Tag Archives: VR

How Virtual Reality Re-Imagines the World of Norman Rockwell

Posted on December 10, 2018 by ddeal

I recently stepped inside the paintings of Norman Rockwell through virtual reality. After viewing Norman Rockwell’s Four Freedoms paintings at The Henry Ford in Dearborn, Michigan, I experienced them in an immersive way that only VR can provide. Norman Rockwell’s Four Freedoms: A Virtual … Continue reading →

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How Walmart Is Shaping the Future of Virtual Reality

Posted on September 25, 2018 by ddeal

To understand the future of virtual reality (VR), take a close look at Walmart. On September 20, Walmart announced it will ship 17,000 Oculus Go VR headsets to all its North American stores to give more than 1 million employees … Continue reading →

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Virtual Reality Helps U.S. Athletes Train to Win Olympic Gold

Posted on February 17, 2018 by ddeal

When U.S. Alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin won a Winter Olympics gold medal in the giant slalom race February 15, she also achieved a victory for virtual reality. She is among the members of the U.S. Ski & Snowboard team who … Continue reading →

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How Virtual Reality Transforms Training and Improves Performance

Posted on January 18, 2018 by ddeal

Minnesota Vikings Quarterback Case Keenum will always be known as the guy who passed the football to Wide Receiver Stefon Diggs to pull off the stunning Minnesota Miracle last-second victory over the New Orleans Saints in the NFL playoffs on … Continue reading →

Posted in Virtual Reality | Tagged Case Keenum, David Deal, Derek Belch, JLG Industries, Minnesota Miracle, Minnesota Vikings, STRIVR, Superhype, training, UPS, virtual reality, VR, Walmart | 1 Comment

Four Companies Gobbled Up Immersive Reality Investments in 2017

Posted on January 7, 2018 by ddeal

There is good news and bad news for the immersive reality industry, which consists of businesses that provide augmented reality (AR), mixed reality (MR), and virtual reality (VR) products. First the good news: According to analytics firm Digi-Capital, start-ups in … Continue reading →

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Three Predictions for Virtual Reality in 2018

Posted on December 10, 2017 by ddeal

In the United States, only 9.6 million people use virtual reality (VR) at least once a month, and by 2019, VR will penetrate 5.2 percent of the population, according to eMarketer. And yet, the VR industry has already become a complex … Continue reading →

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Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg Want to Change How We Live

Posted on December 2, 2017 by ddeal

Recently Amazon and Facebook announced new products that will extend their reach into the corporate world: Amazon’s Alexa for Business, unveiled November 30, is a platform for a business’s employees to use the Amazon Alexa voice assistant (in Amazon Echo … Continue reading →

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Facebook’s Ambitious Vision for Virtual Reality

Posted on October 22, 2017 by ddeal

Facebook wants to make the world better with virtual reality. At last year’s Facebook F8 event, Mark Zuckerberg articulated a simple vision for making virtual reality mainstream: social VR, or connecting people in the virtual world. But now Facebook has … Continue reading →

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Virtual Reality’s Image Problem

Posted on October 7, 2017 by ddeal

Virtual reality has a major image problem. I see it whenever I read an article about someone’s grandparents experiencing virtual reality for the first time, accompanied by a photo like this: Which inevitably makes me think of this: Or when … Continue reading →

Posted in Marketing | Tagged Bully VR, David Deal, HoloLens, Lone Echo, Mark Zuckerberg, Superhype, The Bohemian Rhapsody Experience, virtual reality, VR | Leave a comment

How Google Is Bringing Virtual Reality to Everyone on Every Device

Posted on February 10, 2017 by ddeal

Google just moved one step closer to its vision of taking virtual reality a mainstream. On February 9, Google announced that its Chrome browser supports VR experiences. As noted on a blog post, “With the latest version of Chrome, we’re … Continue reading →

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