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Here’s how Google’s experimental 3D telepresence booth works

The Verge

In a new research paper , Google has detailed the tech behind its impressive Project Starline demo from this year’s I/O conference. Project Starline is essentially a 3D video chat booth that aims to replace a one-on-one 2D video conference call with an experience that feels like you’re actually sitting in front of a real human being.

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Seattle startup’s telerobotic ultrasound system brings specialist care to underserved areas

GeekWire

Dopl Technologies co-founder and CEO Ryan James at the Flywheel Investment Conference in Wenatchee, Wash. The company covered some distance of its own last month when it was named the winner of the 2024 Flywheel Investment Conference in Wenatchee, Wash., and was awarded $150,000 from the Flywheel Angel Network.

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Facebook is now Meta, but it’s not quite a metamorphosis

Vox

The company is trying to refocus away from social media and toward building what it calls the metaverse. The company’s new name indicates that it wants to be the face of the metaverse. Facebook announced its new name, Meta, on October 28. Michael Nagle/Getty Images. Facebook, Inc. is now Meta Platforms, Inc. Meta for short.

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Legs are finally coming to Mark Zuckerberg’s metaverse

Vox

An avatar image of Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg presenting at the company’s Connect conference in October 2022. Mark Zuckerberg announced that his company will be taking a major step to making its virtual reality metaverse avatars more lifelike: by giving them legs. The tech CEO said getting it right will be “hard.”

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Facebook’s OASIS-style VR playground Horizon enters public beta

The Verge

The company has been working on its multiplayer virtual reality social space, Horizon, for a while now, which is comparable in concept if not scope to the fantastical VR world of Ready Player One. This week the company announced it’s expanding access and making Horizon an invite-only public beta. The app (service? gamespace?)

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Apple wins early support from its ‘friends at Microsoft’ in transition to new Mac processors

GeekWire

Apple CEO Tim Cook announces the transition during the company’s virtual WWDC conference on Monday, calling it a “truly historic day” for the Mac. RELATED: WWDC roundup: Top news and best tweets from Apple’s big developer conference. Screenshot via webcast.). million Macs, down 6.2% million Macs, down 6.2%

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Apple’s long-in-the-works VR / AR headset may not launch until 2023

The Verge

Rumors have swirled for years about Apple releasing some kind of virtual reality / augmented reality headset. While reports had pegged a possible 2022 release for the company’s first mixed reality headset, the device is hitting some development snags and may not release until 2023, according to Bloomberg.

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