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Amazon Shuts Down Construction Site in Connecticut After Several Nooses Found

GizModo VR

MAY 21, 2021

Amazon has shut down construction at a site in Windsor, Connecticut after several ropes tied up as nooses were found hanging from beams, according to a new report from USA Today. At least seven possible nooses have been found at the construction site since April 27. Read more.

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Star Wars Baby Yoda Unofficially Comes to Magic Leap via This Developer Experiment

Next Reality AR

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Using a free 3D model created and shared by Connecticut-based. Don't Miss: Magic Leap Wraps 2019 with Immersive Holiday Experience This week, independent developer Brandon Rosado whipped up an amazing (and unofficial) Baby Yoda experience for the Magic Leap One and shared it with the world.

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VR Training Program Teaches Underserved Population Soft Skills to Increase Their Employment Chances

ARPost

APRIL 20, 2021

This will allow the VR training program to expand beyond the state of Massachusetts, to the other five states where Viabilityoperates: Connecticut, Florida, New York, Oklahoma, and Rhode Island. The initiative of Viability could not have reached its full fruition without funds from the Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission.

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Bolsonaro Oversaw a Connecticut-Sized Chunk of Deforestation in the Amazon Last Year

GizModo VR

APRIL 8, 2021

Last year was a bad one around the world—but especially, it seems, in the Amazon rainforest. Deforestation in the Amazon rocketed up 17% last year, due in large part to increased logging, agriculture, mining, and wildfires, new data published Wednesday shows. Read more.

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Researchers Discover Security Flaws In Bigscreen VR App

VRScout

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

According to researchers based out of the University of New Haven in West Haven, Connecticut (go Chargers!), The Connecticut-based team has previously revealed detramental flaws in various other VR platforms, such as the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. The issues have since been addressed in a patch released by Bigscreen, Inc.

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Alex Jones Doesn't Want to Talk About White Supremacy

GizModo VR

JULY 14, 2022

In a Connecticut court document filed Wednesday, Jones’ legal team motioned to limit expert testimony on white supremacy and far-right extremism as part of an ongoing lawsuit against Jones in response to his comments surrounding the Sandy Hook… Read more. Alex Jones has a lot to say—just not on the topic of white supremacy.

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These Girls Just Wanted to Run; the Right Wanted a War

GizModo VR

MARCH 3, 2021

As a young girl in the small town of Cromwell, Connecticut, all Andraya Yearwood wanted to do was run. Born into a family that prized athleticism, she dabbled in soccer, basketball, football, and dance as a child. But one day in the sixth grade, she saw older students running around the track oval, and she was hooked.… Read more.

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Alex Jones Loses Sandy Hook Defamation Lawsuits for Refusing to Do the Bare Minimum

GizModo VR

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

InfoWars blowhard Alex Jones has lost another set of defamation lawsuits brought by the targets of his bogus conspiracy theories about the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, this time in Connecticut. Read more.

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EON REALITY AND MANCHESTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE PARTNER TO BRING AI-DRIVEN XR EDUCATION TO STUDENTS

EON Reality

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

As one of the largest community colleges in Connecticut, Manchester Community College is well-known for its commitment to academic excellence, community engagement, and technology-rich learning spaces. The EON AI Assistant will be instrumental in creating, distributing, and assimilating knowledge across various disciplines.

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Tony Hsieh, Former Zappos CEO and Las Vegas Visionary, Dies After Being Injured in House Fire

GizModo VR

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

He died after sustaining injuries from a fire at his home in New London, Connecticut, his attorney Puoy Premsrirut told the Wall… Read more. Tony Hsieh, a Las Vegas visionary and the former CEO of Zappos who rocketed the online shoe retailer to the big leagues with its billion-dollar sale to Amazon, has died at the age of 46.

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Christopher Plummer, Acting Legend and Qo'noS' Finest Shakespearean, Has Died

GizModo VR

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

It happened at his home in Connecticut with his wife of 53 years, Elaine Taylor, by his side. Christopher Plummer, one of the greatest actors of all time, has passed away at the age of 91. Read more.

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Wow, Comcast Actually Did Something

GizModo VR

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

This covers customers in Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, New York,… Read more. Comcast will hold off on charging its customers in the Northeast for going over their data caps until July 2021, Attorney General of Pennsylvania Josh Shapiro announced today.

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HoloLens Exhibit Teleports You to the Tundra of Arctic Alaska

VRScout

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Connecticut naval museum Mystic Seaport is opening an exhibit that uses Microsoft’s HoloLens mixed reality headset to let guests walk into a tundra through holograms and spatialized sound. ” Murmur: Arctic Realities will run from January to April at the Collins Gallery at Mystic Seaport in Stonington, Connecticut.

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When Video Chat Is the Only Thing Holding Your Family Together

GizModo VR

JULY 1, 2020

In Oropeza’s home-state of Connecticut, visitation between families and children in the… Read more. Lizmarie Oropeza imagined that when her 17-month old foster son, Caden, hit his milestones—pointing, learning to walk, speaking his first words—his biological family would be able to celebrate alongside her. Then coronavirus hit.

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Turn-key VR Training System ‘SimSpray’ Looks to Lower Costs for Commercial Spray Painters

Road to VR

JUNE 11, 2018

VRSim , a Connecticut-based startup, offers its enterprise-level VR turn-key solution with touch-screen monitor, capable PC, a modified Oculus Rift headset with tracking provided by Sixense , and a SimSpray spray gun with appropriate buttons that touts haptic feedback to simulate real equipment.

