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MIT Researchers Test Autonomous Drones Using VR Training Grounds

VRScout

Now, with a new a dawn in parcel transportation just beyond the horizon (see Amazon Prime Air ), engineers and developers have begun doubling-down on their efforts to develop more efficient autonomous quadcopters. If you want to push boundaries on how fast you can go and compute, you need some sort of virtual-reality environment.”.

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VirZOOM Partners With AMD to Bring VR Fitness Bikes to Locations Across the Globe

Road to VR

But thanks to virtual reality, there might be an exercise machine coming to your local gym or arcade that promises to gamify what many people not only find to be an existential commentary on their personal failings, but also a painfully boring experience. “Virtual reality brings new excitement to traditional fitness equipment.

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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. ConcertCue – Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); MIT Center for Art, Science & Technology. Exploring the Gallery Through Voice – Alley Interactive.

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NVIDIA GPU Technology Conference Officially Announced

VRWorld

and deep learning, virtual reality and self driving vehicles. GTC is the largest event of the year for developers, data scientists and executives in the fields of artificial intelligence, virtual reality and self-driving cars. The expectations for the conference are quite big, with the focus on A.I.

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Imagine XR Tomorrow; Build for XR Today, with PTC’s Mike Campbell

XR for Business Podcast

So PTC is a billion-dollar plus software company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. Basically, we invented a better mousetrap that allowed companies to create products virtually in 3D much faster and more effectively than ever before. So PTC is a billion-dollar plus software company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Imagine XR Tomorrow; Build for XR Today, with PTC’s Mike Campbell

XR for Business Podcast

So PTC is a billion-dollar plus software company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. Basically, we invented a better mousetrap that allowed companies to create products virtually in 3D much faster and more effectively than ever before. So PTC is a billion-dollar plus software company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Imagine XR Tomorrow; Build for XR Today, with PTC's Mike Campbell

XR for Business Podcast

So PTC is a billion-dollar plus software company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. Basically, we invented a better mousetrap that allowed companies to create products virtually in 3D much faster and more effectively than ever before. So PTC is a billion-dollar plus software company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.