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Amazon's Zoox Driverless Car, or Possibly an iMac G3 on Wheels, Spotted in San Francisco

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Zoox, the Amazon-owned autonomous taxi company, is scheduled to reveal its first self-driving cars on Dec. Spoilers: They look dorky as hell. Read more.

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Oculus ‘Rift S’ Will Be Present At GDC 2019

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Referencing emails sent to Oculus developers by Facebook, it’s been suggested that the Rift S will make an official appearance at this year’s Game Developer Conference in San Francisco, alongside the Oculus Go and upcoming Oculus Quest headsets. Oculus Quest / Image Credit: Oculus.

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Amazon to Stop Taking Visa Credit Cards in the UK Thanks to Brexit

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Amazon will stop accepting credit cards from Visa as early as January, according to multiple reports early Wednesday. It’s yet another thing that can be blamed on Brexit, the UK’s split from the European Union in 2020. Read more.

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Nreal Temporarily Halts Production of ‘Light’ AR Headset due to Coronavirus

Road to VR

The company, which is split between San Francisco and Hangzhou, China, says in a tweet that production of the Nreal Light developer kit has been halted. Delays are said to affect the most recent batch of backers. While the Coronavirus has spread to 24 other countries to date, 99% of cases have been confined to China.

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Handheld Scanners By Artec 3D Scan And Capture The Real World In Seconds

VRScout

A few weeks ago I witnessed this technology first hand at VRX San Francisco as Artec 3D rep Anton Bosneaga scanned me into a 3D object with the “Artec Leo”, a handheld wireless device weighing in at around 5 lbs and priced at $25,800. This is just one of the companies many portable 3D scanning products.

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Which Startups Are Hiring for Augmented Reality Jobs?

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billion in 2019, with many billions more being invested in R&D by the likes of Facebook, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and many more. As of November 2020, they’re hiring for both New York and San Francisco positions. Venture capital investment in augmented reality and virtual reality hit $4.1

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Black employees at Tesla raise new allegations of racism in the workplace

Mashable VR

Amazon warehouse workers in Alabama get to re-vote on unionizing This reporting comes after a San Francisco court found in Oct. SEE ALSO: Tesla sued in California for alleged racial discrimination and harassment. How to set boundaries at work Companies hope new benefits will solve your mental health issues. Don't fall for it.