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This week in immersive news brings us full body tracking, revolutionising smart swimwear, industrialised 3D scanning in tablets, immersive playdates and more!

After a little winter break, AR weekly is back with the latest news in XR. This week features the latest in Apple patent news,  one being gaming related, the other concerning XR streaming. Apple has also added payment for online AR while Chrome getting ready to launch their new AR packed version. Also featured in this week's AR weekly are two groundbreaking immersive experiences premiered at Sundance Film Festival.

This week in immersive news brings us BMW's augmented windshields, spatial audio patents from Apple, smart hearable tech and funding for an immersive healthcare learning platform!

What a week in the world of XR! We got a working prototype for AR contact lenses, a handheld 3D scanner for instant 3D models and a micro LED screen brighter than anything out there and more.

The Prince of Darkness utilised augmented reality to enhance his "See You On The Other Side" – limited edition vinyl box set. The set contains all of the artist's original solo materials with exclusive video footage and animations to be experienced in Augmented Reality. The unique experience immerses fans in the music and performances spanning decades.

This week in immersive tech we have Magic Leap showing their mixed reality fashion pop-up store, Nintendo exploring AR,  smart contact lenses hinting at a sci-fi future and VR tackling racial struggles with a cinematic experience.

The latest in immersive tech brings us Varjo's AR/VR/real life user interface, Teslasuit's haptic glove, ScopeAR's new acquisition adding to their remote assistance platform as well as all-inclusive sports with projection-based AR.

After a well-rested holiday, AR weekly is back, this time with a immersive headset edition, bringing you the latest of news related to AR and MR headsets. So what's happened the past month in headsets – with many companies like Lenovo and Magic Leap focusing on enterprise solutions we also have an endless stream of Apple AR patents along with the new and improved Hololens 2.

A 1920’s prohibition time coffee shop, le Chat Doré, was brought to life with an augmented reality portal at the Amos Rex Art Museum in Helsinki.

What's new in immersive tech as of late? Low-cost solution for enterprise AR, hyper-realistic volumetric capture from Google and tech giants Adobe and Facebook investing in VR gaming and 3D creation.