GizModo VR

MARCH 9, 2021

There’s nothing like the buzz of seeing a great film at a film festival. The mystery, the excitement, the shared experience. And though the covid-19 pandemic continues to mean in-person festivals are a no-go, it also means festival films are being viewed by a more diverse audience than ever thanks to the internet. Read more.

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VRScout

MARCH 8, 2023

The South by Southwest (SXSW) Conference and Festival draws everything from up-and-coming music artists and interactive media companies to forward-thinking startups and various other cutting-edge technologies. The party returns on March 12th live via the metaverse.

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GizModo VR

APRIL 25, 2022

Two wildfires in New Mexico combined and have burned 54,004 acres of land since they first merged, according to an update by New Mexico Fire Information. The fires—separately known as Calf Canyon fire and Hermits Peak fire—first combined on April 19, 2022. The blaze is located near Gallinas Canyon, south of… Read more.

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Upload VR

MARCH 31, 2024

Recently shown at South By Southwest, Runaways by Beyond Games describes itself as a skill-based endless runner with fast-paced gameplay. Runaways is a spatial endless runner designed specifically for Apple Vision Pro.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 5, 2022

Get a bird’s eye view of Neuschwanstein Castle in southwest Bavaria, Germany. An absolutely stunning 360-degree video of an eagle soaring through the air with an Insta360 RS camera strapped to its back has garnered over 22K likes on Instagram and is continuing to gain traction.

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GizModo VR

MAY 4, 2022

On Tuesday, the federal government announced that it will take unprecedented steps to maintain water levels in Lake Powell and stave off an electricity supply catastrophe for the Southwest. Read more.

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GizModo VR

OCTOBER 8, 2021

The film received acclaim when it debuted at the 2021 South by Southwest film festival for its stylized animation and impressive voice cast. Earlier this year, we reviewed the animated fantasy flick The Spine of Night , and found it to be spectacular. Being pretty dang violent also didn’t hurt.) Thankfully, it’s got a… Read more.

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Tech Trends VR

MARCH 19, 2019

Tech Trends catches up to him at South by Southwest in Austin. . Brian Behm is here at The South by Southwest Conference in Austin as both a speaker and mentor. Brian Behm is here at The South by Southwest Conference in Austin as both a speaker and mentor Click To Tweet. By Laura Kobylecky.

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GizModo VR

MARCH 19, 2021

A long-dormant volcano erupted on Iceland’s Reykjanes Peninsula on Friday, shooting a fountain of lava that lit the night sky roughly 19 miles (30 kilometers) southwest of the nation’s capital, the Icelandic Meteorological Office reported Friday. The eruption, estimated to be the peninsula’s first in almost 800 years,… Read more.

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GizModo VR

JULY 18, 2022

A team of scientists at Sichuan University in Southwest China created a small fish robot that can “eat” microplastics out of the water. Read more.

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GizModo VR

DECEMBER 28, 2020

southwest were finding an astounding number of dead birds littered along roads, on golf courses, and in their own driveways. This past autumn, people all across the U.S. Some estimated that hundreds of thousands of the creatures perished. Months later, new findings are shedding a little more light on why the spooky… Read more.

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Next Reality AR

JUNE 10, 2019

Snapchat isn't the only tech company transforming landmarks with augmented reality for Pride Month.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Next month, at the South by Southwest Festival (SXSW) 2024, which has a history of showcasing XR customer and enterprise innovations, automotive leader Honda plans to showcase its unique VR experience platform.

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GizModo VR

JUNE 6, 2022

Southwest is partly in the hands, or paws, of 11 adorable wolf pups. The future of Mexican wolves in the U.S. In early May, the small captive-bred canines were placed into the dens of five wild wolf packs across Arizona and New Mexico. Read more.

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GizModo VR

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Since this year hasn’t been spooky enough, thousands of migratory birds are now dropping dead across the Southwest. Read more.

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GizModo VR

JUNE 9, 2022

The city of Austin is starting to feel the effects of the ongoing drought in the American Southwest. The Lone Star State is being pummeled by high temperatures and dry weather. Earlier this week, Austin began restrictions as water that is stored in lakes Buchanan and Travis, dropped significantly, the Austin… Read more.

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GizModo VR

JANUARY 25, 2021

Scientists found a 34-year-old grizzly bear in southwest Wyoming, identifying him by a mark on his lip made by biologists in 1989. That’s the oldest grizzly ever known in the Yellowstone region that includes parts of Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming. Respect your elders. Read more.

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GizModo VR

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Tonga, an island nation roughly 3,100 miles southwest of Hawaii, reported its first case of covid-19 since the pandemic began, according to New Zealand’s Stuff news outlet. The covid-positive person arrived on a flight from New Zealand and is reportedly in hotel quarantine, hopefully ensuring the disease doesn’t… Read more.

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GizModo VR

APRIL 19, 2021

Federal officials said this week that a major source of water for the Southwest could face some of its first official water restrictions later this year if water levels keep dropping. The West is dry and getting drier. Read more.

