- Will Virtual Reality Reshape Documentary Journalism?
One documentary filmmaker believes an immersive experience will make a more lasting impression on audiences.
Facebook’s acquisition of Oculus VR in March 2014 for $4 billion brought a resurgence of interest in virtual reality to the mainstream, almost 30 years after the technology first entered the public consciousness. And while Oculus VR’s initial focus has been on video games, Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s CEO, has described the hardware as “the next major computing platform that will come after mobile.”
- Startup Lets Offices Know Who Just Walked In
A Boston-based startup is helping companies track their employees around the office using wireless sensor beacons, to improve collaboration.
In the office of the future, you may not so much walk into a room as log into it automatically. That’s what Sam Dunn, the CEO and co-founder of Boston-based startup Robin, thinks. The company is using wireless sensors to make rooms in office buildings aware of the people in them and let employees know exactly where their co-workers are.
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