VRScout

AUGUST 31, 2016

HTC is continuing their commitment to invest heavily in the VR ecosystem and have their eye on one Oakland-based independent VR development studio. HTC is the company behind the Vive VR headset and have in past six months been investing heavily in initiatives to help grow the virtual reality space.

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Cats and VR

JUNE 6, 2017

Emily is also the San Francisco Chapter Co-President of the VR/AR Association (VRARA), the global association for the Virtual Reality & Augmented Reality industry with local chapters in major cities, connecting leading solution providers with brands and customers.

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Cats and VR

MAY 19, 2017

Virtual reality has changed how we create. This Saturday Magik Gallery will bring together some of the most innovative artists and admired immersive creators in virtual and augmented reality art for an exposition featuring a collection of painted worlds, invisible sculptures, immersive illustrations and interactive narratives.

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AllThingsVR

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

HTC Invests $5 Million in VR Studio From Pixar and Lucasfilm Veterans HTC is continuing their commitment to invest heavily in the VR ecosystem and have their eye on one Oakland-based independent VR development studio. Read more here.

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VRScout

MAY 16, 2016

We have all seen how virtual reality can change gaming and entertainment forever with this immersive technology. Student from Oakland High School filming his project for the 360 filmmaker challenge. Two Oculus pilot programs hope to inspire the next generation of VR creators. The first videos will be unveiled at Sundance 2017.

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VRScout

AUGUST 11, 2018

Adobe’s artist in residence explains how augmented reality proved to be the perfect medium to express herself. . Unlike virtual reality, AR begs for interaction with the real world. How does my piece relate or conflict with the space or manner in which it’ll be viewed?”.

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Tech Trends VR

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Growing up in an immigrant family of Chinese descent and living in Oakland, California, Estella Tse recalls that she was always navigating a conflict between her traditional heritage – which mainly told her to “follow the rules” – and her more liberal American upbringing, which encouraged individualism and freedom of expression.

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Cats and VR

JANUARY 12, 2018

Blech also says that Keenum has viewed 2,647 plays through the virtual reality platform. Personally, I am a believer in VR for sports training as I have actually worked and developed a product along with Oakland Raiders QB Derek Carr that helped him during his recovery from injury.

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Cats and VR

JANUARY 14, 2018

Blech also says that Keenum has viewed 2,647 plays through the virtual reality platform. Personally, I am a believer in VR for sports training as I have actually worked and developed a product along with Oakland Raiders QB Derek Carr that helped him during his recovery from injury.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 15, 2017

And searches for augmented reality and virtual reality gaming jobs have skyrocketed, with searches up 1,500 percent. Oakland/Hayward: $134,796. Searches for game designer jobs has remained relatively constant since 2014. However, game developer job searches have grown over 50 percent. Seattle/Tacoma/Bellevue: $97,558.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

The University of Suffolk is set to join a massive transatlantic research project in virtual reality (VR), it announced on Monday. Finally, Epic Games kicked off its Augmented Reality Center (ARC) with Oakland University Michigan.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

But it works — especially since this is being shot entirely for virtual reality. If this seems a bit manic for you, it’s because it is.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

Now, he turns his eye towards virtual reality with Gnomes & Goblins , an original production from Wevr in partnership with Reality One. Despite this, Björk returns to the album via virtual reality collaborations with well-regarded developers and visual artists traveling the globe as Björk Digital.

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InstaVR

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Their use of InstaVR has shown the transformative power of Virtual Reality as a B2B tool — in the travel/tourism space, for use at conferences + events, and as a cross-platform publishing success (iOS/Android/WebVR/Gear VR). In January, we published our Hello Kitty Customer Success Story.

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InstaVR

JANUARY 16, 2019

Combined with heatmaps, we’re giving you a comprehensive look at how users interact with your virtual reality. The new built-in app usage analytics — aka “Reports” in InstaVR — provide the most robust view yet into what your users are doing within a scene.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 2, 2021

I want companies to hire people that look like me that come from cities countries like east Oakland, Baltimore, Compton, Atlanta, Brazil, Detroit, Brooklyn, Nairobi, Zimbabwe, Johannesburg, New Orleans, and more. The singular greatest feature of extended reality is connectivity. It’s already helping.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 7, 2017

The purpose of the campaign was to raise money for the STEM System : a third-party hardware solution capable of providing positional tracking and hand controllers to virtual reality headsets. Designs are reworked and sent to partners in China and Oakland, California for tooling and completion, he said.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 4, 2020

Today, we're speaking with Aravind Upadhyaya, co-founder and CEO of 8chili, an Oakland, California based startup, bringing the dream of telesurgery to the real world. Today, we're going to talk about how virtual reality is improving the outlook for remote surgeries globally. We actually took a tour of their virtual reality lab.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 4, 2020

Today, we're speaking with Aravind Upadhyaya, co-founder and CEO of 8chili, an Oakland, California based startup, bringing the dream of telesurgery to the real world. Today, we're going to talk about how virtual reality is improving the outlook for remote surgeries globally. We actually took a tour of their virtual reality lab.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 4, 2020

Today, we're speaking with Aravind Upadhyaya, co-founder and CEO of 8chili, an Oakland, California based startup, bringing the dream of telesurgery to the real world. Today, we're going to talk about how virtual reality is improving the outlook for remote surgeries globally. We actually took a tour of their virtual reality lab.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Although not meant to be an exhaustive list, here are the top 10 recent investments and funding events in the virtual reality and augmented reality space as we approach the close of Q3. In light of the company’s existing relationship with Adult Swim, perhaps we can look forward to Aqua Teen Hunger Force in virtual reality?

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 20, 2019

And so the work that folks have been doing for decades in immersive technologies and virtual reality has really led to what’s enabled me to move from my passion for reality capture into creating a new interface and to be involved with very emerging technologies such as spatial computing.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 20, 2019

And so the work that folks have been doing for decades in immersive technologies and virtual reality has really led to what’s enabled me to move from my passion for reality capture into creating a new interface and to be involved with very emerging technologies such as spatial computing.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 20, 2019

And so the work that folks have been doing for decades in immersive technologies and virtual reality has really led to what's enabled me to move from my passion for reality capture into creating a new interface and to be involved with very emerging technologies such as spatial computing. It's a little bit like virtual reality.

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