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University of Hong Kong Harnesses Immersive Tech in Archaeology

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University of Miami Builds an Educational Metaverse with ENGAGE The technologies, which include the use of mixed reality (MR) and augmented reality (AR) headsets, are “revolutionising” its work by enabling them to interact with and collect digital 3D data during these excavations. That is about to change!”

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XR Training Offers Major Boost to Learner Outcomes, CWRU Exec Says

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The Immerse Global Summit (IGS) 2022 Miami continues to showcase enterprises across the virtual, augmented, mixed, and extended reality (VR/AR/MR/XR) space. She educates medical schools and universities around the world about her institution’s immersive application, which runs on Microsoft’s HoloLens platform.

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Sony Acquires Beyond Sports to Expand Metaverse Solutions

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” Rival firm Microsoft bought Activision Blizzard to expand its portfolio of solutions in a historic $68 billion deal. This has greatly expanded Microsoft’s future ambitions for metaverse technologies such as cloud computing, digital avatars, non-fungible tokens (NFTs), and others.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

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In the fall of 2016, Microsoft announced a partnership with a handful of hardware manufacturers to make developer headsets implementing the inside-out tracking technology seen on the HoloLens. HIGH-END VIRTUAL REALITY JUST GOT MORE AFFORDABLE. Over 10,000 U.S. …and more. FOX SPORTS USES VIRTUAL REALITY ART FOR SUPER BOWL COMMERCIALS.

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Metaverse Standards Forum Incorporates as Independent Consortium

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Some of the top members of the Forum include IKEA, Alibaba, rooom , Adobe, Huawei, Meta, Microsoft, NVIDIA, Qualcomm, Sony, Unity, and many others. IGS 2022 Miami: XR Today Expert Round Table rooom explained its latest updates in an interview on the sidelines of the Immerse Global Summit (IGS) 2022 Miami.

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The Knight Foundation launches $750,000 initiative for immersive technology for the arts

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Through a partnership with Microsoft the foundation is offering a share of a $750,00 pool of cash and the option of technical support from Microsoft, including mentoring in mixed-reality technologies and access to the company’s suite of mixed reality technologies. . Project lead: Nicole Keating | Miami | @ArshtCenter.

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5G Networks Crucial to Metaverse Future, AT&T Says

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Telecoms have played a massive role in facilitating the expanded use of unified communications apps such as Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Skype, and multiple social media platforms. XR Today spoke to Andrew Bennett, Assistant Vice President for Mass Market 5G Products at AT&T on the sidelines of the Immerse Global Summit (IGS) 2022 in Miami.

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