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NBA’s Sacramento Kings and Nike Launch Augmented Reality App

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The Sacramento Kings NBA basketball team has launched an augmented reality app in partnership with Nike. The app lets fans personalize Sacramento Kings uniforms and virtually photograph themselves with star players. Above: You can use a mobile phone to access the Sacramento Kings AR app. Image Credit: Sacramento Kings.

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Heat Isn’t the Only Thing That Could Kill ‘Nearly All’ Young Salmon in the Sacramento River

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On Tuesday, CNN reported that “extreme heat” from California’s searing temperatures could kill “nearly all juvenile chinook salmon” in the Sacramento River. But the potential grim fate of the salmon isn’t just due to climate change—human meddling in California’s rivers is also to blame. Read more.

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Sacramento Kings new NBA arena wired for VR instant replay with mobile headsets.

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This October, the Sacramento Kings will open up a brand new $507 million dollar arena boasting 84 ft long screen almost as long as the court itself. The Sacramento Kings are heavily embracing Virtual Reality and recently invested in virtual reality video startup Voke.

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The Sacramento Kings participate in Xperiel $7 Million Series A to push their IoT and AR platform.

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Xperiel , inventor of the Real World Web (RWW) platform, today announced $7 million in Series A funding, which includes new investments from Scott Cook , Co-Founder of Intuit, Cyan Banister of Founders Fund, WTI and the National Basketball Association’s Sacramento Kings.

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River Studios Comes to LA with VR Studio

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This past week, River Studios partnered up the Sacramento Kings and Willie Cauley-Stein to unveil their new uniforms in VR , as well as letting customers visiting the Sacramento Kings retail space to experience the 360° video in-store. In-store Sacramento Kings VR experience.

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California's AG Is Now Trying To Force Amazon To Comply With Subpoenas Probing Covid Labor Concerns

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California Attorney General Xavier Becerra on Monday asked a Sacramento County Superior Court judge to intervene in what he claims is now six months of Amazon failing to comply with investigative subpoenas over how its warehouse workers were treated during the covid-19 pandemic. Read more.

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How Virtual Reality Is Revolutionizing Police Training

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These include: Sacramento Police Department This department uses immersive video simulators to recreate real-world scenarios, providing its officers with cultural competency and implicit bias training. That’s because users can replay different scenarios, allowing them to analyze each segment in more detail.