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Training for the Future: AR Marketing Course at Brock University in Canada

ARPost

JULY 27, 2020

Future marketing specialists can start their career specializing in the latest technologies thanks to a new AR marketing course offered by Brock University in Canada. Why the Need for an AR Marketing Course? For professor Scholz, there is a real need for this specific course in the academic field.

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Microsoft Now Hosts Free HoloLens Demos Across US & Canada

Road to VR

JULY 15, 2018

Microsoft Stores across the US and Canada are now hosting free HoloLens demos, so you can finally see what the hubbub is all about. California. The post Microsoft Now Hosts Free HoloLens Demos Across US & Canada appeared first on Road to VR. Here’s the full list of the participating Microsoft Stores: UNITED STATES.

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California smashed an unenviable winter climate record

Mashable VR

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

At nearly 6,900 feet up in California's Sierra Nevada, researchers are diligently watching the snow. The historic Central Sierra Snow Lab, run by the University of California, Berkeley, has collected snow and weather information continuously in these mountains since 1957. This water tends to miss California. It's natural.

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Sony’s New 3D Display Doesn’t Require Any Glasses

VRScout

APRIL 4, 2023

The device will be available for $5,000 this May in the United States and Canada. The ELF-SR2 will also make an appearance at the Augmented World Expo (AWE) taking place May 31-June 2 in Santa Clara, California. Those in attendance at the upcoming NAB Show later this month in Las Vegas, Nevada can check it out in person.

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Save the Date for the Most Important XR Events in Q3 and Q4 2022

ARPost

JULY 28, 2022

Where: Vancouver, Canada. With 27 cities across 11 countries, including the US, the UK, Canada, Singapore, and Australia, the TECHSPO series are excellent XR events for companies to showcase their gadgets and solutions and for enthusiasts to experience the latest immersive technologies. Where: San Diego, California, the US.

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Smoke from Western Wildfires Is Clouding Skies on the East Coast

GizModo VR

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

The smoke from the fires out West , which has choked residents of California, Washington, and Oregon and painted the skies a haunting orange color, is absolutely everywhere. It’s blown thousands of miles east, and is now clouding up skies as far away as parts of New England, parts of Canada, and even Europe. Yes, you… Read more.

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What is Canon’s Kokomo ImmersiveCalling Solution?

XR Today - Virtual Reality

MAY 2, 2023

Canon recently opened early access to its Kokomo ImmersiveCalling platform in Canada and the United States for the Meta Quest 2. Unveiled in mid-April, Canon’s latest solution follows developments from the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2022 in Las Vegas.

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Applications for Oculus Launch Pad Developer Program Now Open

Road to VR

AUGUST 3, 2019

” Launch Pad 2019 is slated to begin on September 22nd, 2019 and starts with a two-day boot camp in San Jose, California. Unfortunately, Launch Pad 2019 is only open to legal residents and those physically located in the United States or Canada. Oculus says the program will include “up to 100 professionals.”

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Meta Upgrades Ray-Ban Stories with WhatsApp Support

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JULY 15, 2022

To date, Stories are only available in select countries, including the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Belgium, Austria, Ireland, Italy, France, Australia, and Spain, with further plans for expansion. Customers can visit to try on the new glasses as well as test Quest 2 headsets and Portal home kit.

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The 2017 Virtual Reality Conference and Expo Schedule

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

Culver City, California. San Francisco, California. Moscone Center; San Francisco, California. San Francisco, California. Los Angeles, California. San Jose Convention Center; San Jose, California. LA Convention Center; Los Angeles, California. Los Angeles, California. VR Now // February 13th.

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Top XR Events in 2021 That Should Be on Your Must-Attend List

ARPost

JULY 23, 2021

If you can’t travel to China for AWE Asia, you can attend the event at home, in sunny California. Clément Gosselin from Université Laval in Quebec, Canada; Prof. When: November 9 – November 11. Where: Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, CA. Dr. Rolf Drechsler from the University of Bremen, Germany.

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CraneMorley and SoCalGas Win Summit Award!

CraneMorley

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

The HoloLens has proven to be a valuable addition to our arsenal,” stated Ron Christie, manager gas operations training for SoCalGas in California. We are rapidly adopting new technologies and software applications with the goal of improving productivity and safety of our workforce.

