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Running now until August 23rd at the Seattle Design Festival in Seattle, Washington, the AR exhibition allows visitors to access virtual art inspired by original BLM street paintings which have since been taken down by the city, offering passer-by’s a chance to relive a piece of Seattle history.
Oculus has been on quite the hiring spree as of late, with over a hundred positions currently advertised on the company’s career website aimed at bringing hardware and software engineers into the Seattle area. The post Facebook Spent Over $88M This Year on Oculus’ Seattle Area Satellite HQ appeared first on Road to VR.
Following a recent under-the-hood look at Meta's next-gen VR prototypes, the folks at TESTED took a trip to Seattle for a deeper technical dive. We unpack the takeaways in this week's XR Talks. This post appeared first on AR Insider.
.” Much like the older CAVE (cave automatic virtual environment) setups, which use projectors instead of headsets, The Last of Us LBE concept experience allows a group of users to explore the infected tunnels below Seattle, which is plagued by a fungal infection that’s turned the world’s population into monsters.
With staff spread across four time zones in the UK, New York, Seattle and Japan, Payton said that splitting development globally incurred some inefficiencies. For instance, if an issue would surface with the developers in Seattle needing someone in a different time zone to give direction. It's probably 3:00 or 4:00 PM here in Japan.
Oculus Education continues its ongoing streak of generosity with the expansion of its educational pilot programs to Taiwan, Japan, and Seattle. The post Oculus Education Launches Pilot Programs In Taiwan, Japan, Seattle appeared first on VRScout. All three of these experiences are available now via the Oculus Store.
Researchers found that a substantial portion of people, including children, in Seattle who were suspected of having the flu this past winter likely had covid-19 instead. The start of the covid-19 pandemic in the U.S. may have been earlier and far larger than official records indicate, according to a new study. It also… Read more.
Oculus recently announced the’ll be expanding their educational pilot program by donating Oculus Rift and Oculus Go headsets to a number of educational institutions across Taiwan, Japan, and Seattle. The post Oculus to Donate Rift & Go to Learning Institutions Across Seattle, Taiwan, & Japan appeared first on Road to VR.
Mixture will be available to demo from September 2nd to the 3rd at PAX West (Booth 650) at the Seattle Convention Center in Seattle, Washington. VR and the metaverse are where the future lies, and we’ll be there to be a part of it!”. No word yet on an official release date or price.
Miami-based VR publisher VRAL Games announced it’s acquired a 30% stake in PolarityOne, a Seattle-based indie studio developing the upcoming co-op VR shooter EXOSHOCK.
If ever there was a time to redistribute some of that wealth, it’s now, and it seems that experiment in equity will begin in Seattle. Unemployment in the US is still over 11% , and yet during this economic crisis, Jeff Bezos has added an astonishing $56.7 billion to his already colossal fortune. Read more.
If you’ve ever had the pleasure of visiting the famous Museum of Pop Culture in Seattle, Washington, chances are you’ve come across Vulcan’s Holodome , an ‘immersive reality experience’ that uses interactive visuals projected onto a dome shell to transport users to new locations and immerse them in otherworldly scenarios.
After the proposal received unanimous support from the city council, Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan last Friday signed in local ordinance 119799 , the seemingly unimpeachable purpose of which was to impose “premium pay” for gig workers delivering groceries during the ongoing pandemic. Not even a week later, the city is… Read more.
Lightship VPS currently supports 30,000 locations across six major cities: San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, New York, London, and Tokyo. According to Niantic, all the system needs is a single frame from the user’s smartphone camera in order to pinpoint their specific location.
This year will also mark the true beginning of the company’s western expansion, beginning with a brand new United States research office in Seattle, Washington and a US headquartered in Los Angeles, California. More can be learned, however, about the Seattle office based on who exactly it will house.
Additional hotels planned in Las Vegas, Denver, Chicago, Austin, Seattle, San Francisco, and San Jose. According to a press statement , the first location is slated to break ground in Phoenix, AZ sometime later this year.
Whole Foods will launch a palm reader payment system at its Madison Broadway location in Seattle today and has plans to roll out the biometric program at seven more stores in the coming months, according to an announcement early Wednesday. Read more.
Command Sight , a Seattle-based company specializing in human to animal communication, is looking to modernize these tactical conversations using AR technology designed specifically for trained K9s. Often times, this involves a human handler providing commands using hand gestures or light devices such as laser pointers.
Isekai Entertainment, a Seattle-based indie studio, released the first trailer for its upcoming action game Sword Reverie, a JRPG-inspired title that feels like a heartfelt love letter to the popular anime/manga Sword Art Online (SAO).
This brings the Seattle-based company’s lifetime financing to $149 million following its most recent round in December 2020 when the company secured its $20 million Series C.
The immersive sports experience made its debut during yesterday’s game against the Seattle Seahawks. The professional NFL team the Los Angeles Rams have partnered with fan engagement platform ARound to launch an absolutely massive augmented reality (AR) experience at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, California.
Although audio isn’t studio-quality due to work-at-home norms adopted by the team since the COVID-19 pandemic broke, the studio has been quietly recording commentary voice overs “in closets and blanket forts around greater Seattle,” the studio says.
