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Educational VR Comes to Seattle’s Pacific Science Center

VRScout

Working out of a modest two-story house tucked away in a historic Hollywood neighborhood, Christian Bretz is giving me a demo of his Stonehenge VR experience, just days before he has to pack up everything and make the journey to the Pacific Science Center in Seattle. Bretz is one of those new breed of VR creators.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

VRScout

Did Seebright just release the augmented reality equivalent of Google Cardboard? In related news, the consumer version of the HTC Vive is now promised to be shipped within 72 hours of ordering as well as additional retail availability and demo locations.

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Valve, SMI and Tobii Preview VR’s Eye Tracking Future In HTC Vive

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It was just a simple tech demo but once my brain started getting accustomed to this new capability, I made a game out of seeing how quickly I could eliminate all the bottles by throwing the orb, recalling it the moment it collided, locking eyes on the next target and then immediately throwing it again.

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Power and Responsibility: Highlights from Microsoft Build

Tech Trends VR

Live from Seattle, Tech Trends scoops up all the tastiest bites from the #MSBuild2018 developer’s conference. “We We need to ask ourselves not only what computers can do, but what they should do,” said Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella in his opening keynote at Build. The era of the intelligent cloud and intelligent edge is upon us Click To Tweet.

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Exclusive: Here’s How Fantastic Contraption VR Devs Generated More Than $1 Million

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Other teams in this group include Survios ( which is funded by investors to the tune of $50 million ) and Owlchemy Labs ( acquired by Google ). They recall demos of Owlchemy’s Job Simulator, Google’s Tilt Brush and Valve’s early robot demo, each of which made excellent use of those hand controls.

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Top 37 VR Film Festivals to Attend in 2018

VeeR VR

Projects must be viewable via Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Samsung Gear VR, or Google Cardboard. Seattle International Film Festival Date: May 17 - June 10 The Seattle International Film Festival is the largest film festival in the United States, with more than 155,000 people attending each year. Follow YVRFF on social media.

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Meet & Greet in AR, with Spatial’s Jacob Loewenstein

XR for Business Podcast

Co-founder Anand Agarawala sold his previous startup, BumpTop — a 3D physics multi-touch desktop — to Google, and also demoed this in a TED Talk. ” After he gave his TED Talk on it, there’s interest from Apple, and Google ended up buying his company. It was around 2015, the first Hololens had come out.

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