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Essential XR Collaboration Events for Your Calendar in 2022

XR Today - Virtual Reality

MAY 31, 2022

August 8-11 th , 2022, Vancouver, Canada. October 18-20, 2022, San Diego, California. If you’re looking for an opportunity to learn more about how the two concepts can work together to improve your team’s productivity levels, this is the event for you. Siggraph 2022. Augmented Enterprise Summit.

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8th Annual Lumiere Awards For Creative Filmmaking Expands VR Categories

VRScout

JANUARY 30, 2017

Studios in Hollywood, California, The 8th annual Lumiere Awards will honour an impressive amount of influencers in the arts and technologies of 3D, HDR, VR, AR and 360-degree content. The Advanced Imaging Society and The VR Society’s 8th Annual Lumiere Awards takes place February 13, 2017 in Hollywood, California.

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Sandbox VR to Debut LBVR-Based Squid Game Challenge

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

The San Francisco, California-based enterprise hosts six bespoke experiences from major movie titles and in-house intellectual property (IP). Big thanks goes out to the Netflix Live Experiences team for their trust in us. It features automated calibration and VKX cameras with strobeless, 7-megapixel resolutions and 380 frames per second.

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Meta Quest Pro Hits Store Shelves

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Storefronts across the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and France have begun selling the device to customers. According to the Menlo Park, California-based firm’s Developer State of the Union address , the Quest ecosystem has earned more than $1.5 Full-colour passthrough via Meta’s Presence Platform.

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‘Oculus Launch Pad’ Is Silently Populating The VR Content Pool

VRScout

OCTOBER 23, 2018

’ “Some of my team members were based in Singapore, India, Canada, Hong Kong, and New York, while I was working from California,” Chen continued. In fact, Chen was so passionate about her project that she didn’t let time differences or communication overhead stop her from organizing it.

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Here's how out of whack Earth's climate is today

Mashable VR

APRIL 16, 2022

Without these human activities, carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere would naturally be below 300 parts per million, or ppm, like they have for at least some 800,000 years, explained Murat Aydin, a research scientist at the University of California, Irvine, who researches atmospheric gases. That's really big," Aydin told Mashable.

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The VRScout Report – HTC Vive Drops $200, Clash of Clans in AR, & VR Mind Control

VRScout

AUGUST 22, 2017

The report also looks to regions like Canada, Central/Eastern Europe, and Western Europe to be the fastest-growing areas, and also says the US is be the largest in terms of spending total—at least in 2017. Emeryville, California-based immersive ad company Immersv announced $10.5M INVESTMENT & FUNDING WRAPUP. in funding.

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Top 29 VR/AR Events, Expos and Conferences to Attend in 2019

VeeR VR

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Venue: Moscone Center, San Francisco, California, United States. Venue: Santa Clara, California, United States. Venue: Los Angeles, California, United States. Venue: Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, California, United States. VRTO : Toronto, Canada-based AR and VR expo. GDC - Game Developers Conference.

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Here is what Virtually Live’s social VR app looks like

VRWorld

AUGUST 20, 2017

Take the most recent Formula E race in Montreal, Canada. The California-headquartered management’s gameplay stays open to existing and new upcoming viewing devices (be it in augmented reality, mixed reality or virtual reality) by continuing to create content cross-platform and being agnostic in that respect.

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Top 7 VR Ambisonic Classical Music Concerts

VeeR VR

DECEMBER 26, 2017

Los Angeles Philharmonic Association [link] The Los Angeles Philharmonic (LA Phil) is an American orchestra based in Los Angeles, California. The orchestra undertook its first overseas tour of the United States and Canada in 1964. Check out our list of best VR orchestras!

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The Photos That Show Everything Wrong With Our Current Moment

GizModo VR

AUGUST 25, 2021

The Caldor Fire is California’s latest megafire in a wildfire season from hell. It’s among a number of unchecked blazes, but this one hits slightly different because it’s encroaching on the Lake Tahoe basin. Read more.

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After 6 Years in Person & 3 Remote, Why is Meta Connect Still Not Held in VR?

Road to VR

AUGUST 3, 2023

Engineers, designers, and creatives from around the world made pilgrimage to the California-based event, becoming one of the premier venues for the VR developer community to rub elbows, pitch projects, and grok new hardware. Statistically, most people on planet Earth don’t live in those countries.

