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How to Save Money on Business Travel with Virtual Reality

XR Today - Virtual Reality

VR Headsets for Tourism. Meta is also moving into the immersive tourism and live event sector. billion meeting minutes in Microsoft Teams alone in one day. . Companies like High Fidelity and Microsoft are already working on environments that make this possible. . The company has seen a record of 2.7

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VRdirect to Bring Competition in Training and Virtual Tours

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There is also potential in education and virtual tourism. The company also has some big-name partners including Oculus , Microsoft , and Telekom. “All of these enterprise clients are now at the point where they understand that they will need a standardized solution.”. VRdirect Is Crossing the Rhine.

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Cooperation of Deep Tech SMEs and Global Giants Drive Opportunities in the Metaverse

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Nokia , the Finnish telecom giant, has been focusing on telecommunication infrastructure development after selling its mobile phone business to Microsoft in 2014. These include at least smart retail, tourism, and architecture. LaValle, who was also an early founder and head scientist of Oculus VR.

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

Road to VR

In fact, games only account for 35% of projects underway, as the rest are focused on fields like psychology and neuroscience (12%), education (7%), tourism (7% ), and architecture and real estate (6%). image courtesy VR First.

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Impressions: What We Think Of The HP Windows VR Headset Dev Kit

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Microsoft is using the term “Mixed Reality” as an umbrella to encapsulate VR, AR, and all other related devices. I can pick some pre-selected apps here like Microsoft Edge for web browsing, a Photo viewer, a Video client, and more. I got to go on a virtual tour of Rome and marvel at the potential of VR tourism.

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VRTUOLUO talks about its FBEC event and the VR ecosystem in China

The Ghost Howls

With the trend of Gaming entrepreneurs, for example, Samsung, HTC, Sony, and Oculus transferred from games to virtual reality and we started to keep eye on the VR area. Since Meta made the acquisition and took over Oculus, VRTUOLUO began to write original and in-depth articles on the XR industry. Screengrab of the VRTUOLUO website.

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Top XR Vendors Majoring in Travel for 2022

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With endless flights grounded, tourism put on hold, and opportunities to connect with customers diminished, confidence in the landscape has dwindled. To strengthen connections with an uncertain audience, travel and tourism companies are being forced to explore new technologies as a solution for innovation.

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