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VR Teaches Oregon Residents How To Pump Gas

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As more and more Oregon gas pumping jokes pour in, the VR industry takes its own light jab at the “game-changing” new law. If you’ve been paying any attention to the news lately, you’ve probably heard about a new law in Oregon allowing drivers to self-pump their vehicles for the first time in decades.

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This New Device Could Solve VR Motion Sickness

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Double-blind trials conducted by researchers at Jaguar Land Rover have so far yielded positive results, with Keith Maher, CEO & Founder of Oregon-based company VR Motion , already using the device in conjunction with the companies VR training simulations. . Image Credit: Otolith Labs.

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100-Year-Old Man Reacts to His First VR Experience

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But recently, at Intel’s campus in Hillsboro, Oregon, Becker added another big experience to his life: VR. And tapping his extensive experience as an aircraft pilot, he put his chops to the test in Aerofly’s FS 2 flight simulator—which he confirmed, “feels like the real thing.” “So get going!

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NVIDIA, Microsoft to Build Azure AI Cloud Supercomputer

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Microsoft Azure is the first platform to tap NVIDIA’s Quantum-2 Infiniband high-speed data and simulation processing and the first public cloud to use the technologies. NVIDIA-Oregon State Supercomputer Facility. ” The facility also aims to boost Oregon’s semiconductor industry.

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‘Google Earth VR’ Lets You Experience the Total Solar Eclipse Right Now

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Released in an August 12th update, Google has added a new menu function that lets you activate Monday’s total solar eclipse, which can be seen as it passed through 14 US states: Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Wyoming.

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Here’s How VR is Reshaping the Criminal Justice System

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Now, sheriffs in Monmouth County, NJ are being trained using a new training facility incorporates a virtual reality simulator, the VirTra V-300, with physical training. The Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office has also added the simulator to its training regimen. Monmouth County Sheriff’s Office. .”

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AR in Sports: Moneyball Meets 3D

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More recently, the Oregon Ducks broadcasted an AR promo for Halo Infinite, in which the game’s protagonist virtually descended on the field. The Panthers campaign was a passive AR experience that was simulated through a recorded video. Some of this was due to novelty and a viral effect among Panthers fans.

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