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Top XR Vendors Majoring in Education for 2022

XR Today - Virtual Reality

Few things are more important than delivering the right education to individuals around the globe. The cloud has paved the way for a new era of collaborative remote learning, while AI tools and automated systems are assisting educators in their tasks. What’s more, educators have been able to reduce average operating costs by 10%.

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Microsoft Axes Social VR Platform & XR Interface Framework Amid Wide-reaching Layoffs

Road to VR

Microsoft is laying off 10,000 employees, and with it the company is axing social VR platform AltspaceVR and its XR interface framework, Mixed Reality Toolkit. In a Hail Mary that few expected, Microsoft turned around and snapped up the ailing platform only two months after the planned shut-down date.

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3 Companies Working on Education In VR and AR

ARPost

The Demand for Education in VR and AR. As AR and VR are slowly taking over many industries, including retail , agriculture, customer service, engineering, and education , there is a growing need in platforms that can take the lead and create resources to educate big companies as well as entrepreneurs about AR and VR technologies.

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AWE Day 3: The Most Wholesome Day in the History of XR Technology

ARPost

There were also huge announcements from Unity, HP, Microsoft, and others. We have proven over and over again in education and medicine that VR can uplift us. Shortly after his call to “shun all violence in VR”, Furness announced a new partnership between the Virtual World Society and Educators in VR. HP and Microsoft.

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Daimler Transforms the Automotive Lifecycle

AR Insider

How Daimler uses Unity across its automotive lifecycle. The division uses Unity to create a mixed reality pipeline connected to systems and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) data, then deploy applications to multiple platforms, including Microsoft HoloLens, Oculus devices, and smartphones. by Nick Davis. Production.

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Mozilla Hubs Cloud is the foundation of the free metaverse

The Ghost Howls

Azure is one of the best cloud providers (Image by Microsoft). There is no ETA for a similar feature for Microsoft Azure, not even for a one-click-install (like for WordPress) on your own self-hosted server. Why not a Unity exporter? Unity WebXR exporter is a powerful tool for all us Unity developers (Image by Mozilla).

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Orlando Mayor Offers 2,500 Open Positions to Build Metaverse in the MetaCenter

ARPost

The city also houses tech centers such as Lake Nona and the Creative Village, as well as tech talent from educational institutions like UCF and Full Sail University. BrandXR is also building AR experiences for some of the world’s biggest brands and institutions, including NASA and Microsoft. See Also: What Is a Digital Twin?

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