Charlie Fink

DECEMBER 9, 2019

The two year old Portland-based XR startup empowers home service pros and consumers using see-what-I-see technology and computer vision.

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Tech Trends VR

MAY 31, 2020

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. The curriculum content and scenarios have been supplied by the University of Portland School of Nursing. VRScout (@VRScout) May 27, 2020.

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GizModo VR

AUGUST 14, 2020

Russell Kirsch, the inventor of the pixel and the first person to create a digital photograph, died Tuesday at his home in Portland, Oregon, according to a report from the Washington Post. Kirsch was 91 years old. Read more.

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TechCrunch VR

JULY 4, 2019

Donning a Samsung VR headset, Gittin was controlling the vehicle miles away from the Goodwood arena using a teleoperation system developed by Portland, Ore., The marketing around 5G can leave one indifferent to the technology. The startup recently remotely controlled a vehicle at Goodwood from its offices in Portland, Ore.,

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Tech Trends VR

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

How can we use technology to tell compelling and worthwhile stories, engage audiences, and make a living in the bargain? Immersive technology is not about one type of hardware or experience. In a digital age where so many of our social interactions are mediated by technology, what even constitutes a real experience any more?

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AR Insider

MARCH 31, 2021

It sees the technology more aligned with the future of search. Starting with a trial at Fred Myer supermarkets in Portland Oregon, they’ll know your estimated ETA, so they can time their order preparation accordingly. A fter expanding and contracting in various VR initiatives, Google continues to be committed to AR.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Based on Intel’s True VR technology, TNT is bringing live and on-demand VR coverage of NBA All-Star events to Gear VR and Daydream headsets via the NBA on TNT VR app. Houston @ Portland , 10:30 p.m. TNT and Intel have teamed up to bring NBA All-Star coverage to VR on Gear VR and Daydream. Thursday, Mar. Thursday, Mar.

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VRScout

APRIL 8, 2018

Surrounded by towering mountains, picturesque lakes, and urban beaches, it’s easy to forget that Vancouver hosts a booming technology industry. It’s got a very vibrant, dynamic community with both men and women leading the space, and it’s really covering everything from content production to enabling technologies.”

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

The technology replaces products in streaming media that has already been produced. It is available in cities like Seattle, Chicago, Tokyo, London, and most recently, San Diego and Portland. We predicted in 2018 that the Apple XR device would probably be focused on media consumption – at first.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 4, 2017

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. They became one of the first teams to join Microsoft’s Mixed Reality Partner Program.

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Charlie Fink

MAY 28, 2019

Streem, an AR startup based in Portland, OR, announced today that it had acquired UK-based computer vision and machine learning startup Selerio, Ltd., The UK team will join the Portland office, which has grown to thirty employees. which spun out of research from the University of Cambridge and a Google fellowship. if not better?—?than

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Road to VR

JUNE 22, 2018

VR & AR are reflections of the human experience, and so any experiential design framework for immersive technologies should also describe aspects of our conscious experiences.

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VRWorld

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

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.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 8, 2018

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.” It was the first time they did a large live show in a way that tested the multi-room ability.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Looking down the road, Intel is hoping to increase the popularity of its TruView technology. Thursday, March 20 – Houston @ Portland. Fans will also be able to access NBA on TNT VR content during the regular season, during the following games: Thursday, February 22 – LA Clippers @ Golden State.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 27, 2017

Portland-based Lattice Semiconductor announced that it made an exclusive partnership with TPCAST to provide its WirelessHD solution to the company’s wireless products, starting with the Vive upgrade kit. This week, we’ve learned which company is helping power those transmissions.

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Tech Trends VR

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

And while Portland is by no means a backwater, it’s still not a major tech or immersive content hub like LA or San Francisco either. That, in turn, allowed their partner developers to secure key contracts as they figured their way around the new technology. For starters, they’re based in Oregon as opposed to Silicon Valley.

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ARVR

APRIL 6, 2021

It sees the technology more aligned with the future of search. Starting with a trial at Fred Myer supermarkets in Portland Oregon, they’ll know your estimated ETA, so they can time their order preparation accordingly. After expanding and contracting in various VR initiatives, Google continues to be committed to AR.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Climb to the top of Portland Oregon’s tallest tree in this immersive 360 experience, where the view is spectacular from the top of a towering 246’ Douglas Fir in Forest Park. We are grateful for their ongoing commitment to using technology for good.”. Tree Huggers. World Tour.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

The eight-player field also features 2017 All-Stars Kyle Lowry of the Toronto Raptors and Kemba Walker of the Charlotte Hornets, as well as Eric Gordon of the Houston Rockets, Wesley Matthews of the Dallas Mavericks, CJ McCollum of the Portland Trail Blazers, and Nick Young of the Los Angeles Lakers. VERIZON SLAM DUNK.

