GizModo VR

MAY 7, 2021

It’s sunny and in the mid-70s in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama right now. Normally, that would be prime conditions for a swim in Davis Creek or Texas Creek. But right now, both are running black, full of thick wastewater runoff. Read more.

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GizModo VR

APRIL 8, 2021

Amazon reportedly pressured the United States Postal Service to expedite the installation of a mailbox outside of its Bessemer, Alabama warehouse ahead of a high-profile union vote, a move union supporters argue is a blatant tactic to intimidate employees. Read more.

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ARPost

DECEMBER 24, 2021

Trouble in Alabama. During their stop in Atlanta, the Freedom Riders learned that trouble was brewing in Alabama. When they arrived in Anniston, Alabama, the group was met with violence by members of the Ku Klux Klan, led by William Chappell. Members of the group were beaten. This event then gained widespread media attention.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Currently, Transfr is already working with Alabama’s AIDT, a workforce agency, and the Alabama Community College System to use its curriculum and Oculus Quest to provide skills training for careers that don’t require four-year degrees, such as automotive manufacturing, construction and other skilled trades.

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GizModo VR

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

A last-ditch attempt by Amazon to delay a vote on unionization at one of its larger warehouses has failed, paving the way for the first serious effort to organize workers at the tech giant since a failed attempt in Delaware in 2014. Read more.

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VRScout

JUNE 22, 2023

As a multi-user, non-interactive augmented reality (AR) piece, Colored explored the protest of Claudette Colvin who, at 15 years old, refused to give up a bus seat to a white passenger in Alabama just nine months before Rosa Parks did so.

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GizModo VR

OCTOBER 13, 2021

A Birmingham-based oil and gas producer called Diversified Energy has built its business model on buying up old, low-producing gas wells which are spewing out methane, reporting from Bloomberg shows. The wells are largely not very productive—thousands of them were producing no usable gas at all at the time of… Read more.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

You’ll be able to explore a few of the most impressive natural formations in the United States and Iceland, including Horseshoe Canyon, White Pocket, Mount Morrison, Mount Whitney, Alabama Hills, The Wave, Arches National Park, the North and South side of Death Valley National Park, Antelope Canyon, Crystal Crag, and Haifoss waterfall.

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GizModo VR

JANUARY 20, 2022

This week, a team at the University of Alabama said they were able to transplant two kidneys from a genetically modified pig into a brain-dead patient, a step beyond previous experiments that transplanted only one pig kidney. The Alabama doctors say the kidneys were able to function as expected and weren’t immediately… Read more.

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GizModo VR

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

While around 5,800 Amazon warehouse workers in Bessemer, Alabama vote on whether to unionize, Amazon has been trying to win over hearts and minds with a slew of ham-handed anti-union propaganda in their warehouse bathroom stalls, on their phones, and now on the Amazon-owned streaming service Twitch. Earlier this week,… Read more.

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GizModo VR

APRIL 19, 2021

A litany of allegations about Amazon’s anti-union offensive today comes from the Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union (RWDSU). After Amazon workers in Bessemer chose not to unionize by a 1,798 to 738 vote, the RWDSU has accused the company of offering workers an impossible choice: reject the union or lose… Read more.

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VRScout

MAY 5, 2021

According to Dorsch, SimX’s VR medical training program will be used at the new Special Operations Center for Medical Integration and Development (SOCMID); a collaboration between the University of Alabama-Birmingham and the U.S.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

The two XR companies had also come together before to create an AR experience centered around the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, which was an important setting for a number of major events in Black history leading up to the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Exploring Black History in Medicine.

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VRScout

JUNE 12, 2020

The Selma to Montgomery march was organized in response to the murder of Jimmie Lee Jackson , an African American veteran and civil rights activist who was unarmed, was beaten and then shot by Alabama State Troopers during what was supposed to be a peaceful voting rights march.

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GizModo VR

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Skywatchers in Georgia and Alabama were treated to a glorious light show this Tuesday when a rare earthgrazing meteor zoomed across the night sky. Read more.

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GizModo VR

AUGUST 13, 2021

A guy in Alabama had apparently used my account to buy an iPhone, and I needed to send over some details to dispute the charges. Earlier today, some random person with a random Los Angeles-based area code number called my phone with some terrible news: My Amazon account had been hacked. Read more.

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GizModo VR

APRIL 9, 2021

Amazon has won the first round in its fight to squash a union in its Bessemer, Alabama, warehouse. Hundreds of contested ballots remain, but Amazon has reached the minimum threshold of 1,608 “no” votes needed to prevent workers from joining the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU). The public count of… Read more.

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ARPost

MARCH 16, 2023

Transfr was also recognized for using VR training to enhance workforce development in areas such as career exploration in Alabama, Indiana, and Montana, and electrician training. This includes noteworthy industry firsts such as GameDriver ’s out-of-the-box automated testing solution, and Big Rock Creative’s VR-only comic book convention.

