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Amazon Lets Shoppers Donate to Anti-Abortion and Conversion Therapy Groups

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AmazonSmile, which launched in 2013, would seem to be one of the mega-corporation’s less overtly awful functions: it’s a simple service that adds a surcharge to Amazon purchases and donates it to a participating charity of a shopper’s choice. However, UK-based media organization openDemocracy has found among those… Read more.

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Niantic’s Latest AR Game Peridot Is One Of Its Best Yet

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Sort of… Pokémon GO creator Niantic has released a number of location-based augmented reality (AR) games since the launch of its first title, Google Ingress , back in 2013. Tamagotchi’s are back! This includes the now-defunct Harry Potter: Wizards Unite as well as the more recent Pikmin Bloom.

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VR Training Company Gemba Secures $18M Series A to Expand Enterprise Metaverse

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In 2017, Gemba grew out of executive training company The Leadership Network, which was founded in 2013 by CEO Nathan Robinson and Chairman Victor Lewis. Now the company is all-in with VR training platform Gemba, which also still holds masterclasses, albeit in virtual reality.

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10 best documentaries streaming now on Amazon Prime Video for when you need a good dose of reality

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Amazon Prime Video subscribers have an embarrassment of riches to sift through when they're hunting for their next focused look at a particular topic or subject. But here's a rundown of documentaries available on Amazon Prime Video that we're most excited about. No No: A Dockumentary (2013).

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Top 10 TV Shows that Feature Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality

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Rent or own it : Amazon 3. Rent or own it : YouTube | Google | iTunes | Vudu | Amazon Trending AR VR Articles: 1. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D | 2013?—?Present Rent or own it : ABC | Netflix | YouTube | iTunes | Vudu | Google | Amazon 6. Rent or own it : YouTube | Google | Vudu | Amazon 9.

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Bigscreen’s ‘VR Cinema’ Showing Interstellar, Star Trek, Transformers, & More This Month

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Star Trek Into Darkness (2013). Think of the service like renting a movie from Amazon, but you watch virtually in a public theater in the style of the movie. Star Trek Beyond (2016). Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011). Interstellar (2014). January 17th to 24th. Transformers: The Last Knight (2017). Ghost in the Shell (2017).

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Top 10 Movies that Got Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality Right

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Rent or own it : YouTube | iTunes | Vudu | Google Play | Amazon Prime Video 2. Rent or own it : YouTube | iTunes | Vudu | Google Play | Amazon Prime Video | Hulu Did you know the first virtual reality headset was created over 50 years ago? Rent or own it : YouTube | iTunes | Vudu | Google Play | Amazon Prime Video 4.