GizModo VR

JANUARY 22, 2021

Google threatened to block its search engine for all users in Australia if a controversial new profit-sharing proposal from the federal government moves forward, according to testimony Friday by Google’s top executive in the region.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

But if you’re in the New York area and want to try the headset before you buy it in retailers like Verizon and Best Buy, you can stop by Google’s pop-up shop in the heart of SoHo. The pop-up shop that opened October 20th, is open all week (10AM – 8PM) for people to check out the Pixel phone, Google Home, and Daydream VR headset.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

We learned from Google Glass that cool hardware is not enough to impress consumers. Nreal owners can access the new channels through the update to Nreal’s Nebula 3D user interface available in the Google Play Store. AR headsets need to present a lot of content to keep up with the frankly unrealistic expectations of the mass market.

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GizModo VR

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

As the country’s lawmakers move forward on plans to force Google to pay news providers, the tech giant has launched a small paid news platform in Australia. Australians suffering through anxiety caused by the looming threat of having to switch to Bing for their search results received a bit of welcome news on Friday. Read more.

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GizModo VR

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Facebook blocked dozens of charity groups, nonprofit organizations, and even random big box retailers in Australia late Wednesday (early Thursday, local time), a move that appears to be collateral damage from Facebook’s ban on news in the country. Facebook even briefly blocked its own page in Australia, according to … Read more.

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GizModo VR

DECEMBER 14, 2020

YouTube, Gmail, and just about every conceivable Google-based service, from Google Docs to Google Play Movies to Google Calendar, is down right now across several parts of the globe, including the U.S., UK, Japan, India, and Australia, among a host of other countries. It’s not just you. Read more.

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GizModo VR

JUNE 6, 2022

An Australian Court announced Monday that Google will need to pay $515,000 for refusing to remove two YouTube videos about John Barilaro, the former New South Wales state deputy premier. Despite those damages being a small drop in the bucket for Google and its owner Alphabet, it may be a canary in a coal mine for how… Read more.

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GizModo VR

APRIL 28, 2021

Google and Apple should give consumers more control over which apps they have on their phones right out of the box, according to a new interim report from Australia’s top consumer watchdog. The report is Australia’s latest attempt to pick a fight with Big Tech, and if the past is any guide, Google and Apple will… Read more.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Volumetric video specialists 8i have announced their latest series B funding round has netted them a further $27 while also unveiling Holo, a mixed reality video app, powered by Google’s Tango technology. SEE ALSO Asus 'ZenFone AR' Google Tango, Daydream VR Phone Launched, Specs Revealed.

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GizModo VR

MARCH 10, 2021

In the latest leg of Epic Games’ case against the tech giants, the Fortnite developer is taking Google to court—in Australia this time around. Read more.

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GizModo VR

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Microsoft would like the U.S. government to adopt media rules that would force big tech companies to share profits with newspapers when they link to news content, according to a new blog post by Microsoft president Brad Smith. And the entire concept is controversial, to say the least. Read more.

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ARPost

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

The XSight team, operating out of Australia and Ukraine, calls their AR app a “PokèmonGo-like social app” analogous to the head-up display in Iron Man’s helmet in Marvel films. To be clear, the AR app is available from Google Play and the App Store , and that means that it’s already been through some pretty significant hoops.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Google’s Daydream VR is getting even better today with the launch of seven new apps and the release of two new colors for the Daydream View headset. In addition to the seven new apps, Google announced that for a limited time you can pick two new colors for the Daydream View headset – Crimson and Snow are now available online in the U.S.,

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GizModo VR

JANUARY 13, 2021

In a disturbing move, Google is apparently experimenting with hiding links to some news sites from search results in Australia. Read more.

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VRScout

JULY 29, 2020

Canada, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Italy, Australia and Japan. You can download the free companion app via the Apple App Store and Google Play. FORM’s AR smart goggles are available now for $199 at formswim.com and on Amazon in the U.S., Image Credit: FORM.

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GizModo VR

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

As lawmakers in Australia continue to insist on moving forward with legislation to force Facebook to pay publishers for the right to link to their stories, the social network has decided to block users in the country from sharing or viewing news articles on its platform. Read more.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

They’re launching today at $300 direct from Ray-Ban as well as official online retailers in the US, Canada, UK, Ireland, Italy and Australia. Examples of smartglasses include Google Glass, North Focals, and a number of devices available from Vuzix.

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Mashable VR

MARCH 18, 2022

EDT Google Maps is back up and running all over the world as of Friday afternoon. Google Maps went down Friday, March 18, for some users, making it difficult to find directions for driving, walking, biking and modes of transportation. Users in Europe, India, Australia, and other countries also reported issues with the mapping service.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 15, 2023

You can find a list of officially supported controllers here , although many other non-listed Bluetooth controller also work, like an old Google Stadia controller. Keep in mind: we’re talking about traditional flatscreen Xbox games played on a virtual screen. So, what’s the big deal?

