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Big XR News from Meta Unity, Shanghai, and Magic Leap

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Meta Platform’s social media subsidiary Facebook will reportedly target low-performing staff across its operations to reduce costs and eliminate poor performance metrics, the Washington Post reported. ” Magic Leap 2 to Release on Sept 30th.

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Ed Games Expo Returns With A Full Day Dedicated To VR And AR Education

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The Educational Games Expo kicked-off this week in Washington, DC. Co-hosted by the VR/AR Association of Washington, DC, XR for Classroom Learning kicked off with remarks from Frank Brogan of the US Department of Education , Sophia Moshasha of the VR/AR Association of DC, and Gino Fazio of the CDC.

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Top XR Vendors Majoring in Education for 2022

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Magic Leap. Magic Leap is quickly making a name for itself as one of the biggest leaders in the AR headset space. What’s more, Magic Leap’s open platform makes it easy to implement a wide range of engines and tools into the AR experience, depending on your specific needs.

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The NBA and TNT Partner With Intel For Biggest VR Push Yet

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Just this week, Magic Leap announced the company’s first sports partnership with the NBA and Turner, to bring in what they are calling, “the next generation of sports viewing and interactivity.”. Thursday, April 5 – Washington @ Cleveland. Tuesday, April 10 – Boston @ Washington.

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7 Insightful XR Education Case Studies to Read in 2022

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Magic Leap and the University of Washington. Faced with the unpredictable challenges of the pandemic, the University of Washington decided it was time to augment their remote teaching curriculum with new collaborative tools in the XR environment.

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Oculus Is Building an AR Incubation Team to Prototype New Hardware

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This team will be based in Redmond, Washington and will work to, “prototype complete systems that will bring together work in machine perception, optics, displays, human perception, haptics, audio, input, graphics, UI/UX, mobile computing, silicon, sensing, batteries, and whatever else is needed to create a truly compelling AR experience.”

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Oculus Is Building an AR Incubation Team to Prototype New Hardware

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This team will be based in Redmond, Washington and will work to, “prototype complete systems that will bring together work in machine perception, optics, displays, human perception, haptics, audio, input, graphics, UI/UX, mobile computing, silicon, sensing, batteries, and whatever else is needed to create a truly compelling AR experience.”

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