Road to VR

OCTOBER 31, 2018

Now, the company has shut down their last remaining New York location, and has said they won’t be investing any more into VR during 2019. As reported by Variety , IMAX says the closure at AMC Kips Bay in New York comes as the conclusion of a pilot test. Only four centres remain: Toronto, LA, Bangkok and Manchester.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

The new update brings Street View imagery from 85 countries. Last year Google launched a VR version of Google Earth , letting you visit locations around the world in 3D. Some of my first visits with the new update included dropping in on a couple featured locations like the Colosseum in Rome and the busy streets of New York.

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JUNE 10, 2019

Available via the App Store and Google Play, the app, along with an accompanying documentary released on. Snapchat isn't the only tech company transforming landmarks with augmented reality for Pride Month.

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OCTOBER 9, 2018

While there wasn’t much news on the VR front from Google at today’s New York hardware event except from learning that the new Pixel 3 and Pixel 3XL are compatible with Daydream View VR headsets, Google did introduce a new slate augmented reality (AR) stickers that will have you taking selfies with Iron Man.

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JANUARY 13, 2022

A proposed law in New York would cut down on law enforcement’s ability to use controversial surveillance tactics—including warrants that can clandestinely target you because of your search engine history or nab your location data without you knowing. Read more.

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OCTOBER 4, 2016

During a press event on Tuesday, Google finally revealed their Daydream View VR headset, a lightweight VR headset that will be compatible with Daydream Ready phones. The Daydream View headset was announced along with Google’s new Pixel phone in San Francisco, which is the first phone to be Daydream Ready.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

Why The New York Times Sent it’s Readers 1.3 Million Google Cardboards Last November Google Launched NYT VR with the distribution of one millionGoogle Cardboards to it’s print readers alongside the NYT VR App, because of the immense traction it got, they sent out another 300,000 Cardboards to select digital subscribers.

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GizModo VR

AUGUST 13, 2021

Sonos just won a small victory in its battle against Google. According to the New York Times , a trade judge has ruled preliminarily in favor of the speaker maker, saying that Google should not import products that violate Sonos’s intellectual property. Read more.

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Next Reality AR

MARCH 6, 2019

Augmented reality is having a similar moment right now, with Google's Arts & Culture department publishing a new Big Bang AR experience based on research from the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) arriving about two months after the AR feature from The New York Times profiling the Large Hadron Collider.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2022

This week, Google is rolling out a long-awaited update for its Maps service, integrating augmented reality (AR) navigation visualizations, search functions, and immersive retail tools, 9 to 5 Mac reported. The software giant first previewed Google Maps Live View’s AR functions in September.

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GizModo VR

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Just three years ago, a historic Google worker protest forced the company to abandon a major AI military contract. That’s according to a recent New York Times report which unearthed details around a contract known as the “Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability,” which aims… Read more.

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MAY 26, 2022

Similar to Google Maps’ Live View , users can use their smartphone’s camera to follow a series of virtual arrows leading to their desired location without having to take their eyes off the street. At the time of this writing, Tokyo is the only area in Japan to have reportedly received support. Image Credit: Alta Distance.

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APRIL 24, 2017

Taking place at the Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, California, Google I/O is an outdoor developer festival that lasts for three days. On May 17th – 19th, there will be hands-on learning, tech keynotes, and insight on Google’s latest developer products in the 2nd annual event.

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Road to VR

APRIL 30, 2018

Go Guess (2018) is a new interactive VR quiz game from developers Oblix that tosses you into Google 360 captures and makes you to guess where you are. Google opened up its treasure trove of 360 Street View captures to developers late last year, although there was a proviso for developing apps and games with the data: it had to be free.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

billion in 2019, with many billions more being invested in R&D by the likes of Facebook, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and many more. As of November 2020, they’re hiring for both New York and San Francisco positions. The New York Times (Research & Development).

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GizModo VR

JUNE 16, 2020

As more states and cities explore reopening amid the coronavirus pandemic, Apple and Google have struggled to keep up with the flood of third-party contact-tracing apps in their respective app stores. Now, New York Attorney General Letitia James is urging both companies to impose stricter protections for consumers. Read more.

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DECEMBER 11, 2016

There are very few places more spectacular than New York City during the holidays. The post Google Debuts VR Tour of New York’s Famous Festive Store Windows appeared first on VRScout. Take a virtual stroll past festive window displays and get swept up in all the holiday goodness. Don’t have a headset? No worries!

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FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Google Earth VR. presented Google Earth VR with the Century Award for VR in service of environmental enrichment. Google Earth VR turns much of the world into a digital playground that you can fly or teleport around in immersive 3D space. Longtime Hollywood environmental activist, Ed Begley Jr. Ghostbusters . Dear Angelica.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2021

A New York Times report maintains that Meta has been planning its own retail stores that aim to eventually span the world. The report cites people with knowledge of the project in addition to internal company documents shared with The New York Times.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2017

The Vive experience will debut at New York Comic-Con. The first taste of the VR experience is already available for Google Cardboard as part of a promotional demo in partnership with Gillette. Located at the Javits Center, New York Comic Con runs from October 5 through October 8. Outrace your enemies as Batman. .

