April 17, 2019
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Black Box VR chief design officer and co-founder Preston Lewis really thought his inaugural San Francisco virtual reality gym would be open by now. “I was hoping I could say, ‘We’re open next week,’ but we’re still waiting for the ...
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February 27, 2019
Comments Off on Catching up with EPIC — as it creates ‘virtual realty’
With architects using virtual reality to help design their buildings, could real estate agents using virtual reality to help sell them be far behind? That’s the theory behind EPIC Realty, a Meridian-based real estate company that offers virtual reality and ...
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February 11, 2019
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Markus Nigrin, Blocksmith XR CEO and co-founder, knows that Idaho is making its mark in the virtual and augmented reality market: He doesn’t have to explain where Boise is anymore. That’s one of the tidbits that came up during a ...
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December 26, 2018
Comments Off on Virtual reality lets people visit long-gone buildings
An old postcard shows the Boise Natatorium in its heyday. Gordon Roberts, a retired game developer, has recreated the historic building with VR technology. Photo courtesy of Gordon Roberts. IBR recently ran a three-part series on VR in various industries. ...
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This is the second story in a three-part series on virtual reality. We’re a ways from using it in areas such as surgery and other medical procedures, but virtual reality (VR) is playing an increasingly larger role in health care. ...
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This is the first story in a three-part series on virtual reality. As retailers prepare for the traditional Black Friday start to holiday shopping, they are turning to a new tool: virtual reality. Walmart now offers virtual reality (VR) training ...
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Read More »Boise startup Black Box VR won Best Startup at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas Jan. 9-12, after being named one of 15 CES 2018 Innovation Awards honorees earlier in the week. The company, founded and self-funded by Bodybuilding.com ...
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