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The 5 most important XR-related pieces of news from Google I/O 2023

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Last week, Google delivered its most important event of the year, the Google I/O. Of course, AI has been the star of the show , with the public release of Google Bard and the announcement of a new language model, but there have been also interesting pieces of news about XR.

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IGS 2022 Miami: XR Today Expert Round Table

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The Immerse Global Summit (IGS) 2022 took place in Miami 5 to 7 December, and concluded its final days in the sunny backdrop of Miami Beach’s historic Fontainebleu Hotel. Such platforms provided live data for face tracking, including facial expressions, eye movement, and other features.

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NFL Producing VR Series Exclusively for Google

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Later this year, episodes will also be available via the NFL’s VR app designed for Daydream View, Google’s mobile VR headset that works with its new Pixel phones set to begin shipping Nov. NFL Films is currently in production on the series, which is being shot using Google’s Jump 360 camera system.

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VR-Eval Program Helps Survivors Of Human Trafficking Deal With Trauma

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” Chance Glasco, Dr. Brook Bello and Miami States Attorney Katherin Fernandez-Rundle / Image Credit: More Too Life Foundation. According to research conducted by The International Labour Organization, human trafficking is currently a $150 billion global industry, with over 40.3 victims for every 1,000 people, 25% of whom are children.

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The NFL and Google to launch VR series on Youtube and Daydream.

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The NFL and Google announced an expansion of their relationship that will allow fans around the world to see the NFL as never before in virtual reality. It’s an exciting new medium to explore as we look to evolve and grow our offerings, and this partnership with Google is an important step in that direction.” .

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The NFL Is Creating a VR Film Series Exclusively For YouTube and Google

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But bringing things even closer to viewers is always the goal and that’s exactly what the NFL aims to do in its latest partnership with Google.

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The XR Week Peek (2024.01.16): Apple prepares the launch of Vision Pro, Sony announces MR headset, and much more!

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More info (HTC Face Tracking add-on — Road To VR) More info (HTC Face Tracking add-on — Upload VR) Google lays off people in the AR Hardware division Like many tech companies lately, Google is performing a round of layoffs in its hardware teams. This does not mean that Google is not still committed to AR, though.

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