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Augmented and virtual reality technologies provide new teaching opportunities

09/19/202309/18/2023 Sam Lambert

Teachers are using the metaverse to discover new ways to reach and inspire their students. Teachers have been using everything from calculators to computers to help enhance the education experience for their students, and now augmented and virtual reality tools are entering the classroom as well. Metaverse technologies including VR headsets and AR glasses can help inspire students to learn. Augmented and virtual reality can be combined into mixed reality technologies that combine components of the real world with those that are entirely digital, providing the user with an entirely…

Canon unveils virtual reality camera prototype for consumers

06/15/202306/14/2023 L. Green

The new gadget first met the public at Photo Next 2023 as a consumer concept device. Canon stood out from among the eighty-five other companies exhibiting recently at the Photo Next 2023 photography trade show in Japan, when it unveiled its virtual reality consumer camera concept. Beyond the fact that it could record in VR, it was also a folding hybrid concept camera. The folding hybrid concept virtual reality camera is able to capture 180º stereoscopic and 360º monoscopic pictures and videos. When the device is in its folded position,…

Meta squeaks new VR headset unveiling in before Apple’s

06/06/202306/05/2023 Julie Campbell

Zuckerberg announced the Meta Quest 3 only days ahead of Apple’s scheduled announcement. Mark Zuckerberg, Meta CEO, took the opportunity to unveil the company’s latest VR headset, the Quest 3, just ahead of when Apple is expected to make a similar unveiling. The new virtual reality device will start at $499, according to a video Zuckerberg posted on Instagram. In Zuckerberg’s post, he pointed out that the new Meta VR headset will be the first one with “high-res color mixed reality.” Those interested in the technology will also be interested…

Here’s why you want a mixed reality headset, says Apple CEO

04/06/202304/04/2023 L. Green

Mixed reality headset - Welcome to Mixed Reality

According to Tim Cook, there will be advantages to creativity, business, and communications. Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, recently took the opportunity to use a media interview to describe why he believed a mixed reality headset produced by his company is something consumers will want to have when one launches in coming months. The company is traditionally quite closed lipped about the projects it has underway. While Tim Cook didn’t officially confirm that Apple would be launching a mixed reality headset in the interview with GQ, he did spend some…

Meta gains court approval to acquire virtual reality startup Within Unlimited

02/02/202302/01/2023 Jennifer Goula

Virtual reality - Approved - Meta - Court

This court decision has defeated the US Federal Trade Commission’s effort to block the purchase. Meta Platforms Inc. has received the nod from the courts to acquire Within Unlimited, a virtual reality startup. This is a defeat to the effort the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has made to block the purchase deal. The FTC’s preliminary injunction to block the acquisition was denied in a sealed decision yesterday. The decision was made by US District Judge Edward Davila in San Jose, California. The decision was to reject the FTC’s request…