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Virgin Galactic offers a peek inside SpaceShipTwo in VR, making its case in the space tourism race

GeekWire

And in a move befitting this era of social distancing, the big reveal was done with the aid of virtual reality. The thought experiment was a cosmic version of the classic VR game where you walk on a plank sticking out from the ledge of a virtual skyscraper and dare yourself to jump off.

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Space Perspective reboots vision of flying passengers to stratosphere on a balloon

GeekWire

Although deposits aren’t yet being taken, interested parties can get in a virtual line for reservations via Space Perspective’s website (which was overloaded just after today’s announcement). After that joint venture, they got married and went on to found Paragon Space Development Corp.

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5 (more) IT trends to watch in 2019 and beyond

mrc's Cup of Joe Blog

That means it’s still more important than ever to manage employee education about security risks like shadow IT and social engineering hacks. In the consumer realm, we’ve seen augmented and virtual reality start to take off. However, augmented and virtual reality isn’t just about consumer technology.

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Startup survival: How a pandemic pivot helped this photo booth company see a bigger picture

GeekWire

Examples of virtual photo booth images created using Snapshot, a web application created by Snapbar. But the company’s single software engineer, originally hired to rebuild Snapbar’s website, was already working on the future — a virtual photo booth. The tourism board of France was a customer.”

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Sneak preview: Future Files: A History of the Next 50 Years by Richard Watson - Trends in the Living Networks

Trends in the Living Networks

Ross is author most recently of Implementing Enterprise 2.0 , the prescient Living Networks , which anticipated the social network revolution, and the Amazon.com bestseller Developing Knowledge-Based Client Relationships (click on the links for free chapter downloads). Free chapters) Implementing Enterprise 2.0

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Here are all the winners of the 2020 Webby Awards

The Verge

Lil Nas X’s “Panini,” NASA’s social media presence, Rihanna’s Fenty Beauty line, and John Krasinski’s Some Good News YouTube show are among the winners of this year’s Webby Awards. National Geographic took away this year’s most awards, 15 total, with wins for its science podcasts, travel videos, and photos on social media, among other things.

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2021+ 9 themes for next year and beyond

Trends in the Living Networks

After the enforced shift to remote work in 2020, few organizations will ever resume work as we knew it, with most gradually adopting ‘hybrid’ models in which staff come to the office when useful but frequently work from home or local ‘third spaces’ that allow social connections and a change of scenery. – Pew Research Center.

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