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PRESS RELEASE: Eastern Bank Foundation Grant and Calculus Project partnership
XR Terra today announced receipt of a grant from the Eastern Bank Charitable to support the implementation of a summer pilot program to introduce high school students to the technology behind virtual reality experiences. This grant supported the tuition for four...
Developing for VR with Quest 2 & Unity for the First Time – A Step-by-Step Guide
Getting Started With the arrival of the Oculus Quest 2, we know a lot of new people will be inspired to create their very first VR experiences. That is why we have put together this step-by-step guide to getting started, so pull up a chair and get ready to develop for...
Intro to VR Student Spotlight: Samira Lopez
This July XR Terra launched a pilot program “Intro to Virtual Reality” for high school students. The program was created with financial support from the Eastern Bank Charitable Foundation and an outreach partnership with The Calculus Project. Twelve students enrolled...
Biggest announcements from Facebook Connect 2020
Here at XR Terra, we were really looking forward to the Facebook Connect 2020, and we were not disappointed! Facebook announced a number of products and initiatives that are going to shake up the VR consumer market. These give our AR VR developer and AR VR visual...
Student Spotlight: Matt Thompson
Student Profile Matt Thompson was a participant in the first XR Terra AR VR Developer class of 2020. His technical career began in 3D animation, and after Launch Academy’s 18-week bootcamp, he immersed himself in programming as a full time software engineer at...
Unity’s Mixed and Augmented Reality Studio (MARS): Is it worth the hype?
This post was co-authored by Craig Herndon, an XR Terra instructor. Unity’s Mixed and Augmented Reality Studio (MARS), one of this year’s most anticipated releases in the XR development ecosystem, finally launched earlier this month. For many developers, the initial...
AR & VR Jobs – April 24th
Spatial computing. Real time 3-D. Virtual reality. Augmented reality. Mixed reality. Many terms begin to describe the revolution taking place across sectors to harness the power of computing and bring it out from behind screens. Market forecasters project this field...
The world beyond Zoom – How VR can enhance learning in this new normal
As campuses are shutting down across the country and classes are moving entirely online, universities’ course offerings are becoming more and more indistinguishable. In this time of uncertainty, many students are questioning the cost of their education, and parents,...
XR Terra Celebrates the MIT Reality Hackathon with a Wall of GIFs (of all the Team Projects)
Yes, it has been a few weeks since the MIT Hackathon, but is it really over? Because... A few weeks has been just enough time for us to turn all the cool project videos from the hackathon into a giant Wall of GIFs. So, let's get this party re-started! As you browse...
Looking for a job as an AR and VR Developer? Here’s how to decode a job posting
Wouldn’t it be nice if all job descriptions did what their name implied, described a job? Alas, it is not so simple. No one is to blame for this, but job descriptions are not often straightforward. This is for a number of reasons: 1. Job descriptions require the use...
I Run an AR / VR Coding Bootcamp in Boston: Here’s What I Thought of the 2020 MIT Reality Hack…
When I was first asked to judge at the MIT Reality Hackathon, I was excited about the prospect of meeting some of the best talent in XR and having interesting conversations. I looked forward to seeing teams go from a simple idea to a full working prototype in a matter...
XR Terra launches AR & VR Developer Program in partnership with Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology
With the XR industry (Augmented, Virtual and Mixed Reality) expecting to exceed $200 billion in market size by 2023 (according to Statistica), there is a growing need for talented XR developers to create applications and experiences in immersive technologies across a...
XR Terra is now an official Unity Training Partner
We are excited to announce that XR Terra is now an official Unity Training and Certification Partner! With the increasing adoption and maturation of augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) as content and experience creation media, learning how to develop...
5 Virtual Reality Influencers on Twitter you need to follow today
In an emerging tech space like virtual reality, it can be truly difficult to keep up. Business, tech, and research-related news for the XR industry comes out several times throughout each day. That is exactly why, if you want to keep tabs on what's going on, you can...
Virtual Reality Events in Boston – January Edition
Boston is a great place for folks interested in XR with a large community of professional groups and student clubs. Here are some of the AR / VR events being organized by the community in January: Intro to Virtual Reality (VR) - January 8th & 15th Every Wednesday,...
5 Easy and Mostly Free Resources to get Started with Unity
When you’re thinking about building experiences for AR, VR, or video game development for 2D and 3D games, your building platform choices can be overwhelming. However, they don’t have to be. Why? Because, if you are interested in gaining the skills that will help you...