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Oculus Go Pre-order Page Hits Amazon, Best Buy Stocks Shelves

Road to VR

Oculus Go, the company’s upcoming standalone VR headset, may already be waiting in the wings at Amazon distribution centers—they’re certainly already on Best Buy shelves, as both retailers are gearing up for what appears to be an imminent launch.

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The Knight Foundation launches $750,000 initiative for immersive technology for the arts

TechCrunch VR

Exploring how conversational interfaces, like Amazon Alexa, can provide remote audiences with access to an exhibition experience at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Project lead: Shane Richey | Bentonville, Arkansas | @crystalbridges. Exploring the Gallery Through Voice – Alley Interactive. The Bass in VR – The Bass.

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Spatial raises $14M more for a holographic 3D workspace app, a VR/AR version of Zoom or Hangouts

TechCrunch VR

.” He also pointed out the development over at Amazon, where last month the company announced AWS Wavelength for ultra-low latency 5G computing at the edge, something that will have a direct impact on using and building the next generation of AR and VR headgear.

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Creating Virtual Scenarios to Train Soft Skills in XR, with Friends With Holograms’ Cortney Harding

XR for Business Podcast

This is something I have been talking a lot about recently, because I gave a talk on this at the Northwest Arkansas Tech Summit.VR You can buy it on Amazon, you can buy it at Best Buy. And we’ve seen that time and time and time again. It scales better than any other form of training out there. You can find it a lot of places.

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Creating Virtual Scenarios to Train Soft Skills in XR, with Friends With Holograms’ Cortney Harding

XR for Business Podcast

This is something I have been talking a lot about recently, because I gave a talk on this at the Northwest Arkansas Tech Summit.VR You can buy it on Amazon, you can buy it at Best Buy. And we’ve seen that time and time and time again. It scales better than any other form of training out there. You can find it a lot of places.

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Creating Virtual Scenarios to Train Soft Skills in XR, with Friends With Holograms' Cortney Harding

XR for Business Podcast

This is something I have been talking a lot about recently, because I gave a talk on this at the Northwest Arkansas Tech Summit.VR You can buy it on Amazon, you can buy it at Best Buy. And we've seen that time and time and time again. It scales better than any other form of training out there. because an Oculus Go costs $200.

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Getting Fit with a VR Toolkit, and Other XR Tips with VRd?j?’s Michael Eichenseer

XR for Business Podcast

Amazon Sumerian. I worked at a steel mill one time, and that was the backend of the IT wave was hitting that place, and that was an industrial complex in the middle of nowhere, Arkansas. You can dive in and start building for VR with almost a $300 laptop and an Oculus Go.

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