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Amazon Says Those Twitter Accounts Are Fake, Which We Can All Agree On

GizModo VR

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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Transfr raises $12M Series A to bring virtual reality to manufacturing-plant floors

TechCrunch VR

Transfr’s core technology is its software. Transfr makes money by charging a software-as-a-service licensing fee to companies, which can go for up to $10,000 depending on the size of the workforce. Most notably, though, is Transfr’s recent work in Alabama. Since March, Transfr’s customers have quadrupled.

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2018 Highlights: Award-winning VR gloves, global customers, and a growing team

HaptX

Later in the year, Destin invited us to show off our new HaptX Gloves Development Kit with other YouTube stars in Huntsville, Alabama at the first-ever ThinkerCon. The software that powers our haptics. While our gloves garner the most attention, our software is the invisible force that makes them so powerful.

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The 2017 Virtual Reality Conference and Expo Schedule

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

Birmingham, Alabama. Virtual Reality Software & Technology (VRST) // November 8th – November 10th. SIGGRAPH // July 20th – August 3rd. Los Angeles, California. Registration: Exhibitor | Attendee. Sidewalk Film Festival // August 24th – August 28th. Registration: Exhibitor | Attendee. Paris, France.

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Instagram’s Kevin Systrom Talks Virtual Reality

VRWorld

The name of the project came through Kevin’s love for Bourbon and other spirits, mostly from Kentucky, Alabama and Tennessee. Systrom also said that his first idea didn’t worked out. Instagram came out of a project called Burbn. Today, this social media platform has over 400 million active users.

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This Degree Will Actually Land You a Job and Prepare You for the Future

EON Reality

Advanced Skills in Software Applications Development. Skills taught included: General knowledge in area of VR/AR projects. 3D Content Creation Process. Animation techniques for 3D interactive content. Logic in 3D interactive content development. Development of 3D applications for mobile devices. Immersive Systems Development Techniques.