GizModo VR

JULY 19, 2021

Jeff Bezos, the richest man on Earth, will head into suborbital space on Tuesday. He’ll be the second billionaire to take such a journey this month, getting narrowly beat out by Richard Branson, who recently took an hour-long rocket trip to the edge of space. Next year, Elon Musk—who has traded the world’s-richest… Read more.

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Digital Trends

JUNE 13, 2021

A buyer has bid a massive $28 million for a seat on the first crewed test flight by Blue Origin, the space tourism company founded by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos.

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GizModo VR

JULY 23, 2021

On the roughly 10-minute flight, Daemon told Amazon founder Jeff Bezos what probably sounded like blasphemy to his… Read more. The award for “Best Small Talk on a Flight to Space” goes to Oliver Daemen, the 18-year-old from the Netherlands who was part of Blue Origin’s inaugural crewed flight to space earlier this week.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

AUGUST 1, 2024

As a newly certified 3D modeling partner for Amazon, the largest e-commerce platform, we anticipate significant new business opportunities from this pivotal certification. The growth is also partly due to Nextech’s presence on Amazon. Evan Gappelberg the CEO and Founder of Nextech3D.AI The innovative service from ARway.ai

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GizModo VR

JUNE 25, 2021

An upgraded FAA operators license now allows Virgin Galactic to include paying customers on its space flights, in what is a major milestone for the company and also the nascent space tourism sector. Read more.

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Digital Trends

JULY 15, 2021

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is about to take a ride in a rocket built by his suborbital spaceflight company, Blue Origin. Here's how to watch.

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GizModo VR

JULY 15, 2021

The person who paid $28 million for a seat to the edge of space with billionaire Amazon magnate Jeff Bezos on one of his Blue Origin rockets has decided they have better things to do. Read more.

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GizModo VR

JULY 20, 2021

Amazon employees and customers should be thrilled to know that the world’s richest man appreciates you for funding his little 10-minute rocket skydive (“space” travel) today. In a post-flight briefing this cowboy hat-wearing m *r actually said the quiet part out loud : Read more.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 31, 2023

These include Oracle Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Sectors involved in the initiative include remote work, law, healthcare, tourism, education, collaboration, and others.

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GizModo VR

MAY 5, 2021

Founded by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, the company is aiming for launch in July, and an auction will be held to choose a member of the crew. After years of delays, Blue Origin says it’s finally ready for a crewed launch of its New Shepard suborbital vehicle. Read more.

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Digital Trends

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Blue Origin, the space transportation company set up by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, has offered its first video tour of its crew capsule for space tourists.

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EON Reality

AUGUST 1, 2024

Environmental Studies: Design immersive ecosystems like the Amazon rainforest with insect buzzing, jaguar roars, and waterfall sounds. Hospitality and Tourism: Create virtual tours of destinations with location-specific ambient sounds. Develop therapeutic soundscapes for patient relaxation and rehabilitation.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

AR is being applied in training and education, healthcare, heads-up wayfinding and navigation, tourism, retail, field service, real estate sales, design and architecture. Location-based games are already popular, with over a billion downloads of Pokemon Go in the three years since it launched, and over 20B kilometers walked playing the game.

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VRWorld

JULY 12, 2017

.” The conference description states that VRX is “the only B2B event which covers the full spectrum of where VR is having the biggest impact; with insights and solutions from those leading the charge in gaming, film, broadcasting, automotive, engineering, architecture, healthcare, retail, tourism, hospitality, marketing and beyond.

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Bernard Marr

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

These have evolved rapidly thanks to the emergence of online giants like Amazon and Google, digitally-native niche players like AirB’n’B, Expedia and Netflix, and heavy investment by established industry leaders such as Walmart and Tesco. It has also fundamentally affected many traditional business models.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 11, 2025

Starting at 49.99 / 39.99, the Motion Tracker Waist Version will be available online through Amazon. This new tracking device is compatible with the PICO 4 Ultra and PICO 4 headsets and offers additional support for PCVR applications through the Connect service.

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GizModo VR

AUGUST 26, 2021

Model rocket maker Estes is releasing a 1/66th scale model of the Blue Origin rocket New Shepard, meaning that anyone will be able to launch their own version of the spacecraft 400 feet into the air. But if you’re wondering, yes, the Estes version looks exactly like the real version. Which is to say that it looks like… Read more.

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GizModo VR

JULY 1, 2021

Virgin Galactic founder and billionaire Richard Branson announced Thursday he will travel beyond the Earth’s atmosphere in a test flight set for July 11. If the launch goes according to plan, he’ll be the first billionaire in space, setting the record just nine days ahead of the first planned spaceflight of another… Read more.

