GizModo VR

JULY 7, 2021

Google’s Android app store is the subject of an antitrust lawsuit brought by 36 states and Washington, D.C. on Wednesday — the latest installment in the ongoing showdown between tech giants and the regulators that seek to bring them to heel. Read more.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

The app is available today on the Oculus store and the Google Play store. Washington @ Cleveland , 8:00 p.m. Boston @ Washington , 8:00 p.m. Based on Intel’s True VR technology, TNT is bringing live and on-demand VR coverage of NBA All-Star events to Gear VR and Daydream headsets via the NBA on TNT VR app.

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VRScout

JUNE 7, 2017

The current catalogue of available VR titles include Google Earth, Apollo 11, Titans of Space 2.0, Washington state has already expressed interest in adopting the program in their own libraries, hopefully indicating an exciting new wave of immersive education in libraries.

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Road to VR

JULY 12, 2018

The FIFA World Cup finals are nearly here, and while we still live in a time where most everyone interested in the France vs. Croatia match will be glued to a TV set, researchers from the University of Washington, Facebook, and Google just gave us a prescient look at what an AR soccer match could look like in the near future.

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Next Reality AR

MAY 2, 2017

an effort to take back the classroom from Apple and Google, the Redmond, Washington-based company took the HoloLens around the world to test its capabilities in a number of different learning environments. A smart tactic meant to coincide with their other education-related announcements made on the same day.In

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GizModo VR

JANUARY 24, 2022

On Monday, attorneys general from Washington D.C., 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. Altogether, these practices may amount to violations… Read more.

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Road to VR

JUNE 7, 2017

Discussions are underway with Washington state to potentially launch a similar program in its libraries, and the hope is that momentum continues to build, Oculus says. SEE ALSO Google Expects "Tens of Millions" of Daydream-Ready Devices on the Market By Year's End.

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ARPost

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

The AR/VR Policy Conference is returning to Washington D.C. Other speakers we’re most excited about include Representative Darrell Issa, Christina Jackson of Meta, Karim Mohammadali of Google, futurist Cathy Hackl, and Unity’s Aaron Kleiner. Don’t worry, like last year, you can also view the event live for free online.

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GizModo VR

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

Google and Apple rolled out their covid-19 contact-tracing APIs months ago for state officials to use in developing their own covid-19-tracking apps, but adoption has proceeded at a snail’s pace. Just 15 states and Washington, D.C. are currently employing the tech giants’ “exposure notification” tech while a handful… Read more.

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

During today’s Samsung Unpacked event, Samsung announced plans to create new ‘Extended Reality’ (XR) hardware in partnership with Google and Qualcomm. And the software will be provided by Google. The hardware will be us.

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GizModo VR

OCTOBER 24, 2020

State and federal investigators are planning to slap Facebook with antitrust charges as soon as November, four people familiar with the matter told the Washington Post. Such a lawsuit would mark the government’s latest crackdown on the biggest names in the tech industry, including Apple, Google, and Amazon, for … Read more.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Thursday, April 5 – Washington @ Cleveland. Tuesday, April 10 – Boston @ Washington. It’s currently available for Samsung Gear VR, Google Daydream, Oculus , and Google Play. Thursday, March 29 – Oklahoma City @ San Antonio.

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Hypergrid Business

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Samsung, in partnership with Qualcomm and Google, has announced plans to develop a new extended reality product. But when Samsung cancelled the project, I switched to the Google Pixel to stay close to Google’s VR platform. And now, both Gear VR and Google’s platform are gone.

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GizModo VR

MAY 11, 2022

Google announced it is finally fully capitulating to demands from both the European Union and news media companies that tech giants should pay to display snippets of reporters’ work on sites or search results. Read more.

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AR Insider

MAY 27, 2021

It gets even better: short-form AR ad creative that runs in networks like Snap, Facebook, Google and Unity Ads can be created at extremely low cost (small digit thousands) and in very tight time frames (a few weeks to a few months, depending on the creative). These figures — like well-crafted AR ads — are hard to ignore.

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Cats and VR

MAY 30, 2016

Through the new medium of cinematic virtual reality these Veterans were given the experience of being present, alongside their comrades who actually visited the Memorials in Washington DC earlier in the year. Honor Everywhere 360 VR experience is available free to anyone with a smartphone and a Google Cardboard viewing device.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

APRIL 6, 2017

In fact the company has already run pilot lessons using the headset in classes at Renton Prep in Seattle, Washington, and Castro Valley Unified College in California. With HoloLens, though, the company is looking to move into the classroom. You can see a video of the student’s impressions below.

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ARVR

MARCH 4, 2021

© Poly by Google Augmented reality (AR ) technology is a unique tool empowering restaurants, delivery services, and other vendors in the food service industry. AR is applied in a variety of cases, from streamlining staff training, through visualizing dishes and menus, to enhancing the customer experience. © Ronen Horovitz. © TOÀN D?

