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Researchers Are Using Google's App to See the Impact Smartphones Really Have on Your Wellbeing

GizModo VR

University of Oregon researchers are teaming up with Google to conduct a study on digital wellbeing using the Google Health Studies tool Dr. Nicholas Allen said in a Google blog post today. Read more.

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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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The Spatial Web: How the Next Generation of the Internet Will Impact Us All

ARVR

Currently, when you’re walking around the United States accessing the web, your digital self is likely heading physically to one of four major data centers operated by Amazon Web Services in either California, Oregon, Ohio, or Virginia. There’s also been much discussion around stocking these edge networks with GPUs?

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Developing the Future of Mixed Reality

Tech Trends VR

For starters, they’re based in Oregon as opposed to Silicon Valley. By pivoting towards the enterprise market early on, Microsoft managed to create strong and sustained demand for Mixed Reality tools among companies looking to solve real business needs.

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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. I felt like the value was just astronomical, because our tools right now for doing that are so limited.

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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. I felt like the value was just astronomical, because our tools right now for doing that are so limited.

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How Producers at 360 Labs Experiment with Virtual Reality

VeeR VR

About: 360 Labs is a Portland, Oregon based production company specialized in 360º videos, virtual tours, custom Google Street View, and VR experiences. Its core team of co-founders all started as panoramic photographers and part of the Google Trusted Photographer program starting in 2012.