VRScout

MARCH 16, 2019

Recently, reports have begun circulating that the availability of Oculus Rift headsets have been on the decline the past few weeks, disappearing entirely from Amazon, Microsoft, and Best Buy. GDC 2019 takes place March 18th to the 22nd at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California. Oculus Quest / Image Credit: Oculus.

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GizModo VR

AUGUST 28, 2020

Major fires in the Brazilian Amazon are being set at an unprecedented rate. 25, 2020, more than 500 major forest fires blazed across roughly 912,000 acres, new satellite data from the Monitoring of the Andean Amazon Project (MAAP) shows. That’s on par with the inferno that’s consumed California … Read more.

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GizModo VR

MAY 1, 2021

A new chapter unfolded this week in Amazon’s years-long legal battle over selling exploding hoverboards. A California appeals court has ruled that the e-commerce giant is responsible for the safety of third-party products sold on its platform, according to the Los Angeles Times. Read more.

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Digital Trends

AUGUST 19, 2021

Amazon is reportedly planning to open its largest retail stores yet, with sites in Ohio and California apparently coming first.

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GizModo VR

MARCH 28, 2021

It’s well documented that some Amazon employees work in grueling , physically taxing , and unsafe conditions. In fact, a former Amazon warehouse employee in California has sued the company for not allowing its workers to take their full mandated meal or rest breaks, even though it discounts time for the former in their… Read more.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 5, 2023

California has awarded Snap Inc a massive fund worth $20 million USD. Hailing from Santa Monica and with offices in Paolo Alto, Snap has long been associated with Silicon Valley’s tech hub in California. However, after a year from its departure, the company leased a new office in California’s Bay Area.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

billion in 2019, with many billions more being invested in R&D by the likes of Facebook, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and many more. Since the launch, they’ve created augmented reality experiences for COVID-19 and California wildfire news stories. Venture capital investment in augmented reality and virtual reality hit $4.1

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VRScout

JULY 29, 2019

We’ve seen a lot of bizarre VR adaptations over the past couple of years, whether it be the confusing VR sequel to the classic 1993 Bill Murray film, Groundhog Day , or a surprisingly-physical location-based VR experience centered around the Jack Ryan Amazon series. . In virtual reality, you need to have presence.”.

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ARPost

APRIL 17, 2023

AWE USA 2023 When: May 31 – June 2 Where: Santa Clara, CA, US; and virtual Late spring/early summer is a great time to be in California. Some of the most important Fortune 500 companies will be represented at the event, including Boeing, Canon, Shell, Amazon, and Hewlett Packard Enterprise.

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ARPost

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

And, according to the current iteration of the agenda, Inbar’s keynote has the same theme as the one we saw in California in June. Other big companies include HTC Vive , HaptX , Niantic , and Amazon. If you know the flow of AWE in the States, you’ll spot some similarities and differences. So Much More to See at AWE EU 2022.

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GizModo VR

AUGUST 14, 2020

The question of whether Amazon can be held liable for faulty products that are sold on its Marketplace by third-parties is one that the e-commerce giant has wanted to settle for a long time. It got a little closer to an answer on Thursday when a California state appeals court ruled that, at least in the Golden State,… Read more.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 11, 2022

via the Meta Store in 22 countries as well as Best Buy and Amazon in the US. You can try the device out for yourself at the Meta Store in Burlingame, California beginning October 14th, or at Adobe Max in Los Angeles October 18th – 20th. The Meta Quest Pro will be available for purchase on October 25th for $1,499.99

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GizModo VR

JULY 21, 2020

Amazon’s dopey looking delivery robots—which have been roving around parts of California and Washington—are now being deployed in two more states, and they’re bringing their human babysitters along with them. Read more.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

In the educational district, I was able to enter the big virtual campus of the University of California and navigate all of it. Some of the worlds are also worth visiting: the virtual campus of the University of California was very big, and I was impressed by the fact that it featured almost its whole campus.

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Mashable VR

MARCH 26, 2022

Less than two months after California’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing filed a massive lawsuit that accused the company of creating a “hostile work environment” for Black employees, more testimony about the company’s allegedly toxic work culture has emerged. Don't fall for it.

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Hypergrid Business

MAY 29, 2024

The company has achieved this by adopting the latest Amazon server technology, the M7i generation , while maintaining its existing pricing structure. The company’s servers are hosted in an Amazon Web Services data center in California, which offers high-speed connectivity to the Internet.

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Mashable VR

MARCH 3, 2022

Amazon has decided to close many of its brick-and-mortar retail stores and pop-up shops. As Reuters reports , Amazon plans to call it a day at all 68 branded stores in the U.S. Amazon is set to turn off the lights on "various dates" at these locations, notifying customers through signage at individual stores.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Why Facebook and Amazon have joined the race to bring computing to your face. — Facebook and Amazon each discussed computer glasses at launch events this week. — Amazon’s approach is to get a lightweight product out now, while Facebook is promising advanced technology in a few years. A first step for Amazon.

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Mashable VR

JUNE 13, 2022

After years of setbacks, Amazon is finally launching its drone delivery service later this year. On Monday, the tech giant announced that it would be piloting this service in Lockeford, California following approval from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and local officials. Credit: Amazon.