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GizModo VR

JULY 10, 2021

As billionaire Richard Branson prepares to launch into the stratosphere on Sunday, Virgin Galactic is pulling out all the stops to make its founder’s first flight a spectacle worth tuning into. Read more.

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GizModo VR

MAY 25, 2021

No, Jeff Bezos should not just get billions of dollars from NASA because he thinks he deserves it, Bernie Sanders says. After Blue Origin made a stink over losing out to SpaceX on an exclusive $2.9 billion NASA contract for a moon landing mission (due, NASA said, to limited funding), Democratic Senator Maria… Read more.

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GizModo VR

APRIL 21, 2022

Are you ready to ditch Earth for the cold blackness of space? Look no further, because there’s a space vacation on tap for you. We’ve considered all possible factors—price, safety, photo opportunities, prestige, and thrill level—to help you determine which of the many space tourist offerings are appropriate for your… Read more.

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GizModo VR

MAY 1, 2021

NASA has suspended SpaceX’s work on its $2.9 billion lunar lander to return astronauts to the moon due to protests filed Blue Origin and Dynetics, the companies that the space agency didn’t choose to build its lunar lander. Read more.

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GizModo VR

APRIL 14, 2021

Blue Origin will attempt a suborbital test of an uncrewed New Shepard rocket on Wednesday. You can watch the flight and vertical landing, along with a planned astronaut dress rehearsal, live right here. Read more.

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Digital Trends

JULY 20, 2021

It may not surprise you to learn who billionaire Jeff Bezos has thanked for making his rocket trip to the edge of space possible.

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GizModo VR

JULY 11, 2021

British billionaire Richard Branson finally got his trip to space on Sunday. Read more.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

An Amazon ad appearing on the streaming platform Peacock shows the Meta Quest 3 and Quest 3S and the caption: “Meta Quest, starting at $299.99”. Regarding the actual release date, we have also a rumor: someone spotted on the Australian Amazon page an entry about the Quest 3S and the availability date being October, 16.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

Amazon Sumerian. Alan: For the last few years, we have literally done work in countless industries, from mining, to food service, to hospitality, travel, tourism, training, education, schools, seniors homes. You can dive in and start building for VR with almost a $300 laptop and an Oculus Go. And the result is always the same.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

Amazon Sumerian. Alan: For the last few years, we have literally done work in countless industries, from mining, to food service, to hospitality, travel, tourism, training, education, schools, seniors homes. You can dive in and start building for VR with almost a $300 laptop and an Oculus Go. And the result is always the same.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

Amazon Sumerian. Alan: For the last few years, we have literally done work in countless industries, from mining, to food service, to hospitality, travel, tourism, training, education, schools, seniors homes. there's just all these tools. You can dive in and start building for VR with almost a $300 laptop and an Oculus Go.

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Mashable VR

JUNE 8, 2022

This summer, tourism is expected to be at almost pre-pandemic numbers. Credit: Bellroy/Amazon. Credit: Sennheiser/Amazon. Credit: Apple/Amazon. Credit: Amazon. The latest from Amazon's Kindle line , the Paperwhite, has been getting rave reviews for its big display, thin build, and 10 weeks of battery life.

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Tech Trends VR

MAY 2, 2018

for enhanced video calls), a 3D virtual tourism application, and a suite of mixed-reality games, as well as industrial uses for metering and quality control, and interactive digital human anatomy. The software for the HoloLens is developed in the Windows 10 operating system in the Windows Mixed Reality software environment.

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ARVR

JANUARY 6, 2023

Amazon Sumerian   — Amazon Sumerian enables users to create and run virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and 3D applications quickly without requiring any specialized programming expertise. Travel and Tourism  — AR can be used to augment the travel experiences. It is available as both free and paid versions.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

We’ve seen this kind of thing play out already in music (transition from CDs to digital downloads to streaming) and in television (Netflix’s annual investment in content dwarfs its next closest traditional cable competitor and Amazon isn’t far behind).

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GizModo VR

APRIL 16, 2021

SpaceX has won a lucrative NASA contract to build the first lunar lander since the Apollo program. The announcement comes as a big surprise, as the Elon Musk-led company beat out a pair of promising competitors, including Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin. Read more.

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Bernard Marr

JANUARY 4, 2023

Before 2022, breakthroughs in space flight in recent years had mostly centered on "space tourism," with Virgin Galactic and Blue Origin, founded by Amazon's Jeff Bezos, successfully carrying paying passengers into space in 2021.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

It is not on sale on US HP Store and will be on Amazon US next month. Namakura says that choosing a character outside of your own identity can risk turning into what she calls “identity tourism.”>> The company has now solved all the issues and the headset can return on the market. >> More info.

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