GizModo VR

JANUARY 24, 2022

Texas, and at least two other states refocused their sights on Google, claiming the company repeatedly pressures its users to forfeit their location data through dark pattern tactics and other deceptive practices. On Monday, attorneys general from Washington D.C., Altogether, these practices may amount to violations… Read more.

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GizModo VR

JANUARY 21, 2022

Google’s week of combative antitrust pushback came to a fitting conclusion on Friday with the company filing a motion to dismiss large parts of an antitrust case filed by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and a coalition of other states. Among other things, the new complaint filed last week accused Google of colluding… Read more.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MAY 11, 2023

Google has unveiled its Geospatial Creator for Unity platform, allowing developers to preview 3D assets via the Unity Editor. Viewing spatially-linked assets on a hyperrealistic 3D planet map, the toolkit powers ARCore and Photorealistic 3D Tiles via the Google Maps Platform, it said on its website.

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GizModo VR

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Texas attorney general Ken Paxton has taken yet another swing at Big Tech, this time suing Meta for allegedly capturing and using facial recognition data on millions of users without their consent. In the suit , Paxton claims Meta’s unauthorized use of the tech—which the company claims it has now largely… Read more.

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Full Dive Gaming

AUGUST 23, 2021

3 of the ORIGINAL HOSTS meet up in Texas to do an IN PERSON PODCAST. Every Friday we release FULL PODCASTS on all Your Favorite major platforms: Spotify, Apple, Google. 3 of the ORIGINAL HOSTS meet up in Texas to do an IN PERSON PODCAST. 3 of the ORIGINAL HOSTS meet up in Texas to do an IN PERSON PODCAST. APPLE: [link].

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

OCTOBER 21, 2024

The Hologrid has also been used for a BMW advertising campaign at train stations in Belgium and brand campaign for Google at CES 2024 and MWC Barcelona 2024 that demonstrated the 3D mascot ‘The Bot’ in avatar form. We look forward to working with Holoconnects on future advertising and brand campaign collaborations.”

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VRScout

DECEMBER 14, 2016

The new animated VR film will be part of Google Spotlight Stories. The VR short is being developed with Google Spotlight Stories and revolves around Mexican wrestling and “the tradition and the responsibility of carrying on the legacy of your culture.” Reel FX is a digital studio based in Dallas, Texas and Santa Monica, California.

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GizModo VR

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

The Lone Star State is indeed going at it alone against big tech, or at least that’s how it seems by the piles of threadbare allegations, lawsuits, and investigations against the likes of Google, Facebook, and GoFundMe, just to name a few. Read more.

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VRScout

AUGUST 26, 2018

Google teams up with Labster to develop 30 immersive lab experiences for the Daydream platform. Cue Google VR Labs, a series of comprehensive virtual lab experiences available on the Google Daydream platform. Google’s series of VR Labs operate using Daydream View and Lenovo Mirage Pro VR headsets.

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GizModo VR

MAY 11, 2021

Apple, Amazon, and Google rarely have a reason to work together, but the companies are teaming up for a new smart home standard, now called Matter , that will make it easier for you to buy devices that work seamlessly together without thinking about it. Read more.

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Tech Trends VR

MAY 21, 2018

Google harnesses the power of photos and street view to deliver simplified VR development for teachers and students. At its annual I/O Developer Conference in Mountain View, California Google announced the launch of Tour Creator , a new tool that easily allows anyone to create interactive content in Virtual Reality.

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Mashable VR

APRIL 26, 2022

Think: Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe , a memoir about adolescence and gender identity ( banned/challenged in schools in Florida, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Ohio, Washington, and Texas). Simply click on the title you're interested in, and you'll be asked to sign in, either using your Google account or creating a new account on the site itself.

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AllThingsVR

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Funding Roundup: Google Acquires Eyefluence, Oblong Industries Raises $65M & InContext Raises $15.2M Google buys Eyefluence , a company that specializes in turning eye movements into virtual actions, to boost its VR hardware. The eye-tracking interface startup founded in 2013 had raised $21.6M

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VRScout

AUGUST 10, 2018

I was familiar with Austin, Texas because of SXSW — having attended with my previous employer, Emblematic Group. Texas’ business incentives have attracted the attention of IBM, Motorola, Apple, and Indeed. In May 2017, Owlchemy Labs was acquired by Google. Does Austin have the largest VR community outside of Los Angeles?

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

Fox Sports and Animal Planet are embracing VR with game day experiences for Google Cardboard & Gear VR. The United States most watched television event returns this Sunday as Super Bowl LI makes its way to NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas. I’m talking of course about the highly-anticipated and adrenaline-fueled Puppy Bowl XII.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 20, 2022

Ten days ago, I revealed to you that I was going to Austin, Texas to attend the SXSW, one of the most important events about creativity and technology in the USA. The event hasn’t been held physically for 2 years because of the coronavirus, and it is finally back in Austin Texas just now. Going SXSW. SXSW Logo (Image by SXSW).

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TechCrunch VR

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Their approach is different than what Microsoft or Google has built but Facebook highlights a shared central challenge: dealing with Apple. Apple was initially slow to provide a path forward for cloud gaming apps from Google and Microsoft, which had previously been outlawed on the App Store. Virginia and West Virginia.

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GizModo VR

JANUARY 10, 2022

Google just quietly revealed an open-source API standard called Ripple based on the company’s Soli radar technology. Radar was partly responsible for the Google Pixel 4's most gimmicky features, but it’s also how Google tracks sleep in the the newest Nest Hub, and it opens the door for really interesting use cases.

