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This Stargate-esque Portal Connects You With People 376 Miles Away in Real-Time

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That’s one of the reasons behind the Stargate -esque portals unveiled by two cities in Lithuania and Poland, which are hoping to give their residents access to these… Read more. It goes without saying that the pandemic has been hard on travel and human connection. While things are looking up , we are far from back to normal yet.

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Ready Player Me, Spatial, Polycount Partner for Vogue’s Fashion Metaverse

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Tallinn, Lithuania-based Ready Player Me recently scaled up its operations in a Series B fundraiser worth $56m, namely to increase staff numbers and enhance its avatar creation tools, among others. Ready Player Me (@readyplayerme) September 5, 2022.

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Meta makes fundraising easier ahead of Earth Day

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SEE ALSO: What does it mean to decolonize your donations?

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Thin & Light PC VR Headset Bigscreen Beyond Now Shipping in US

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In addition to taking preorders from customers in the US, UK, most of Europe, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Japan, the company is also set to expand preorders to Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Estonia, Hungary, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia.

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London VR Dev Meetup Returns April 3rd with Holographic Streaming, New 3D Sound System, and VR Review Club

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At the event, guests will have the chance to chat with a hologram of one of their team in Lithuania. In the Play theme, EF EVE will be conducting live holographic streaming that allows people to interact with others miles away as a point cloud generated hologram viewed through the Vive.

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Microsoft to Expand HoloLens Availability to 29 More European Markets in December

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image courtesy Microsoft. If you’re in one of those countries, you can either wait for local availability, or alternatively contact Microsoft here via e-mail to begin the ordering process now.

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Bigscreen Beyond Ultra-Compact SteamVR Headset Now Shipping

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Bigscreen is also now accepting orders from 13 new countries: Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Estonia, Hungary, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia. The company is aiming to eventually get this gap down to 3-6 weeks.