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Google Earth VR Adds Search and Oculus Rift Support

VRScout

It was six months ago when Google launched a VR version of Google Earth for the HTC Vive. And still to this day, Google Earth VR remains one of the best, if not the best, app experiences available in VR. An app with such a mass appeal like Google’s Tilt Brush, Earth VR lets you visit locations around the world in 3D.

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This All-Female Founders Pitch Event Was Held in VR

VRScout

These founders are a well-rounded group of leaders and entrepreneurs with a variety of focuses— from combining brain control interfaces with VR for wellness, to creating the world’s first search engine for immersive content, to using AR to accelerate skill sets and reduce costs in the construction industry. 8 She-EOs in a virtual pool.

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The Ghost Howls’s VR Week Peek (2019.26.11): Half-Life: Alyx revealed, Oculus Link out, XBox not considering VR and much more!

The Ghost Howls

The game will be optimized for working on the Valve Index and especially on its controllers. The price is $1200 , and together with the glasses, you will receive a computational unit that the glasses must be attached to to work and a 3 DOF controller. Google announces The Relightables. I really can’t wait…. News worth a mention.

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Tesla’s data advantage. Can Apple, or others, keep up?

Robert Scoble

I do too, and go even further than she does in studying this industry (I had the first ride in the first Tesla with Elon Musk and had the first video on YouTube of Google’s self-driving car, and have interviewed many in the industry, and also have a Twitter list of people and companies building autonomous cars ). Can Google match this?

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Using XR to Enhance the Hardhat, with Trimble’s Jordan Lawver

XR for Business Podcast

And we wanted to find a way that we could take the Hololens 2, and adapt it for use out in kind of safety controlled environment. And so mixed reality is allowing them to remotely — you could have an office in Toronto — remotely monitoring a mine in South Africa, sitting at their desk but wearing a device.

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Using XR to Enhance the Hardhat, with Trimble’s Jordan Lawver

XR for Business Podcast

And we wanted to find a way that we could take the Hololens 2, and adapt it for use out in kind of safety controlled environment. And so mixed reality is allowing them to remotely — you could have an office in Toronto — remotely monitoring a mine in South Africa, sitting at their desk but wearing a device.

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Using XR to Enhance the Hardhat, with Trimble's Jordan Lawver

XR for Business Podcast

And we wanted to find a way that we could take the Hololens 2, and adapt it for use out in kind of safety controlled environment. And so mixed reality is allowing them to remotely -- you could have an office in Toronto -- remotely monitoring a mine in South Africa, sitting at their desk but wearing a device.

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