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The New York Times’ Famous Crossword Puzzle Now Available In AR

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The beloved New York Times crossword puzzle is now available in AR, offering fans of the long-running daily puzzle the chance to test their word skills in a whole new way. The New York Times is no stranger to AR. Image Credit: The New York Times.

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NASA Debuts AR Graphic Novel At New York Comic-Con

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You can even get a life-size look at the new astronaut suits that are in development right now. “It’s The post NASA Debuts AR Graphic Novel At New York Comic-Con appeared first on VRScout.

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Two New ‘Harry Potter’ VR Experiences Launch at Harry Potter New York

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Two new Harry Potter VR experiences have launched at the Harry Potter New York retail location. The post Two New ‘Harry Potter’ VR Experiences Launch at Harry Potter New York appeared first on Road to VR.

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Digital Fashion Week New York: Reimagining the Future of Phygital Fashion

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The 2023 Digital Fashion Week New York was a three-day event that was a hub for phygital fashion experiences. Of the five designs, two had physical representations that were showcased at the show in New York City on February 11.

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New York Times Revives Its AR Storytelling on Instagram with Tokyo Olympics Experiences

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Old school media stalwart The New York Times mobile-ar.reality.news/news/new-york-times-adds-ar-its-coverage-time-for-winter-olympics-0182577/ launched its augmented reality news content in 2018 with a feature on the athletes of the Winter Olympics.

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New York Times Releases Holographic Experience Starring Ashley Graham

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Celebrate New York Fashion Week with a volumetric AR runway show featuring model and activist, Ashley Graham. However, in a just released AR experience in honor of New York Fashion Week, The New York Times is doing just the opposite by showcasing supermodel Ashley Graham as she walks the “runway” in an innovative 360-degree holographic video that is raw, unfiltered, and completely unretouched. Image Credit: The New York Times / Graham Roberts.

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New York Times Launches 360° Series With Hollywood’s Best Actors

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” Following last years mesmerizing 360° series Take Flight , The New York Times is at it again with their annual celebration of Hollywood’s best performers, this time bringing us nine film-noir style 360 videos in a series titled Great Performers. You can watch the full series playlist below: Photos courtesy of New York Times and Milk(vr). The post New York Times Launches 360° Series With Hollywood’s Best Actors appeared first on VRScout.

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Nat Geo Built a Mars VR Theme Park in New York

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In advance of their new Mars docu-series that premieres November 14, Nat Geo created a red planet habitat on an empty downtown Manhattan lot last month. The post Nat Geo Built a Mars VR Theme Park in New York appeared first on VRScout. News Gear VR Nat Geo New York Oculus Rift SpaceVisitors got an immersive taste of living on Mars.

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New York Times Uses AR To Tell Story Of Thailand Cave Rescue

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The New York Times visualizes the extremely dangerous conditions Thailand Cave rescuers dealt with during the rescue of the Wild Boars soccer team using AR. To help you understand just how crazy dangerous this rescue mission was, the New York Times have created an AR experience that shows you the very same tunnels rescuers were forced to make their way through in order to save the team, giving users a clear idea of the tight conditions expert divers were dealing with.

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New York Yellow Cabs Will Finally Run Through Uber

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New Yorkers looking to catch an Uber may soon find themselves sitting in the back of classic Yellow Cab. Read more.

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Move over, Bungie: New York Times acquires Wordle

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Wordle was purchased by The New York Times on the same day Bungie was acquired by Sony. Gaming News New York Times Games PC The New York Times wordle

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New York Wants to Legalize It

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New York could soon make it easier for people to legally get high. Though this would make New York the latest to embrace cannabis, health policy experts are pushing for a plan that openly tries to… Read more. drug policy cannabis 420 new york cuomo drugs science

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The New York Times Reinvents the Crossword Puzzle for Augmented Reality via Instagram

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At first glance, it may not sound like there's much value in doing a crossword puzzle in augmented reality, but The New York Times has managed to revamp the pastime as an immersive game.

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New York Faces Blackouts as Extreme Heat Strains the Grid

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On Wednesday afternoon, New Yorkers’ phones started shrieking as an emergency alert warned them to conserve power or face the prospect of widespread blackouts.

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New York Comic Con Has Been Canceled, Will Move Online

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New York Comic Con 2020, meant to take place in October in Manhattan, has been canceled because of the novel coronavirus pandemic. new york comic con new york comic con 2020 youtube coronavirus covid 19 sars cov 2 san diego comic con conventions

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The New York Times has already changed Wordle solutions

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Gaming News The New York Times wordleThis is why you might no longer get the same Wordle solution as someone else.

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Amazon Cancels Yet Another Hub Meant for the New York Metropolitan Area

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Amazon, like many folks still struggling to locate an affordable apartment in and around New York City, can’t find anywhere that will let it settle down.

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Why the New York Subway Keeps Flooding—and What to Do About It

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The New York metro area turned into a lake on Wednesday night following a 1-in-200-year-plus rainstorm from Hurricane Ida’s remnants. The streets were flooded, but underground was even worse. Read more.

