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‘Meta for Education’ Program Exits Beta, Bringing Quest to the Classroom

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Image courtesy Meta Nick Clegg, Metas President of Global Affairs and formed UK Deputy Prime Minister, highlights the transformative potential of immersive technologies in education, enabling students to experience otherwise inaccessible scenarios. Most importantly, I hope it helps teachers do what they do best: teach.

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This Bizarre VR Gas Mask Makes Breathing In VR More Difficult

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A research team working out of the Salzburg University of Applied Sciences in Austria has developed a unique accessory for the Meta Quest 2 VR headset that allows users to interact with the virtual world by simply breathing. The AirRes Mask can be used to simulate a variety of stressful and high-risk scenarios.

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Meta Quest 2 & Quest Pro VR Headsets Get Price Cuts

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Beginning March 5th, 2023, the 256GB Quest 2 will be available for $429.99 (previously $499.99) in the US, Canada, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, and the UK.

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5G AR Experience Transforms Vienna City Hall Into a Magical Wonderland

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Austria plans to be the first European country with a city-wide 5G network in Vienna. Unleashing the Power of 5G for Immersive AR Experience for Kids. Unleashing the Power of 5G for Immersive AR Experience for Kids. To prove the capacities of this new technology, the country launched a 5G Use Case Challenge.

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PICO Debuts Enterprise-Ready MDM Platform for Headset – AWE EU ’24

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

PICO shipped the 4 Ultra across Europe, including countries such as Germany, France, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Poland, Austria, Switzerland, the UK, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, and Finland. This app creates a panoramic immersive workspace by allowing users to place virtual monitors in real-world environments.

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Meta Pumps a Further $50 Million into Horizon Metaverse

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The Meta Horizon Creator Program’s regional support now includes Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and Taiwan.

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Epic Games Awarded Grants to 31 XR Projects in 2021 Through the $100M MegaGrants Fund

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ONMOTIO – Immersive Technical Training in Inhospitable or Dangerous Zones Using VR (Canada). Research Center for Molecular Medicine (CeMM) – DataDiVR Interactive Data Analytics Platform (Austria). Marquette University – Immersive and Augmented Media Design Fellowship (United States). Lightscape VR (Germany).