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Facebook acquires Seattle virtual reality gaming company BigBox VR, makers of Population: One

GeekWire

Seattle startup BigBox VR , the company behind multiplayer virtual reality game POPULATION: ONE , has been acquired by Facebook. It is unique given the game is built for virtual reality, allowing gamers to climb, fly, and shoot as if they were actually doing so in real life. Big Box VR co-founders Chia Chin Lee (left) and Gabe Brown.

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How virtual assistants will build knowledge-based relationships based on trust

Trends in the Living Networks

Much of this is of course not new, I wrote about the rise of contextual search in 2011, and more recently about the massive opportunity for virtual assistants. Once virtual assistants understand not just us but the context for our questions and interactions they will become increasingly valuable to us.

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US Navy pays German company $154,400 after losing piracy lawsuit

TechSpot

The complaint claimed the Navy agreed to license the 3D virtual reality software BS Contact Geo on a limited and experimental basis in 2011 and 2012. German company Bitmanagement Software brought a federal lawsuit against the Navy back in 2016. The trial involved installing the program on 38 computers for.

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Read the room — virtually: Seattle startup lands $10M to analyze your face and voice on video calls

GeekWire

The idea is to give people feedback on how their audience is emotionally responding, whether it’s a sales pitch or a weekly all-hands meeting — like a FitBit that tracks steps, but for virtual meetings instead. Shim co-founded Placed in 2011. Read aims to answer questions like: Are people engaged? Are they frustrated?

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Steve Ballmer wanted Cortana to ship as Bingo

TechSpot

The year was 2011, and Apple had recently launched its own virtual assistant on the iPhone. Paruchuri and his team were inspired, but wondered if a more proactive assistant would be better. The perfect personal assistant who could see around corners for you,” as Big Bets put it.

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SeanDaniel.com [tech]: Windows Small Business Server 2011.

Sean Daniel

Tuesday, March 29, 2011. Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials & Windows Home Server 2011 RTM! Both Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials and Windows Home Server 2011 have released to manufacturing! Labels: Aurora , Home Server , SBS 2011 Essentials , Small Business Server. at 10:11 AM.

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SeanDaniel.com [tech]: Presentation on SBS 2011 Essentials and.

Sean Daniel

Tuesday, January 25, 2011. Presentation on SBS 2011 Essentials and Standard on top of HP hardware, by yours truly! User Group at the beginning of February for a presentation on Small Business Server 2011 Essentials and Standard running on HP hardware. 1/25/2011 5:03 PM. 1/25/2011 5:12 PM. 1/25/2011 5:12 PM.