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Unity Technologies just went public. If you're living in, let's say, Toronto and you're pitching somebody in SanFrancisco and you make VR, how do you put their head in there and make sure they're in there? And Unity's, I think started. They work on Oculus Quest, they work on the Magic Leap. Alex: Huge news.
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I was flying from Toronto to SanFrancisco, and I just happened to sit beside a guy who we started talking about AR and I pulled out the North Glasses. The advantage that something like a Magic Leap or even an Oculus Quest has is that it’s tracking you with cameras. Thanks for having me. I’m super excited.
Unity Technologies just went public. If you're living in, let's say, Toronto and you're pitching somebody in SanFrancisco and you make VR, how do you put their head in there and make sure they're in there? And Unity's, I think started. They work on Oculus Quest, they work on the Magic Leap. Alex: Huge news.
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I was flying from Toronto to SanFrancisco, and I just happened to sit beside a guy who we started talking about AR and I pulled out the North Glasses. The advantage that something like a Magic Leap or even an Oculus Quest has is that it's tracking you with cameras. Thanks for having me. I'm super excited. Michael: Absolutely.
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Anne: Yeah, it’s really– Alan: Stack of phones charging while you’re swapping it out, whereas if you’re using something like an Oculus Go, you’ve got to take the whole machine away. So we have our own app on the Oculus store. And doing activations so we can import any Unity scene.
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They’re a Unity authorized training partner and their team of 20 people is giving professionals the skills they need to build value-driven XR experiences. Like, “Unity 101: here’s how to make a model.” From this journey, Circuit Stream’s 10-week online course emerged. Alan: So how did you begin?
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