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The XR Week Peek (2025.01.29): Google acquires HTC engineers, Meta plans to release Oakley smartglasses, and more!

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This is not the first time Google has acquired HTC talents: around the end of 2017, it already acquired the design team for circa $1.1M. The problem with big companies is that they are big and complex machines whose main goal is making money: any promise they make is worth nothing. It has good reviews on Quest, so feel free to try it!

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SIGGRAPH 2017: Neurable Lets You Control A Virtual World With Your Mind

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Here’s how Neurable describes it : Neurable is debuting Awakening , a VR game preview made in partnership with eStudiofuture , at SIGGRAPH 2017 in Los Angeles. According to Neurable, this works using machine learning to interpret “your brain activity in real time to afford virtual powers of telekinesis.”

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Augmented Reality and Hearables: Where the Two Technologies Meet

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Additionally, engineers train Deep Learning algorithms to accurately detect markers in live video data. billion by 2023 , growing at a CAGR of 9.98% from 2017 to 2023. Natural language processing (NLP) algorithms make machine translation from one language to another possible. Examples of Augmented Reality in Action.

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AR Gaming Robot ‘MekaMon’ Adds Support For STEAM Education

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If you’re not familiar with Reach Robotics line-up of kid-friendly robots, MekaMon are programmable machines which players can control via a smart device to battle digital opponents—both real and AI—in an augmented space; adding an additional layer of visual excitement to the conventional playtime experience.

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VR Vet Phaser Lock Announces Co-op Dino Hunting Game ‘Primal Hunt’

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Phaser Lock Interactive, the VR studio behind Final Assault (2019) and Twisted Arrow (2017), announced an upcoming co-op dinosaur hunting game that pits you against a Jurassic Park’s worth of the mighty beasts—even Tyrannosaurus Rex. There’s still much to learn about Primal Hunt. Image courtesy Phaser Lock Interactive.

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Packaging the Future

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At a 1961 press conference in Switzerland, the company presented the first machine for aseptically filled bacteria-free milk, but they haven’t stopped innovating in the decades since, and are now at the forefront of implementing technologies that will enable it to continue to scale its global operations in a much smarter way. at Tetra Pak.

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New Extended Reality Study: Bright Future for Immersive Technology in Europe

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A 2017 study on extended reality predicted that Europe will be a leading force in XR development. Building on the original research that the XR Association (XRA) and Ecorys published in 2017, XR and Its Potential for Europe study illustrates that the industry has been growing slower than initially projected. Well, it wasn’t wrong.

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