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‘Google Earth VR’ Lets You Experience the Total Solar Eclipse Right Now

Road to VR

Whether or not you’re in the narrow band of ‘solar eclipse totality’ that’s making its way across the continental United States on Monday, August 21st, Google Earth VR has seen a recent update that will let you experience the rare event from the comfort of your own HTC Vive or Oculus Rift. image courtesy NASA.

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Oculus Brings Rift to 90 Libraries in California for Public Access VR

Road to VR

Oculus has announced a pilot program to place 100 Rifts and Oculus Ready PCs in 90 libraries throughout the state of California, from the Oregon border down to Mexico. Public libraries provide safe, supportive environments that are available and welcoming to everyone,” says Oculus Education Program Manager Cindy Ball.

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Making Diversity Fly

Tech Trends VR

She’s been a pilot for almost 4 years, goes to school for aviation maintenance, and practically lives at the small Oregon airport where she’s building her own airplane. The films will be screened in VR through a variety of systems such as the Oculus Go, Google Daydream, or Samsung Gear VR. Hannah is not your average 21 year old.

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Taming the Jungle of Ideas, with The Wild’s Gabe Paez

XR for Business Podcast

Gabe has over a decade of experience leading experiential product teams and has designed immersive software products for a diverse roster of Fortune 100 companies including Google, Samsung, Nike, AT&T, and Verizon. A lot of us are here in Portland, Oregon, but our product manager’s remote. Gabe, welcome to the show.

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Taming the Jungle of Ideas, with The Wild's Gabe Paez

XR for Business Podcast

Gabe has over a decade of experience leading experiential product teams and has designed immersive software products for a diverse roster of Fortune 100 companies including Google, Samsung, Nike, AT&T, and Verizon. A lot of us are here in Portland, Oregon, but our product manager's remote. Gabe, welcome to the show. Alan: [laughs].

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Taming the Jungle of Ideas, with The Wild’s Gabe Paez

XR for Business Podcast

Gabe has over a decade of experience leading experiential product teams and has designed immersive software products for a diverse roster of Fortune 100 companies including Google, Samsung, Nike, AT&T, and Verizon. A lot of us are here in Portland, Oregon, but our product manager’s remote. Gabe, welcome to the show.

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