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GizModo VR

APRIL 28, 2021

We’ve heard allegations that it threatened Bessemer, Alabama, warehouse workers with shutting down the warehouse amid their attempt to unionize. A bootstrap Amazon unionization effort is underway in Staten Island, and lo and behold, Amazon is firing up the union-busting campaign early. Now it’s just dumping a crock of… Read more.

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GizModo VR

MARCH 1, 2021

Joe Biden has effectively endorsed ongoing unionization efforts at an Amazon facility in the state of Alabama and warned the e-commerce giant that its efforts to shut down the drive must involve “no intimidation, no coercion, no threats, no anti-union propaganda.” Read more.

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GizModo VR

AUGUST 3, 2021

An official at the National Labor Relations Board has recommended workers at Amazon’s Bessemer warehouse in Alabama be allowed to vote again on unionization after the formation of a union was rejected in April. At least that’s the claim being made by the Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union , which tried and… Read more.

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GizModo VR

APRIL 8, 2021

Breaking from Alabama: We are this much closer to learning the results of the historic union election at Amazon’s Bessemer, AL warehouse. The Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union (RWDSU) reports that the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has received 3,125 ballots. This means that a majority of about… Read more.

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GizModo VR

APRIL 2, 2021

A few people have asked me when we’re going to hear the results of the Bessemer, Alabama union election. The short answer is maybe next week. The long answer, factoring in appeals and litigation, is maybe months. Read more.

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GizModo VR

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Today, 5,800 Alabama warehouse workers have been sent mail-in ballots and can begin voting on whether to join the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU). At long last, Amazon has a unionization vote on its hands, the first and only since 2014. If they vote in favor, RWDSU will be the first union to gain… Read more.

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GizModo VR

MARCH 30, 2021

As Amazon employees in Bessemer, Alabama near a ballot count for their union election, Amazon is engaged in another sweep of last-ditch efforts to salvage the company’s reputation as a GREAT workplace and it made another thwarted attempt to micro-monitor the ballot count. All around, it’s a bad look for Amazon, but… Read more.

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Mashable VR

APRIL 1, 2022

Votes are currently being counted for a second Amazon unionization effort in Bessemer, Alabama. But perhaps now, those workers in favor of unionizing in Alabama have reason to hope. Those workers have organized under the Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union (RWDSU), not the independent ALU. Tweet may have been deleted.

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ARPost

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Alabama Hills. Key Features and Available Contents of the BRINK Traveler App. At the moment, users can explore the following locations with BRINK Traveler: Horseshoe Bend. White Pocket. Mount Morrison. Mount Whitney. Arches National Park. Death Valley National Park North & South. Slot Canyons. Crystal Crag. Háifoss Iceland.

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Mashable VR

MARCH 26, 2022

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.

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Digital Trends

JULY 18, 2020

The Artemis I adapter has been shipped from Alabama to Florida.

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TechCrunch VR

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Most notably, though, is Transfr’s recent work in Alabama. The company is behind a statewide initiative in Alabama where its software is being used in the community college system and industrial workforce commission for re-skilling purposes. Since March, Transfr’s customers have quadrupled.

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Mashable VR

APRIL 19, 2022

Both the unionization and Bryson's rehiring are notable given Amazon's controversial history of worker relations.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

The real Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama was the site of many civil rights marches, including those of Martin Luther King Jr’s march from Selma to Montgomery. Use of the bridge model engages participants by allowing them to metaphorically follow in the footsteps of figures such as Dr.

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VRScout

JULY 6, 2020

Fatboy Slim, Carl Cox, Noisia, Jamie Jones, Seth Troxler, Frank Turner, Alabama 3, and Coldcut; just some of the many many acts that performed live on stage as either a 2D green screen hologram or a custom 3D avatar. This ended up being more difficult than I thought, as there was plenty of incredible acts to catch.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s UAB’s Youth Safety Lab previously developed a 360-degree VR experience for Google Cardboard headsets in which children could practice road safety in the classroom. This isn’t the first VR program dedicated towards road safety, however.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The programme will include the following universities and their respective programmes: Stanford University and its Business School partnership with BodySwaps to learn soft skills Arizona State University to teach language skills in virtual environments New Mexico State University , who has applied VR to criminal justice for crime scene evaluations (..)

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Road to VR

APRIL 30, 2017

When I was in Alabama two months ago as part of my ‘Year of Travel’ challenge, one of the most powerful experiences for me was meeting Anthony Ray Hinton, a man who was exonerated and released after 30 years on death row.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

Watson and Clemson took on the University of Alabama in the most recent title game and, when facing the blitz from the defending champs in the final quarter, Watson completed 6 of 7 passes with two touchdowns. “I I didn’t know what to expect early on from (the VR), but it’s been great for us,” Clemson coach Dabo Swinney says.

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