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

Cats and VR

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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How Virtual Reality Is Revolutionizing Police Training

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Why VR Is an Effective Training Tool VR has many police training applications, allowing officers to improve their interactions with their communities and help them develop the necessary reactions in a more controlled environment. Using VR for police training allows them to immerse in those scenarios without the risk of physical harm.

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HTC Vive Shows US Mayors How VR Can Help City Planning

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During this year’s South by South West (SXSW) show HTC held an event in which Mayors from cities like Albuquerque, West Sacramento, and the festival’s own home of Austin. Going beyond that, this tool could be used to help city planning and management in the future.

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Xperiel Wins Edison Award For Real World Web AR Cloud Platform

Charlie Fink

The Sacramento Kings and LA Dodgers are among its seed investors. The company was founded in 2014 by Alex and Phillip Hertel, who sold their previous company, Walleto, to Google. The company is best known for its massive location based AR-powered brand experiences in major league sports venues.

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All the Ways Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality are Shaping Sports

ARVR

The San Francisco 49ers and the Sacramento Kings also published AR experiences in the past aimed at team spirit. The Washington Capitals also partnered with Bud Light to provide its fans AR games using coasters in local bars located near the Capital One Arena. Do you know of any other use cases for AR in sports?

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Making a Pair of Ray-Bans Act Like a HoloLens x50 with Edge Computing, with Verizon's TJ Vitolo

XR for Business Podcast

Recently, TJ and his team launched AR Designer, the world's first streaming-based AR tool kit that allows brands and developers to quickly and easily create augmented reality experiences, with no technical expertise. Today, he leads the commercial strategy and product execution behind Verizon's VR, AR and 360 organization environment.

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Making a Pair of Ray-Bans Act Like a HoloLens x50 with Edge Computing, with Verizon's TJ Vitilo

XR for Business Podcast

Recently, TJ and his team launched AR Designer, the world's first streaming-based AR tool kit that allows brands and developers to quickly and easily create augmented reality experiences, with no technical expertise. Today, he leads the commercial strategy and product execution behind Verizon's VR, AR and 360 organization environment.