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This All-Female Founders Pitch Event Was Held in VR

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A group of cartoon-looking androids, buzzing with anticipation, enter the large assembly hall. Cheryl Bayer // Living Popups (Los Angeles, CA) – interactive content and media company bringing together IC, AR/VR and EQ. It settles in next to another bot by the stage. Some are acquainted, others meet for the first time.

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VRLA’s John Root on AR, Privacy, & eSports in VR

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John Root co-founded VRLA with Cosmo Scharf in 2014 , and it has organically grown into a thriving VR event with over 10,000 attendees at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Saturday’s keynote will feature a live performance by Light Balance, the captivating dance group from “America’s Got Talent.”

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Austin’s Rapidly Growing VR Community

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Does Austin have the largest VR community outside of Los Angeles? I was familiar with Austin, Texas because of SXSW — having attended with my previous employer, Emblematic Group. In May 2017, Owlchemy Labs was acquired by Google. So does Austin have the largest VR community outside of Los Angeles?

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VRLA 2018 Returns; Keynote Lineup Announced

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The world’s largest VR & AR conference is back again May 4-5 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. VRLA also revealed that Saturday’s keynote will feature a live performance by Light Balance, the captivating dance group from “America’s Got Talent.” Katie Kelly, Head of Engagement, AltspaceVR / Microsoft.

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There Will Be No Proto Awards In 2017, Return Planned In 2018

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The event is organized by The Virtual Reality Foundation, which is composed of many of the same people behind the Virtual Reality Los Angeles conference and startup Mindshow. Apple’s eye-catching ARKit is on the verge of release alongside a series of Microsoft-backed VR headsets.

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Snagging Pearson’s AR assets and $1 million in cash, GIGXR is ready for its close up

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Meet GIGXR , the new owner of all of the assets of Pearson Immersive Learning Group , a subsidiary of the education and media publishing giant, Pearson. The group has intellectual property for virtual and augmented reality training programs for hospitals, nursing schools and universities, according to a statement.

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As UploadVR Turns 2 We Reflect On The First Full Year of Consumer VR

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The New York Times distributes more than 1 million Google Cardboard phone VR viewers to subscribers with the launch of The Displaced , a 360-degree video project focusing on children driven from their homes by war. Eye-tracking startup Eyefluence, which raises $14 million this month, is acquired about a year later by Google.