Sun.Mar 10, 2019

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Banishing Your Nightmares with VR

Tech Trends VR

New research shows how immersive technology can help patients treat recurring nightmare syndrome. In the US, between 1/2 and 2/3 of children and up to 15% of adults have frequent nightmares, and this has serious clinical effects for sufferers, including not only distress, but chronic loss of sleep and generalized anxiety. Yet access to effective treatment for the condition is still a problem.

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What we learned about Spatial Computing by visiting Niantic, the #1 mobile Augmented Reality business

Robert Scoble

You know Pokemon-Go, right? It has hundreds of millions of users. It’s the number one most-used example of mobile AR that’s out there. It was built by Niantic Labs , a company that was started by the team behind Google Earth. So, to kick off the video series that our new Spatial Computing Agency, Infinite Retina , will do with business leaders in the space, we visited Niantic to talk with Ross Finman.

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Bugsy’s VR Musical Experience Calls Out Gender-Based Hypocrisy

VRScout

Bugsy’s latest music video shows how creative, unsettling, and feminine VR can be. Warning: strong language ahead. Bugsy, an up-and-coming pop musician with a unique sound, has partnered with Making360, a VR service and platform that creates an immersive experience for brands and artists to create a new VR music boy for her single, “Fuckboy.” “Fuckboy” opens with Bugsy and a chorus of women appearing and singing all around the user from an idyllic extraterrestrial atmosphere.

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