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Report: Google Acquires Light-field Company Lytro in Employee Hiring Move

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Lytro, the company that pivoted to enterprise-focused applications of its light-field technology after leaving its commercial business, is shutting down amidst a reported acquisition by Google. The post Report: Google Acquires Light-field Company Lytro in Employee Hiring Move appeared first on Road to VR.

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YouTube Stories Adds A Twist To AR Selfie Filters

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According to a Google Blog post , they are also relying on technology from TensorFlow Lite for mobile CPU inference or its new mobile GPU functionality where available, to help push AR into their platform. Google purchased YouTube from former PayPal employees Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawad Karim back in 2006 for a whopping $1.65

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Will 3D Cities Unlock Immersive Experiences?

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I n 2006, I attended a launch event in San Francisco for Microsoft Virtual Earth 3D. It let you essentially fly around a city, sort of like Google Earth but in three dimensions. In fairness, Google Earth offers 3D features. And Google Earth VR , lets users fly around cities in strikingly immersive ways. Force Multiplier.

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Gorillaz’ Music Video Breaks Record as Most Successful 360 Music Video Debut

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In the band’s earlier ‘phases’, they often delivered high-tech live performances, famously pulling the ‘hologram’ trick with Madonna at the 2006 Grammy Awards. We are so grateful to the team at YouTube/Google Spotlight Stories for making that possible.” The ‘Saturnz Barz’ 360 video now has more than 6 million views.

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BRCvr to Host Day Long Film Festival of Burning Man Documentaries

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Finally, TV Free Burning Man presents the story of how TV executive producer and long-time burner, Justin Gunn, painstakingly covered the festival in groundbreaking ways between 2006 and 2008. The film festival is free and links are available at the event website linked above, but attendees are encouraged to register via a Google Form.

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Augmented Reality May Be The Future, But It Still Has Major Limitations

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He founded Oblong in 2006, and launched Mezzanine for enterprise collaborators in 2012. The company was originally founded as a startup within Google to explore the creation of new kinds of entertainment at the intersection of location, social, and emerging mobile devices.

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Microsoft’s Meandering XR Strategy Could Lead to Another Zune Moment

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Microsoft released the first-gen Zune in 2006, an MP3 player that looked to compete with Apple’s largely dominant line of iPods. Azure Cloud Platform competes alongside AWS and Google Cloud. Could we be in for another ‘Zune moment’? If Microsoft goes in half-cocked, maybe. Breaking the Zune Curse?

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