The Week in Geek: Envelop VR closes its doors; drone crashes into the Space Needle; and more

Seattle is pleased with its rising digital actuality group and already boasts a number of promising VR and AR startups. However the younger trade took a blow this week when startup Envelop VR introduced it was closing its doorways.

On this episode of the Week in Geek, we dive into Envelop VR’s product and why it could have folded, regardless of pleasure from the group and a few early successes. We additionally check out the Seattle athletes who made a listing of prime Twitter customers, and a high-tech soccer helmet that was patented by Invoice Gates and Bellevue, Wash.-based Mental Ventures.

Plus, we talk about how Amazon’s video empire stands as much as rivals like Netflix, significantly given its current successes at this yr’s Golden Globes. And at last, we check out some startling video of a high-flying collision at Seattle’s House Needle.

Watch the behind the scenes video and take heed to the podcast above, or obtain the MP3 right here.