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VR Teaches Oregon Residents How To Pump Gas

VRScout

As more and more Oregon gas pumping jokes pour in, the VR industry takes its own light jab at the “game-changing” new law. If you’ve been paying any attention to the news lately, you’ve probably heard about a new law in Oregon allowing drivers to self-pump their vehicles for the first time in decades.

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10 “Metaversities” Are Opening Across The US This Fall

VRScout

Just like the real world, students will be able to break into small groups and work on projects together, no matter their physical distance,” said Steve Grubbs, VictoryXR CEO in an official release, “but unlike the real world, they will be able to shrink to the size of Ant-man and tour the human body.

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DHS Forces' Tear Gas May Have Violated Environmental Laws in Addition to Civil Rights

GizModo VR

Five environmental and human rights groups in Oregon are suing the Department of Homeland Security for its use of tear gas at recent anti-police brutality protests in Portland, saying the agency created “potentially grave health and environmental hazards.” Read more.

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#BuildTheFuture Immersive Collaborative Environments

Tech Trends VR

The Wild , a start-up from Portland, Oregon has just announced an integration with UK-based Igloo Vision to open up new avenues for collaboration and experiential design review for teams working in architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC).

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NVIDIA, Microsoft to Build Azure AI Cloud Supercomputer

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Scott Guthrie, Executive Vice President of the Cloud + AI Group at Microsoft , concluded that AI was “fuelling the next wave of automation” for enterprises and industrial computing. NVIDIA-Oregon State Supercomputer Facility. ” The facility also aims to boost Oregon’s semiconductor industry.

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Demystifying Media

Tech Trends VR

Those were some of the questions I got to explore during a recent visit to the University of Oregon. and I really wasn’t expecting to be quite so impressed by a group of people who (it still hurts me to think it, but there it is) are young enough to be my kids. Fellow Brit Damian Radcliffe, who is the Carolyn S.

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AltspaceVR Offers Social Reach For Organizers In VR

VRScout

Altspace, the popular social VR app that is most notably compatible with both 3DOF and 6DOF VR headsets, is becoming efficient for users looking to get groups of people to connect and organize within VR. It was the first time they did a large live show in a way that tested the multi-room ability.

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