“Mondly VR is a simulation of reality — the most immersive way to learn a language without having to leave home,” Ramona Tampa, Mondly’s digital marketing specialist, told Hypergrid Business. The application combines advanced chatbot technology and speech recognition in order to create a new, revolutionary way to learn languages,” said Ramona Tampa, Digital Marketing Specialist at Mondly, in a recent interview with Hypergrid Business. Mondly screenshot. MORE

Michele Steele of ESPN asked Brendan Reilly, CEO and founder of EON Sports VR, to put the audience in the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ Quarterback, Jameis Winston ‘s, shoes. “We Just in time for the 2015 Football season to kickoff, teams from the NFL are investing in SIDEKIQ , the virtual reality football-simulator software, for training their QB’s. EON Sports VR developed SIDEKIQ which simulates the speed of an NFL game, allowing the user to tailor a virtual game to their perspective. MORE

EON Sports has helped Major League Baseball’s Tampa Bay Rays and National Football League’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers as well as college teams such as Kansas, UCLA and Ole Miss. Coaches tossing batting practice can’t truly prepare batters for a 98 mile-per-hour fastball or wicked slider, so teams such as EON Sports client Tampa Bay Rays use virtual reality to train their eyes upon upcoming pitchers. MORE

Immersive and Vivid Roller Coaster Experience in Tampa - Florida by Mad Bear Productions. L et our December journey start! E njoy the breath-taking view of Tibet; T ake an aerial tour of Southern China; S troll your way through downtown Toronto; V enture into a zombie land with werewolves; E xplore Nevada from a whole new angle; E xperience a dreamy fashion show in the forest; R aft in Mekong River and get immersed in nature. How does VeeR VR pick out “Must-Sees of December” videos? MORE

Atek Grid, formerly owned by the company behind the CloudServe OpenSim hosting company, has been bought by the Tampa-based Florida Web Council, Inc. CloudServe will continue to run the back-end technology for the grid... Metaverse News Atek Grid CloudServe MORE

Tampa, International Plaza. Haven’t been able to make it to any of the big gaming expos (or you don’t know anyone with the $3,000 AR headset)? Microsoft Stores across the US and Canada are now hosting free HoloLens demos, so you can finally see what the hubbub is all about. MORE

News Social Media bitcoin scam hacking Tampa Twitter Twitter hackA 17-year-old mastermind faces 30 felony charges. MORE

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are the first NFL Team to introduce the Virtual Reality Simulation software for American Football called SIDEKIQ, developed by EON Sports VR. Join us tomorrow for the final day of Soccerex Global in Manchester, UK, and discover the place where athletes are using Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality tech to take their game to the next level. MORE

Tampa Florida in 360. (Image courtesy Virtual Reality Festival.). The Virtual Reality Festival will be holding its Extreme Virtual Reality Challenge event in Las Vegas starting next Thursday, January 5, but you still three days to vote for your favorite virtual reality movies, video games, and ads. And even if you don’t vote, this is a great time to catch up on the nominees in all the categories. Nominees for Best Live Action Narrative Film. Ashes. Bare Thoughts. Dead Head. MORE

He has also been responsible for the visual performance of the New York Mets and St Louis Cardinals, and currently works with the Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Indians, Houston Astros, Tampa Bay Rays and Chicago Cubs. My guest today is Dr. Daniel Laby, of Sports Vision. Dr Laby began his work in sports vision more than two decades ago with the MLB’s Los Angeles Dodgers. MORE

Enjoy: PANEL DISCUSSION: VR Creation Tools Me, Jaime Donally ( ARVRinEDU ), Chad Lewis (Tampa Prep School), Bobby Carlton ( VR Scout ) I followed Alvin’s keynote with a panel discussion featuring some of the best in the business. Chad Lewis had also been in several #CPDinVR sessions before and is an award-winning educator from Tampa, Florida doing some amazing things with VR and Unity in particular. MORE

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