Road to VR

AUGUST 20, 2017

Released in an August 12th update, Google has added a new menu function that lets you activate Monday’s total solar eclipse, which can be seen as it passed through 14 US states: Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Wyoming.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

The Iowa-based enterprise provides an immersive K-12 curriculum on several headsets, including HTC VIVE, Meta Quest, and Pico devices. VictoryXR is a pioneer in immersive learning. The firm works with institutions like Carolina Biological and Oxford University to provide a VR-based educational content library.

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EON Reality

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Two of EON Reality’s top VR Innovation Academy graduates from Eastern Iowa Community College presented and demonstrated their latest project at the National Science Foundation’s most recent Advanced Technological Education event in Washington, D.C.

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GizModo VR

AUGUST 9, 2022

Though Google has since resolved the outage issues, new reports suggest the disruptions may be tied to an “electrical incident” at a Council Bluffs, Iowa data center that left at… Read more. Large swaths of U.S. internet users last night briefly experienced the dark, frustrating realities of a world devoid of Google services.

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GizModo VR

AUGUST 13, 2020

But the impacts were most severe in Iowa where winds cranked to 112 mph and torrential rain fell. Earlier this week, the Midwest got absolutely pummeled by a powerful derecho. Now, it’s becoming clear it was a disaster for farmers’ corn and soy fields that were flattened by the destructive storm. Read more.

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GizModo VR

MAY 3, 2021

Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa has always used Twitter in a rather bizarre way. After all, who can forget Grassley classics like “PantsBurnLegWood” of 2009 and “WH:ANSWER MY LETTER” of 2017 ? But the senator’s tweets over the weekend were particularly weird, even if you agreed with his central premise. Read more.

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GizModo VR

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

That means nearly 10,000 workers at plants in Iowa, Illinois, and Kansas will remain on the picket line, telling their employer they’re fed up and… Read more. John Deere workers who have been striking in protest of the company’s contract offers since Oct. 14 will continue to do so after rejecting a second proposal on Tuesday.

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GizModo VR

OCTOBER 1, 2020

A Iowa woman’s nasal swab test for covid-19 caused her to leak spinal fluid, her doctors report, in what seems to be the first recorded injury of its kind related to the novel coronavirus. But don’t worry too much about something similar happening to you during a swab test—the unfortunate accident was likely only… Read more.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Participating universities will collaborate with Meta to provide feedback on the beta launch.

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Digital Trends

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Fubo Sportsbook is now live in Iowa and available online or on iPhones and iPads.

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Road to VR

JULY 15, 2018

Honolulu, Ala Moana Center. Chicago, Shops at North Bridge. Oak Brook, Oakbrook Center. Schaumburg, Woodfield Mall. Indianapolis, The Fashion Mall at Keystone. Des Moines, Jordan Creek Town Ctr. Overland Park, Oak Park Mall. Lexington, Fayette Mall. Louisville, Oxmoor Center. Metairie, Lakeside Shopping Center.

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Anand Tech

MAY 31, 2021

“If you build it, he will come” was, of course, a reference to a baseball diamond in Iowa, but for AMD, this same quote (gender removed) also succeeds in defining AMD’s success over the last couple of generations. The 1989 film Field of Dreams offers one of the most memorable quotes in movie history.

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Upload VR

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Meta says these institutions will provide feedback on the program before its full launch.

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EON Reality

MARCH 21, 2018

Eastern Iowa Community College (EICC) teaches the skills needed to create Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality applications for enterprise and education. Augmented and Virtual Reality are some of the fastest growing sectors of our economy.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Participating universities will work with Meta, providing feedback on the beta launch to seemingly scale and enhance the Meta for Education product ahead of a broader release ready for topics such as science, medicine, history, and language arts.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Enhance Accessibility Two additional Project Aria initiatives by Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Iowa focus on accessibility. In Iowa, researchers use the Aria Research Kit to help people with hearing loss. Overall, the projects goal is to minimize traffic accidents and keep people alert on the road.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 28, 2022

I think it was only me that had this problem, but a new article published by the Iowa State University shows that this is a common situation: people doing the test had a perceived distance to virtual objects that was 75% of the real one. In VR the obects appear closer than they are. New opportunities for VR creators.

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Charlie Fink

JUNE 11, 2019

Iowa State University researchers studied VR training in welding simulations showed a 41.6% They settled on an exclusive partner, FreeRangeXR, of Sausalito, CA, and decided to use the HTC Vive because of its enterprise offering and extended support option. increase in certifications and a 23% decrease in overall training time.

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Mashable VR

MARCH 23, 2022

Up next, according to Apple, are Colorado, Hawaii, Mississippi, Ohio, Puerto Rico, Connecticut, Georgia, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Oklahoma, and Utah. "We look forward to working with many more states and the TSA to bring IDs in Wallet to users across the US."

