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Spatial raises $14M more for a holographic 3D workspace app, a VR/AR version of Zoom or Hangouts

TechCrunch VR

But that too appears to be getting bumped up, so to speak, because of the positive outlook. . “We have always wanted to open up our platform to let others build applications on our framework, using our avatars, leveraging our cross-platform nature, finding new applications for our hand gestures,” Agarawala said.

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AR will mean dystopia if we don’t act today

TechCrunch VR

Imagine a super version of Google Earth, but machines instead of people use it. Apple’s ARKit algorithms wouldn’t work with Google’s ARCore data even if Google gave them access. Google, etc.) Similar social learning took place with Google Glass versus Snap Spectacles. Waze or Google search).

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Augmented reality and the next century of the web

TechCrunch VR

One of tech’s stranger moonshots is dead, as Google announced this week that Loon, it’s internet balloon project is being shut down. This is going to be a very messy for tech platforms and is a transition that won’t happen overnight, not by a long shot. Other things. The Loon is dead. Trump pardons Anthony Levandowski.

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Getting Fit with a VR Toolkit, and Other XR Tips with VRd?j?’s Michael Eichenseer

XR for Business Podcast

One of their announcements the other day was this amazing ability to create 3D objects and 3D products, and then have the back end to source and serve them up for programmatic ads on Facebook, on Google. We’re not tied to Microsoft. 3D on Web is really becoming prevalent as well. We’re not tied to Magic Leap.

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Getting Fit with a VR Toolkit, and Other XR Tips with VRd?j?’s Michael Eichenseer

XR for Business Podcast

One of their announcements the other day was this amazing ability to create 3D objects and 3D products, and then have the back end to source and serve them up for programmatic ads on Facebook, on Google. We’re not tied to Microsoft. 3D on Web is really becoming prevalent as well. We’re not tied to Magic Leap.

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Getting Fit with a VR Toolkit, and Other XR Tips with VRd?j?'s Michael Eichenseer

XR for Business Podcast

One of their announcements the other day was this amazing ability to create 3D objects and 3D products, and then have the back end to source and serve them up for programmatic ads on Facebook, on Google. We're not tied to Microsoft. 3D on Web is really becoming prevalent as well. We're past that point of, "hey, can we make this work?"

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