Monday, June 8, 2020

Pandemic Hits In Person VR Firm Spaces

Santa Monica-based Spaces, led by CEO Shiraz Akmal, has had to shut down all of its VR rides and experiences worldwide due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, and has pivoted to building VR applications, acording to a report. The company--which had been building out a network of in-person, virtual reality (VR) rides in the U.S., China, and Japan--is a spinoff of Dreamworks Animation. The company's current focus in a VR users that lets users join Zoom video calls as an avatar.

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