Forrester IT

JANUARY 6, 2017

At the International CES mega show in Las Vegas, virtual reality hardware makers moved the needle on both consumption and creation devices for formats like VR and 360-degree video. Specifically in the area of 360 video creation technology, we saw some impressive cameras at CES. Slow mo, high res VR, anyone? 264 compression.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 29, 2023

(Sandbox VR Photo) After years of hype, virtual reality still hasn’t achieved mainstream consumer adoption. We spent a weeknight at Sandbox VR in Seattle, one of more than 45 locations worldwide where the San Francisco-based startup offers virtual reality experiences for groups of 2-to-6 people.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Amazon’s Prime One Medical membership benefit includes 24/7 virtual care through the service’s app. billion acquisition of primary care company One Medical, Amazon is making health care through the platform a benefit for Prime members. There is no additional charge beyond the membership fee for virtual care.

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Spearline Testing

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Video conferencing has become a core facet of the year 2020, enabling organizations to communicate, family and friends to stay connected, and even for medical practitioners to assess their patients. By 2024 , research projects that the video conferencing industry will be worth US$20 billion. Departure from in-person meetings.

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Trends in the Living Networks

JUNE 10, 2020

Today virtual live music platform Wave announced a $30 million investment , placing it at the center of the burgeoning virtual live music performance space. I recorded a segment for The Virtual Excellence Show on this, watch the short video below, including relevant video clips, or a transcript is below.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 24, 2022

The United States seem to have a love/hate relationship with video conferencing. Many formerly in-person events from team meetings to conferences transitioned to virtual events and many companies seem conflicted on if, when or how they can get everyone back to the office. I have a love/hate relationship with virtual events.

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Kitaboo

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Here’s an interesting thought by Elon Musk that asks an essential question and stresses the impact of video-based learning. He said, “If kids can be super engaged in video games, there’s a way for them to be super engaged in education as well.” If you want to jump on the video-in-education bandwagon, keep reading.

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GeekWire

AUGUST 8, 2023

based headset maker that serves frontline workers at industrial companies, named Chris Parkinson as CEO. Parkinson has served as RealWear’s CTO since co-founding the company in 2016. He also ran a RFID consulting company and was a senior engineer at Alien Technology. Chris Parkinson. RealWear reported $20.5

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

But the company has expanded in the past year, with a new focus on incorporating both live and recorded video into presentations. The first is a “video in video” feature, which will allow presenters to place recorded video on the screen next to them during live (or recorded) streams.

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GeekWire

MARCH 22, 2023

Kenneth Ma, left, a member of the University of Washington team behind the PrezVR virtual reality presentation app, gives a demo to Lawrence Tan, right, a fellow computer science student attending the recent AR/VR Capstone Demo Day on the UW campus. Continue reading for key takeaways, and see videos of all seven projects below.

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Spearline Testing

APRIL 1, 2021

Poor audio quality can be a large inconvenience during virtual meetings, especially when everyone is remote working. Each of the wide variety of conferencing applications available has its own testing options, allowing you to test audio and video quality before the meeting starts, avoiding any conflict or hassle.

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CTOvision

MARCH 26, 2014

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.” Starting on Kickstarter in June 2012, Oculus quickly raised millions from backers and other tech companies. Its mission ? – And now, neither is Oculus VR.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

It works via a video stream, with tour guides, instructors, and personal shoppers providing one-on-one sessions. Amazon says the video is one-way, meaning only the host is on camera during the virtual experience, but the audio is two-way so you can ask questions and make requests. Screenshot: Amazon.com.

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CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 19, 2022

While Aflac’s other major division, its business-to-business insurance line, was relatively unaffected by the pandemic, its independent agents hung in the balance, just as the publicly traded company was undertaking a transformational journey to the cloud. Virtualizing policy enrollment. We’ve made them more bionic, right?”.

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Trends in the Living Networks

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

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 Verge

MAY 21, 2020

Facebook has long believed in the promise of virtual and augmented reality extending well beyond entertainment, and we’re now getting a clearer glimpse at what that future might look like now that the current pandemic is reshaping how companies everywhere think about remote work. It’s not much — the video is just eight seconds long.

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Forrester IT

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Videoconferencing, virtual event and collaboration capabilities surged. Most recently we saw Adobe’s intent to acquire Frame.io, a company that makes video […]. The hybrid and completely remote environments drove businesses to adopt new ways of working.

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Vox

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The future of video games is about more than just fun. On the frosty planet of Frigidus, a virtual world full of icy caverns and treacherous waterfalls, your mission is to race down a track and target the animals that come flying your way. For all the “I’m not like other video games” energy, playing EndeavorRx does feel familiar.

