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Big XR News from Meta, Google, Unity, T-Mobile, KPMG

XR Today - Virtual Reality

Meanwhile, major technology firms Google and T-Mobile contributed further to the XR landscape with some significant project partnerships. Google Releases AR Geospatial Creator for Unity Google has launched Geospatial Creator for Unity, a new platform that allows developers to preview 3D assets in the Unity Editor.

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

Road to VR

AR headset distribution is much more dramatic, as students are mainly developing on Microsoft HoloLens (43%), with Google Glass, Vuzix AR headsets, Epson Moverio, Meta AR Dev Kits making up the rest of the pie chart. Bahçesehir University (BAU), Turkey. Middle East Technical University, Turkey. Academy of Art San Francisco, USA.

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How VR and AR Headsets Can Help Avoid The In-Flight Laptop Ban

VRScout

Many passengers may find a better option with mobile VR headsets like the Samsung Gear VR or Google Daydream View. A VRScout staff member was able to take their Gear VR through security in Turkey but was still told by the airline not to use it on the plane.

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‘We Wait’ Is The First BBC Production For The Oculus Store, And It Is Free

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

But We Wait is a first for the British broadcaster which saw the BBC Connected Studio collaborate with legendary Bristol-based animation studio Aardman Digital – the makers of Wallace & Gromit, Chicken Run, Shaun the Sheep – to produce a dramatization of the dangerous journey Syrian migrants take from Turkey to Greece on smuggler’s boats.

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I Invest In VR Companies–Here’s How To Get Hired By.

AllThingsVR

With the upcoming launch of Playstation VR, Oculus Touch controllers, cheaper VR-compatible PCs, and Google Daydream, VR promises to bring immersive entertainment, communication, and education tools to more people than ever before. Turkey, and France. To do that, though, the fast-growing sector needs talent.

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LGBTQ spaces are needed now more than ever. Here’s what people mapping them have to say.

Mashable VR

He wanted it to be entirely a communal effort, nurtured by the site's casual, organic growth — any business can register their location using a Google form on the site or in the bio on its Instagram , and Sprinkman verifies them on an honor system. Credit: Everywhere Is Queer. We had a picnic and drank.

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App lets you configure your VR viewer

Hypergrid Business

Google Cardboard-compatible viewers are a great choice for people who want to experience VR but don’t want to shell out the hundreds of dollars that the big-name headsets cost. Since the viewers are dumb — they’re just lenses in a plastic or cardboard case — you normally do this by scanning a Google Cardboard QR Code.

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