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The XR Week Peek (2025.03.18): Niantic sells Pokemon Go, Meta released passthrough APIs, and more!

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The approach chosen by Meta is similar to the one that Google promised to take with Android XR. When Android XR was announced, Google showed how it was easy to port Unity content from other headsets to Android XR and the compatibility with controllers is another good step in this sense.

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Preserving Historical Landmarks In VR Should Be A Priority

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As technology continues to progress, the option of visiting virtual renditions of real-world locations will only become more viable, allowing users to lose themselves in true-to-life simulations that are too difficult or down right impossible to visit in real life. Image Credit: Google Inc.

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Google Working on VR Short Film With ‘Book of Life’ Director Jorge Gutierrez

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The new animated VR film will be part of Google Spotlight Stories. The VR short is being developed with Google Spotlight Stories and revolves around Mexican wrestling and “the tradition and the responsibility of carrying on the legacy of your culture.” Image Credit: Google Spotlight Stories.

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Spatial Beats: Zoom, Looking Glass & AR Funding

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Immersive view hopes to simulate an in-person office meeting by building upon the immersive backgrounds feature by placing meeting participants in a realistic location, such as a board room or auditorium. M contract to provide VR training at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico. Zoom rolls out new features, including Immersive View.

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How to choose an LBVR product?

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VR just passed the thorough of disillusionment and is here to stay thanks to investments in the AR/VR market by Facebook, Google and Apple. The cost appears to be around $90k in the US, Canada, Mexico and Australia. . Seated VR: hand tracking games, movies and simulators. VR simulators are more interactive. And they sit.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.05.23): Leaks and rumors about Apple headset intensify, VRChat to launch Creator Economy, and more!

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Magic Leap has factories in the US and Mexico able to produce AR glasses. More info Meta may partner soon with Magic Leap The Financial Times this week reported a very unexpected piece of news: Meta may be working on a partnership with Magic Leap for the production of AR glasses.

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10 Wikipedia rabbit holes to fall down instead of doomscrolling

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It's an effective way to waste time, the first thing you click on when you Google something, and above all an infinite font of weird, fascinating minutiae. UFO sitings in Roswell, New Mexico are the stuff of urban legend. It's not a credible source, but Wikipedia is many other things. Credit: Wikipedia / Commons.