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The additions aim to challenge firms like Google, Pinterest, and others dominating the eCommerce search sector. Google previously debuted its own multisearch tool via its Google Lens platform, with Lens initially debuting in October 2017. The company also launched the multisearch tool last year.

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Tech Trends VR

MAY 8, 2018

Addressing an audience of over five thousand developers in Seattle’s Washington Convention Center, Nadella struck a soberly optimistic note; on the one hand insisting on the message he delivered last year about the great transformative power of technology, but also highlighting the monumental challenges that come with its rapid development.

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ARVR

DECEMBER 18, 2020

The Smithsonian’s National History Museum in Washington, D.C. Google Lens and Google Translate both allow you to scan and translate street signs, maps and guides (and even menus!) Google Maps also uses AR to make navigation more convenient, by placing big virtual signs on top of real-world roads to show you exactly where to go.

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Road to VR

JULY 4, 2016

Robert Scoble told me that part of the negative reactions to the Google Glass was that it broke eye contact while talking to people, and that this violated our social contracts and cultural norms. the people in a virtual reality with our leaders walking by us. pic.twitter.com/ntTaTN3SdR. — Nicolas Debock (@ndebock) February 21, 2016.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 13, 2022

The panel also included Nicholas Bramble, Google’s Senior Counsel, Javier Lopez Gonzalez, Senior Trade Policy Analyst for the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) , and George Washington University’s Susan Ariel Aaronson. Metaverse Rennaisance?

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GizModo VR

MAY 23, 2022

Washington, DC Attorney General Karl Racine evidently believes that if you can’t snare enough slimy, data-profiting fish with one net, then you should just cast more nets. Read more.

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GizModo VR

MARCH 9, 2021

And now, researchers from the University of Washington have developed an artificial intelligence system that enables these devices to… Read more. As it turns out, smart speakers have proven to be handy in hospitals , allowing patients to independently control devices, as well as lessen the workload for clinicians and caretakers.

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ARPost

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The second annual AR/VR Policy Conference took place this Wednesday, September 14, in Washington D.C., This problem in perception and policy was discussed by former Federal Trade Commission Acting Chairwoman Maureen Ohlhausen, NIST ’s Dylan Gilbert, and Google ’s Karim Mohammadali. accompanied by a live stream on YouTube.

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GizModo VR

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Apple retail employees at a number of stores across the country are quietly planning to unionize, according to a Washington Post report —spurred on by pay that hasn’t kept up with inflation even as the tech giant posts record-setting profits. Read more.

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ARVR

JUNE 27, 2022

COVID also helped professional implementation of VR which is closer to the real experience than Zoom, Google Meet or Teams. 500 people run every week through the “Walk on the Moon” multi-headset installation at Smithsonian museum in Washington DC. Content ?—?that’s that’s the most important part.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

I was expecting a PSVR 2 launch in 2021, but then suddenly Jim Ryan in an interview with The Washington Post has commented on VR with these exact words: PlayStation believes in VR. Facebook will have its own Cloud Gaming Service, entering so the field of the future of gaming where other companies like Google (Stadia!),

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Mashable VR

MARCH 5, 2022

Cogent Communications is cutting off internet service to its Russian clients, the Washington Post reported on Friday. Other companies that have stopped doing business with Russia include tech giants like Microsoft , Apple, Google, and others, as well as Visa, Boeing, and even Harley Davidson.

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ARPost

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Whether its Google Glass, Samsung or Oculus, from a storyteller’s perspective, with VR headsets continuing to advance, there’ll be even more opportunities for people to tell exciting stories. It’s a super fun and incredible project, which is scheduled to premiere in Washington, D.C. February 2020.

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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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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 27, 2022

The FPF, a Washington, DC-based organisation with offices in Belgium, Singapore, and Israel, aims to unite experts across the XR industry to discuss current and future challenges over data and privacy rights and for the sector. The Push for XR Best Practices.

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Bernard Marr

AUGUST 8, 2022

Basically, if the metaverse is the new internet, then everyone wants to be the new Google - holding the keys to the huge amounts of money to be made from selling advertising there. in Human Centered Design and Engineering at the University of Washington, in the U.S., If you study a computer science degree (B.S., MS, or Ph.D.)

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

The AR squadron contained John Hanke ( Niantic chief executive — Developer of Pokemon Go ), Stanley Pierre-Louis, (General Counsel for the Entertainment Software Association), Brian Blau ( Gartner Research Vice President), and Ryan Calo (Assistant Professor of Law, University of Washington).

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 14, 2016

More than 25 professional and collegiate sports teams use STRIVR to enhance off-the-field preparation including the Dallas Cowboys, Arizona Cardinals, Minnesota Vikings, Clemson University, Stanford University, the Washington Wizards, Detroit Pistons, and Washington Capitals.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 27, 2023

The news comes amid a massive wave of layoffs across the tech industry, with Meta Platforms, Microsoft, Google parent Alphabet, Amazon, and many others launching a second round of job cuts. The Redmond, Washington-based firm also cut back staff developing the US Army’s Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS).

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