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Meta Reveals Next Generation Aria Smart Glasses for Research and Experimentation

Road to VR

Since then, Meta’s first-gen Aria has found its way outside of company offices; early collaborations with BMW and a number of universities followed, includingCarnegie Mellon,IIIT Hyderabad, University of Bristol, and University of Iowa,which used the smart glasses to tackle the a host of machine perception challenges.

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Google Briefly Nuked the Internet Last Night

GizModo VR

Though Google has since resolved the outage issues, new reports suggest the disruptions may be tied to an “electrical incident” at a Council Bluffs, Iowa data center that left at… Read more. Large swaths of U.S. internet users last night briefly experienced the dark, frustrating realities of a world devoid of Google services.

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Apple's digital ID is finally here, and so are the privacy concerns

Mashable VR

Apple just took another step on its one device quest. Arizona is just the first state of many that Apple said it has queued up for its digital IDs — a promise that brings with it its own set of potential privacy concerns. We look forward to working with many more states and the TSA to bring IDs in Wallet to users across the US."

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Big XR News from Boeing, ENGAGE XR, Apple, and Meta

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Now the Metaverse is gaining newfound traction from enterprise clients, companies like Meta, Microsoft, and Apple are reinforcing XR as a serious technology for various use cases. During its WWDC event, Apple showed how clients could use first-party productivity applications on the Vision Pro product.

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8 States Support Digital Driver's Licenses in Apple Wallet — Which States Are Next?

Next Reality - News

Apple announced support for mobile driver's licenses and state identification cards in Apple Wallet back in 2021, and Arizona was the first state to jump on board in 2022. Fast forward to now, and only eight states let you add a driver's license or state ID to Apple Wallet on your iPhone and Apple Watch.

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Meta Reveals US Education Partnership amid v57 Update

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

The Quest Store and others have also hosted VR learning appls for subjects like history, foreign languages, and more. It has already seen massive success across Europe, including Italy.

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The XR Week Peek (2024.11.19): Meta announces Project Aria research kits, a wave of Chinese smartglasses is coming, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Meta has published on its website some existing case studies of projects developed by famous universities , like the University of Bristol, the University of Iowa or Carnegie Mellon University. To inspire potentially interested research centers. The projects range from accessibility to driving and skills learning.

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