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Facebook Bets on Virtual Reality: Purchases VR firm Oculus

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If you haven’t heard of it, Oculus VR is a virtual reality startup out of Irvine, CA. to produce “immersive virtual reality technology that’s wearable and affordable.” Brian Fung , tech writer for the Washington Post, agrees, predicting that Facebook will use virtual reality to strengthen its grip on social interactions.

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Fountainhead: What Is Meant by a "Cloud-Ready" Application?

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Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. What Is Meant by a "Cloud-Ready" Application? landscape will include many servers (often virtual machines) linked by. They dont interact with the applications unique. solution if you really understand the specific application.

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Is Virtual Reality the Next Revolution in Healthcare?

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When we think of virtual reality, it usually relates to video games and general entertainment, but technology is doing more than just giving the masses a chance to live roleplay as a superhero -- it’s helping us with our health. Here are a few ways virtual reality is revolutionizing healthcare. Social Training. Rick Delgado.

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Minecraft-Based Digital Denmark Destroyed

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Within the game, players engage in a virtual world – mining for valuables, building homes and communities, and interacting with one another. The motivations behind the virtual country were constructive and educational – enabling new forms of teaching and encouraging creative minds to engage with new designs and ideas. Related articles.

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IntelliDyne’s ITAC Published Top 10 Tech Trends In 2015 For Government Enterprise Infrastructure Management

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Insights include: IoT – Internet Of Things will become practical as government figures how to extend applications, solutions and analytics from the Gov Enterprise & Data Centers. IaaS, SaaS & PaaS will go mainstream with Gov IT as data center consolidation will enable secure and reliable delivery of virtualized data solutions.

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How To Go About Getting That Next CIO Job

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For one thing, the process is getting faster, as virtual interviews have cut the time it takes to interview and hire to roughly four to eight weeks, rather than being drawn out over months of time-heavy trips. The idea is that this is such a critical decision, it probably shouldn’t be done virtually.

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In the future of work our avatars will collaborate in virtual worlds

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Whlie virtual reality is currently solidly in the trough of disillusionment , it has always been evident that in the long term entertainment and interaction in virtual worlds will become commonplace. Virtual worlds for work. However the real potential of avatar-based virtual worlds likely lies in the world of work.