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You Can Now Donate Blood While Immersed In Mixed Reality

VRScout

Credit: Abbott Laboratories Using Microsoft’s HoloLens 2 mixed reality headset, donors are immersed in a magical garden where they can plant seeds around their real-world environment while enjoying a comforting soundtrack. Sandhu, CEO of Stanford Blood Center and chairperson of Blood Centers of America.

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Microsoft Now Hosts Free HoloLens Demos Across US & Canada

Road to VR

Microsoft Stores across the US and Canada are now hosting free HoloLens demos, so you can finally see what the hubbub is all about. Here’s the full list of the participating Microsoft Stores: UNITED STATES. The post Microsoft Now Hosts Free HoloLens Demos Across US & Canada appeared first on Road to VR.

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USC Launches $1bn XR, Generative AI Initiative

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Founded in Dayton, Ohio in 1979, Full Sail University launched as an audio recording workshop. The Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality Association (VRARA)’s Central Florida Chapter took centre stage with Full Sail University in late March. After successes in enrolment, it later expanded to its Winter Park-based campus in 1989.

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

TechCrunch VR

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. .

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Alibaba Backed WayRay won Grand Prize on AutoMobility LA’s Top Ten

VRWorld

After making it to the Top Three alongside an impressive group of innovative startups from around the world, including Ohio-based GhostWave and Israel’s Innoviz Technologies, they were named this year’s winner of the 2017 Top Ten Automotive Startups Competition.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

VRScout

Based in Germany, ThyssenKrupp is a European national conglomerate that just announced a partnership with the Microsoft Hololens. LIVE STREAMED OKLAHOMA VS. OHIO STATE IN VR. When a device helps get tasks done 6x faster than without the device, it’s a HUGE deal for a company’s bottom line. …and more.

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