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More Than 100 Cargo Ships Were Waiting to Unload in Southern California This Week, an All-Time High

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If you want to know what a global supply chain crisis looks like at its worst, all you have to do is check out what happened at southern California’s ports this week. Read more.

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Why Medicare for All Must Be Part of the Green New Deal

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In 1991, Larry Barragan got word that the oil refinery in Long Beach, California where he was working would be closing. It was one of the scariest moments of his career.

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NimbRo Wins $5 Million Avatar XPRIZE Driving Robot With VR Headset

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The finals of the competition were held over the weekend in Long Beach, California, with team NimbRo from the Autonomous Intelligent Systems group at the University of Bonn, Germany, winning the $5 million grand prize.

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Game Industry Job Postings Are Decreasing, But VR Jobs Are Up 400% Since 2014

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Long Beach/Anaheim: $80,870. The number of jobs posted for game developers has declined 65 percent since 2014, according to an analysis by the job search site Indeed. The global game industry has grown to $91 billion across multiple platforms, but the number of jobs in the U.S. could be on the decline, at least among larger companies. The data from Indeed does not necessarily include jobs at tiny game companies, known as independent game studios.

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Formula E Releases Racing Highlights in True Virtual Reality

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You’ll follow the heated rivalry of racers Lucas Di Grassi & Sebastien Buemi as they struggle against one another for first in a championship that spans London, Berlin and Long Beach just to name a few. This is as close to being on the track as you’re going to get. City street racing series Formula E and VR sports entertainment company Virtually Live have teamed up to bring high-paced racing action to virtual reality using some seriously cool spectator modes.

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CraneMorley Success Continues with Three AVA Awards

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May 17, 2021 – Long Beach, CA – CraneMorley wins three awards for the 15 th annual AVA Digital Awards. Back to Blog Page.

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CraneMorley Wins Three 2020 MarCom Awards

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Long Beach, CA, Release: October 20, 2020). Back to Blog Page. For Immediate Release. CraneMorley is honored to win three awards, for the 17 th annual Marcom Awards. The MarCom Awards recognizes outstanding achievement by creative professionals.

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CraneMorley Celebrates Summit Creative Awards

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Long Beach, CA, Release: November 25, 2020). Back to Blog Page. For Immediate Release. CraneMorley 2020 success continues with two additional awards won for the 26 th annual Summit Creative Awards. The Summit Creative Awards recognizes the work of companies worldwide.

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CraneMorley Earns Top Honors at the Vega Digital Awards

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Long Beach, CA – February 11,2020) The International Awards Associate (IAA) proudly announces the winners of its 2019 Vega Digital Awards. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE. CraneMorley Wins Three 2019 Vega Digital Awards.

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‘Project CARS 2’ Leaked Footage Shows Progress on Sequel to VR-capable Racing Sim

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However, it does include some interesting looks at new cars, such as the Ferrari 288 GTO, Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo, Porsche 935/80, and Jaguar XJ220S (manufacturers that were absent from the first game), along with footage of new tracks like Long Beach, the rallycross track in Hell, Norway and a Canadian ice track. New footage from upcoming racing simulator Project CARS 2 for PC, PS4 and Xbox One has surfaced on YouTube.

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CraneMorley Takes Top International Summit Emerging Media Award

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April 19, 2021 – Long Beach, CA – CraneMorley was selected as a Visionary Award winner for their work with NYSEARCH Interactive Media – HoloLens project and Innovator Award winner for Subaru of America Interactive Media CID Simulator project in the Summit Emerging Media Award competition.

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CraneMorley Emerges Victorious In 2020 Vega Digital Awards

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Long Beach, CA – February 16, 2021) With 2020 to a close, International Awards Associate (IAA) announces the Season 2 winners for its 2020 Vega Digital Awards. Perhaps even because of COVID, we’ve enabled rapid adoption of new technology that will last long after the pandemic.”.