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

He further suggested that the multi-modal visual AI feature , currently limited to the US, Canada, and Australia, will "soon" expand to other countries worldwide. Samsung reportedly plans to launch a competitor with Google's Gemini AI, later this year or early next year, while Apple is reportedly exploring releasing its own in 2027.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 14, 2023

T he use of the Exynos chips makes me think even more that this is an old device : Samsung has recently announced that it is going to build its headset with Google and Qualcomm, so it is impossible that the to-be-released device doesn’t have a Qualcomm chip. Almalence plans to license this technology to headsets manufacturers.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 7, 2017

Google and Discovery expand the Discovery VR app with new VR travel series. Over the course of 38 episodes spread throughout seven chapters, you will travel throughout North America, South America, Asia, Africa, Australia, Europe and Antarctica in the first virtual reality series to cover all seven continents.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

No more guessing games and waiting around: Google has revealed the official launch date for its Daydream View headset, and it’s coming very soon. Currently, Daydream View works with the now-available Google Pixel and Pixel XL, though other compatible handsets will be added in the weeks and months to come. Google Play Movies.

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VRScout

APRIL 6, 2018

Now, Sutu creates projects and experiences in a similar manner to his old characters using Google Tilt Brush. In fact, his otherworldly artwork created in Tilt Brush caught the eye of the tech giant and has since been commissioned by both Google and Disney to create 3D artwork in VR. “I The web comic is still live today.

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Mashable VR

APRIL 21, 2022

As such, Google is marking the occasion with a graphic reminder of our failings, publishing a bleak Earth Day Google Doodle which illustrates the horrible impact climate change has already had. April 22's Google Doodle includes a variety of GIFs created from photos of real locations, all taken over several years. Credit: Google.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

Google will undoubtedly be remembered for its influence in virtual reality’s exposure whenever we look back on things in the future. In the UK, Google is looking to initiate a different type of influence, one that will utilize the growing VR medium as a tool. Tagged with: cardboard , education , google , students , UK , VR.

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VRScout

MAY 5, 2020

The Wiggles Fun Time with Faces has enjoyed huge popularity with The Wiggles’ fans all over the world, reaching # 1 in Australia and New Zealand, Top 5 on App Stores worldwide, as well as winning several leading industry awards for innovation. The Wiggles – Fun Time with Faces is available on the App Store and Google Play.

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Road to VR

APRIL 13, 2017

AR headset distribution is much more dramatic, as students are mainly developing on Microsoft HoloLens (43%), with Google Glass, Vuzix AR headsets, Epson Moverio, Meta AR Dev Kits making up the rest of the pie chart. North Metropolitan TAFE, Australia. Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. Middle East Technical University, Turkey.

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ARPost

JULY 27, 2023

This session is followed by back-to-back keynotes by HTC Global Vice President of Corporate Development Alvin Graylin and University of South Australia professor Dr. Mark Billinghurst. Immediately following the panel discussion, Google’s Toshihiro Ohnuma takes the stage to discuss “Connecting Both Worlds – Google Maps and AR Core.”

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MAY 8, 2017

To our knowledge, Google has released nothing to officially give any indication of Daydream’s performance in the market since it went on sale late last year. Nevertheless, IHS Markit is forecasting sales for both Daydream from Google and Gear VR from Samsung, the latter of which is powered by software from Facebook’s Oculus. .

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Upload VR

DECEMBER 20, 2024

With headquarters in Austin, Texas, the coconuts include artists building from home as far away as Australia. Further, visionOS leverages Vision Pro's eye tracking for a gaze-and-pinch interaction system that the rest of the industry is set to follow, including Google & Samsung , Meta , Immersed , and more.

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Mashable VR

MARCH 30, 2022

Google has been rolling out smarter Artificial Intelligence systems, and says it is now putting them to work to help keep people safe. When people search phrases related to suicide or domestic violence, Google will surface an information box with details about how to seek help. Credit: Google.

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VRScout

JUNE 25, 2016

With hotels located in major cities in the United Kingdom, United States, Malaysia, Philippines, and Australia, the St. The final cut of the VR content will be turned into a digital and social campaign launching in September with the hotel brand also launching a mobile app so the content can be viewed through a Google Cardboard headset.

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VRScout

JUNE 3, 2016

Now the artist is again teleporting fans to her native Iceland with the Björk Digital exhibition, launching on Friday in Sydney, Australia, with Björk herself expected to DJ at the event. Eventually all the experiences will be available for download on Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Gear VR and mobile apps for Google Cardboard.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

As we wrote recently , Google’s first dedicated Daydream VR headset ‘View’ is out on November 10th and Google have now detailed the Daydream platform’s launch window software line up. Google’s long awaited evolution of Cardboard, its early Android-based VR experiment, is finally almost with us.

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GizModo VR

JUNE 7, 2022

In the continuing saga of compounding privacy implications for social media companies down under, an Australian judge ordered that Twitter must hand over the personal details of one of its users to a far-right figurehead for defamation purposes. Read more.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 25, 2019

Google releases an opensource library for hand tracking. Google has released opensource a library for tracking your hands on a mobile device. That’s great, but there are still big countries like Canada and Australia that are excluded from this possibility. Someone made Google Lens work in VR. Decentraland is growing.

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