Road to VR

OCTOBER 27, 2023

The NBA announced it’s expanding the number of games it’s recording for Quest headsets by a wide margin, bringing a ton of 180-degree immersive games to NBA League Pass holders. You’ll even be able to buy your avatar NBA or WNBA team apparel, which you can wear in VR as well as on Facebook, Messenger, and Instagram.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

From exploring the use of VR for medical training to discovering new ways immersive technology can impact prosthetic patients , exciting progress is being made on a daily basis. Now one Portland-based HoloLens developer, Javier Davalos, is showing us what the mixed reality hardware can do to help the visually impaired.

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ARPost

JULY 14, 2021

Through the use of immersive technologies, developers can create worlds, build visual data models, design buildings and automobiles, and take students inside the human body or at the top of Mount Everest. Virtual production (VP) and extended reality (XR) are a part of the world of business, entertainment, education, and research.

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Voices of VR

AUGUST 17, 2020

On August 7, 2020, I participated in a panel discussion about Ethical Design in Immersive Media organized by the University of Oregon as a part.

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Tech Trends VR

MAY 31, 2020

The immersive training consists of sessions lasting between 15 and 20 minutes in VR which will be used to teach key skills such as choice and use of PPE, patient personal care and hygiene, and COVID-19 test procedures Click To Tweet. The curriculum content and scenarios have been supplied by the University of Portland School of Nursing.

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Tech Trends VR

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

3:48: How do you define immersive media? 6:30: What immersive content have you seen recently that stands out? We were also joined by fellow guest speaker Lisa Peyton, who is Immersive Media Strategist at Intel. Immersive technology is not about one type of hardware or experience. pic.twitter.com/DGcNxhsWMO.

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Upload VR

OCTOBER 26, 2023

52 NBA games this season will be streamed in immersive 180-degrees to Quest headsets in the US for free. 0:00 / 0:13 1× NBA games in Xtadium in immersive 180° The free NBA games come by way of an ongoing multi-year partnership between Meta and the NBA, which sees Quest continue to be "the official VR headset of the NBA".

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VRScout

JUNE 3, 2018

Nestled under fir tree-covered mountains and bordered by beaches, the city’s urban center boasts businesses that are transforming industries, creating immersive stories, and defining the next wave of computing. Vancouver is one of the fastest growing VR, AR, and MR hubs in the world. Its expansion is staggering. Now, there are over 200.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Samsung has partnered with EarthX to debut a dozen immersive short films on the Samsung XR video platform from environmentally-focused filmmakers. Samsung XR is Samsung’s immersive video platform, and home to more than 10,000 videos. Ghost Fleet VR immerses viewers in the true story of slavery in the Thai fishing industry.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

It is available in cities like Seattle, Chicago, Tokyo, London, and most recently, San Diego and Portland. Immerse , the enterprise VR training company out of the UK is expanding to the US following a year in which the company reportedly grew 300 percent.

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Road to VR

JUNE 22, 2018

VR & AR are reflections of the human experience, and so any experiential design framework for immersive technologies should also describe aspects of our conscious experiences.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

They’ve done it all through immersive VR, giving viewers up-close-and-personal experiences when they otherwise wouldn’t have been able to attend. Once again NextVR and NBA League Pass are extending VR content during the trial period with tonight’s game between the Phoenix Suns and Portland Trail Blazers, at 7 p.m.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 8, 2018

It also boasts 3D audio attenuation which makes conversations sound and feel real when immersed. “It Reggie Watts was supposed to come on, and he had somebody opening for him,” said Joshua Young, founder and CEO of Design Reality PDX , a monthly Portland, Oregon networking event that regularly hosts panelists from the VR community.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

The NBA on TNT VR app is intended to change the viewing experience from, “passive to immersive’” said David Aufhauser, Managing Director, Strategy and Product for Intel Sports, during an interview with VRScout. The NBA seems to be making a concerted effort to embrace immersive viewing. Thursday, March 20 – Houston @ Portland.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 13, 2016

” One of the leaders in immersive journalism, RYOT takes you to stand in the middle of a mass tribute on the eve of Fidel Castro’s funeral in Santiago de Cuba. HERE BE DRAGONS launched “The Night Before” in partnership with , Wieden + Kennedy Portland and Deluxe VR. Cuba Honoring Fidel Castro.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

NBA All-Star weekend always delivers spectacular plays and we are thrilled to provide fans with an immersive courtside experience in virtual reality,” said Brad Allen, NextVR Executive Chairman. In VR, you’ll experience it as if you were courtside. VERIZON SLAM DUNK.