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Peter Graham

JULY 21, 2019

Portland, OR. If you are an employer looking for someone to fill an immersive technology related role – regardless of the industry – don’t forget you can send us the lowdown on the position and we’ll be sure to feature it in that following week’s feature. Senior Events Manager. Click Here to Apply. Account Executive.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

Virtual and augmented reality technology is being used to help people who are blessed with perfect vision – and lots of interesting solutions are out there. A developer out of Portland, OR named Javier Davalos has made an Hololens app that utilizes audio feedback for real-world navigation help for the visually impaired.

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Road to VR

MAY 17, 2017

Cory Doctorow’s new sci-fi book “ Walkaway ” is a optimistic disaster novel that imagines what society might look like if people walked away from competitive market-driven laws, norms, and technological infrastructure and into an open-source inspired, collaborative gift economy. LISTEN TO THE VOICES OF VR PODCAST.

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AllThingsVR

AUGUST 27, 2015

But a small startup based in a Portland, Oregon, garage could have better luck. Heilig was never able to popularize the sensory-immersive Sensorama; it remains a curious footnote in the history of virtual reality. Since March, Wild has been building an experience that combines virtual reality with elements of real life.

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GizModo VR

DECEMBER 15, 2021

And as the Associated Press notes, the Navy could soon be using this technology to fight uncrewed boats sent by Yemen’s Houthi rebels in the… Read more. Navy tested a new laser weapon in the Gulf of Aden, between Yemen and Somalia, on Tuesday and hit a floating target, according to a press release from the U.S.

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TechCrunch VR

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Amazon’s foray into grocery store technology provides a succinct introduction into the state of the industry. While Amazon Go is vertically integrated, in Amazon’s second act, it revealed a separate, more horizontal strategy: Earlier this year, Amazon announced that it would license its cashierless Just Walk Out technology.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

From exploring the use of VR for medical training to discovering new ways immersive technology can impact prosthetic patients , exciting progress is being made on a daily basis. Now one Portland-based HoloLens developer, Javier Davalos, is showing us what the mixed reality hardware can do to help the visually impaired.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 4, 2019

Alan: My name’s Alan Smithson, the host of the XR for Business Podcast, where we interview industry leaders in making technologies in virtual, augmented and mixed reality. A lot of us are here in Portland, Oregon, but our product manager’s remote. And that’s some complicated technology stock to really enable that.

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GizModo VR

JANUARY 14, 2022

A massive ice disk that first appeared in Maine in 2019 , spinning slowly and ominously on the Presumpscot River in the town of Westbrook, is back. Personally, I welcome the return of our icy disk overlord and urge all my fellow mortals to rejoice in its dark return. The ice disk cometh once more! Read more.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 4, 2019

Alan: My name's Alan Smithson, the host of the XR for Business Podcast, where we interview industry leaders in making technologies in virtual, augmented and mixed reality. A lot of us are here in Portland, Oregon, but our product manager's remote. And that's some complicated technology stock to really enable that. Alan: Amazing.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 4, 2019

Alan: My name’s Alan Smithson, the host of the XR for Business Podcast, where we interview industry leaders in making technologies in virtual, augmented and mixed reality. A lot of us are here in Portland, Oregon, but our product manager’s remote. And that’s some complicated technology stock to really enable that.

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GizModo VR

MARCH 26, 2021

People in the Pacific Northwest were treated to quite a light show in the sky on Thursday night shortly before 9:00 p.m. local time, midnight ET. Social media users from Oregon to Canada reported seeing strange lights, and we have plenty of angles from last night’s display that have been uploaded to YouTube, Twitter,… Read more.

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Tech Trends VR

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Over what now feels like an eternity working in the creative and technology industries, I’ve seen the difference that fostering diversity can make to innovation. Episodes 1 and 2 will premiere in the fall of 2019, with the first one taking place in Portland on Sept. Simply put, you don’t get that much of it without it.

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VRScout

JUNE 3, 2018

billion in government funding to boost Vancouver’s digital technology. Now, with our talent pool and proximity to San Francisco, Seattle, and Portland, there’s been a huge uptick in business-to-business development. were invited to speak at SXSW festival on the rise of VR and AR in Vancouver. “XR

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Paul has been a software developer and technology consultant since 1997 – since before the interwebs! At Magic Leap, Paul recognized the lack of accessible tools for non-game developers that was hindering widespread adoption of immersive and spatial computing technologies. To learn more about Torch, you can visit torch.app.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Paul has been a software developer and technology consultant since 1997 – since before the interwebs! At Magic Leap, Paul recognized the lack of accessible tools for non-game developers that was hindering widespread adoption of immersive and spatial computing technologies. To learn more about Torch, you can visit torch.app.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Paul has been a software developer and technology consultant since 1997 - since before the interwebs! At Magic Leap, Paul recognized the lack of accessible tools for non-game developers that was hindering widespread adoption of immersive and spatial computing technologies. To learn more about Torch, you can visit torch.app. Paul: Yeah.

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