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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.

Getting to know Team Arilyn is back again with the latest edition of new talents, here in the form of Hilla Palojärvi, our 3D Artist Trainee. Hilla has been a part of our team for a few months already, so let's start the grilling.

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.

All the folks currently working in graphic design, advertising and other digital creative fields can already take advantage of augmented reality in their projects, and also as their next differentiating skill set.

Spatial computing, the moving from 2D to 3D, will be the next big thing in computer evolution. Not unlike the shift from print to TV to digital. One of augmented reality's most promising use-case areas is to create experiences for consumers like lenses and animations — the most apparent current revenue opportunity for businesses and the current industry accelerant.

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.