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Report: VR in Retail and Marketing to Generate US$1.8 billion in 2022

Tech Trends VR

The number one issue we’re hearing from retailers launching AR for eCommerce (Amazon, Build.com, Overstock, Wayfair…) is the management of 3D products,” explains the company’s Co-Founder and COO Mickaël Jordan. “It’s

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Gender, Reddit, and books: Where The Wheel of Time cast found inspiration

Digital Trends

The Wheel of Time saga unfolds across 12,000 pages, but Robert Jordan's books aren't the only place the cast of Amazon Studios' adaptation found inspiration.

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Mass Effect TV Series May Be on the Way From Amazon Studios

GizModo VR

No doubt buoyed by word that Wheel of Time is a hit out of the gate, Amazon Studios is once again reaching into its alarmingly deep pockets to fund another genre show: an adaptation of popular BioWare and Electronic Arts video game Mass Effect. Read more.

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Amazon's Wheel of Time Has Already Been Renewed for Season 2

GizModo VR

Season one of The Wheel of Time just finished filming and Amazon likes it so much, it’s already renewed it for season two—incredibly exciting news for fans of Robert Jordan’s sprawling, best-selling fantasy series. We just wish we could see what all the fuss is about as very, very little has been released to show… Read more.

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The First Look at Amazon's Wheel of Time Teases Magical Heroes and a City of Shadows

GizModo VR

It feels like it’s been a million years since Amazon started doling out cryptic, miniscule teases of its lofty adaptation of Robert Jordan’s iconic fantasy saga, The Wheel of Time. Back at Comic-Con , we got a vague release date and a similarly vague poster, but now, with the show just a few months away, we’re starting… Read more.

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The AI Takeover: Human-Machine Storytelling

Building the Metaverse

My idea was to loop over these steps, use an LLM to extract substeps towards these goals, and send them out to Amazon Turk for human helpers to work on the master plan. A thousand tasks were created on Amazon Turk, and the world was filled with sub-steps. What I really needed was something that could work. Plot twist!

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The Nerd's Watch: Best Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Streaming in July

GizModo VR

At the start of each month , most streamers— Netflix , Hulu, Amazon, Disney+, and HBO Max —do a… Read more. Though a lot of movie theaters are once again back to full function, the safer option for entertainment remains streaming, and fans who choose to stay home and take advantage are constantly rewarded with tons of new content.