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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

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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

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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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Big XR News from Unity, PIXO VR, and Microsoft

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XR World Reacts to New Unity Runtime Fees Unity Technologies has reportedly backtracked on the controversial fees it introduced last week, triggering a public outcry from the developer community, with many Unity developers slamming the new fees as unfair, prompting the San Francisco-based firm to rescind its announcement partially.

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Made with (Dis)Unity? XR World Reacts to New Runtime Fees

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Unity Technologies has reportedly backtracked on the controversial fees it introduced last week, triggering a public outcry from the developer community. Many Unity developers have slammed the new fees as unfair, prompting the San Francisco-based firm to rescind its announcement partially.

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7 Insightful XR Education Case Studies to Read in 2022

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One of the areas where XR is seeing the most significant and rapid adoption, is in the world of education and training. Today, we’re going to be looking at some of the most inspirational case studies from the educational landscape, highlighting the benefits of XR for training. Microsoft HoloLens and GE. Meta Oculus and Aptiv.

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

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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.