The platform was demonstrated during the Emerging Technologies Symposium for Emergency Solutions at Concordia University Portland, Oregon, earlier this month. PIXO VR, a virtual reality safety training company, has unveiled their new training platform for emergency response personnel. At the conference, teams of first responders worked to contain a virtual oil truck fire within a PIXO VR-created virtual environment. MORE

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. MORE

Pallister leads Intel’s virtual reality (VR) project lab in Hillsboro, Oregon. Pretty soon, real life will be stranger than fiction when it comes to bringing the great inventions of science fiction and games into technology. Kim Pallister, the director of Intel’s virtual reality center of excellence, moderated a fireside chat about that topic with science fiction writer Austin Grossman at our recent GamesBeat Summit 2017: How games, sci-fi, and tech create real-world magic. MORE

As more and more Oregon gas pumping jokes pour in, the VR industry takes its own light jab at the “game-changing” new law. Now drivers in rural Oregon counties with less than 40,000 residents are being tasked with servicing themselves, and the results have been, well, interesting. MORE

Oregon. Haven’t been able to make it to any of the big gaming expos (or you don’t know anyone with the $3,000 AR headset)? Microsoft Stores across the US and Canada are now hosting free HoloLens demos, so you can finally see what the hubbub is all about. MORE

Ever since, the Portland-based startup has been working from their Oregon base with a range of enterprise customers in industries such as Architecture, Engineering, Construction, Automotive and Energy & Utilities. MORE

This week started with a milestone announcement of Japanese SoftBank moving in to acquire ARM Holdings for a record $32 billion. MORE

About: 360 Labs is a Portland, Oregon based production company specialized in 360º videos, virtual tours, custom Google Street View, and VR experiences. MORE

The courtrooms of the future, from the jury to the prosecution process, may look different thanks to the rise of virtual reality. Several experts contacted for this article are working on ways to innovate the legal profession to usher in VR tools to make the trial process, and the law student experience, more immersive and engaging. “VR MORE

You can navigate to the solar eclipse mode through the destinations menu, which plops you in a default area in rural Oregon. MORE

Google Earth VR, one of the best apps available on both the Rift and Vive, is offering users the chance to experience the eclipse as it will appear at various point around the US, starting off in Oregon. MORE

So far I have shot Big Sur, The Redwoods, The Oregon Dunes, and Olympic National Park. photo by Jay Whittaker. MORE

While Hover Junkers’ traditional multiplayer gameplay is all about intense shootouts with friends, the single-player mode is more influenced by randomized adventure games like Oregon Trail. MORE

Carrie Leonetti, an associate professor at the University of Oregon School of Law who studies the impact of emerging technology on US trial procedure, foresees a moment when we collectively stop viewing this technology as a novelty and treat it as a functional tool. “I MORE

The campaign’s concept was outlined by StressLevelZero founder Brandon J Laatsch in a news entry on the game’s Steam page in March , saying it would be familiar to anyone who played the classic Oregon Trail series. MORE

by Dylan Southard I saw "Death Of A Salesman" for the first time at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in 1997. MORE

It riffs on the humorous plight of games like Oregon Trail, with a fresh coat of paint that pits players against aliens and other trials and tribulations rather than the Old West. This Thanksgiving holiday is about be thankful and appreciating the amazing year of VR we have had so far. MORE

But recently, at Intel’s campus in Hillsboro, Oregon, Becker added another big experience to his life: VR. Lyle Becker has lived many lives in his 100 years. MORE

Monday’s total solar eclipse will cut a swath over the USA from Oregon to South Carolina. MORE

The company showed off a video featuring Portland, Oregon VR design studio dotdotdash, one of the first developers to use the Vive Tracker. HTC has kicked off 2017 by showcasing new Vive accessories and services at CES that will lay the foundation for VR in 2017 and beyond. MORE