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Microsoft’s Mixed Reality Strategy Driven By Pioneer Who Helped Launch VR’s Renaissance

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Bolas previously directed USC’s Mixed Reality Lab at the Institute for Creative Technologies, where he hired a teenager from Long Beach before the young man co-founded Oculus. In addition to hiring Palmer Luckey , Bolas’ lab gave rise to a number of headset prototypes that placed phone or tablet-sized screens in front of your eyes for a basic sort of VR headset, including one that was cardboard-based long before Google branded the idea and put them in millions of homes.

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Esqapes VR Massage Center’s Digital Spa Dismantles Stress With Sensory Tech

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Or we have back pain from bad posture when we sit or stand for long periods. Watching the ocean life above me, I thought about aquariums at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas or the Long Beach Aquarium. Esqapes VR Massage Center in Los Angeles. Esqapes VR Massage Center is an oasis that everyone should experience! So many of us have neck pain from staring down at the phone. Some of us don’t have pain but do have stress and tension. If this sounds like you, keep reading.

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Hofstra University Uses VR To Put You Face To Face With A Category 3 Hurricane

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The project is currently focused on the campus community, but Bernhard does have plans to bring the experience to other parts of Long Island hit by Hurricane Sandy, such as Long Beach. . Step just outside the eye of the storm and feel the full force of a category 3 monster. . Hurricanes – massive geophysical events that can unleash massive destruction with wind speeds over 160 miles per hour and up to 2.4 trillion gallons of rainfall per day.

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. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE. CraneMorley Takes Top International Summit Emerging Media Award.

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2020: The Year of AR and VR for Education and Training

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Beginning with early virtual reality games and devices in the 1960s and evolving to today’s HMDs, virtual reality has been part of society for a long time. I saw my first presentation at the League for Innovation Conference in Long Beach, California in 2002.

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14 National Awards So Far in 2018

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has developed award winning learning and performance solutions for its global leading clients for more than 27 years from its Long Beach, CA offices. has developed award winning learning and performance solutions for its global leading clients for more than 27 years from its Long Beach, CA offices. CraneMorley’s creative team has received 14 national awards so far in 2018.

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2020 – The Year of AR and VR for Education and Training

EON Reality

Beginning with early virtual reality games and devices beginning in the 1960s and evolving to today’s HMD devices, virtual reality has been part of society for a long time. I saw my first presentation at the League for Innovation Conference in Long Beach, California in 2002.

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‘Project CARS 2’ VR Review – An Ambitious Sequel With Serious Potential

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The new circuits are built to a high standard, particularly COTA, Long Beach, and the brilliant Algarve Circuit (Portimao). Simulating these four-wheel drive beasts was no small feat; the team needed to rework chassis, tyre and surface models to deal with the long suspension travel, massive slip angles and loose terrain.

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CraneMorley Earns Gold AVA Award for Motorcycle Safety Foundation Virtual Reality Project

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January 10, 2020 – Long Beach, California – In partnership with the Motorcycle Safety Foundation (MSF), CraneMorley has earned Gold from the 2020 AVA Digital Awards competition for a Virtual Reality Training Course. January 10, 2020. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE.

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CraneMorley Earns Two Top Creative Awards For Subaru Institute of Technology

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January 10, 2020 – Long Beach, California – CraneMorley kicks off the new year with two top creative awards for developing Subaru’s Institute of Technology blended learning initiative: Summit EMA Visionary Award for emerging technology from the SIA. January 10, 2020.

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CraneMorley Earns AVA Platinum Award For Mercedes-Benz HoloLens New Model Training

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January 10, 2020 – Long Beach, CA – CraneMorley kicks off the new year winning an AVA Platinum award for developing Mercedes-Benz HoloLens New Model Mixed Reality Trainin g. January 10, 2020. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE. CraneMorley Earns AVA Platinum Award.

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This is How Fake News Happens: The Reporting of Palmer Luckey and Nimble America

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NewtonVR will not be supporting the Oculus Touch as long as he is employed there. Turns out, he also appears to be an active supporter of Donald Trump and the alt-right, and in a long-term relationship with an avid Gamergater.”. Another Twitter user wrote “I’m cancelling Touch support in my game as long as Palmer works for Oculus” along with a photo directing the middle finger at the as-yet unreleased controllers.”.

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