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Kai XR: Bringing VR To The Classroom, One Headset At A Time

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In fact, she started at 17 years old as an assistant in her former third grade teacher’s Chesapeake, Virginia classroom where her then-six years old sister was in first grade. “[In] VR experience, I realized that I could have benefited from tools like the ones Kai XR offers,” Lopez shares. “VR In] high school years I was homeless.

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Privacy Advocates Lambast Virginia for Ditching Police Facial Recognition Ban

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Virginia, which approved a ban on local police use of biometric identification tools around a year ago, formally bailed on the law’s most substantive measures on Friday. A patchwork of individual state privacy laws isn’t filling the hole left by absent federal government regulation on facial recognition. Now, under an… Read more.

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The Media and Entertainment Metaverse: What to Expect

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Regarding technologies, the Metaverse will incorporate artificial intelligence (AI), virtual, augmented, and mixed reality (VR/AR/MR), the internet of things (IoT), and hand and eye tracking tools. Also, synaesthetic tools blend multiple sensory experiences to enhance immersion for users. VR Theme Parks.

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Spatial Beats: 8th Wall, Sam and Max, & Burning Man

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The 8th Wall Partner Program is a new network of agencies and creative studios using 8th Wall’s numerous AR tools to connect. If you recall, the song is an ode to West Virginia, where Zuck is certainly not. A Linkedin, if you will, for AR designers and agencies. Virtual Burning Man is back. flag at sunset. “Happy July 4th!,”

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Virtual Reality Creeps Into Virginia Commonwealth University

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Virginia Commonwealth University , or VCU for short, is the latest educational facility to install a Virtual Reality lab on their premises. While not every VR Lab out there will offer setups as advanced as Virginia Commonwealth University, but these labs are becoming much more commonplace. Comment below and let us know!

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Exclusive: First-Ever Impact Reality Summit Announces 2020 Lineup

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XR For Good : A workshop that discusses how to develop successful and measurable impact strategies for “For Good” immersive productions, including defining XR’s ROI, measurement tools, and presentation strategies for future funders. In 1958, Ben and Virginia Ali’s new restaurant, Ben’s Chili Bowl, joined the list.

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Tobii, HeadVantage To Offer Sports Fans ‘First Look’

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The Arlington, Virginia-based firm was picked to join Comcast’s NBCUniversal Sports Accelerator, leading to the deal with NBC Sports and allowing the firm to showcase its capabilities at the Professional Golfers Association’s (PGA) Korn Ferry Tour golf tournament.