Check out a short explanation of what a coaching session looks like with some in-app footage, presented by Brian Daccord, Sense Arena’s Director of Goaltending Development and former NHL goaltending coach and scout.
.” The first Atari Hotel is scheduled to open later this year in Phoenix, Arizona, followed by seven additional locations across Austin, Chicago, Denver, Las Vegas, San Jose, San Francisco, and Seattle. For more information check out atarihotels.com. . Feature Image Credit: Atari Inc.
The VR trial flights – which are being tested on 10 flights between Boston and Seattle, as well as Boston and San Diego – are the result of a partnership between Alaska Airlines and SkyLights, along with support from 20 th Century Fox, Warner Brothers, and EIM.
The Seattle-based startup today announced it’s secured a new $145 million financing round, bringing the company’s total valuation to $3.5 Social VR platform Rec Room has sealed another big funding round to close out the year.
These competitions will take you to exotic destinations around the world, including Sydney, San Francisco, Seattle, New York, Rio de Janeiro, Enoshima, and Cape Town. Those who purchase the “Sailing Pass” will also have access to Pro and WASZP races. Image Credit: MarineVerse.
Seattle’s annual PAX West 2016 gaming convention starts tomorrow with VR once again expected to have a significant presence. PAX West returns to Seattle this September 2-5 at the Washington State Convention Center, and this year, virtual reality will be more prominent than ever. Friday September 2nd: 10am – 6pm.
Hardlight VR, the Seattle-based company that headed a successful Kickstarter campaign tasked with developing the eponymous haptic suit, is closing down this month due to lack of funding. ” The company’s Kickstarter , which successfully concluded in March 2017, garnered $147,574 from over 300 backers to bring the project to life.
Yesterday marked the start of this year’s PAX West gaming expo in Seattle, Washington, kicking off four days of nonstop indie gaming. The Bad Ass Mega Fun DLC pack will be available on both PSVR and PC platforms. Among yesterdays opening day announcements were several reveals regarding Borderlands 2 VR.
Let us give thanks to Seattle’s City Council, which voted unanimously yesterday to force Uber and Lyft to pay their drivers the equivalent of local minimum wage and lifted the spirits of a sleep-deprived doomscrolling nation. The law , which will go into effect in January, ensures that drivers for ride-hailing… Read more.
Based in Seattle, home of Oculus Research, the $6 million venture “creates one of the world’s first academic centers dedicated to virtual and augmented reality,” Facebook says. Oculus’ clear room for nanofabrication | Image courtesy Oculus. SEE ALSO Oculus Research Reveals New Multi-focal Display Tech.
VRstudios , the Seattle-based global provider of VR arcade equipment, today announced the release of a new system called VRcade Arena which bills itself as a wireless ‘warehouse-scale’ VR platform that can provide multiplayer games and experiences for up to eight simultaneous users. Enter VRstudios.
We’re jetting off from Heathrow to the US West Coas, stopping by Seattle to cover Microsoft Build before heading to the Bay Area for Google’s flagship developer conference in Mountain View Click To Tweet.
Created by Seattle-based Polyarc Games , Moss is an artfully crafted adventure that seems to have gotten a lot right on its first try. The Inpatient made a similar rise to the #7 spot in January only after releasing January 23rd. You won’t find The Inpatient in February’s top 10 list though.
REDMOND, WA, – HaptX, the leading provider of realistic haptic technology, today announced a Series A-1 financing round of $12 million along with new headquarters in the Seattle area. HaptX has open positions available in mechanical engineering, software development, sales, and operations across its Seattle and San Luis Obispo offices.
Valve’s office—just outside of Seattle—is but a 10 minute drive from Microsoft’s Redmond, WA headquarters. Valve was co-founded after two Microsoft employees, Gabe Newell and Mike Harrington, left the company after working on some of the earliest versions of the Windows operating system. They didn’t go far.
Organized by Vulcan Productions and Kaleidoscope, Impact Reality Summit will have its first edition on January 9 and 10, 2020, at Vulcan Technologies headquarters in Seattle, WA. If curators select your project, you will attend the XR event in Seattle to present it before the review committee. An XR Event for a Sustainable Future.
The HaptX Gloves Development Kit makes its worldwide debut October 3, 2018 at the Future of Storytelling Summit in New York City and the GeekWire Summit in Seattle. Disclosure: The HaptX launch trailer was filmed at VRScout’s mixed reality studio. Image Credit: Az Balabanian.
Seattle-based developer Endeavor One says in a PS blogpost that Arashi was “built from the ground up for VR,” and that it includes “state-of-the-art movement and a deadly arsenal of feudal era weapons.” It’s just been announced for PSVR.
By working directly with YouTube for the last three years on the VR Creator Lab initiative—a project designed to educate YouTube influencers on the finer points of VR180 production—we’ve traveled all across the world, including London, Japan, Seattle, and Amsterdam, to help produce a massive catalogue of AAA VR180 content alongside some (..)
Pixvana, a Seattle-based startup creating a cloud-based processing and delivery platform for VR video, today announced a $14 million Series A funding round led by Vulcan Capital with participation from Raine Ventures, Microsoft Ventures, Cisco Investments and Hearst Ventures, and existing investor Madrona Venture Group.
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