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VRScout

AUGUST 27, 2017

One Texas-based company, Merge , is spearheading efforts to check all three boxes by creating a kid-friendly VR/AR ecosystem. With more than $2 billion invested in augmented and virtual reality over the past year and $800 million of it invested in Q2 2017 , it’s no surprise that VR and AR continue to grow.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 9, 2017

The wiping occurred right after Mr. Carmack researched on Google how to wipe a hard drive. Carmack’s lawsuit alleges he’s owed $22.5 And there was much more. Apparently lacking in remorse, and disregarding the evidence of his many faithless acts and violations of law, Mr. Carmack has decided to try again.

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InstaVR

OCTOBER 25, 2019

Top Client Examples: German University in Cairo – Architecture students capture the majesty of historical Cairo buildings and present them via VR in headsets like Google Cardboard and Samsung Gear VR. They’ve also released the apps publicly on iTunes & Google Play to extend learning beyond just their classrooms.

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InstaVR

MARCH 15, 2020

They’ve also released the apps publicly on iTunes & Google Play to extend learning beyond just their classrooms. Top Client Examples: German University in Cairo – Architecture students capture the majesty of historical Cairo buildings and present them via VR in headsets like Google Cardboard and Samsung Gear VR.

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Mashable VR

MARCH 7, 2022

At issue, according to an official press release (translated from Russian by Google), is the Texas company's failure to prevent discussion of Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine on its platform. "On On March 4, Roskomnadzor, based on the decision, sent the administration of the American Internet resource Zello (Zello Inc.)

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 14, 2022

Hello everyone from Austin, Texas! Google and Waymo evolve NERF to cope with cities. Well, this week Waymo and Google have presented their work with Block Nerf, a variant of Nerf that is meant for large environments like cities. Can you imagine something more Texan than this? Meta has been warned. News worth a mention.

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Road to VR

JULY 21, 2017

Casino VR Poker (2016), online multiplayer casino hosting live Texas hold’em, is offering real prizes in their ‘High Rollers’ poker tournament taking place on 20th August including multiple Oculus Rift + Touch bundles, hundred of dollars worth of gift cards, and Casino VR swag like t-shirts and playing cards.

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VRWorld

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Last week, researchers from Google and University of Texas at Austin Christopher Shallue and Andrew Vanderburg, announced that a machine-learning algorithm had discovered two new planets, Kepler 80g and Kepler 90i. Now artificial intelligence is helping to find even more.

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InstaVR

MARCH 15, 2020

They’ve also released the apps publicly on iTunes & Google Play to extend learning beyond just their classrooms. Top Client Examples: German University in Cairo – Architecture students capture the majesty of historical Cairo buildings and present them via VR in headsets like Google Cardboard and Samsung Gear VR.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Based near some of the world’s top businesses like Google, Qualcomm, Meta Platforms, and others, Snap’s role in driving innovation in the United States and beyond has led to significant growth in extended reality (XR). ” For many within the industry, recipients are forecast to attract $1.3

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VRWorld

JULY 20, 2017

There’s a clear reason why, and it can be found in recent ‘resurrection’ of Google Glass in ‘Enterprise Edition’, as well as wanting to react to popular products from Vuzix and ODG (Osterhaut Design Group). While Glass 2.0

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VRWorld

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

The company is allegedly now working on AR-enabled smart glasses, and while Apple was slower to AR market than Google, the widespread adoption of iPhone might end up with Apple taking over Google. That came as a surprise considering how many years Google has spent researching their AR options.

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InstaVR

JANUARY 23, 2019

All a user needs to access Virtual Reality is a headset like the Samsung Gear VR or Oculus Go — or really even just an iOS or Android smartphone and a Google Cardboard. Or Texas State University , which has used InstaVR to build interactive trainings for the state government’s ambulance buses.

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TechCrunch VR

DECEMBER 18, 2019

As a training tool in enterprises, virtual and augmented reality headsets find themselves following a similar trajectory as Google’s trailblazing (and much maligned) Glass technology. If there’s one place where emerging technology can be embraced, it’s in businesses where there’s an actual use case for the tech.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

The world we visited is called Wonderland and it is a container for a variety of experiments in virtual reality software design from Texas-based Playful Corp. As of now, Joe may hold the world record for a virtual reality foot race. Image above via GIPHY. that made this spontaneous moment between us possible.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

The world we visited is called Wonderland and it is a container for a variety of experiments in virtual reality software design from Texas-based Playful Corp. As of now, Joe may hold the world record for a virtual reality foot race. Image above via GIPHY. that made this spontaneous moment between us possible.

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GizModo VR

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

The Texas Heartbeat Act, which has outlawed abortions after six weeks in the state of Texas, has many alarming angles to it, but one of the less obvious ones is the potential role large tech companies may play in facilitating upcoming legal cases against healthcare providers. Read more.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Michael is a graduate of Texas A&M with a masters in visualization. With over six years of experiential work under his belt, he has helped create interactive experiences for Google, Delta, Diesel, Merrell and Wired, to name a few. Michael Catalano. Nick Pittom. Zohar Kfir.

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GizModo VR

JUNE 25, 2021

After two years of investigations and a 30-hour debating session on the House floor, the US House Judiciary Committee voted on Thursday to pass a sweeping six-bill package collectively meant to reign in Big Tech’s massive market power. Read more.

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