TechCrunch
Facebook’s annual virtual reality conference goes virtual-only
1 min · · While it quickly became clear that the tech and developer conference held during the spring would need to be cancelled due to COVID-19, tech companies are beginning to pull the plug on events taking… · Shared by 22, including Richard Joerges, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Rick King
WIRED
Naked and Unafraid to Exercise in Virtual Reality
2 min · · Get over yourself and try VR workouts already. It’s private, liberating, and doesn’t require gym shorts. · Shared by 53, including VR Fitness Insider, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Robert Scoble, Richard Joerges
VentureBeat
How could COVID-19 change AR/VR’s future?
8 min · · COVID-19 is ravaging brick-and-motor retail, but what impact will it have on ecommerce, supply chains, and other aspects of the AR/VR industry? · Shared by 45, including Richard Joerges, Thomas Power, Robert Scoble, Rick King, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer
Forbes
Mixed Reality Technologies To Reshape The Workplace Of The Next Decade
4 min · · The longer the pandemic lasts, the more we’ll get used to a “new norm.” We will continue to look for alternate ways to live, and that presents a massive opportunity for both augmented and virtual… · Shared by 19, including Rick King, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Andreas Staub, ⭐️Danielle Guzman ⭐️, Richard Joerges
Kotaku
Virtual Reality Is My Favorite Way To Leave The House Right Now
4 min · · At this point, we’ve heard how good virtual reality can be for walking around imaginary environments and interacting with worlds up close. But what I never saw coming was how my frivolous, cool tech… · Shared by 25, including Richard Joerges, Rick King
Inc.
Virtual Reality Arcades Join the Quest to Treat Covid-19
3 min · · With gamers staying home, virtual reality arcades around the world have turned over their powerful computers to a project aimed at helping researchers develop Covid-19 therapies. · Shared by 15, including Richard Joerges, Real Marsha Wright®, Rick King
The Atlantic
The Case Against Reality
20+ min · · A professor of cognitive science argues that the world is nothing like the one we experience through our senses. · Shared by 220, including Stephen C Sanders, Nils Hitze, Dan Ariely, Luzius Meisser, Matthias Sala, Jane, Johannes Haus, Myke Näf, Martin Rajcan, Richard Joerges, adrianoesch, Gideonro, Martin Recke, Kyle Petzinger, Philippe Gauvin, Florian Hanke 🍎, jérémie Flück, Johannes Baeck, Dominik Grolimund, Liv 😷
WIRED
AR Will Spark the Next Big Tech Platform—Call It Mirrorworld
19+ min · · We are building a 1-to-1 map of almost unimaginable scope. When it's complete, our physical reality will merge with the digital universe. · Shared by 262, including Adrian Swinscoe, Cooper Professional Education, James Young, Bill Johnston, Howard Getson, Simon Carless, Backchannel, scott belsky, Jose Luis Orihuela, Ines Bieler, tjalve, Bas Grasmayer, PTC, Cory Lebson, Kevin Kelly, Richard Joerges, Bruno Skvorc 🦞 | bruno.eth, Jamie Burke ⛺️, Nicolas Babin, Klaus Eck
WIRED
The Untold Story of Magic Leap, the World’s Most Secretive Startup
Summary · 20+ min · · Virtual reality is posed to become a fundamental technology, and outfits like Magic Leap have an opportunity to become some of the largest companies ever. · Shared by 404, including Martin Howard, Thomas Euler, Daniel Rezac, Richard Joerges, Esther Schindler, Nir Eyal, Katja Evertz, Greg Meyer, ¯\_(ツ)_/¯🕶, Craig Mod, Christina, Ernie Smith is also @ernie@writing.exchange, Brian, Tac Anderson, John Battelle, Daniel Jörg, Fawzi A. Baba-Ali, Thomas Power, ThomNagy, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer
Guardian Tech
The meaning of life in a world without work
20+ min · · As technology renders jobs obsolete, what will keep us busy? Sapiens author Yuval Noah Harari examines ‘the useless class’ and a new quest for purpose · Shared by 1369, including Antonio Vieira Santos, Claudia Sommer, Howard Getson, Dominik Grolimund, Liliane Ferrari ™, Jonathan Kogan, Andreas Von Gunten, Chris Messina, DonDahlmann, Nils Hitze, Katja Evertz, Thomas Power, Jane, Herbert Bay, Stephen C Sanders, Richard Joerges, Nir Eyal, Klaus Eck, Sergio Caredda, Kris Fannin
Road to VR
Facebook Signs Exclusivity Deal with AR Display Maker Plessey
1 min · · Facebook is taking an important step towards releasing its first AR headset, as the company has signed an exclusivity agreement with UK-based AR display maker Plessey to supply the company with… · Shared by 14, including Rick King, Richard Joerges
Digital Trends
AR Therapy For Kids With Autism Aiming For FDA Approval
1 min · · Stanford's Autism Glass Project helps kids on the autism spectrum recognize the emotions on faces around them. Its creators are now aiming for FDA approval. · Shared by 20, including Richard Joerges, Rick King, Christoph Wilke
The Verge
Oculus developer page leaks a new VR headset codenamed ‘Del Mar’
2 min · · A developer program may be in the works. · Shared by 26, including Richard Joerges, TechTrends, TonyParisi.eth, Rick King, Katja Evertz