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VR Headset Prices Are Now Used By The UK To Measure Inflation

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The price of VR headsets is now one of the factors used by the UK government to measure inflation. The UK's Office for National Statistics (ONS) takes into account the prices of many hundreds of goods and services to calculate the national inflation rate. Now, one such good is VR headsets, the BBC reports. The ONS says the collection of goods it includes "shows how consumer spending has evolved over the years", and that the inclusion of VR "shows our appetite for emerging technology".

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Beyond Today’s Smart Cities: Building A Multimodal Metropolis

Cathy Hackl

A multimodal metropolis is not just a smart city. It's responsive, adaptive, contextual, sustainable, resilient, & cognitive. Future cities will be multimodal & agentic.

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Smart Glasses Receive Major Policy Boost with 15% Nationwide Subsidy inChina

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On March 19, XR Vision reported that China has further upgraded its subsidy policy,now offering a 15% national subsidy for smart glasses purchases, with a maximumdiscount of up to CNY 2,000.According to the JD.com smart glasses subsidy program, eligible products includeAI-powered smart glasses such as TCL RayNeo V3, Meizu StarV Air 2, and INMOGo 2.

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Augmented Reality Builder Options; Building Your Digital Dreams  

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Augmented Reality Builder suites are opening up the world of AR design to everyone - even if you're not a programmer. AR lets people integrate digital content into the physical world through phones, tablets, and AR glasses. AR builder systems give people in every profession the ability to tap into that limitless potential. The business [.] The post Augmented Reality Builder Options; Building Your Digital Dreams appeared first on Metamandrill.com.

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The Future of eLearning in 2022: A Sensitive Eye for Authentic Translation and Localization

Speaker: Chris Paxton McMillin, President of D3 Training Solutions

To avoid awkward and sometimes disastrous learning content, instructional designers must use authentic translation in the right context to get optimal results. For example, even a simple phrase like “got milk” translates to “are you lactating” in Mexico. Can you imagine what a straight translation might do to your course? With over 317 million people in the US and over 6.7 billion potential customers in the world, personalizing training seems logical.

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Quest v76 PTC Lets You Use Your Meta Avatar As A Virtual Webcam

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Quest's Horizon OS v76 PTC lets you use your Meta Avatar as a virtual webcam in video calling apps. What Is the Public Test Channel (PTC)? The Public Test Channel (PTC) is Meta Quest's beta release channel. If you opt in, your headset receives a pre-release build of each Quest system software, now technically called Horizon OS , version. Note that there are often features in the eventual stable version not present in the PTC, and occasionally (but very rarely) features or changes in the PTC don'

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Leyard: Micro LED Large-Screen Commercial Display Orders Surpass CNY 1Billion , AR Glasses Set for Mid-April Launch

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According to a report on March 16, Leyards investor relations activity record revealsthat the company has expanded its Micro LED applications from high-end to mid-to-high-end markets. In the commercial large-screen display sector, Leyard hasachieved a breakthrough, growing its orders from zero to CNY 1 billion. Movingforward, the company plans to further expand Micro LED applications across morescenarios and drive its market reach from B2B to B2C.

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MythyaVerse Secures Seed Funding to Revolutionize AI-Powered Hiring with VRPlaced

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MythyaVerse, a startup poised to disrupt the recruitment landscape with its innovative VRPlaced platform, has announced the successful completion of its seed funding round. The company raised funding from IIT Mandi iHub and HCi Foundation at a valuation of $1.8 million, marking a significant milestone in its mission to redefine career readiness and AI-driven hiring.VRPlaced aims to transform how candidates prepare for and participate in the hiring process, and how companies discover top talent.

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India Bets Big on Content Creators with $1 Billion Fund

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Get ready for your close-up, India! The central government is about to unleash a game-changing $1 billion (8,300 crore) fund designed to turbocharge the burgeoning content creator economy. Forget waiting tables and driving Ubers the next generation of Indian entrepreneurs might be crafting viral videos and building empires from their living rooms.

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