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What’s Behind Google’s Latest AR Updates?

AR Insider

A fter expanding and contracting in various VR initiatives, Google continues to be committed to AR. It sees the technology more aligned with the future of search. If search and AR had a baby, it would be visual search — Google’s prevailing AR play, otherwise known as Google Lens. Live View Goes Indoors.

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What’s Behind Google’s Latest AR Updates?

ARVR

After expanding and contracting in various VR initiatives, Google continues to be committed to AR. It sees the technology more aligned with the future of search. Google’s prevailing AR play, otherwise known as Google Lens. This is Google’s version of an AR cloud. ExpiCulture?—?Developing

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NBA All-Star and Weekly Regular Season Coverage Comes Live to VR via TNT and Intel

Road to VR

Based on Intel’s True VR technology, TNT is bringing live and on-demand VR coverage of NBA All-Star events to Gear VR and Daydream headsets via the NBA on TNT VR app. The app is available today on the Oculus store and the Google Play store. Houston @ Portland , 10:30 p.m. LA Clippers @ Golden State , 10:30 p.m.

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Vancouver Emerging As Top Five VR and AR Hub

VRScout

Surrounded by towering mountains, picturesque lakes, and urban beaches, it’s easy to forget that Vancouver hosts a booming technology industry. It’s got a very vibrant, dynamic community with both men and women leading the space, and it’s really covering everything from content production to enabling technologies.”

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The NBA and TNT Partner With Intel For Biggest VR Push Yet

VRScout

Looking down the road, Intel is hoping to increase the popularity of its TruView technology. Thursday, March 20 – Houston @ Portland. It’s currently available for Samsung Gear VR, Google Daydream, Oculus , and Google Play. Thursday, March 29 – Oklahoma City @ San Antonio.

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Streem Acquires Computer Vision Startup Selerio, Closes Additional Funding

Charlie Fink

Streem, an AR startup based in Portland, OR, announced today that it had acquired UK-based computer vision and machine learning startup Selerio, Ltd., which spun out of research from the University of Cambridge and a Google fellowship. The UK team will join the Portland office, which has grown to thirty employees.

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Developing the Future of Mixed Reality

Tech Trends VR

And while Portland is by no means a backwater, it’s still not a major tech or immersive content hub like LA or San Francisco either. That, in turn, allowed their partner developers to secure key contracts as they figured their way around the new technology. For starters, they’re based in Oregon as opposed to Silicon Valley.