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Google Releases AR Geospatial Creator for Unity

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

Google has unveiled its Geospatial Creator for Unity platform, allowing developers to preview 3D assets via the Unity Editor. Viewing spatially-linked assets on a hyperrealistic 3D planet map, the toolkit powers ARCore and Photorealistic 3D Tiles via the Google Maps Platform, it said on its website.

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Texas Lawsuit Claims Facebook's Facial Recognition Violated User Privacy and Broke the Law

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Texas attorney general Ken Paxton has taken yet another swing at Big Tech, this time suing Meta for allegedly capturing and using facial recognition data on millions of users without their consent. In the suit , Paxton claims Meta’s unauthorized use of the tech—which the company claims it has now largely… Read more.

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Oculus CTO John Carmack Sues ZeniMax For $22.5 Million In Ongoing Battle

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The complaint filed on behalf of Carmack alleges ZeniMax refuses to make a final payment stemming from the $150 million purchase in 2009 of id Software, the company Carmack co-founded in the ’90s most well known for creating the Doom franchise. The wiping occurred right after Mr. Carmack researched on Google how to wipe a hard drive.

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InstaVR Launches Academic Organization-wide Tier Pricing to Accommodate Distance Learning and Campus Virtual Tour Needs

InstaVR

Combined with a 360-degree camera or 3DCG software, faculty or students can create VR apps in minutes that can be distributed via web, mobile app, or head-mounted VR system (Oculus Go, Quest and Rift S). They’ve also released the apps publicly on iTunes & Google Play to extend learning beyond just their classrooms.

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Facebook steps into cloud gaming — and another feud with Apple

TechCrunch VR

Their approach is different than what Microsoft or Google has built but Facebook highlights a shared central challenge: dealing with Apple. Apple was initially slow to provide a path forward for cloud gaming apps from Google and Microsoft, which had previously been outlawed on the App Store. Virginia and West Virginia.

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Exclusive: Visiting ‘Wonderland’ With Trailblazing Startup Playful Corp.

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The world we visited is called Wonderland and it is a container for a variety of experiments in virtual reality software design from Texas-based Playful Corp. that made this spontaneous moment between us possible.

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Exclusive: Visiting ‘Wonderland’ With Trailblazing Startup Playful Corp.

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

The world we visited is called Wonderland and it is a container for a variety of experiments in virtual reality software design from Texas-based Playful Corp. that made this spontaneous moment between us possible.