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Researchers Are Using Google's App to See the Impact Smartphones Really Have on Your Wellbeing

GizModo VR

MAY 24, 2022

University of Oregon researchers are teaming up with Google to conduct a study on digital wellbeing using the Google Health Studies tool Dr. Nicholas Allen said in a Google blog post today. Read more.

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

Road to VR

AUGUST 20, 2017

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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Predicting Big Tech's Antitrust Outcome With Oregon Trail Ended Miserably—But No One Died

GizModo VR

AUGUST 31, 2020

I downloaded a Mac OS 8 emulator a few weeks ago—not just because it looked cool, but because I had a serious hankering for some classic Oregon Trail. The app itself is pretty neat. It’s made by the same Slack developer, Felix Rieseberg, who also made a Windows 95 emulator. It’s not a fully functioning Mac OS 8… Read more.

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What’s Behind Google’s Latest AR Updates?

AR Insider

MARCH 31, 2021

A fter expanding and contracting in various VR initiatives, Google continues to be committed to AR. If search and AR had a baby, it would be visual search — Google’s prevailing AR play, otherwise known as Google Lens. This is Google’s version of an AR cloud. The AR Location Wars, Part I: Google.

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100-Year-Old Man Reacts to His First VR Experience

VRScout

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

But recently, at Intel’s campus in Hillsboro, Oregon, Becker added another big experience to his life: VR. He soared over Florence and Wyoming in Google Earth VR. Fortunately for us, Intel filmed the experience so we could see firsthand what a man who has been alive for the entire past century makes of this new technology.

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How VR Is Changing College Tours

VRScout

DECEMBER 4, 2018

North Carolina isn’t the only university trying to encourage future students with VR, The University of Oregon sent out VR cardboard goggles to all its accepted undergraduate students to entice students to check out the college’s own VR tour. Image Credit: Google AR & VR / GEAR UP / YouVisit.

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What’s Behind Google’s Latest AR Updates?

ARVR

APRIL 6, 2021

After expanding and contracting in various VR initiatives, Google continues to be committed to AR. Google’s prevailing AR play, otherwise known as Google Lens. As examined in our Location Wars series, this also takes form in what we call Google’s Internet of Places. This is Google’s version of an AR cloud.

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A Day with VR FILM MAKER Alex Ruhl

Full Dive Gaming

APRIL 8, 2022

We met up with VR Film Director/Writer Alex Ruhl and checked out the VR Cafe PDX in Portland Oregon! Every Friday we release FULL PODCASTS on all Your Favorite major platforms: Spotify, Apple, Google. Every Friday we release FULL PODCASTS on all Your Favorite major platforms: Spotify, Apple, Google. GOOGLE PODCASTS: [link].

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Oculus Brings Rift to 90 Libraries in California for Public Access VR

Road to VR

JUNE 7, 2017

Oculus has announced a pilot program to place 100 Rifts and Oculus Ready PCs in 90 libraries throughout the state of California, from the Oregon border down to Mexico. SEE ALSO Google Expects "Tens of Millions" of Daydream-Ready Devices on the Market By Year's End.

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The Spatial Web: How the Next Generation of the Internet Will Impact Us All

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. There’s also been much discussion around stocking these edge networks with GPUs?

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Developing the Future of Mixed Reality

Tech Trends VR

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

For starters, they’re based in Oregon as opposed to Silicon Valley. It was really interesting to see Microsoft pivot towards enterprise with the HoloLens and I think it was absolutely the right move for them to make Click To Tweet.

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The best home security systems (and the one company you'll want to avoid)

Mashable VR

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant compatibility are pretty standard nowadays, while Apple HomeKit options are fewer and far between.) If you want to get really fancy, several brands also offer support for "If This Then That," or IFTTT , a free web-based service that lets you connect and build commands for internet-enabled devices and apps.

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How Producers at 360 Labs Experiment with Virtual Reality

VeeR VR

DECEMBER 17, 2017

About: 360 Labs is a Portland, Oregon based production company specialized in 360º videos, virtual tours, custom Google Street View, and VR experiences. Its core team of co-founders all started as panoramic photographers and part of the Google Trusted Photographer program starting in 2012.

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Lighting the Torch for In-App AR Development, with TORCH’s Paul Reynolds

XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

In 2016, Paul moved to Portland, Oregon, where he founded Torch to address this very problem. We have a Google Doc-style, real-time collaborative editing, where you can have as many people as you want in a project, but you’re also giving them permission to edit the project. I think it works for Google now. Paul: Yeah.

