GizModo VR

APRIL 21, 2021

Whole Foods will launch a palm reader payment system at its Madison Broadway location in Seattle today and has plans to roll out the biometric program at seven more stores in the coming months, according to an announcement early Wednesday. Read more.

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AR Insider

JULY 29, 2022

Following a recent under-the-hood look at Meta's next-gen VR prototypes, the folks at TESTED took a trip to Seattle for a deeper technical dive. We unpack the takeaways in this week's XR Talks. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 30, 2018

Oculus recently announced the’ll be expanding their educational pilot program by donating Oculus Rift and Oculus Go headsets to a number of educational institutions across Taiwan, Japan, and Seattle. The post Oculus to Donate Rift & Go to Learning Institutions Across Seattle, Taiwan, & Japan appeared first on Road to VR.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

Mixture will be available to demo from September 2nd to the 3rd at PAX West (Booth 650) at the Seattle Convention Center in Seattle, Washington. VR and the metaverse are where the future lies, and we’ll be there to be a part of it!”. No word yet on an official release date or price.

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HaptX

JULY 18, 2021

REDMOND, WA, – HaptX, the leading provider of realistic haptic technology, today announced a Series A-1 financing round of $12 million along with new headquarters in the Seattle area. HaptX has open positions available in mechanical engineering, software development, sales, and operations across its Seattle and San Luis Obispo offices.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 11, 2017

This year will also mark the true beginning of the company’s western expansion, beginning with a brand new United States research office in Seattle, Washington and a US headquartered in Los Angeles, California. More can be learned, however, about the Seattle office based on who exactly it will house.

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VRScout

MAY 24, 2022

Lightship VPS currently supports 30,000 locations across six major cities: San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, New York, London, and Tokyo. According to Niantic, all the system needs is a single frame from the user’s smartphone camera in order to pinpoint their specific location.

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Peter Graham

JANUARY 2, 2020

Vulcan Productions and Kaleidoscope their inaugural Impact Reality Summit in Seattle, WA, focused on promoting immersive storytelling with a powerful impact. . While all eyes might be on Las Vegas next week for the annual CES technology event there’s plenty of other shows going on.

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VRScout

APRIL 2, 2019

If you’ve ever had the pleasure of visiting the famous Museum of Pop Culture in Seattle, Washington, chances are you’ve come across Vulcan’s Holodome , an ‘immersive reality experience’ that uses interactive visuals projected onto a dome shell to transport users to new locations and immerse them in otherworldly scenarios.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The immersive sports experience made its debut during yesterday’s game against the Seattle Seahawks. The professional NFL team the Los Angeles Rams have partnered with fan engagement platform ARound to launch an absolutely massive augmented reality (AR) experience at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, California.

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VRScout

JANUARY 25, 2022

These competitions will take you to exotic destinations around the world, including Sydney, San Francisco, Seattle, New York, Rio de Janeiro, Enoshima, and Cape Town. Those who purchase the “Sailing Pass” will also have access to Pro and WASZP races. Image Credit: MarineVerse.

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GizModo VR

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

If you could only listen to one radio station for the rest of all time, what would you choose? It’s a moot question for some Mazda owners in Washington state’s Puget Sound region, whose onboard infotainment systems are stuck in a reboot loop that keeps the dial stuck on one specific radio station. Read more.

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GizModo VR

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Let us give thanks to Seattle’s City Council, which voted unanimously yesterday to force Uber and Lyft to pay their drivers the equivalent of local minimum wage and lifted the spirits of a sleep-deprived doomscrolling nation. The law , which will go into effect in January, ensures that drivers for ride-hailing… Read more.

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Road to VR

MAY 19, 2022

Check out a short explanation of what a coaching session looks like with some in-app footage, presented by Brian Daccord, Sense Arena’s Director of Goaltending Development and former NHL goaltending coach and scout.

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Road to VR

MARCH 24, 2021

This brings the Seattle-based company’s lifetime financing to $149 million following its most recent round in December 2020 when the company secured its $20 million Series C.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 20, 2021

The Seattle-based startup today announced it’s secured a new $145 million financing round, bringing the company’s total valuation to $3.5 Social VR platform Rec Room has sealed another big funding round to close out the year.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Command Sight , a Seattle-based company specializing in human to animal communication, is looking to modernize these tactical conversations using AR technology designed specifically for trained K9s. Often times, this involves a human handler providing commands using hand gestures or light devices such as laser pointers.

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GizModo VR

JANUARY 3, 2022

Over his long career, he helped create John Waters’ long-running musical Hairspray , scored films like Sleepless in Seattle and Mary Poppins Returns , and has won a Grammy, an Emmy, and a Tony for his work (meaning he only needs an Oscar to complete his… Read more. Composer and lyricist Marc Shaiman is unquestionably talented.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 28, 2020

Additional hotels planned in Las Vegas, Denver, Chicago, Austin, Seattle, San Francisco, and San Jose. According to a press statement , the first location is slated to break ground in Phoenix, AZ sometime later this year.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JUNE 13, 2022

Pico hired 40 new staff members to support its US expansion, working from offices in the Bay Area, Seattle, and San Diego. Over the weekend, Bytedance, the parent company of Tik Tok and owners of Pico, vendors of virtual reality (VR) headsets, announced major expansions toward western VR hardware distribution.