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EON REALITY AND MANCHESTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE PARTNER TO BRING AI-DRIVEN XR EDUCATION TO STUDENTS

EON Reality

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

As one of the largest community colleges in Connecticut, Manchester Community College is well-known for its commitment to academic excellence, community engagement, and technology-rich learning spaces. The EON AI Assistant will be instrumental in creating, distributing, and assimilating knowledge across various disciplines.

Education

Education Head Mounted Display Virtual Reality Connecticut

Global Festival Promotes Artistic VR Experiences

ARPost

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

It will be followed by events at one location in Canada (Toronto), seven in the US (Connecticut, Los Angeles, South Carolina, NYC, Brooklyn, Seattle, and Boston), one in China (Shanghai), and two in Australia (Melbourne and Sydney).

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Timex Goes Ape with BAYC Web3 Phygital Partnership

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 1, 2022

The Middlebury, Connecticut-based firm will issue 500 watches and NFT digital twins for the phygital project, with watches set for delivery in the second quarter (Q2) of 2023.

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Sen. Chris Murphy begs Congress for gun control in impactful speech

Mashable VR

MAY 25, 2022

Connecticut Democratic Senator Chris Murphy asked his colleagues repeatedly, in an impassioned speech on the Senate floor on Tuesday, begging them to pass legislation to stop the nation's gun violence crisis. What are we doing?"

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How Can Augmented Reality Improve Children’s Books?

ARVR

JUNE 27, 2020

ARSOME Technology is an Augmented & Virtual Reality company based in Manchester, Connecticut. AR brings a factor of creativity and exploration to an already fun and educational format. How will you take advantage of this exciting technology in your books?

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Facebook steps into cloud gaming — and another feud with Apple

TechCrunch VR

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Facebook is rolling out access to the new service, which is free, this week across a handful of states in America, including California, Texas, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Washington, D.C., Virginia and West Virginia.

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Microsoft Now Hosts Free HoloLens Demos Across US & Canada

Road to VR

JULY 15, 2018

Connecticut. San Francisco, Westfield San Francisco Centre. Santa Clara, Westfield Valley Fair. Broomfield, FlatIron Crossing. Denver, Cherry Creek Mall. Lone Tree, Park Meadows Mall. Danbury, Danbury Fair Mall. Farmington, Westfarms. Newark, Christiana Mall. Aventura, Aventura Mall. Boca Raton, Town Center at Boca Raton.

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3 Ways Museums Can Benefit From AR Usage

ARVR

MARCH 16, 2021

ARSOME Technology is an Augmented & Virtual Reality company based in Manchester, Connecticut. The steps are there, these institutions just need to take them. Looking to add AR to the museum experience? Contact ARSOME Technology today.

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Apple's digital ID is finally here, and so are the privacy concerns

Mashable VR

MARCH 23, 2022

Up next, according to Apple, are Colorado, Hawaii, Mississippi, Ohio, Puerto Rico, Connecticut, Georgia, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Oklahoma, and Utah. "We look forward to working with many more states and the TSA to bring IDs in Wallet to users across the US."

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We need to properly gush over that 'Marvelous Mrs. Maisel' Wonder Wheel scene

Mashable VR

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

In the 2006 episode, Rory, Lorelai, Emily, and Richard have a variety of mini arguments all around the Connecticut home. Get the Gilmores tickets to the Wonder Wheel and sit the Maisel/Weissman gang down to a Friday night dinner. They'd duke it out like the best of 'em, so long as Sherman-Palladino is wielding the pen.

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Aquinas Training releases new VR “microsimulation” platform

VRWorld

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Connecticut-based continuous learning software company Aquinas Training has this week unveiled their new Microsimulation Engine. Recently demonstrated at the NYVR Expo, the software simulates the types of pressures individuals experience in high-stress business presentation environments, such as boardrooms or auditoriums.

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How can Augmented Reality Improve the Food Industry Post-Coronavirus?

ARVR

AUGUST 3, 2020

ARSOME Technology is an Augmented & Virtual Reality company based in Manchester, Connecticut. Interested in bringing Augmented Reality to your restaurant or food business? Visit ARSOME.com and schedule a consultation to discuss the options.

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The perfect date: Happy April 25, 'Miss Congeniality' fans

Mashable VR

APRIL 25, 2022

The April 25, 2022, forecast for Connecticut predicts a low of 46 and a high of 57, which feels like some solid light jacket potential to me. Be sure to check your local weather for your personalized forecast, and when in doubt, just spend your April 25 inside, rewatching Miss Congeniality.

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TSMC: We have 50% of All EUV Installations, 60% Wafer Capacity

Anand Tech

AUGUST 27, 2020

I still have an invite to visit one of their EUV machine factories in Connecticut, which when the COVID mess is all over I intend to follow up on. One thing is for sure however, ASML is sitting pretty right in the middle with a monopoly on everything. It should be exciting. Related Reading.

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How Are US Regulators Affecting Big Tech’s XR Plans?

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 25, 2023

Attorney generals from eight states—California, Colorado, Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Tennessee, and Virginia—have joined the litigation. According to the lawsuit, Google earns roughly 80 percent of its earnings from advertising. If successful, the suit could significantly reduce Google’s key revenue streams.

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EON Reality Presents at Nordic VR Forum

EON Reality

OCTOBER 29, 2018

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OCTOBER 1, 2018

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Scale Learning and Teaching for the Online Classroom

EON Reality

MAY 28, 2020

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The 2017 Virtual Reality Conference and Expo Schedule

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FEBRUARY 3, 2017

Stamford, Connecticut. Virtual Reality Evolution // February 16. London, England. Registration: Exhibitor | Attendee. Northeast Virtual Reality Conference // February 16th – February 17th. Registration: Information Not Yet Available. Design, Innovate, Communicate, Entertain) Summit // February 21st – February 23rd.

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