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Preserving Historical Landmarks In VR Should Be A Priority

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In 2018, the company partnered with Google Arts & Culture to bring their extensive collection of recorded heritage sites to the masses, as well as launch the Open Heritage project , a new initiative dedicated towards the digital preservation of historical sites across the world. Image Credit: Google Inc.

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Google Tango Brings Mobile 3D Photography to Life

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But the world is three-dimensional, and so 3D capture is the next big frontier in reflecting our surroundings. Until recently, 3D scanning has been limited to professionals willing to buy expensive hardware and software, and work through intricate workflows. We believe 3D capture is going to be a major driver for VR adoption.

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Mother Meets Recreation of Her Deceased Child in VR

Road to VR

Thankfully, the baked-in Korean subtitles were simple to translate via Google’s camera-based app and were remarkably clear too. Motion capture not only recorded an adult actor’s movements, but also facial expressions, some of which were acted out based on video and photos of the real-world Nayeon. Image courtesy MBC.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

VRScout

You can enjoy the full audio recording below: In this weekly VRScout Report, Google makes music for Daydream, using AR to solve crimes, downgraded headset sales projections, prepping human head transplant for reality w/ VR, see your unborn child w/ VR, funding wrapup, and more… Special thanks to featured guest Jesse Damiani of VRScout.

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Q&A With Matt Bell: How Matterport Started Capturing The Real Estate Market In VR

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Matt Bell founded Matterport after the release of Microsoft Kinect and seeing it’s potential to create 3D environments to give someone that immersive feeling in a space. Bell and I discuss what it was like founding the company, building the prototype and looking forward to Google Project Tango. How did Matterport come to be?

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Climax Reveals ‘Towers for Tango’ For Project Tango, ‘Hunters Gate’ For Daydream

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The first of these is Towers for Tango , a new app for Google’s Project Tango 3D capture tech, currently seen in the just-launched Lenovo Phab Pro 2. Next up we have Hunters Gate , which you may have already caught glimpses of in Google’s marketing for its Daydream mobile VR ecosystem.

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GoPro Can Now Shoot In 3DCapturing 3D action footage could be.

AllThingsVR

GoPro Can Now Shoot In 3D Capturing 3D action footage could be about to get a whole lot easier thanks to Vitrima , a new low-cost accessory designed for GoPro cameras. Vitrima gets around this by using mirrors to enable 3D capture on a single GoPro camera with no other attachments or editing required.