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‘Oculus Launch Pad’ Is Silently Populating The VR Content Pool

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As a little-known initiative, Oculus is actively funneling in talent with the promise of training, tools and other resources that developers — new and old — can use to build projects for the Oculus platform as well as for the greater VR ecosystem. The majority of our team consists of USC students. .’

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The 2017 Lumiere Awards: Google and Dear Angelica Win Big

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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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Moth+Flame Raises $2.5M to Expand Its Immersive VR Work Training Tech

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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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Meta to Add AI Features to Ray Ban Stories SmartGlasses Next Month

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In a recent report from the New York Times, Meta revealed new AI features for its smart glasses product – that Meta developed using Ray Ban frames – following the firm’s promise of broader virtual assistant tools for the product range at last year’s Connect event.

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Celebrate Earth Day With These Nature Themed VR Experiences

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Thankfully, immersive technology—such as VR—has proven to be the ideal tool for educating the public on environmental issues and spread awareness through immersive projects designed to envoke a sense of empathy with the user. GOOGLE EARTH VR. THE STANFORD OCEAN ACIDIFICATION EXPERIENCE. PROJECT CHIMPS. NATURE TREKS VR.

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Hollywood Embraces its Future in VR at the 2017 Lumiere Awards

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A pioneering creative tool in VR; Google’s Tilt Brush was awarded for empowering artists from all realms to experiment, design and create all kinds of art in virtual reality. Century Award: Google Earth VR. Google Earth VR for helping the world see the world. Best VR Experience: Tilt Brush.

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Weekly Funding Roundup: GeoCV secures 1.8 million, Logon Olson.

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million, Logon Olson joins Google, and Anna Sweet leaves Oculus. GeoCV, a New York-based 3D capture startup, secured $1.8 million in seed investment from Runa Capital, Emery Capital, and several New York angel investors. Sweet was the Head of Developer Strategy for Oculus for two years.