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Google Opens ‘Maps’ API So Devs Can Create ‘Pokémon Go’-style Games

Road to VR

During the Google Developer Day presentation at GDC 2018, Product Manager Clementine Jacoby and Engineering Lead Patrick Donelan at Google Maps presented the team’s progress in bringing their technology and data to game developers. Image courtesy Google.

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‘Google Earth VR’ Lets You Experience the Total Solar Eclipse Right Now

Road to VR

Whether or not you’re in the narrow band of ‘solar eclipse totality’ that’s making its way across the continental United States on Monday, August 21st, Google Earth VR has seen a recent update that will let you experience the rare event from the comfort of your own HTC Vive or Oculus Rift. image courtesy NASA.

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A look at Montana 17, a licensed VR Football experience for Google Daydream from small town Florida kid done good Damon Grow.

Cats and VR

In about 30 minutes Damon went through the transition from console to mobile to VR, the value and caution of working with "Valuable" intellectual property, the importance of branding and finding the right partners, and the future of VR monetization including his own strategy for the upcoming Montana 17. I know this from experience.

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XRA’s XR Industry Report: 2022 Highlights and Plans for 2023 and Beyond

ARPost

Transfr was also recognized for using VR training to enhance workforce development in areas such as career exploration in Alabama, Indiana, and Montana, and electrician training. 2022 also saw much progress in the immersive technology space, with several product launches that showcased new use cases for emerging technologies.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

VRScout

Watch YouTube in VR with your friends, Google pours resources into shared social VR experiences, upcoming standalone headsets will be wireless, the Snapchat vs. Facebook continues, the investment & funding wrapup, and more… You can enjoy the full audio recording below: WATCH YOUTUBE IN VR… WITH YOUR FRIENDS!

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If ‘Ready Player One’ Doesn’t Suck, It Stands to Positively Impact the VR Industry

Road to VR

It wasn’t just a Montana phenomenon though, as it was the impetus for a 40 percent increase in fly-fishing gear sold by major mail order firm The Orvis Company.

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Weekly Funding & People Roundup: Google acquires Owlchemy.

AllThingsVR

Weekly Funding & People Roundup: Google acquires Owlchemy Labs VR game studio, Improbable grabs $502M, Vivid Vision raises $2.2M, Oculus’s first employee just left 1) Google has acquired the VR game studio behind such popular gaming titles as Job Simulator and Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality. Read more here. Read more here.

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