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VRScout

MARCH 11, 2020

Earlier this month it was confirmed that the 2020 Game Developers Conference (GDC) and South by Southwest Festival are being canceled in anticipation of an outbreak. As the ESA hints in their statement, it’s possible E3 will return next year, though the odds of a physical, in-person conference are now up in the air. COVID-19 a.k.a.

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GizModo VR

AUGUST 25, 2021

In the Southwest, if you happen across a tank of water in the desert, don’t disturb it. The tanks are meant for bears, deer, birds, and other wildlife—and they’re more in need of the water than ever this year amid the megadrought. Read more.

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GizModo VR

JUNE 8, 2021

A megadrought has stricken the Southwest , taking a massive toll on ecosystems, drinking water, farms, and more in seven states. One of those states, Nevada, is taking a permanent step to protect dwindling water resources by cracking down on the scourge of useless lawns. Read more.

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GizModo VR

MAY 11, 2021

Off the southwest coast of Japan, a group of animals has been coexisting in a close relationship that researchers thought didn’t exist in the modern age. The team of researchers from Japan and Poland found a sea lily—which, despite its name, is an animal and not a plant—hosting coral and sea anemone species on its… Read more.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

After our attraction opens, it will change the entire tourism structure of Guizhou province as well as China’s southwest,” Chief Executive Chen Jianli told Reuters. Occupying one of the poorest provinces in China, the park aims to revitalize the area when it partially opens February next year. The post Giant $1.5

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Tech Trends VR

JANUARY 16, 2019

mk2's VR Pods - plug-and-play solution for professionals – were first unveiled at this year at South by Southwest, and around 100 have been sold across the world since March Click To Tweet. mk2 has a strong background in managing traditional cinema venues, producing over 100 award-winning movies and operating over 26 theaters in Europe.

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Digital Trends

AUGUST 25, 2021

In the new Saints Row game, players will have to grow the Saints all over again, this time by taking over a city in the American Southwest.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 8, 2022

But this event, which is pronounced “South By SouthWest” is actually one of the most important events about tech, digital, and creativity in the United States. It is held in Austin, Texas, and before the pandemic, it gathered most of the biggest names in tech in the US , and also in part of the rest of the world.

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VR Fitness

JUNE 30, 2020

It will launch in the southwest United States this summer in both Arizona and California before coming to additional locations in the next two years. Black Box VR is teaming up with high-value low price gym leader EoS Fitness to offer virtual reality enhanced workouts nationwide. Continue reading on VR Fitness Insider.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MARCH 7, 2024

Honda Enters XR Market At the upcoming South by Southwest Festival (SXSW) in 2024, Honda plans to showcase its unique VR experience platform. The firm is also working on an AR remote park assist feature, an anti-sun glare system, and an AR multi-plane image-generating system.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 15, 2017

The series debuted at South by Southwest (SXSW) this week and will be debuting on all VR headsets. Below you can check out the first trailer for this new series from Montreal-based UNLTD, using a 3D 360 degree camera to immerse viewers in five 15 minute episodes. Tagged with: Trinity , UNLTD.

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VRScout

MARCH 30, 2023

Last year’s South by Southwest (SXSW) event was an absolute party. XR creators brought their A-game to this year’s festivities. This year, the Austin-based festival felt noticeably more focused, with a number of amazing technologies being showcased.

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EON Reality

JULY 21, 2021

In the southwest corner of Colorado, Mesa Verde is home to some of the best-preserved Ancestral Pueblo cliff dwellings in the country. Archaeology Study of Mesa Verde Indian Ruins Spatial Meeting. In 1906, Mesa Verde became the 10th national park — and the first in the world to “preserve the works of man.”.

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EON Reality

JULY 12, 2021

In the southwest corner of Colorado, Mesa Verde is home to some of the best-preserved Ancestral Pueblo cliff dwellings in the country. Each year, hundreds of thousands of visitors go to see the majesty of Mesa Verde National Park. But only a select few get to tour breathtaking backcountry dwellings rarely seen by the public.

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VRScout

AUGUST 17, 2018

On top of the apps well-curated catalogue, a regular stream of free DLC has teleported us to exotic locations such as Castle Hohenrechberg in southwest Germany, Death Valley in the Sierra Nevada mountains, and the Cologne Cathedral in Köln, Germany; all of which captured using state-of-the-art photogrammetry techniques. Now the Realities.io

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VRScout

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Inarritu’s multimedia art and cinema experience is a deeply emotional and physically immersive venture into the world of migrants crossing the desert of the American southwest in early dawn light,” AMPAS president John Bailey said in a statement. Photo Credit: Emmanuel Lubezki.

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VRScout

MARCH 16, 2021

Today marks the beginning of the 2021 South by Southwest (SXSW) film festival, an annual celebration of film, music, and interactive media which—since its founding in 1987—has since established itself as one of the most highly-anticipated and widely talked-about pop culture events of the year.

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Upload VR

MARCH 11, 2024

Previously, it assisted with Impulse (Preview) - which is currently being exhibited at South By Southwest (SXSW), MIT Reality Hack , the Social Impact BuildFest , Forager , and more. While today marks the Immersive Media Institute's first official announcement, this isn't the first time Agog has supported XR projects.

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