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Digital Twins: XR Today Expert Roundtable

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 18, 2023

Canada, and Mexico. For the Orlando Regional Digital Twin, we chose to work with San Francisco, California, USA-based Unity Technologies as the lead technology partner for the project. Lowe’s is aiming to create hyper-personalized and hyper-localized shopping experiences for its customers in the U.S.,

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Top 37 VR Film Festivals to Attend in 2018

VeeR VR

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Follow BIFF on social media: Cinequest Film & VR Festival Date: February 27 - March 11 The Cinequest Film Festival is an annual independent film festival held each March in San Jose, California. In 2017 the festival was rebranded as the Cinequest Film & VR Festival and expanded beyond downtown San Jose to Redwood City, California.

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VRTO Reinvents the Tech Conference

VRScout

JULY 12, 2016

Brett Leonard , director of Lawnmower Man (the first film to feature virtual reality) and a host of other exciting upcoming media, shared his “5 Laws of VR,” what he learned from an accidental meeting with Joseph Campbell on the Northern California coast, and how VR is a female medium.

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Crytek-Incubated ‘VR First’ Program to Double Number of Academic VR/AR Labs in 2017

Road to VR

APRIL 13, 2017

California State University Monterey Bay, USA. Carleton University, Canada. University of Southern California (USC), USA. Vancouver Film School, Canada. image courtesy VR First. VR First Institutions (including new openings). Aalborg University Copenhagen, Denmark. Academy of Art San Francisco, USA.

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One Part Geek, One Part Chic: XR Fashion with Electric Runway CEO Amanda Cosco

XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

I mean, obviously, Canada; we have second hand stores and stuff like that. Amanda: So there’s a company called Drawsta out of California — I can’t remember specifically where — but she’s working on a number of augmented reality T-shirts. Alan: Wow, I didn’t know that. Amanda: Yeah.

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One Part Geek, One Part Chic: XR Fashion with Electric Runway CEO Amanda Cosco

XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

I mean, obviously, Canada; we have second hand stores and stuff like that. Amanda: So there’s a company called Drawsta out of California — I can’t remember specifically where — but she’s working on a number of augmented reality T-shirts. Alan: Wow, I didn’t know that. Amanda: Yeah.

Augmented Reality

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One Part Geek, One Part Chic: XR Fashion with Electric Runway CEO Amanda Cosco

XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

I mean, obviously, Canada; we have second hand stores and stuff like that. Amanda: So there's a company called Drawsta out of California -- I can't remember specifically where -- but she's working on a number of augmented reality T-shirts. Alan: Wow, I didn't know that. Amanda: Yeah. Alan: That's crazy. Amanda: Yes, certainly.

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Facebook ads have a problem. It's called digital redlining.

Mashable VR

MAY 3, 2022

It's how The Greenlining Institute , a California-based organization that works to fix digital redlining, describes the practice of internet companies failing to provide infrastructures for service — such as broadband internet — to lower-income communities, as it's seen as less profitable to do so. It can happen online, too.

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The 21 best binge-worthy podcasts that tell one hell of a story

Mashable VR

MAY 18, 2022

What it's about: In 2018, a car carrying the six adopted Black children of a white lesbian couple was found crashed at the bottom of a cliff on California Highway 1. What's more damning, she dives into the California music scene whose stars — like Beach Boy Dennis Wilson — were foolish enough to invite him in.

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ANNOUNCEMENT and Why the Tesla Humanoid Robot Matters

Robert Scoble

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Once cars start driving without a human in the car, something that GM’s Cruise, Waymo (spun out of Google), and others are already doing in San Francisco, California and Phoenix, Arizona, then the car can bring other robots AND let the robots be shared among a number of different houses, which defrays their cost.

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An oral history of competitive meditation

Mashable VR

APRIL 5, 2022

Or maybe an investigation into performance-enhancing drugs: Could the stoners of newly legal California out-meditate the alcohol users? Zoom-based experiments continued with Therese and Paul’s friend in Canada, Youseff, joining in, the birds flew, and I wondered how large teams could get by March 2023. And then what?

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EON Reality recognized as Top 100 Company Supporting Education Excellence by OCBJ and IPSF

EON Reality

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Students in Orange County, California and across the globe will pave the way for an educational evolution that is all made possible by EON Reality’s AVR Solutions. CONTACT US. Job Title * Email *. Wallis and Futuna Western Sahara Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe.

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