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Varjo has announced its new XR-4 series of headsets to deliver XR experiences that are indistinguishable from natural sight | XR News from Auganix.org

GigXR partners with NUS Medicine to deliver holographic mixed reality clinical scenarios for gastroenterology training | XR News from Auganix.org

Ready Player Me announces Premium Skins Catalog for developers to tap into the massive avatar economy | XR News from Auganix.org

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Sandbox VR is expanding and opening a new AAA studio in Vancouver as its location-based VR experience surpasses $23M in ticket sales | VR News from Auganix.org

GigXR awarded SBIR Phase II contract to develop Mixed Reality healthcare training for US Air Force | Mixed Reality news from Auganix.org

Multiple partners working on new XR devices are using Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Spaces XR Developer Platform as the foundation | XR News from Auganix.org

March 9, 2021 – Vuzix Corporation, a supplier of smart glasses and augmented reality (AR) technology and products, has announced that global mining group Rio Tinto has deployed its Vuzix smart glasses at its Oyu Tolgoi mine located in Mongolia, which has one of the world’s largest known deposits of copper and gold, according to the company. Rio Tinto noted in its 2020 Annual Report, that technology has played an essential role in helping the company keep its operations running, smoothly a...

February 26, 2021 – EON Reality, a provider of augmented and virtual reality- (AR/VR,  collectively XR) based knowledge and skills transfer for industry and education, has recently announced a new partnership with the Hassan II Agronomic and Veterinary Institute (IAV Hassan II) in Morocco. EON Reality stated that the collaboration will focus on building a world-class XR Center to help integrate XR training along with research and development in the agricultural sector. The Center, which loo...

January 23, 2021 – The US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM), Army Research Laboratory (ARL), has recently announced that it is employing the use of augmented reality (AR) overlays in its research for the detection of roadside explosive hazards, such as improvised explosive devices (IEDs), unexploded ordnance and landmines. Route reconnaissance in support of convoy operations remains a critical function to keep Soldiers safe from such hazards, which continue to threaten op...