Bans Facebook & Instagram, Quest Sees Ripple Effects

Road to VR

Facebook and Instagram have been blocked in the Russian Federation, with both social media platforms now completely inaccessible to users in that country.

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AR Drone Technology That Can Help Save Lives

VRScout

The San Diego-based start-up partnered with HCL Technologies to host a series of live demonstrations to world leaders at the recent World Economic Forum 2019 in Davos, Switzerland. First responders will be able to use drones equipped with augmented reality technology to better deal with emergency situations. .