GizModo VR

JULY 6, 2020

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.

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GizModo VR

JULY 31, 2021

Bruce is the new musical from the Seattle Repertory Theater based on Jaws ’ screenwriter Carl Gottlieb’s memoir The Jaws Log. Read more.

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VRScout

APRIL 2, 2019

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.

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GizModo VR

JULY 1, 2020

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.

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VRScout

MAY 24, 2022

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.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 11, 2017

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.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 28, 2020

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.

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GizModo VR

APRIL 21, 2021

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.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 9, 2020

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.

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Road to VR

MARCH 17, 2020

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).

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Road to VR

MARCH 24, 2021

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.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 5, 2022

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.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

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.

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Road to VR

MAY 19, 2022

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.

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VRScout

JANUARY 28, 2020

.” 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.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

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.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 20, 2021

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.

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Next Reality AR

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Facing mixed reviews for the Magic Leap One, Magic Leap has already returned to the lab to improve on the device's successor.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

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.

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VRScout

JANUARY 25, 2022

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.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

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.

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Upload VR

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

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.

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VRScout

AUGUST 31, 2019

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.

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GizModo VR

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

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.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 29, 2018

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.

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Road to VR

MARCH 9, 2018

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.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JUNE 13, 2022

Pico hired 40 new staff members to support its US expansion, working from offices in the Bay Area, Seattle, and San Diego. Over the weekend, Bytedance, the parent company of Tik Tok and owners of Pico, vendors of virtual reality (VR) headsets, announced major expansions toward western VR hardware distribution.

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Road to VR

JULY 5, 2017

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.

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Tech Trends VR

APRIL 26, 2018

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.

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HaptX

JULY 18, 2021

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.

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Road to VR

JUNE 3, 2021

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.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 13, 2019

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.

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ARPost

DECEMBER 2, 2019

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.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 3, 2018

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.

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VRScout

JUNE 19, 2019

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 (..)

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

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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ARPost

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Southcenter – Seattle, WA. The more ambitious hunt is being offered at nine locations around the country based on retailer participation in last year’s event: Montgomery – Bethesda, MD. Garden State Plaza – Paramus, NJ. Topanga – Los Angeles, CA. The Village at Topanga – Los Angeles, CA. Santa Anita – Los Angeles, CA.

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