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VR Teaches Oregon Residents How To Pump Gas

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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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#BuildTheFuture Immersive Collaborative Environments

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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). The post #BuildTheFuture Immersive Collaborative Environments appeared first on Tech Trends.

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AWE Day 3: The Most Wholesome Day in the History of XR Technology

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The day included a discussion on how to create a virtual world society from Tom Furness, a discussion on ethical responsibility in the immersive tech industry from Professor Donna Davis, a panel on women in XR, and more. The University of Oregon professor Donna Davis presenting “Immersion and Ethical Responsibility”.

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Nike Style XR Concept Store Opens in Seoul

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NIKE unveiled its latest concept store in Seoul on Friday last week, opening South Korea’s Hongdae district to a novel immersive shopping experience for sportswear and trainers. The product zones are gender agnostic, so consumers can shop freely based on their personal preferences around fit and style, regardless of gender or size.

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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. 3:48: How do you define immersive media? 6:30: What immersive content have you seen recently that stands out? We were also joined by fellow guest speaker Lisa Peyton, who is Immersive Media Strategist at Intel.

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AR in Sports: Moneyball Meets 3D

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Back to the present, we continue to see sports organizations use AR as a tool to market themselves. More recently, the Oregon Ducks broadcasted an AR promo for Halo Infinite, in which the game’s protagonist virtually descended on the field. But live onsite AR experiences through your smartphone camera are more active and immersive.

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AltspaceVR Offers Social Reach For Organizers In VR

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It also boasts 3D audio attenuation which makes conversations sound and feel real when immersed. “It Reggie Watts was supposed to come on, and he had somebody opening for him,” said Joshua Young, founder and CEO of Design Reality PDX , a monthly Portland, Oregon networking event that regularly hosts panelists from the VR community.

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