VRScout

AUGUST 10, 2018

By 2014, Nonny de la Pe ñ a had premiered Project Syria at the World Economic Forum and Palmer Luckey was a household name. And with SXSW making Austin the center of the universe for two weeks, it was only a matter of time before virtual reality would take off. In May 2017, Owlchemy Labs was acquired by Google.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 23, 2016

Jamie Pallot is a co-founder of Emblematic Group, one of the world’s leading producers of immersive virtual reality content. Project Syria , the refugee piece that we made for the World Economic Forum, is now up on Steam (where it’s been getting a lot of racist, anti-immigrant feedback, fyi.) stock markets.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 31, 2019

Our mission was, as you said at the beginning, was to bring VR analytics and data to virtual reality. And to your point, by the way, what you mentioned — Google expeditions for the classroom — they started off by tackling that problem of bringing VR and synchronizing it across headsets. The science is there, too.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 31, 2019

Our mission was, as you said at the beginning, was to bring VR analytics and data to virtual reality. And to your point, by the way, what you mentioned -- Google expeditions for the classroom -- they started off by tackling that problem of bringing VR and synchronizing it across headsets. It's a great jump off point.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 31, 2019

Our mission was, as you said at the beginning, was to bring VR analytics and data to virtual reality. And to your point, by the way, what you mentioned — Google expeditions for the classroom — they started off by tackling that problem of bringing VR and synchronizing it across headsets. The science is there, too.

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Tech Trends VR

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Most of us are lucky enough not to have experienced urban conflict first-hand, but VR can give us a sense of what that looks – and feels – like for people on the ground who have to actually live that reality. Virtual Reality has been used many times to show the dreadful consequences of the Syrian conflict.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 31, 2018

The film is a product of the Google Daydream Impact Project which aims to make a positive difference in society through the application of immersive technologies such as VR and AR. Sadly, none of your choices lead to a truly positive outcome, an unfortunate reality for many civilians caught in the center of war. .

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