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Virtually Visit the International Space Station

Gizmodo

After several months of social distancing and staying home, a lot of people are experiencing major wanderlust. Though we’re not quite there when it comes to space tourism, we can at least get a glimpse of… Read more. And given that we’re still involved in a global pandemic, taking a break from Earth may seem especially tempting.

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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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Virtual internships: Tech companies and students adjust as pandemic forces remote experience

GeekWire

And she’s one of 8,000 interns that Amazon has taken on this summer around the world, hosting all of them virtually for the first time. The information technology sector trailed only travel and tourism as the hardest hit industries. due to the coronavirus. Albert Kim. LinkedIn Photo). ” Not what anyone expected. .”

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COVID-19 lessons from Iceland: How one Nordic country has all but stopped the virus in its tracks

GeekWire

It took place virtually this year due to global restrictions on travel and public gatherings. The next big step will be reopening the country to tourism, one of the key drivers of its economy. However, she added, “we don’t think it will cause another wave.”

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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). “It’s the ultimate Facebook status update,” MacCallum said.

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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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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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