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Watch a Police Officer Admit He's Playing a Taylor Swift Song to Keep Activist's Video Off YouTube

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On Tuesday, a group of protesters showed up at the Alameda Courthouse in Oakland, California, for the pre-trial hearing for Jason Fletcher, a police officer who was charged with manslaughter for shooting and killing Steven Taylor, a Black man, inside of a Walmart last year. Along with Taylor’s family, advocates for… Read more.

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Under Armour Builds Virtual World to Celebrate Stephen Curry’s 3rd NBA World Championship

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With the Warriors having swept the NBA Finals in just four games, Under Armour is revealing their latest celebration of Curry’s third ring with an immersive Steph VR experience and live pop-up event in Oakland set to launch over the coming days. Want to celebrate in person?

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Oakland based VR studio Steel Wool raises $5 million from HTC.

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The company also received early investment from Charles Huang, an angel investor and serial entrepreneur who co-founded RedOctane and invented the multi-billion dollar video game franchise Guitar Hero. Huang is a board member at Steel Wool Studios.

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SLIVER.tv Launches VR Live Cast and Live Replay Platform to Stream Top eSports Tournaments in 360 Virtual Reality

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VR Live Cast utilizes patented “Virtual Camera Array” technology that transports the viewer into top eSports games, real-time rendering the 3D game world in a fully immersive 360 VR video experience. link] To watch re-streams of the live IEM Oakland event, visit the SLIVER.tv website or download the SLIVER.tv

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Oculus Launches VR For Good in High Schools

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Students will receive everything they need to create 360 videos for VR, including a Samsung Gear VR, a Galaxy S6, Ricoh Theta S 360 cameras, access to editing software, and VR film mentors. Students reviewing their 360 video footage. The first videos will be unveiled at Sundance 2017.

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The Future of Play: How Intel And The ESL Are Helping Bring Virtual Reality To ESports

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to broadcast IEM Katowice in 360-degree video as part of a 2017 contract that will include seven global eSports events across ESL One and IEM. The VR stream featured a 200% growth in peak concurrent viewers compared to IEM’s first virtual reality live stream in Oakland, with 340,000 total unique viewers tuning into the VR broadcast.

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

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The cities with the highest percentage of video game designer and developer jobs are listed below, followed by the average salary for developers in those metros. Oakland/Hayward: $134,796. But today, many developers are choosing to work at independent video game studios, making mobile games or PC games.

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