VRScout

OCTOBER 4, 2017

Last year Google showed us their commitment to VR, unveiling a Daydream View VR headset , Daydream platform, and Pixel phone. Now exactly a year later, Google is back again with VR updates and an additional focus on augmented reality (AR). Last year Google launched with 25 apps and games on Daydream. ARCore & AR Stickers.

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GizModo VR

JULY 20, 2020

You’re wearing whatever people wore back then—some kind of jean jacket, I’m guessing—and talking to your friend about your new favorite movie, the recently released Mike Myers vehicle Austin Powers. You’re quoting the movie, and your friend thinks this is hilarious. Then things take a dark turn. “I… I… Read more.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 20, 2022

Ten days ago, I revealed to you that I was going to Austin, Texas to attend the SXSW, one of the most important events about creativity and technology in the USA. The event hasn’t been held physically for 2 years because of the coronavirus, and it is finally back in Austin Texas just now. Going SXSW. SXSW Logo (Image by SXSW).

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Cats and VR

MAY 10, 2017

Google has made an interesting play to solidify it's VR lineup for the future. Welcome Owlchemy Labs to Google. Now the team takes a huge leap by possibly becoming Google's go to VR dev team for some interesting IP. They've created award-winning games like Job Simulator and Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality.

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Mashable VR

APRIL 26, 2022

The Libs of TikTok account also included the Twitter handle for Austin Independent School District, @AustinISD, a district that runs 125 schools based in Austin, Texas, in the tweet. It's not surprising that Austin ISD was unable to find these worksheets in their curriculum. Credit: Mashable Screenshot.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Using OpenStreetMap alongside Google Maps, the app revealed a secret digital battlefield that existed over the real-world, allowing a small, but dedicated community of players to duke it out in digital turf wars. Ingress Prime is available now on the Apple App Store and on Google Play. Image Credit: Niantic .

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Tech Trends VR

MAY 21, 2018

Google harnesses the power of photos and street view to deliver simplified VR development for teachers and students. At its annual I/O Developer Conference in Mountain View, California Google announced the launch of Tour Creator , a new tool that easily allows anyone to create interactive content in Virtual Reality.

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AllThingsVR

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

TheWave VR Is Working With Google to Change How You Experience Live Music Adam Arrigo had always wanted to be a musician. Despite founding just five months ago, the Austin, Tex.-based Today, Arrigo is the co-founder and CEO of TheWaveVR, a social music platform that allows artists and DJs to broadcast live concerts in virtual reality.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Realworld is based on the Microsoft version of Google Earth. The popular mobile title by Austin-based Chicken Waffle studio is finally available through the hard-to-find Quest Store’s App Lab. Recent advances in technology have renewed interest in space, and given humanity hope in the midst of a pandemic. This is blowing our mind.

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ARPost

MAY 12, 2022

Also on day three, Gannet Senior Designer of Emerging Tech, Will Austin, who worked on USA Today’s largest AR launch presents “Growing User Confidence in AR: How UX Can Build Strong Engagement Relationships.” Of course, companies don’t need to have a keynote to say something interesting. Niantic (and 8th Wall ). Autodesk Inc. Magic Leap.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 23, 2017

The app is built on the Google VR framework and works on both Android and iOS devices, so you can download the app on your phone and jump into the world of virtual comics through any of the mobile headsets, including Gear VR, Daydream and Cardboard. As the name implies, ComX VR lets you read comics in virtual reality.

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VRScout

APRIL 8, 2018

Seattle, and Austin. Seattle, or Portland, because you’re going up against giants like Google or Microsoft. Visiting Metro Vancouver for the first time two months ago for the Women in Tech seminar, he’s now looking to make an investment in the region. “My I would put it together with San Francisco, L.A.,

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VRScout

MAY 25, 2017

Watch YouTube in VR with your friends, Google pours resources into shared social VR experiences, upcoming standalone headsets will be wireless, the Snapchat vs. Facebook continues, the investment & funding wrapup, and more… You can enjoy the full audio recording below: WATCH YOUTUBE IN VR… WITH YOUR FRIENDS!

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Hypergrid Business

MAY 1, 2017

The virtual reality video was created in partnership with Chocolate Milk & Donuts , a virtual reality creative agency based in Austin, Texas, and the project supported by Samsung, Mozilla Hive Austin with a grant from the Gigabit Community Fund , The City of Austin’s ATX+PAK program is also a partner in the project.

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VRScout

MARCH 16, 2017

While you can hear every genre of music performed on almost every instrument you can think of throughout Austin during SXSW, being able to step inside a music-based experience is something that VR has been paving the way for. I viewed this piece in the morning and immediately felt like this trippy experience gave me a boost of energy.

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Cats and VR

JUNE 29, 2016

With over one million active monthly users of the Samsung GearVR, millions of Google Cardboard units and high-end Oculus Rift and HTC Vive pre-orders, Smithson believes that brands that are early to develop unique and engaging content for VR and will have a huge advantage over their competition.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 14, 2022

Hello everyone from Austin, Texas! Google and Waymo evolve NERF to cope with cities. Well, this week Waymo and Google have presented their work with Block Nerf, a variant of Nerf that is meant for large environments like cities. Can you imagine something more Texan than this? Meta has been warned. News worth a mention.

