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NBA Will Live Broadcast One Game a Week in VR

VRScout

If you want to preview the experience before forking over the dough, the NBA will be offering a trial on October 27th during the game between the San Antonio Spurs and Sacramento Kings. Although we might not be used to longer form VR content, the length of the film turned the focus on the story, not the technology.

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Facebook-hired firm promoted fake TikTok challenge to generate bad press

Mashable VR

That's the one where kids were reportedly filming TikTok videos where they would vandalize school property. Local news stations, especially, covered this news with TV segments on stations running from CBS Sacramento in California to WPLG Local 10 in Miami, Florida. Have you heard about that viral " devious licks " TikTok challenge?

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Funding Roundup: Intel acquires Voke VR, The Future Group Raises.

AllThingsVR

Series A, Drifter Entertainment (VR Game Studio) Raises $400K Seed Intel has acquired a startup called VOKE , which specialises in immersive sports video experiences, and counted both Intel and the Sacramento Kings among its investors. with experience using game-oriented technologies in The Matrix films. Read more on VentureBeat.

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Plastic Surgeon Makes Court Appearance Over Zoom With Patient on Operating Table

GizModo VR

A plastic surgeon in Northern California went viral over the weekend after video surfaced showing the doctor in traffic court via Zoom while a patient was on his operating table. Dr. Scott Green, who appeared in court by videochat dressed in mask and operating gown, confirmed he was in surgery but insisted he could do… Read more.

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Helping Firefighters Douse Blazes Around the World, with RiVR’s Alex Harvey

XR for Business Podcast

If anyone knows Kirk McKenzie in Consumers Fire Department in the US over in Sacramento, he is working with GoPro on their next camera, to make sure it’s a little bit more sturdy. Alex: So, 360 video; you can film with a 360 camera that normally would stay static in a scene. You want to be inside the film. Alan: Yeah.

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Helping Firefighters Douse Blazes Around the World, with RiVR’s Alex Harvey

XR for Business Podcast

If anyone knows Kirk McKenzie in Consumers Fire Department in the US over in Sacramento, he is working with GoPro on their next camera, to make sure it’s a little bit more sturdy. Alex: So, 360 video; you can film with a 360 camera that normally would stay static in a scene. You want to be inside the film. Alan: Yeah.

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Helping Firefighters Douse Blazes Around the World, with RiVR's Alex Harvey

XR for Business Podcast

If anyone knows Kirk McKenzie in Consumers Fire Department in the US over in Sacramento, he is working with GoPro on their next camera, to make sure it's a little bit more sturdy. Alex: So, 360 video; you can film with a 360 camera that normally would stay static in a scene. You want to be inside the film. Alan: [Laughs]Yes!