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Crytek-Incubated ‘VR First’ Program to Double Number of Academic VR/AR Labs in 2017

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Development is divided evenly across the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift platforms, each accounting for 31% of projects created, with other major VR platforms such as Samsung Gear VR, OSVR, and Daydream rounding out the bottom numbers. University of Florida, USA. image courtesy VR First. Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia.

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VRvisu Lets Doctors Study Patient’s Tumors In VR

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It’s VR to the rescue yet again, as a new app built by a University of North Florida student could dramatically improve cancer treatment. Smith has been using an HTC Vive for the project though, instead of the kit’s position-tracked controllers, he can be seen on News 4 Jax using a Leap Motion sensor for hand-tracking.

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‘Tis The Season to VR

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It was announcements and product launches galore with news coming from key players like Oculus, Sony, Microsoft and Google dominating the headlines almost every week. HTC Vive at GameStop. . As a mom of 3, living in Gainesville, Florida (population 127,000+) there are not many options when it comes to retail stores.

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EON Reality Joins Axelrod for UAE Knowledge Metaverse

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The platform, which is compatible with major immersive tech providers such as Magic Leap, Meta Platforms, Microsoft HoloLens, Apple, HTC VIVE, Ready Player Me, and Google recently provided the University of Glasgow with an EON-XR Centre to train and engage students with the XR tool.

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Magic Leap to Launch in 19 Countries, Exec Says

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Watts was joined by Pearly Chen, Vice-President of HTC VIVE , Brian Vogelsang, Senior Director of Product Management for Qualcomm Technologies , and Maria Pace, Head of XR Hardware, Global Partnerships and Strategies for Google. Pearly Chen, Vice-President of HTC VIVE. Smaller, Lighter, Comfortable, Compelling.

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Magic Leap 2 Review: A High-Spec Enterprise AR Headset

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Despite this, the Plantation, Florida-based company worked to improve its headset and finally released its second iteration of the device, the Magic Leap 2, on 30 September to critical acclaim. Later, its valuation dipped by a staggering 93 percent, or $450 million, down from $6.4 billion the previous year. Inside Magic Leap 2.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.10.19): HTC launches Vive Flow, Magic Leap 2 announced, and more!

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Image by HTC). HTC launches Vive Flow headset for relaxation, priced at $499. After endless teasings and leaks, in the end, HTC has finally unveiled its headset: called Vive Flow, it is a lightweight device for media consumption. I send you good vibes so things go well for you too! Top news of the week.