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TechCrunch VR

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Amazon’s foray into grocery store technology provides a succinct introduction into the state of the industry. Amazon’s first act was its Amazon Go store, which opened in Seattle in early 2018. When customers enter an Amazon Go store, they swipe the Amazon app at the entrance, enabling Amazon to link purchases to their accounts.

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GizModo VR

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Viewers are turning to streaming entertainment more than ever thanks to the global pandemic, and the plethora of services—Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, Disney+, and HBO Max—can serve as a much-needed escape. At the start of each month , most streamers do a little shuffle, adding new movies and taking some away—and io9 is here… Read more.

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GizModo VR

MAY 19, 2021

After a week of proceedings, the criminal trial for attorney Steven Donziger—who won a multibillion-dollar case against Chevron over pollution in the Amazon rainforest—wrapped up on Monday. In his estimation, the trial was a “charade.” And yet he was relatively pleased with the outcome. Read more.

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TechCrunch VR

JULY 26, 2022

She started Homebound to make home-building easier and more accessible after a wildfire ripped through Northern California and thousands of people were put on years-long waiting lists to get started building their homes. Our Found podcast had a particularly interesting episode this week — Nikki Pechet joins as a guest.

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ARVR

APRIL 14, 2021

Streamlining the In-Store Experience With Smart Shopping Carts Last year, Amazon introduced the Dash Cart, which is a smart shopping cart that makes in-store shopping faster and more enjoyable. The Dash Cart will appear first in Amazon’s Woodland Hills grocery store in California and then start branching out to other stores.

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TechCrunch VR

JULY 27, 2019

Exploring how conversational interfaces, like Amazon Alexa, can provide remote audiences with access to an exhibition experience at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Project lead: Nina Simon | Santa Cruz, California | @santacruzmah , @OFBYFOR_ALL. Exploring the Gallery Through Voice – Alley Interactive. Project lead: T.J.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 28, 2017

The Get Qurious Maker Box is available at new b8ta stores in Palo Alto, California; Seattle, Washington; and Santa Monica, California It’s also for sale online on Marbles The Brain store and Amazon. What’s been left out is the physical play. This is a new way of play.”.

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GizModo VR

MARCH 16, 2021

HyperX Sale | Amazon HyperX Sale | Best Buy Read more.

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Bernard Marr

APRIL 17, 2023

This means that a business might have service agreements in place with, for example, Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure. This objective is set out in a paper published in 2021 by the University of California, Berkley professors Ion Stoica and Scott Shenker, titled From Cloud Computing to Sky Computing.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 12, 2022

The San Jose, California-based company’s chips are used for bionic visualisations in augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) kit and offer multi-sensor interfaces, high resolution and frame rate displays as well as enhancement technologies.

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ARVR

JULY 1, 2020

Currently, when you’re walking around the United States accessing the web, your digital self is likely heading physically to one of four major data centers operated by Amazon Web Services in either California, Oregon, Ohio, or Virginia.

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Mashable VR

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

The issue of air pollution is often disregarded unless it's really bad — say, the apocalyptic orange skies and heavy smoke produced by the 2020 California fires, which caused immediate health effects like stinging eyes, coughing, and headaches. What is the best air purifier on the market?

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 13, 2022

First of all, its VR company Pico is now hiring to expand its presence in the US : there are currently 40 job listings for open positions in California. Amazon now offers the possibility to try-on shoes in AR on its app. A new report by Protocol shows how Bytedance is doubling down its investments in XR. Learn more. Learn more.

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Mashable VR

DECEMBER 1, 2019

In 2007, two researchers at the University of California, San Diego decided to study the likelihood of knot formation by tumbling a piece of string inside a plastic box. IMAGE: Amazon. 169 from Amazon. IMAGE: Amazon. 249 from Amazon. IMAGE: Amazon. from Amazon. IMAGE: Amazon. IMAGE: Amazon.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 30, 2023

This includes the company’s long list of clients: Coca-Cola, British Telecom (BT), ScotRail, Amazon, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), Five Guys, and the Royal Air Force. The announcement comes ahead of the Augmented World Expo (AWE) 2023 in Santa Clara, California.

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TechCrunch VR

JULY 18, 2019

Amazon isn’t to blame for the Postal Service’s woes, but it will need to innovate to survive. As have plans to create a high-speed rail across California. The financial problems the California high-speed rail track has come up against could be an ominous sign for hyperloop technology in the U.S. Cyrus Radfar.

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Bernard Marr

APRIL 24, 2023

CIMON 2 is a robot designed by Airbus and can be thought of as a mobile, Amazon Alexa-style virtual assistant for astronauts in space. The system calculates the trajectory of the rocket through space, taking into account fuel usage, atmospheric interference, and "sloshing" from liquids within the engine.

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Mashable VR

MARCH 11, 2022

The origins of Women's History Month stretch back to 1978 when the Education Task Force of the Sonoma County (California) Commission on the Status of Women organized a "Women's History Week" in March. In addition, all videos and learning resources have Spanish subtitles available for viewers.

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