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GizModo VR

JULY 26, 2021

And while this is just the word of one anonymous “insider” at the Seattle-based mega-retailer, bitcoin’s price skyrocketed overnight and it’s creating a lot of buzz in… Read more. Amazon has plans to accept the cryptocurrency bitcoin by the end of 2021, according to an anonymously sourced report in the London newspaper City A.M.

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GizModo VR

AUGUST 25, 2021

On Monday, an Alaska Airlines flight was forced to evacuate all 129 passengers after landing at Seattle–Tacoma International Airport after one of those passenger’s phones caught ablaze. Another day, another story of a Samsung phone turning into a ticking time bomb. Read more.

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ARPost

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Organized by Vulcan Productions and Kaleidoscope, Impact Reality Summit will have its first edition on January 9 and 10, 2020, at Vulcan Technologies headquarters in Seattle, WA. If curators select your project, you will attend the XR event in Seattle to present it before the review committee. An XR Event for a Sustainable Future.

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GizModo VR

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

A ransomware gang called “Cuba” claims to be selling off data on the dark web belonging to Automatic Funds Transfer Services (AFTS), a Seattle-based financial services and data management firm that suffered a bad ransomware attack in early February. Read more.

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GizModo VR

MAY 31, 2022

Seattle-based Stratolaunch Systems has debuted a structurally complete prototype of its Talon-A separation test aircraftx, along with a view of the vehicle nestled within its unique launch platform. The company says hypersonic test flights could happen as early as this year. Read more.

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Slashgear

MARCH 17, 2022

As part of its wider climate ambitions, Amazon has upgraded its Fresh Seattle location in hopes of making it the first zero carbon-certified grocery store.

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Next Reality AR

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Facing mixed reviews for the Magic Leap One, Magic Leap has already returned to the lab to improve on the device's successor.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Although audio isn’t studio-quality due to work-at-home norms adopted by the team since the COVID-19 pandemic broke, the studio has been quietly recording commentary voice overs “in closets and blanket forts around greater Seattle,” the studio says.

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GizModo VR

JANUARY 27, 2021

But Seattle-based company Recompose is giving people a new way to exit this mortal coil: Having their remains laid in a tube of mulch and soil and letting bacteria turn them into compost in a month’s time. Death is inevitable. After having opened their doors earlier this winter, Recompose is now fully getting to work… Read more.

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Mashable VR

MARCH 15, 2022

This summer, Volvo-branded charging stations will be installed at up to 15 Starbucks locations along the 1,350-mile route between Denver and Seattle. The electric route from Seattle to Denver. The 60 charge plugs will be available about every 100 miles to alleviate any range anxiety. Credit: Volvo.

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GizModo VR

OCTOBER 25, 2021

The system has brought punishing rain and wind to areas from the Bay Area to Seattle. A combination bomb cyclone and atmospheric river event has hit California and the rest of the West Coast. Read more.

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Road to VR

MARCH 17, 2020

Isekai Entertainment, a Seattle-based indie studio, released the first trailer for its upcoming action game Sword Reverie, a JRPG-inspired title that feels like a heartfelt love letter to the popular anime/manga Sword Art Online (SAO).

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Road to VR

JUNE 3, 2021

Seattle-based developer Endeavor One says in a PS blogpost that Arashi was “built from the ground up for VR,” and that it includes “state-of-the-art movement and a deadly arsenal of feudal era weapons.” It’s just been announced for PSVR.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

The VR trial flights – which are being tested on 10 flights between Boston and Seattle, as well as Boston and San Diego – are the result of a partnership between Alaska Airlines and SkyLights, along with support from 20 th Century Fox, Warner Brothers, and EIM.

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VRScout

JANUARY 28, 2020

.” The first Atari Hotel is scheduled to open later this year in Phoenix, Arizona, followed by seven additional locations across Austin, Chicago, Denver, Las Vegas, San Jose, San Francisco, and Seattle. For more information check out atarihotels.com. . Feature Image Credit: Atari Inc.

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GizModo VR

JANUARY 6, 2021

Amazon has purchased 11 passenger planes from Delta and WestJet that will be converted into cargo jets, according to a press release from the Seattle-based online retailer. It’s the first time Amazon has purchased planes outright rather than just lease them and comes as the airline industry struggles from a slowdown… Read more.

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Digital Trends

AUGUST 24, 2021

A smartphone caught fire on an Alaska Airline passenger plane at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on Monday, prompting an emergency evacuation of the jet.

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