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Six benefits that the metaverse offers to colleges and universities

Even though it’s unclear what exactly the metaverse is and whether it even exists, colleges and universities have jumped onto the metaverse bandwagon. They have augmented in-person and remote video learning with features such as gamified interactive virtual worlds, virtual reality and mixed reality.

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Mobile app offers new learning tools for anatomy students. But tech isn't a silver bullet

Mobile app offers new learning tools for anatomy students. But tech isn't a silver bullet

For most people who finished school or university even a decade ago, the idea of virtual reality in the classroom probably seems like the stuff of science fiction. But immersive technologies like virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR) and mixed reality – which all aim to marry the physical and…

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UK medical students training on hologram patients in world-first

UK medical students training on hologram patients in world-first

The students at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge are using a new mix-reality training system called HoloScenarios.

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Meta, Microsoft, Alibaba, Others Form Metaverse Governing Body; Apple's Name Missing

Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:META), Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT), Alibaba Group Holding Limited (NYSE:BABA), and other tech giants striving to build the emerging metaverse concept have formed a group to foster the development of industry standards. The initiatives look to make the companies' nascent digital worlds compatible. The Metaverse Standards Forum includes leading companies working in the space, from…

Microsoft’s mixed reality gets a black eye

The talent exodus and the organisational rejig has dealt a blow to Microsoft’s vision of a mixed reality, making it reroute resources and people at a time when the market for AR/VR is heating up.

Microsoft Revamps MR Unit As Key Exec Said To Step Down Over 'Toxic Behavior' Complaints

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) has reportedly lost a key tech talent who was overseeing the development of the HoloLens mixed reality (MR) headset.

How the Apple Watch is influencing Apple’s future

Apple is giving iPhones and cars elements of watchOS' glanceable UI. This kind of bite-sized ambient computing could be crucial for a mixed reality headset.

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Apple’s AR headset was hiding in plain sight at WWDC 2022

Apple’s AR headset was hiding in plain sight at WWDC 2022

At WWDC 2022, there were signs of Apple's mixed reality headset future everywhere in iOS 16, iPadOS 16, and macOS Ventura.

Apple is reportedly jamming 14 cameras into its mixed reality headset

Apple is reportedly jamming 14 cameras into its mixed reality headset

Apple's headset won't require the use of a separate base station, somehow.

Jony Ive had one wacky idea for Apple's mixed reality headset

Jony Ive had one wacky idea for Apple's mixed reality headset

A new report details Apple's internal conflicts over its long-rumored mixed reality headset and the odd features it might ship with.

Meta Looks To Cutback In Reality Labs In Its Quest For Metaverse

Meta Looks To Cutback In Reality Labs In Its Quest For Metaverse

Facebook parent Meta Platforms, Inc (NASDAQ:FB) is preparing cutbacks in its Reality Labs division to refocus on hardware products and the "metaverse," Reuters reports. Meta was not planning layoffs as part of the changes. The division could not afford to do some projects anymore and postponed others. According to Reuters, Reality Labs lost…

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