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JUNE 16, 2021

Google first-ever permanent brick-and-mortar store opens in Manhattan, New York City, on Thursday, June 17. Take a look inside.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2016

Google’s Daydream View VR headset comes to stores November 10th. But if you’re in the New York area and want to try the headset before you buy it in retailers like Verizon and Best Buy, you can stop by Google’s pop-up shop in the heart of SoHo. Canada: Bell, Rogers, Telus, Best Buy; $99 (CAD).

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DECEMBER 7, 2019

Image Credit: New York Times. Graham Roberts was the creative lead for the NYT’s pollution AR app before leaving the publication to join Google as their Digital Design Lead at Google’s Brand Studio , an innovation lab that looks at how the company can create meaningful experiences that will connect Google products with customers.

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MAY 11, 2022

Google announced what felt like a million things across a two-hour keynote to begin its annual I/O developer conference. Instead of dancing around it, let's jump right into all the biggest things Google showed off. Credit: Google. Google didn't spend much time talking about Android 13's specific perks for phones, though.

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Road to VR

JULY 17, 2020

Social VR/AR platform vTime released a new update today that includes a few theater spaces where you can chat with friends and watch select sports programming on big screen TVs. Programming is admittedly thin at the moment, which only includes select clips from Manchester City Football Club matches.

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Road to VR

MAY 22, 2016

Google is delivering a dedicated VR YouTube app in their newly announced Daydream platform. Google maintains that the new YouTube VR app will be “built for comfort and longer sessions,” including a host of normal functions such as search, discovery, and playlists to keep users watching just like on monitors and smartphones.

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Cats and VR

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

In collaboration with RealD 3D, three of the world’s best Google Tilt Brush artists collaborated to create alternate realities inspired by Marvel Studios’ Doctor Strange. Artists Stuart Campbell, Steve Teeple and Danny Bittman traveled to New York, London and Hong Kong to let fans expand their minds, exclusively in Tilt Brush by Google.

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JUNE 23, 2021

The New York-based company’s latest funding round was led by Bee Partners with additional investment from First In, Meeting Street Capital, Service Provider Capital, Spacecadet, and Dan Farah, producer of Steven Spielberg’s film adaptation of Ready Player One. The post Moth+Flame Raises $2.5M

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NOVEMBER 26, 2016

Google is entering the music festival realm this year with news that it’s sponsoring and livestreaming a series of five shows spread across five cities, in support of five different good causes. With GoodFest, Google is following in the footsteps of Apple, which has offered its own annual music festival for the last 10 years.

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JANUARY 4, 2017

Powered by IBM and New York Times, Outthink Hidden is inspired by the film and seeks to shed light on lesser known historical figures around the nation. The application is an AR first for New York Times and highlights the main characters of the Hidden Figures film, Katherine Johnson, Mary Jackson, and Dorothy Vaughan.

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Everything VR & AR

AUGUST 1, 2016

On this episode we feature Kris Kolodziej, better known as Kris Kolo, who is the New York chapter president of the VR/AR Association who has quite a bit of experience in the space. Subscribe, Follow and Share Feedback To keep up with Everything VR & AR, make sure to subscribe to the show the on your favorite podcast app!

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OCTOBER 4, 2016

Following the reveal of the Daydream mobile VR ecosystem earlier in the year, Google has finally revealed the first headset to support it, Daydream View. The new device was revealed at the Made By Google conference in San Francisco today. Google claims it’s 30% lighter than similar headsets (read: Gear VR).

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JULY 19, 2021

Two New Harry Potter VR Experiences Coming to New York Store. The streaming giant is going head to head with Microsoft, Sony, Google and Apple. Rec Room Adds More Flexibility to Avatar System with New Full-body, Animated Costumes. A new book, An Ugly Truth , tells the whole sordid story. They have to.

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GizModo VR

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Epic Games lobbyists drafted legislation that will be heard in North Dakota this week, attempting to bar app stores owned by the likes of Apple and Google from taking a cut of app sales, according to a report over the weekend by The New York Times. Read more.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2022

It’s been less than a month since the New York Times bought Wordle , but it’s wasting no time in ruining everyone’s favorite word game in all the shitty ways you’d expect from a billion-dollar behemoth. And—you guessed it—that means your little daily puzzles are being loaded with ad trackers now, too. Read more.

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OCTOBER 28, 2019

In their sixth year of sponsoring, Tata Consultancy Services is debuting its TCS NYC Marathon app, available both in the App Store and on Google Play. Last year, The New York City Marathon had 52,813 finishing participants from over 129 countries. Augmented Reality for Runners Leading Up to Race Day.

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MAY 10, 2019

Meanwhile, Extreme Rescues with the NYPD, available June 6th, will take users on a helicopter tour through the New York City skyline to experience what it’s like to track the NYPD Emergency Service Unit from the perspective of a police chopper. Exploring the frozen landscapes of Iceland in Iceland is Melting // Image Credit: CNNVR.

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