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VRWorld

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Last week, researchers from Google and University of Texas at Austin Christopher Shallue and Andrew Vanderburg, announced that a machine-learning algorithm had discovered two new planets, Kepler 80g and Kepler 90i. Now artificial intelligence is helping to find even more.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

I’m also a huge fan of all of the Google Jump cameras [such as the Yi Halo]. It functions reliably and the Google Jump stitching platform is truly game-changing. We’re huge fans of stereo at 30 Ninjas, and Google Jump’s stitching is the best around. The Halo’s secret weapon is the Google Jump platform that it’s built on.

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VRScout

APRIL 11, 2017

AMD has acquired Austin, TX-based wireless chip maker Nitero — their IP as well as their team. IS GOOGLE WORKING ON A VR MUSIC APP? Their recent partnership with Snapchat lets you Shazam song from your friends’ snaps, and Snap, Inc. is also a company focused on AR development. AMD Wants To Go Wireless. SMURFS IN MIXED REALITY!!!

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Hypergrid Business

JANUARY 27, 2018

This is in addition to using mainstream media including social media pages like Facebook and Google Plus since it is where most people get information. For instance, everyone in OSgrid knows there will always be a show and a crowd at the club every Sunday at 2 p.m.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 1, 2016

A couple of years ago we built a cinematic VR camera rig for Google that Justin Lin used to produce Help!, Additionally, moviegoers will see a national theatrical roll-out of the experience at AMC theaters in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Austin, and New York City between Dec. which won the Gold Lion for VR at Cannes this year.

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EnterpriseWear

JULY 3, 2018

and The Predictive Digital Model” this October in Austin at EWTS 2018! S : All sorts of ways: Connecting with folks at events like EWTS or AWE, through industry organizations, with Google alerts, and by benchmarking and sharing tech with other organizations. This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.

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Ryan Schultz

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Google considers LLM-based ad landing pages to be spam, but seems unable or unwilling to detect and penalize it. [ . … OpenAI’s AI-powered text generators fueled a lot of the hype around AI — but the real-world use case for large language models is overwhelmingly to generate content for spamming. [

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VeeR VR

DECEMBER 18, 2018

You can download VeeR VR in your Oculus , Samsung Gear VR , HTC Vive , Windows Mixed Reality , Google Daydream , Steam VR and Lenovo Mirage Solo to watch amazing VR content. Venue: Austin, Texas, United States. Google I/O : Google’s annual developer conference. SXSW-South by Southwest. Date: March 11-13, 2019.

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VeeR VR

DECEMBER 6, 2017

& 13-15, 2018 Venue: To be announced South by Southwest is an annual conglomerate of film, interactive media, and music festivals and conferences that take place in mid-March in Austin, Texas, United States. It began in 1987, and has continued to grow in both scope and size every year. Here's SXSW's full schedule for VR/AR sessions.

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Leapmotion

JANUARY 1, 2015

While in the neighborhood filming Takei’s Take in Austin, the incomparable George Takei swung by the studio to try Shark Punch – an underwater virtual reality experience that enables you to, well, you get the idea. While we love to chart new territory, the monthly SFHTML5 meetup at Google SF holds a special place in our hearts.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MAY 6, 2017

Owen Mahoney, CEO of Nexon, was wedged in between virtual reality speakers like Sweeney, Kim Pallister, and Austin Grossman and Gary Whitta of Hollywood on the other. But that’s OK, because diversity of viewpoints is a healthy thing. We all need our Klingons, our speaker suggested.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 14, 2020

and Waze and Yelp and Google Maps. Michael: Oh, we have offices in Austin and Seattle. and Waze and Yelp and Google Maps. The reason why we say we're a computer vision company is that computer vision is like G.P.S. for your camera. So think about all the times you use G.P.S. Alan: Well, that's a great way to think about it.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 14, 2020

and Waze and Yelp and Google Maps. Michael: Oh, we have offices in Austin and Seattle. and Waze and Yelp and Google Maps. The reason why we say we're a computer vision company is that computer vision is like G.P.S. for your camera. So think about all the times you use G.P.S. Alan: Well, that's a great way to think about it.

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Mashable VR

APRIL 11, 2022

If not, it's probably because the character — played by Austin Nichols — only had a short two-episode stint in Season 2 before Tami laid into him for getting a little too close to her daughter. Full disclosure: We had to Google this man. Cons: Works for the worst people ever to set foot in Dillon 30. Hastings Ruckle.

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GizModo VR

APRIL 26, 2022

When it comes to spending (or losing ) obscene amounts of money, it’s never a good idea to bet against the military. While normal people struggled to make ends meet and adapt to stressful economic uncertainties presented by the pandemic’s lockdowns and restrictions worldwide, global militaries were making a killing. Read more.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 14, 2020

and Waze and Yelp and Google Maps. Michael: Oh, we have offices in Austin and Seattle. and Waze and Yelp and Google Maps. The reason why we say we're a computer vision company is that computer vision is like G.P.S. for your camera. So think about all the times you use G.P.S. Alan: Well, that's a great way to think about it.

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VeeR VR

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Projects must be viewable via Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Samsung Gear VR, or Google Cardboard. exhibiting a number of new-but-unknown feature films, documentaries, animations, and shorts that have gone on to significant box-office success and multiple Oscar nominations.

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