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Facebook Bets on Virtual Reality: Purchases VR firm Oculus

CTOvision

If you haven’t heard of it, Oculus VR is a virtual reality startup out of Irvine, CA. to produce “immersive virtual reality technology that’s wearable and affordable.” Brian Fung , tech writer for the Washington Post, agrees, predicting that Facebook will use virtual reality to strengthen its grip on social interactions.

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Advantages of Virtual Textbooks over Print Textbooks

Kitaboo

The emergence of digital content and its prevalence during the pandemic has given rise to virtual textbooks. This blog post explains how virtual textbooks are different and even better than printed textbooks in many ways. How Can Publishers Benefit From Virtual Textbooks? Virtual Textbooks Are Easier to Update.

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With the launch of Infinite Office Facebook is making a play for virtual reality offices

Trends in the Living Networks

From today’s suite of virtual reality and augmented reality product launches by Facebook, one of the most interesting was its announcement of Infinite Office , allowing users to work on multiple screens in a virtual/ augmented reality space. See below for the video transcript.

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The FDA just approved the first prescription video game — it’s for kids with ADHD

The Verge

It might not look like much of a video game, but Akili Interactive’s EndeavorRX, formerly Project EVO, may go down in history: it’s the first video game that can legally be marketed and prescribed as medicine in the US. Now, a prescription video game is a real thing. Akili Interactive. It’s not in the future anymore.

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Telemedicine startup Bright.md raises more cash as interest in virtual healthcare surges

GeekWire

million investment round for its AI-powered virtual healthcare service. Founded in 2014, Bright.md Virtual healthcare services such as Bright.md says its software goes a step further than video-only solutions that still require a scheduled appointment and take the same amount of time as in-person visits. Portland, Ore.-based

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Docker for Smarties (e.g. non-dummies) from VMworld 2014

Storage IO Blog

Check out this StorageIO Industry Trends Perspective video podcast to get an overview of docker including hearing from a docker.com systems engineer from VMworld 2014. Docker is a new way of abstracting applications and the data infrastructures (servers, storage, networking, hardware) they run on using containers.

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Facebook tries adding video and voice calls back into its main app

The Verge

Facebook is testing adding voice and video calls to the main Facebook app, Bloomberg reports. The features are currently part of the standalone Messenger app, which Facebook originally spun out of its big blue main app in 2011 and officially removed in 2014. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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