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The Sacramento Kings participate in Xperiel $7 Million Series A to push their IoT and AR platform.

Cats and VR

Xperiel , inventor of the Real World Web (RWW) platform, today announced $7 million in Series A funding, which includes new investments from Scott Cook , Co-Founder of Intuit, Cyan Banister of Founders Fund, WTI and the National Basketball Association’s Sacramento Kings.

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Sacramento Kings new NBA arena wired for VR instant replay with mobile headsets.

Cats and VR

This October, the Sacramento Kings will open up a brand new $507 million dollar arena boasting 84 ft long screen almost as long as the court itself. The Sacramento Kings are heavily embracing Virtual Reality and recently invested in virtual reality video startup Voke.

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River Studios Comes to LA with VR Studio

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Some of River Studio’s work we have covered in the past have included the traveling VR exhibition for Björk and Birchbox Man’s inclusion of a Google Cardboard headset, along with four 90-second video clips, in the subscription-based beauty retail delivery box. In-store Sacramento Kings VR experience.

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Xperiel Wins Edison Award For Real World Web AR Cloud Platform

Charlie Fink

The company was founded in 2014 by Alex and Phillip Hertel, who sold their previous company, Walleto, to Google. The Sacramento Kings and LA Dodgers are among its seed investors. On April 4, Xperiel won the Silver Edison Award in the IoT category for their “Real World Web” IoT AR Operating System.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

VRScout

You can enjoy the full audio recording below: In this weekly VRScout Report wrapup, we cover the pulse on PlayStation VR, USA Today’s parent company premieres VR news show, the NBA to stream 1 game/week in virtual reality with NextVR, Google wants YOU, investment & funding wrapup, and more… PLAYSTATION VR: TAKING THE PULSE.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

VRScout

In November 2016, Intel acquired virtual reality company Voke whose 360 replay technology has been widely used in the sports world (the company also counts the Sacramento Kings among their investors). in investment from companies like Alibaba and Google) has undergone quite a bit of bad press recently. THE PGA TEES OFF IN VR.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

VRScout

Samsung VR is now somewhat similar to the App Store or Google Play store in that it’s where you can find the latest content for virtual reality products. Samsung solidified its commitment to the virtual reality space with some big announcements that essentially add up to an end-to-end consumer VR solution.

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