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Virus-Free Virtual Training for Healthcare Workers

Tech Trends VR

The company, which is based in the small town of Bend, Oregon, quickly partnered with Lane Workforce Partnership and got support from the Facebook Foundation through the East Cascade Workforce Improvement Board. This got the attention of the Oregon COVID-19 task force as they were looking for training solutions during the crisis.

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Making Diversity Fly

Tech Trends VR

She’s been a pilot for almost 4 years, goes to school for aviation maintenance, and practically lives at the small Oregon airport where she’s building her own airplane. The films will be screened in VR through a variety of systems such as the Oculus Go, Google Daydream, or Samsung Gear VR. Hannah is not your average 21 year old.

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Super-interview with Jeri Ellsworth about her Tilt Five glasses, AR tech, and startups!

The Ghost Howls

Jeri has been in the R&D of Valve Software when Abrash was still there, so she knows a lot about AR and VR. After Valve, I started an AR company called CastAR where we were doing augmented reality very similar to the technology we’ll be talking about today. So what is this is TiltFive AR headset? ( The Vive Wands.

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New Oculus Rift and Gear VR Releases For The Week Of 11/20/16

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

Unfortunately, that doesn’t really translate into a ton of amazing new content this week for Oculus Rift or Gear VR, rather a ton of great content on sale instead — mostly on Steam. However, there are enough new things here to tide you over a while longer. Price: $7.99 (Oculus Rift). NBA 2KVR Experience, from 2K.

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Taming the Jungle of Ideas, with The Wild’s Gabe Paez

XR for Business Podcast

Alan: [laughs] Gabe: Because we are distributed as well. A lot of us are here in Portland, Oregon, but our product manager’s remote. We areAR is on the iPad and iPhone, so iOS devices. I mean, it’s been an amazing process to design The Wild in The Wild. And– Alan: That’s wild!

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Taming the Jungle of Ideas, with The Wild's Gabe Paez

XR for Business Podcast

Gabe: Because we are distributed as well. A lot of us are here in Portland, Oregon, but our product manager's remote. We are-- AR is on the iPad and iPhone, so iOS devices. I mean, it's been an amazing process to design The Wild in The Wild. Alan: That's wild! Gabe: [laughs] Exactly! Alan: [laughs].

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Taming the Jungle of Ideas, with The Wild’s Gabe Paez

XR for Business Podcast

Gabe: Because we are distributed as well. A lot of us are here in Portland, Oregon, but our product manager’s remote. We areAR is on the iPad and iPhone, so iOS devices. I mean, it’s been an amazing process to design The Wild in The Wild. And– Alan: That’s wild! Alan: [laughs].

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