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U.S. Agencies Sued for Records of Unmarked Agents Who Rounded Up Portland Protesters

GizModo VR

A watchdog group investigating the deployment of federal police against protesters in Portland and other cities announced a lawsuit against the U.S. Justice Department and other agencies on Friday, accusing government officials of unlawfully withholding public records under the Freedom of Information Act. Read more.

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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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Vancouver Emerging As Top Five VR and AR Hub

VRScout

Marco DeMiroz is a co-founder and general partner of the Venture Reality Fund , an XR venture capitalist group based in the Bay Area. Seattle, or Portland, because you’re going up against giants like Google or Microsoft. That expertise is beginning to pique the interest of Silicon Valley investors.

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Demystifying Media

Tech Trends VR

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. Now, I’m extremely lucky that in my line of work I get to talk to lots of really interesting and intelligent people who are doing amazing things, so my bar is set quite high.

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TPCAST and Lattice Partner To Integrate WirelessHD Tech Into Vive Add-On Kit

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

If you read our impressions of the kit from last year, you might remember a mention of what the group called ‘Wireless HD’ transmissions, which use a 60 ghz wifi band to send 2160 x 1200 video data from a PC to your headset without the need for a wire connecting the two.

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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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