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Forging a path at the intersection of emerging technology and media
It’s impossible to predict where technology will go in the future. But it is possible to train students to think critically about emerging technologies and how to leverage them in an innovative and ethical way. That’s exactly what the first graduates of UNL’s Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts intend to do.
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GOVRED aims to train military with VR
The military and police departments face the difficult task of training recruits for uncommon scenarios that do not occur in everyday life. When challenged with the task of re-creating everything from traffic stops to battlefields, virtual reality can become an asset. The Battle Creek, MI., startup GOVRED is hoping to provide state of the art…
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VR InMotion brings VR and motion simulation to marketing
Last year JNT Company, an interactive web and marketing firm based in Manhattan, Kansas, was hired to organize the city’s Festival of Lights. As the team brainstormed how to make the event its most successful year yet, Jeff Hake, Founder and CEO of JNT Company, started exploring new ways of marketing through virtual reality. “We…
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Ben Vu is back! A look inside the development of Places VR
Between 2009 and 2014, SkyVu Entertainment and its Battle Bears games became a sign of Omaha’s inevitable rise to national prominence. In 2009 Ben Vu, the founder of SkyVu Entertainment, launched their first game Battle Bears. Within a year they had 6 million downloads. In two years, 12 million. Battle Bears games–of which there were many–regularly topped…
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FinVR combines AI and augmented reality for investors
Speed + technology: it’s what financial firms and high frequency traders rely on when making their high-dollar investments. It’s also what separates the professional investors from the standard investor. This difference was the motivation behind Mark Neville’s FinVR, a virtual platform developed in 2014 to level the playing field for individual investors. By implementing the…