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Some hours ago the Facebook Connect keynote has finished, so I think it is time to do a quick recap of the most important news announced there. This post is just a short summary of the best of the announcements until now, in case you missed it and you wanted to catch up with the news. At the end of the week, I’ll write the usual big detailed roundup of the Facebook Connect … so stay tuned for more!
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Speaker: Chris Paxton McMillin, President of D3 Training Solutions
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Tomorrow is the big day of the Oculus Connect 7, which has now been sadly rebranded as Facebook Connect. Every year, Oculus has always made astonishing announcements during this yearly event, and we are sure that this year will be no exception to this rule. But what can we expect from it? Let me make some predictions and play the guessing game. I’m very talented at it: last year, I predicted that Oculus would have never released a cable to connect the Quest to the PC and the day after, the
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Speaker: Nik Gowing, Brenda Laurel, Sheridan Tatsuno, Archie Kasnet, and Bruce Armstrong Taylor
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XR Talks is a series that features the best presentations and educational videos from the XR universe. It includes embedded video, narrative analysis and top takeaways. Speakers’ opinions are their own. For a full library of indexed and educational media, subscribe to ARtillery PRO. Y ou’ve likely heard all about Facebook Connect 7, including the keynote unveiling of Oculus Quest 2 (our pre-order is in).
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Oculus announced today that they’ll discontinue the Oculus Rift line of VR headsets entirely. The only current Rift device available from Oculus is the Oculus Rift S, but that’ll soon be over as Oculus focuses all its efforts on single headset: Oculus Quest 2. This does NOT mean that there’ll be no PC-based VR. The Oculus Quest 2 can connect … Continue reading.
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Speaker: Micah Eppler, Account Executive for Rehearsal of eLearning Brothers
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