Road to VR

APRIL 17, 2018

Google has partnered with CyArk , the non-profit studio behind VR app MasterWorks: Journey Through History (2018), to expand CyArk’s mission to 3D laser-scan the world’s historical sites and provide open access to the data. Google and CyArk are making the source data of the models available to anyone interested.

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VRScout

APRIL 17, 2018

Google assists CyArk in saving our heritage by preserving the wonders of the world in VR. In an effort to help capture and preserve endangered historical sites around the world for future generations to enjoy, Google has teamed up with 3D laser-scanning non-profit CyArk to virtually catalogue the world’s most at-risk historical wonders.

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VRScout

APRIL 16, 2019

Following the destruction of the Bamiyan statues in Afghanistan back in 2001, Ben Kacyra began digitally capturing historical landmarks for preservation using laser-scanning technology, going on to launch the non-profit company CyArk in 2003. Image Credit: Google Inc.

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VeeR VR

MAY 2, 2018

Surgery Planning--Google Cardboard saves a baby. Dr. Redmond Burke, the chief of cardiovascular surgery at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital in Miami, used a low-cost Google Cardboard headset to plan a surgery on the baby. What ’s more, it allows a treatment planning without causing any danger to the patients. VR for Pain Relief.

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Mashable VR

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Flee Nominated for: Best Documentary Feature, Best International Feature Film, Best Animated Feature Film In Flee, Amin Nawabi (a pseudonym) tells the story of how he left his home country of Afghanistan for Denmark as a refugee. How to watch: House of Gucci is now available for purchase on Prime Video , Google Play , Apple TV+ , and more.

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NVidia VR

JULY 31, 2018

When the Taliban blew up two 1,700-year-old statues of the Buddha in Bamiyan, Afghanistan, in 2001, preservationists around the world were shocked, perhaps none more so than Ben Kacyra. Before and after view of a Bamiyan buddha. Taste of What’s to Come.

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Building the Metaverse

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Decentralization and Centralization Russia can’t control the internet as easily as China —but they’re trying to use legal structures to force tech giants like Meta and Google to comply with their censorship laws. History shows plenty of examples: the complete lack of morale in Afghanistan?—?compared

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