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Forrester IT

JUNE 9, 2020

We’re used to great audio for music, videos, and calls. Now many of us talk to virtual assistants on our smartphone and increasingly on smart speakers (clients see The State Of Voice Assistants, 2019). Audio experiences are getting an upgrade.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 25, 2021

But going virtual has actually been beneficial in some ways for Techstars Seattle , which just announced its latest cohort. The accelerator operated its 2020 class mostly remote and is applying lessons learned to the 2021 class, which is getting its start a few weeks earlier than normal to help folks connect virtually. Isaac Kato.

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Venture Beast

DECEMBER 25, 2021

To follow the success of the video game industry, tech companies must put maintaining a loyal community at the forefront of their mission. Read More.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Microsoft Teams is getting several updates as part of the company’s virtual Ignite tech conference this morning, looking to keep pace with its rivals and keep up with the demands of users increasingly relying on the collaboration technology as critical infrastructure for remote work and learning.

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GeekWire

JULY 8, 2020

Microsoft is launching a new feature for video meetings that places participants against a shared virtual background, removing individual backdrops in an effort to make it easier to pick up on non-verbal cues and to interact more like in real life.

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GeekWire

JULY 2, 2021

Also unique: record breaking investment and M&A activity across the country and in Seattle, as companies take advantage of pandemic-driven trends such as virtual experiences, at-home healthcare, remote education and more. Mobile remittance company Remitly remains one of the top-ranked startups at No. The top 10. Snapbar (No.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

At left, Hongying Tang of HQ Tourism Services points to the Saint Lawrence River during a virtual tour of Quebec City as part of the Amazon Explore beta. At right, Daniela Elias of Signature Tours shows the empanadas she made during a one-on-one virtual cooking class from Buenos Aires. The video is one-way, and the audio is two-way.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Banzai , a Seattle marketing software startup, announced Thursday that it will go public after it agreed to merge with a special-purpose acquisition company. The company also said that it will pay $110 million to acquire marketing optimization startup Hyros after the SPAC deal closes. million, for the 12 months ended Sept. million.

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The Verge

JUNE 29, 2020

Amazon is giving its Prime members the ability to watch TV shows and movies on Prime Video with friends using its new Watch Party feature. The feature is slowly rolling out, according to the company, and is only available in the US right now. Prime Video is the most recent major streamer to get in on virtual viewing parties.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Twitter has acquired Squad, an app that lets you hang out with your friends via video chat and screen-sharing, the company announced on Friday. It’s not hard to imagine Twitter potentially building virtual hangout spaces, like Squad offered, into the platform.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Microsoft is becoming the de-facto virtual fan enabler for sports leagues. The tech giant revealed today that it is working with the NFL to host a virtual fan experience for games during the 2020-21 season, which kicks off tonight. For each NFL game, the home team will invite fans to the virtual experience. Microsoft Image).

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

Samsung has been toying with AR glasses for years , most recently trotting out an extremely basic set of image-projecting goggles on the CES 2020 stage , but I’ve never seen the company suggest it might like to build an actually ambitious augmented reality wearable computing device — until perhaps today.

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Dataconomy

JANUARY 10, 2024

What is a VA (virtual assistant): This question opens the door to a modern profession that encapsulates the fusion of technology, administrative skills, and the evolving nature of the workforce. VAs have the capability to remotely access essential documents How does a virtual assistant work? What exactly does a virtual assistant do?

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CTOvision

JULY 26, 2015

The Pure Storage FlashArray is ideal for high-performance workloads, including server virtualization, desktop virtualization (VDI), database (OLTP, real-time analytics), and cloud computing. The post PureStorage: The all-flash enterprise storage company appeared first on CTOvision.com.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Microsoft is making a big push to entice fans of Zoom over to Microsoft Teams with a new all-day video calling option that can be used for free. Microsoft Teams will also support seeing up to 49 friends or family members in a gallery view or through its Together Mode feature that puts you side by side in a virtual environment.

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Tech Republic Cloud

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

As sales organizations shift to handling most, if not all, sales calls digitally, Salesforce is adding new functionality to its cloud-based software that the company hopes will help its clients adjust.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 23, 2020

The company instead reached out to Stowell at the end of the summer with a desire to work with the celebrated chef and restaurant group owner on feeding thousands of employees at home. ” Restaurateur Ethan Stowell during a virtual holiday “carol-oke” gathering with the Tableau team. Tableau Photo).

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The Verge

JUNE 15, 2020

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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GeekWire

MAY 27, 2020

million investment round for its AI-powered virtual healthcare service. Virtual healthcare services such as Bright.md “Healthcare will begin at the virtual front door, making healthcare delivery more efficient and allowing patients to get better care and providers to deliver it virtually and expeditiously.”

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