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Pico Adds New Hires to Support US Expansion

XR Today - Virtual Reality

Over the weekend, Bytedance, the parent company of Tik Tok and owners of Pico, vendors of virtual reality (VR) headsets, announced major expansions toward western VR hardware distribution. Pico hired 40 new staff members to support its US expansion, working from offices in the Bay Area, Seattle, and San Diego.

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Creating Immersive Learning Experiences

Tech Trends VR

At its annual I/O Developer Conference in Mountain View, California Google announced the launch of Tour Creator , a new tool that easily allows anyone to create interactive content in Virtual Reality. As the technology progresses it will become more affordable and more integrated into our everyday lives.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.01.04): New Year’s Eve parties go virtual, Tundra to offer a Vive Tracker competitor, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Real concerts and public events are not possible anymore, so most of the singers are finding a new way to express themselves and are so experimenting with digital and virtual reality events. Talking about a purely digital event, the digital CGI show around the Space Needle in Seattle was surely beautiful. Some news on content.

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The 5 most important XR-related pieces of news from Google I/O 2023

The Ghost Howls

Immersive View for Routes will start to roll out in the coming months in 15 cities, including Amsterdam, Berlin, Dublin, Florence, Las Vegas, London, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Paris, San Francisco, San Jose, Seattle, Tokyo, and Venice.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

VRScout

GAP’s augmented reality dressing room, ZeniMax wins Oculus lawsuit, VR porn has a super creepy head camera, NYU combines VR and dance, the investment and funding wrapup, and much more… You can enjoy the full audio recording below: GAP ENVISIONS A FUTURE WITH AR DRESSING ROOMS. NYU VIRTUAL REALITY DANCE PROGRAM.

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The VR Job Hub: Valve, Valve and More Valve

Peter Graham

Generally, we try to go for a nice mix across the board of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) company vacancies. Seattle, WA. Seattle, WA. Seattle, WA. Seattle, WA. Seattle, WA. Seattle, WA. Seattle, WA. Seattle, WA. Seattle, WA. Seattle, WA.

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Top XR Stories of 2019

Tech Trends VR

Dairy farmers in Russia started testing Virtual Reality on their dairy cows. It goes beyond what a physical plaque could do,” says Hope Schroeder, a graduate who was part of Stanford’s augmented reality club, 4 AR/VR that developed the project. Virtual Worship. Cows Like VR Too. Sony’s Next Move. Valve’s Long Game.