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Mashable VR

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Right now, Hard Mountain Dew is only on sale in three states which I’m calling “The Dew Triumvirate”: Tennessee, Florida, and Iowa. There's no more need to mix the Dew into a cocktail (I have actually done this) because now it’s been done for you by professionals and packaged into either 12 oz. It doesn’t matter.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Other universities such as Arizona State University, New Mexico State University, Purdue Global, University of Iowa, and many more have entered strategic partnerships for the programme. Bodyswaps has begun providing its solutions to Stanford University and the latter’s business school to teach soft skills.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Participating institutions will collaborate with Meta by providing feedback on the beta launch. The intention is to refine and enhance the Meta for Education product ahead of a broader release targeting subjects such as science, medicine, history, and language arts.

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VRWorld

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

The American rapper ‘The Game’ has teamed up with Jess VerSteeg, an entrepreneur and Miss Iowa 2014, to kick start a “cannabis revolution.” Floyd Mayweather was early to the game, hyping up prediction market Stox in July.

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VRGuy

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

A music lover in Iowa could attend a Berlin Philharmonic concert without international travel. Most major orchestras as struggling with balancing their budgets. Engaging young audiences with a VR experience can sell tickets and attract new followers. One day, one could imagine a completely virtual experience.

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Mashable VR

MARCH 2, 2022

Sometimes I just have to watch Michigan and Iowa play the most boring football on the planet on the way to a 10-3 final score. This app also includes the Big Ten Network , which comes in real handy during football season if you’re from the hearty midwest like I am. It keeps me centered.) Paramount Plus (CBS). Credit: Frederick M.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 2, 2019

If you think about it, for decades — I used to serve in the Iowa legislature, and I was chairman of the Education Committee, and we spent a lot of time addressing, how do we improve education? Describe your company, the products, and the platform that’s being used. Tell me how that came about.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 2, 2019

If you think about it, for decades — I used to serve in the Iowa legislature, and I was chairman of the Education Committee, and we spent a lot of time addressing, how do we improve education? Describe your company, the products, and the platform that’s being used. Tell me how that came about.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The programme will include the following universities and their respective programmes: Stanford University and its Business School partnership with BodySwaps to learn soft skills Arizona State University to teach language skills in virtual environments New Mexico State University, which has applied VR to criminal justice for crime scene evaluations (..)

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 2, 2019

If you think about it, for decades -- I used to serve in the Iowa legislature, and I was chairman of the Education Committee, and we spent a lot of time addressing, how do we improve education? Describe your company, the products, and the platform that's being used. Tell me how that came about.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Meanwhile, the University of Iowa is utilizing the Aria framework to develop healthcare services for individuals with hearing loss. Using the Aria environmental data, researchers at Iowa can create devices that translate the direction from which sounds originate.

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GizModo VR

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Managers and supervisors at a Tyson Foods pork processing plant in Waterloo, Iowa, allegedly forced employees to work in unsafe conditions during the coronavirus pandemic and even took cash bets on how many workers would get sick from covid-19, according to new filings in a lawsuit brought against Tyson by the son of… Read more.

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GizModo VR

JULY 9, 2021

For some people, crisis is an opportunity. More specifically, an opportunity to blow up their own profile by preying on people’s fears, making baseless claims, grabbing resources intended for others, and being generally dishonest, disingenuous, or greedy. Read more.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The programme will include the following universities and their respective programmes: Stanford University and its Business School partnership with BodySwaps to learn soft skills Arizona State University to teach language skills in virtual environments New Mexico State University , who has applied VR to criminal justice for crime scene evaluations (..)

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

On the other hand, the University of Iowa is leveraging the Aria framework to create healthcare services for people with hearing loss. Using the aforementioned Aria environmental data, Iowa researchers can create a device that can translate where a sound is coming from.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Meta has published on its website some existing case studies of projects developed by famous universities , like the University of Bristol, the University of Iowa or Carnegie Mellon University. To inspire potentially interested research centers. The projects range from accessibility to driving and skills learning.

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GizModo VR

APRIL 12, 2022

President Joe Biden is taking a trip to the Corn Belt today, specifically Menlo, Iowa , where he’ll announce that E15 gasoline can be used all summer long. The administration says the aim is to help reduce rising gas prices , and mirrors a previous Trump Administration policy , which lasted from May 2019 to July 2021.… Read more.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Meanwhile, the University of Iowa is using the Aria framework to develop healthcare services for individuals with hearing loss. By utilizing Aria environmental data, researchers at Iowa are creating devices that translate the direction from which sounds originate.

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