article thumbnail

Facebook Purchases Echo VR Developer Ready At Dawn

VRScout

Oculus Studios announces yet another addition to their team of veteran developers. In an official Oculus blog post published earlier today, the company revealed its acquisition of Ready at Dawn Studios , the team behind hit VR titles including Lone Echo , Echo Arena , and Echo Combat.

Portland 394
article thumbnail

COVID-19 VR Training With Virus-Free Headsets

VRScout

This prompted the Shift team to adapt their technology – originally developed for training teachers to recognize and mitigate implicit bias in the classroom – to help with the COVID-19 crisis. This got the attention of the Oregon COVID-19 task force as they were looking for training solutions during the crisis.

Training 535
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Oculus Brings Rift to 90 Libraries in California for Public Access VR

Road to VR

Oculus has announced a pilot program to place 100 Rifts and Oculus Ready PCs in 90 libraries throughout the state of California, from the Oregon border down to Mexico. Public libraries provide safe, supportive environments that are available and welcoming to everyone,” says Oculus Education Program Manager Cindy Ball.

article thumbnail

Virus-Free Virtual Training for Healthcare Workers

Tech Trends VR

This prompted the Shift team to adapt their technology – originally developed for training teachers to recognize and mitigate implicit bias in the classroom – to help with the COVID-19 crisis. This got the attention of the Oregon COVID-19 task force as they were looking for training solutions during the crisis. Click To Tweet.

article thumbnail

AltspaceVR Offers Social Reach For Organizers In VR

VRScout

Within two months of joining, I started talking about what I do for work, which is working with older adults who suffer from isolation and loneliness, and how technology can help with that.” Anybody with any form of VR can do Altspace; owners of Oculus Go, or Oculus Gear, or Daydream even.

Portland 312
article thumbnail

Here’s How VR is Reshaping the Criminal Justice System

VRScout

Researchers at the Institute of Forensic Medicine at the University of Zurich, Switzerland used the Oculus Rift to reconstruct crime scenes for jurors to be presented with at trials for the opportunity to walk through crime scenes similar to how lawyers will present photographs and video evidence.

Training 185
article thumbnail

Building The VR Experiences And Worlds of the Future

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

Pretty soon, real life will be stranger than fiction when it comes to bringing the great inventions of science fiction and games into technology. Pallister leads Intel’s virtual reality (VR) project lab in Hillsboro, Oregon. His team is working to improve the state of VR technology and to bring VR to mainstream audiences.

Austin 124