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New York City Invests in AR/VR Incubator to Bolster City’s Jobs, Tech Talent

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New York City’s Deputy Mayor for Housing and Economic Development, Alicia Glen, recently announced the selection of NYU Tandon School of Engineering to “develop and operate” the “first government-funded” VR/AR hub for education, training, research, investment and business creation at a 15,000 square foot space in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The announcement says the incubator will provide the following: Support New Ventures. News Virtual Reality VR Investment New York City nyc

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Xbox, Roblox, and New York Liberty create gaming-inspired court for WNBA

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Xbox partnered with New York Liberty and Roblox to create the WNBA's first gaming-themed basketball court. Gaming News basketball games New York Liberty roblox WNBA xbox

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New York Comic Con Will (Carefully) Return This Fall

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ReedPop has officially announced that New York Comic Con will return as a physical event this October, along with several other conventions—as well as a lot of rules in hopes of… Read more.

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The New York Times Used Thousands Of Old Photos To Recreate Olympic Stadiums In VR

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‘The Unspoken’ Was Originally an Open World Console Game Called ‘Wizards of New York’

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In an interview with UploadVR, Price revealed that The Unspoken was originally conceived by his team as an open world console game called Wizards of New York. ” It wasn’t until Price’s longtime friend Jason Rubin , the founder of Naughty Dog and current head of content at Oculus, approached him about developing games for VR that Price and his team decided to revisit Wizards of New York.

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New York’s Public Power Bill Could Be a Model for the Rest of the Country

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Two years ago, New York enshrined the most ambitious statewide climate targets in the country.

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New York State Just Set a New Standard for Fossil Fuel Divestment

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After an eight-year fight to get New York to divest its $226 billion pension fund from fossil fuels, activists have won a major victory. divestment fossil fuels new york big oil oil and gas

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New York Dems Kill Renewable Energy Bill

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A bill that would have substantially increased renewable power generation for the state of New York was killed at the 11th hour by politicians with deep financial relationships to corporate interests.

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Watch Tesla’s Cybertruck cruising the streets of New York City

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Cars News Cybertruck New York City ny city TeslaWatch Tesla’s futuristic Cybertruck pickup cruise the streets of NY City on Saturday night -- just hours before Tesla CEO Elon Musk hosted Saturday Night Live.

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IMAX Shutters VR Experience Centre in New York, No New VR Investment in 2019

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Now, the company has shut down their last remaining New York location, and has said they won’t be investing any more into VR during 2019. As reported by Variety , IMAX says the closure at AMC Kips Bay in New York comes as the conclusion of a pilot test. This brings the number of closed IMAX VR Centres to a total of three, two locations in New York and another in Shanghai.

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This Wordle-Solving 3D Printer Doesn't Complain About the New York Times Making It Harder

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If your Wordle streak isn’t as share-worthy as it was before the New York Times bought out Josh Wardle’s creation, just do what Chris Greening did and transform a 3D printer into a simple robot whose only task is to solve the daily Wordle puzzle using some added smarts and access to the entire dictionary. the new york times printer wordle chris greening computer printers the times creality josh wardle articles technology raspberry pi 3d printing computing robot

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New York Times Tech Workers Say Publisher’s Union Busting Is Out of Control

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Tech workers at the New York Times are officially fed up with the company’s union busting behavior. Read more.

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New York Times Apologizes After Wordle of the Day Is 'Fetus'

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New York Times Debuts Location-Based Air Pollution AR Visualization for Apple iOS Devices

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After establishing itself as a leader among media companies in augmented reality in journalism over the course of 2018, The New York Times pulled back from the technology this year.

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New York Times Posting VR Videos Each Weekday With ‘The Daily 360’

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Various publications, print or non-print, have learned that 360-degree video is a beneficial platform that brings a new flavor to reporting. This time around, The New York Times has jumped onto the VR hype train with their own 360-degree news production similar to USA Today’s VRtually There and the Huffington Post show on Hulu. With the tag line “To understand the world, see it from every angle” and a declaration to bring a new video every weekday, NYT presents The Daily 360.

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VR Gets Experimental At Moving Image New York 2017

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The Moving Images immersive art fair has officially shut its doors to the public, but not before blowing the collective minds of hundreds of New Yorkers with an impressive gallery of single-channel videos, single-channel projections, video sculptures, immersive media, and other larger video installations. The exhibition featured the best and brightest in experimental new media, which naturally included several artists utilizing virtual reality for their innovative projects.

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Microsoft HoloLens Art Project Turns New York into an Undersea Dystopia

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The latest example of this comes in the form of a new AR art installation called "Unmoored,", which transforms New York City's Time Square into an underwater environment. Created by artist Mel Chin, the interactive art installation is a location-specific AR experience designed to allow viewers to imagine a future in which global warming has resulted in catastrophe for New York, flooding the city with sea.

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The New York Times Continues To Pivot Hard Into Virtual Reality With Ad Agency Buyout

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The Plan to Turn New York’s Most Notorious Jail Into a Renewable Energy Hub Is What Justice Looks Like

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People pace the bus stop at Queensboro Plaza on a Saturday before New York City’s covid-19 shelter-in-place order. rikers island jail new york renewable energy

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