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Tech Trends VR

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

What I like about my main area of interest – immersive tech – is that it seems to be thriving with examples of female creatives finding their voice, and really exploring the boundaries of this new medium to express themselves and tell interesting, compelling, and utterly engaging stories in new ways. All of your senses are heightened.

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Hypergrid Business

APRIL 23, 2019

Bloom, an immersive experience by PXLabs. Another immersive experience, “Ocean Alive Kinetic Experience” uses Microsoft XBOX 360 Kinect to visitors are transported to the bottom of the sea where they can interact with the ocean’s eco-system. Image courtesy EarthX.). Tiffany Kieran.

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Tech Trends VR

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

And while Portland is by no means a backwater, it’s still not a major tech or immersive content hub like LA or San Francisco either. For companies looking to get into Immersive technologies our VR Consultancy service offers comprehensive support in strategic deployment of Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

A developer out of Portland, OR named Javier Davalos has made an Hololens app that utilizes audio feedback for real-world navigation help for the visually impaired. Recapping the top stories covered on the VRScout Report , a weekly podcast discussing the best in VR, hosted by Malia Probst.

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AllThingsVR

AUGUST 27, 2015

Heilig was never able to popularize the sensory-immersive Sensorama; it remains a curious footnote in the history of virtual reality. But a small startup based in a Portland, Oregon, garage could have better luck. Since March, Wild has been building an experience that combines virtual reality with elements of real life.

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Peter Graham

JULY 21, 2019

Lead Technologist – Immersive. Portland, OR. If you are an employer looking for someone to fill an immersive technology related role – regardless of the industry – don’t forget you can send us the lowdown on the position and we’ll be sure to feature it in that following week’s feature. London, UK. Digital Catapult. London, UK.

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Voices of VR

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Lance Weiler’s Where There’s Smoke is an immersive experience that he used to process his grief from losing his father, who was a volunteer firefighter and amateur photographer who would take pictures of fires and take Lance with him on these excursions.

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Hypergrid Business

DECEMBER 29, 2016

Immersive Combat. Welcome to Portland! Umphrey’s McGee: Puppet String 360° VR. Red Foo Lights Out. Nominees for Best Commercial or Branded Entertainment. Blair Witch Project VR Trailer. Enter The Mind of Jack. Red Roof Inn. Ride Glen Helen Raceway with Corry Weller. The Baja Experience. Trejo’s Tacos. Clash of Clans 360.

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Voices of VR

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Lance Weiler’s Where There’s Smoke is an immersive experience that he used to process his grief from losing his father, who was a volunteer firefighter and amateur photographer who would take pictures of fires and take Lance with him on these excursions.

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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. Matt Rowell was a web developer and digital media producer for a well-known agency in Portland, producing video content for eLearning applications for fortune 500 brands.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 4, 2019

He’s the founder and CEO of The Wild, and immersive collaboration platform for teams to experience their work together, from anywhere in augmented and virtual reality. By creating a fully immersive live space, your ability to design at the speed of thought is realized. And today’s guest is Gabe Paez. Gabe: [laughs] Exactly!

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 4, 2019

He's the founder and CEO of The Wild, and immersive collaboration platform for teams to experience their work together, from anywhere in augmented and virtual reality. By creating a fully immersive live space, your ability to design at the speed of thought is realized. And today's guest is Gabe Paez. Gabe, welcome to the show.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 4, 2019

He’s the founder and CEO of The Wild, and immersive collaboration platform for teams to experience their work together, from anywhere in augmented and virtual reality. By creating a fully immersive live space, your ability to design at the speed of thought is realized. And today’s guest is Gabe Paez. Gabe: [laughs] Exactly!

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

At Magic Leap, Paul recognized the lack of accessible tools for non-game developers that was hindering widespread adoption of immersive and spatial computing technologies. In 2016, Paul moved to Portland, Oregon, where he founded Torch to address this very problem. To learn more about Torch, you can visit torch.app.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

At Magic Leap, Paul recognized the lack of accessible tools for non-game developers that was hindering widespread adoption of immersive and spatial computing technologies. In 2016, Paul moved to Portland, Oregon, where he founded Torch to address this very problem. To learn more about Torch, you can visit torch.app.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

At Magic Leap, Paul recognized the lack of accessible tools for non-game developers that was hindering widespread adoption of immersive and spatial computing technologies. In 2016, Paul moved to Portland, Oregon, where he founded Torch to address this very problem. To learn more about Torch, you can visit torch.app.

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