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Meta’s VP of XR is Departing the Company Citing Family Health Concerns

Road to VR

As Meta’s VP of XR for the last four years, Rabkin oversaw the launch of Quest 3, Quest 3S, and the latest platform developments, like Quest’s software rebranding to Horizon OS, the assimilation of App Lab into the Horizon OS store, and a significant push toward mixed reality and spatial computing on the company’s headsets.

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OSgrid wiping its database on March 21: You have five weeks to save your stuff

Hypergrid Business

It was founded in 2007, meaning that there’s 18 years’ worth of accumulated stuff in the databases. About OSgrid Founded in 2007, OSgrid is one of the oldest and largest OpenSim virtual worlds. The grid operates on open-source software and allows users to connect regions hosted on their own computers.

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RealWear Partners with ‘Video Enhancement Software’ Firm

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RealWear has strengthened a partnership with a video enhancement software firm to create new video solutions for frontline workers. Founded in 2007, Sweden-based Vidhance specialises in software that improves video quality in devices, including smartphones, AR wearables and small sensors.

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Xbox Game Studios Has (inadvertently?) Acquired Heaps of VR Development Talent

Road to VR

Founded in 2007 to take over the Halo franchise on Microsoft’s behalf from its progenitor studio, Bungie, 343 Industries is responsible for every Halo game since Halo Reach (2010) , including the upcoming Halo Infinite which is due to launch with the next Xbox console. 343 Industries – Halo: Recruit.

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‘Half-Life 2: VR’ Mod Gets Green-lit on Steam in 4 Days

Road to VR

While Valve had added support for the Rift development kits to their Source engine, as the software that the headsets relied on advanced over time, Valve didn’t update the Source implementation, leading to the present situation which is that the mod can’t be played on anything but old development kit headsets. Sadly, it wouldn’t last.

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On the Hunt for VR’s Killer App with Samsung’s VP of Immersive Products & VR, Nick DiCarlo

Road to VR

But it seems most of the industry is in agreement that the Killer App —a single, platform-defining piece of software that compels buyers—has not yet arrived. Phones have evolved at a blistering pace for the last 15+ years and the phone innovations that excited users in 2007 or 2012 are different from those that excite users in 2017.

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The Rise Of Virtual Beings – K/DA, Lil Miquela, Hatsune Miku, VTubers

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Developed by Crypton Future Media , Miku was originally introduced in 2007 as a Vocaloid software voicebank in Japan. Cut to 2019 and the character has developed into an international idol.