Cannes XR Virtual Exhibit Offers Insightful Panels On VR

vrcoin on July 7, 2021

The legendary film festival goes virtual to deliver a series of live talks featuring some of the biggest names in the XR industry.

This week marks part two of XR3, an ambitious collaboration between Cannes XR, Tribeca, and the NewImages Festival that consists of 50 pieces of VR art from immersive artists located around the globe. Festival-goers can purchase a ticket to access a collection of genre-defying art via the Museum of Other Realities, a virtual exhibition space accessible via PC VR headsets.

Dogecoin Millionaire Launches Tamagotchi-Style AR Game

vrcoin on July 6, 2021

Earn exclusive NFTs and Dogecoin by taking care of an AR-powered ‘Dogeagotchi’ in this location-based mobile game.

In an effort to establish what he calls a “Doge-fueled Party metaverse,” Vancouver-based Dogecoin millionaire Gary Lachance is giving away one million of his own Dogecoin, currently worth $300,000 CAD, but there’s a catch.

In order to access this digital stockpile, you’ll need to take care of your own personal ‘Dogeagotchi.’ This includes feeding it treats and taking it on healthy walks throughout the real world.

Book Review and Author Interviews on “The Augmented Workforce”

vrcoin on July 1, 2021

The Augmented Workforce: How Artificial Intelligence, Augmented Reality and 5G Will Impact Every Dollar You Make is the new book by authors Cathy Hackl and John Buzzell. To take you inside the cover, we read the book and were invited to interview the authors on their process and the book’s early reception. “A Belief Inspired This Book” “The future of how we live and work, our relationship with innovation, and our very construct for productivity and engagement, are overdue for a digital, physical, and hybrid renaissance,” futurist and “digital anthropologist” Brian Solis writes in the book’s forward. In a subtle and significant way, the passage sets the tone for the whole book. While many business owners and workers may fear “change,” the renaissance was a period of explosive growth. And the future can be too. The Augmented Workforce isn’t about how to resist or get through the impact that automation

Hands-On Tour of Spatial

vrcoin on June 28, 2021

Spatial was on our list of AR remote work platforms. There were internal discussions about also including the platform in our list of VR collaboration platforms. The solution can present avatars in a physical space, or avatars can share a virtual space. All things considered, it’s a pretty powerful platform but it’s known primarily for its unique approach to avatars. Meet Spatial Spatial was founded in 2016 driven by an impressive line-up of investors including Macintosh co-founder Andy Hertzfeld and Instagram co-founder Mike Krieger. The company’s own co-founders, Anand Agarawala and Jinha Lee, have their own impressive pasts including working at Google, MIT, Microsoft, and Samsung. The platform works on just about any device, from HoloLens and Magic Leap to desktop and mobile, and even an Nreal beta. Much of this accessibility came from a recent platform update allowing Spatial to launch from a web browser. .u142233e9e521f6fd9db243e4751f6772 {