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January 2017
Background Note

Making Virtual Reality Real

By: Feng Zhu, Sarah Mehta and David Lane

This note describes virtual reality and augmented reality technologies and describes the main consumer products on offer in 2016 as well as their manufacturers. It also surveys existing applications of virtual and augment reality technologies. View Details

Keywords: Virtual Reality; Augmented Reality; Oculus; Google; HTC; Magic Leap; Microsoft; Samsung; Software; Niantic; Digital Platforms; Technology Adoption; Applications and Software; Technology Industry

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28 Jun 2022
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90 Harvard Alumni Held a Class Reunion in the Metaverse. It Shows the Potential of VR—but the Tech Needs to Improve before It Becomes Mainstream.

13 Jul 2020
News

The First Five Years: Meaghan Fitzgerald (MBA 2016)

marketing of all games, applications, and experiences across the Oculus VR platform. Basically, if there’s an application you can launch on a Facebook VR headset, chances are someone on my team has supported it in some way. This can range... View Details

04 Sep 2019
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In My Humble Opinion: Status Update

on KLM airline’s use of the Facebook Messenger platform for customer care, says Levine, and Walmart’s employee training program, which features Oculus Go’s virtual reality headsets. No stranger to the Facebook family, Levine came to the... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

21 Oct 2024
Research & Ideas

What Happens in Vegas Could Shape the Metaverse

company would be more than likes, comments, and shares, he said, and Meta would develop the community on top of the Oculus platform it bought for $2 billion in 2014. The Facebook-Meta name change came a year-and-a-half into the COVID-19... View Details

Keywords: by Scott Nover; Computer; Information Technology

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