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Google & HP Partner to Productize ‘Starline’ Light-field Display for Videoconferencing

Road to VR

Google announced it’s partnering with HP to commercialize Project Starline, the company’s light-field display for immersive, headset-less video conferences. The HP-built units won’t be the first time Starline has made its way out of Google’s offices though.

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Google Poly Is Shutting Down

VRScout

Google has instructed users to download their personal libraries before June 30, 2021. VR content creators woke up today with a shocking email from Google stating that the company would be shutting down their 3D model sharing platform Google Poly. Google Poly is shutting down!! Um…… WHAT?!?!?!?!

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Google Ends Support Of ‘Tilt Brush,’ Software Now Open Source

VRScout

Google this week announced that it will be ending its support for its genre-defining VR painting app, Tilt Brush by Google , marking the end of a historic era for the immersive art & design scene. link] — Tilt Brush (@tiltbrush) January 26, 2021. Tilt Brush is going open source! To me, this is immortality.”

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2021 Predictions: AR Glasses Evolutionary, Not Revolutionary

AR Insider

This was the topic of the latest ARtillery report, Spatial Computing: 2020 Lessons; 2021 Outlook. Drilling down into one of the report’s predictions, AR glasses will make progress in 2021… but they won’t reach revolutionary status nor inflect (that could start to happen the following year). Concrete Projections.

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HoloLens Optics Chief Joins Google Amid Reported Push for Upcoming Google AR Headset

Road to VR

Bernard Kress, principal optical architect on Microsoft’s HoloLens team, has left the company to take on the role of Director of XR Engineering at the recently formed Google Labs. Now Kress is back at Mountain View working on Google’s next AR headset.

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Save Your Google Poly Projects Before They Expire With Poly To Sketchfab Tool

VRScout

In less than four months Google will be permanently shutting down its 3D model sharing platform Google Poly , marking the end of an era for the VR community. According to Sketchfab, the team worked directly with Google to develop a pain-free solution for its users. This is where Poly to Sketchfab comes in.

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My predictions for augmented reality in 2021

The Ghost Howls

Two days ago, I’ve given you my predictions for virtual reality in 2021 (read it, in case you missed it). 2021 is going to be an interesting year for AR. This commercial video about Google Glasses led me to immersive realities. We're excited to develop more innovative effects in 2021!