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VR Social Platform VRChat Adds Face Tracking For Avatars

VRScout

The original Open Sound Control protocol was developed back in 2002 as a way to connect audio devices and controllers for musical performances. Since then developers have utilized the technology for a wide range of other purposes thanks to its flexibility and accuracy. Want to control your #VRChat avatar with your MIDI controller?

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Is the Virtual Office AR’s Killer App? Part II

AR Insider

Stepping back, I’ve “worked from home” since 2002. Immersive technology like VR collaboration and AR remote assistance meanwhile continue to advance and assimilate in the enterprise. Could this be a blessing in disguise? Forced into it — and opposed out of unfamiliarity — I didn’t like the isolation.

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ESPN’s Long-Running Game Show ‘Around The Horn’ Gets An AR Makeover

VRScout

During the shows new format, Reali will use AR technology to pull up images that he can shrink and enlarge at will. “ Around the Horn launched in November 2002 with cutting-edge technology as part of its DNA. Reali also has the ability to deduct points by “muting” a commentator.

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Gizmodo's Wackiest Gadgets of 2002

GizModo VR

Gizmodo is 20 years old! To celebrate the anniversary, we’re looking back at some of the most significant ways our lives have been thrown for a loop by our digital tools. Read more.

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Where Are We in AR’s Lifecycle?

AR Insider

That period is defined by sobering realizations that the technology isn’t ready, nor is it gaining the traction previously expected. 2002, A Spatial Analogy. But then around 2002, things moved slowly towards measured progress, and the rise of tech giants like Google, Facebook, and the web 2.0 So what are those signals?

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A GPS-Based Bug Could Roll Back Your Devices to 2002

GizModo VR

No one needs low-rise jeans to come back. Or capri trousers. And though they were supremely comfortable for their time, the Juicy Couture tracksuit can stay in the vault we put it in. Time has to stay synced precisely to the second, to prevent there from making a comeback. But a bug in the time rollback checking code… Read more.

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This Week In XR: Second Life Metaverse Gets Second Wind

Charlie Fink

Philip Rosedale is returning to the metaverse he launched in 2002.