The Ghost Howls

MAY 14, 2023

Last week, Google delivered its most important event of the year, the Google I/O. Of course, AI has been the star of the show , with the public release of Google Bard and the announcement of a new language model, but there have been also interesting pieces of news about XR.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 2, 2017

Edtech startup Nearpod has closed a $21 million Series B round led by Insight Venture Partners, Reach Capital, GSV Acceleration, Krillion Ventures and AGP Miami. schools have already adopted virtual reality into their curriculum. The company has now raised $30.2 million to further its reach across the education landscape.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 16, 2024

More info (HTC Face Tracking add-on — Road To VR) More info (HTC Face Tracking add-on — Upload VR) Google lays off people in the AR Hardware division Like many tech companies lately, Google is performing a round of layoffs in its hardware teams. This does not mean that Google is not still committed to AR, though.

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Cats and VR

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

The NFL and Google announced an expansion of their relationship that will allow fans around the world to see the NFL as never before in virtual reality. The first episode of the virtual reality series will be available to watch via the NFL channel on YouTube on Thanksgiving Day.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Virtual reality is enabling fans to watch their favorite teams from the point-of-view previously only reserved for Spike Lee, Jack Nicholson, or the coaches. NextVR is powering virtual reality broadcasts in the NBA and highlights in the NFL (Roger Goodell’s NFL is notoriously strict about content).

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 6, 2020

Mixing these two kinds of lenses and having the screen being not a traditional one, but a special laser-emitting screen , the result is the one of a virtual reality headset that is very thin, light, and comfortable. Google acquires North. Update your Quest and try them today! News worth a mention. Image by Torch).

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VeeR VR

MAY 2, 2018

Virtual reality is changing many industries around the world, and healthcare is one of the biggest adopters of VR encompassing surgery planning, phobia treatment, pain relief, robotic surgery, skills training, etc. Surgery Planning--Google Cardboard saves a baby. The world’s first surgery streamed in virtual reality.

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