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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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5 hot IT budget investments — and 2 going cold

CIO Business Intelligence

Hot: AI and VR/AR With digital transformations moving at full throttle, and a desire to stay innovative, it should come as no surprise that use cases for virtual reality, augmented reality, and artificial intelligence continue to grow in several verticals. There are indications the voice market is slowing. IDC is forecasting a 5.1%

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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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Wonderla Holidays goes digital to enhance business and customer fun

CIO Business Intelligence

With the pandemic subsiding, domestic tourism has seen a sharp rise contributing to Wonderla Holidays registering its highest ever quarterly footfall of 1.1 Virtual queue booking of rides can be validated with the band through a mobile application. The band is to be made available to all guests as a valid entry ticket.

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Here are all the winners of the 2020 Webby Awards

The Verge

Public Service & Activism (Series & Campaigns): Malaria Must Die Voice Petition by R/GA; Wildlife Tourism Campaign by National Geographic. Apps, Mobile & Voice. Financial Services/Banking : Branch: Helping Hourly Workers Grow Financially; State Farm Mobile App by State Farm Insurance Companies.

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List of the world’s top female futurists (Update #5)

Trends in the Living Networks

She has particular knowledge of architecture and urban planning, including a PhD which applied Delphi technique to predict the impacts of introducing tourism to heritage areas. This philosophy inspired her to found Teazl , a mobile learning platform that helps companies educate their employees. Location: Sydney, Australia.

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