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How Virtual Reality (VR) Helps Companies During the Coronavirus Outbreak

InstaVR

But business impact has been substantial too — from Microsoft and Apple lowering financial projections to major conferences like Mobile World Congress and Facebook’s F8 being cancelled. . Companies like Apple and Microsoft are also having to look outside China for supply chain options now.

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Christopher Lafayette: Let’s build together an inclusive XR community

The Ghost Howls

I want companies to hire people that look like me that come from cities countries like east Oakland, Baltimore, Compton, Atlanta, Brazil, Detroit, Brooklyn, Nairobi, Zimbabwe, Johannesburg, New Orleans, and more. Have you ever walked into a crowded building and no one looked like you?

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10 Recent VR and AR Investments You Should Know About

VRScout

Steel Wool Studios , based in Oakland, CA and founded by former Lucasfilm, Telltale Games, and Pixar creatives, received $5M in Series A funding… entirely from HTC. This funding pushes NextVR to almost $120M raised in total, and their Executive Chairman Brad Allen summed it up well: “The U.S. is excited about VR. HTC FUNDS STEEL WOOL, SOLO.