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Lighting the Torch for In-App AR Development, with TORCH’s Paul Reynolds

XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

In 2016, Paul moved to Portland, Oregon, where he founded Torch to address this very problem. We have a Google Doc-style, real-time collaborative editing, where you can have as many people as you want in a project, but you’re also giving them permission to edit the project. I think it works for Google now. Paul: Yeah.

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Making Diversity Fly

Tech Trends VR

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

She’s been a pilot for almost 4 years, goes to school for aviation maintenance, and practically lives at the small Oregon airport where she’s building her own airplane. The films will be screened in VR through a variety of systems such as the Oculus Go, Google Daydream, or Samsung Gear VR. Hannah is not your average 21 year old.

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Lighting the Torch for In-App AR Development, with TORCH's Paul Reynolds

XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

In 2016, Paul moved to Portland, Oregon, where he founded Torch to address this very problem. We have a Google Doc-style, real-time collaborative editing, where you can have as many people as you want in a project, but you're also giving them permission to edit the project. I think it works for Google now. Paul: Yeah.

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Taming the Jungle of Ideas, with The Wild’s Gabe Paez

XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 4, 2019

Gabe has over a decade of experience leading experiential product teams and has designed immersive software products for a diverse roster of Fortune 100 companies including Google, Samsung, Nike, AT&T, and Verizon. A lot of us are here in Portland, Oregon, but our product manager’s remote. Gabe, welcome to the show.

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Taming the Jungle of Ideas, with The Wild's Gabe Paez

XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 4, 2019

Gabe has over a decade of experience leading experiential product teams and has designed immersive software products for a diverse roster of Fortune 100 companies including Google, Samsung, Nike, AT&T, and Verizon. A lot of us are here in Portland, Oregon, but our product manager's remote. Gabe, welcome to the show. Alan: [laughs].

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Taming the Jungle of Ideas, with The Wild’s Gabe Paez

XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 4, 2019

Gabe has over a decade of experience leading experiential product teams and has designed immersive software products for a diverse roster of Fortune 100 companies including Google, Samsung, Nike, AT&T, and Verizon. A lot of us are here in Portland, Oregon, but our product manager’s remote. Gabe, welcome to the show.

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LGBTQ spaces are needed now more than ever. Here’s what people mapping them have to say.

Mashable VR

JUNE 8, 2022

It was conceptualized, built, and is still maintained by just one person, Charlie Sprinkman, a Bend, Oregon-based 25-year-old who got the Damron-esque idea while traveling around the country working with an organic beverage company in 2019. Credit: Everywhere Is Queer.

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EON Reality recognized as Top 100 Company Supporting Education Excellence by OCBJ and IPSF

EON Reality

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

On the Top 100, EON Reality is joined by organizations such as Google, The Hoag Foundation, and Kia Motors America, Inc. EON Reality has been recognized by the Irvine Public Schools Foundation (IPSF) and Orange County Business Journal (OCBJ) as one of the Top 100 Companies Supporting Education Excellence.

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Researchers Are Using Google's App to See the Impact Smartphones Really Have on Your Wellbeing

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

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Predicting Big Tech's Antitrust Outcome With Oregon Trail Ended Miserably—But No One Died

What’s Behind Google’s Latest AR Updates?

100-Year-Old Man Reacts to His First VR Experience

How VR Is Changing College Tours

What’s Behind Google’s Latest AR Updates?

A Day with VR FILM MAKER Alex Ruhl

Oculus Brings Rift to 90 Libraries in California for Public Access VR

The Spatial Web: How the Next Generation of the Internet Will Impact Us All

Developing the Future of Mixed Reality

The best home security systems (and the one company you'll want to avoid)

How Producers at 360 Labs Experiment with Virtual Reality

Lighting the Torch for In-App AR Development, with TORCH’s Paul Reynolds

Lighting the Torch for In-App AR Development, with TORCH’s Paul Reynolds

Making Diversity Fly

Lighting the Torch for In-App AR Development, with TORCH's Paul Reynolds

Taming the Jungle of Ideas, with The Wild’s Gabe Paez

Taming the Jungle of Ideas, with The Wild's Gabe Paez

Taming the Jungle of Ideas, with The Wild’s Gabe Paez

LGBTQ spaces are needed now more than ever. Here’s what people mapping them have to say.

EON Reality recognized as Top 100 Company Supporting Education Excellence by OCBJ and IPSF

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