Road to VR

MAY 18, 2023

Founded in 2001, eMagin has created head-mounted displays to showcase its OLED technology since the release of Z800, which launched in mid-2005. The company announced in a press statement that Samsung will acquire all outstanding shares of eMagin common stock on a fully diluted basis for $2.08

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Digital Trends

JULY 2, 2020

At an asking price in the six figures, the prop is sure to command sky-high bids.

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VRScout

APRIL 25, 2022

Beginning with the launch of Halo: Combat Evolved in 2001, the video game series has since expanded into a billion-dollar franchise, and with a new television series currently airing on Paramount+, now would be an ideal time to expand into the VR realm.

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GizModo VR

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

The monolith has drawn comparisons to the black monolith in Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey , and the helicopter crew… Read more. Officers from the Utah Department of Public Safety discovered a shiny metallic monolith in rural Utah’s Red Rock Country on November 18 while surveying big horn sheep by helicopter.

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VRScout

JULY 13, 2020

ID Software’s 2001 first-person shooter Return to Castle Wolfenstein is heading to the Oculus Quest with full 6DoF support thanks to the efforts of popular modder DrBeef. 6DoF grenade throwing and motion triggered knife stabbing included.

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EON Reality

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Having rebranded from Singapore Bus Services to its current name in 2001, SBS Transit has consistently focused on delivering reliable, efficient, and comfortable transportation for millions of residents and visitors.

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Digital Trends

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

We're looking back at the legacy of special effects artist Douglas Trumbull and the numerous classic films he worked on, including Blade Runner and 2001.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Founded in 2001, Tobii has become well known in the industry for its eye-tracking hardware and software stacks. Foveated rendering allows the headset to render scenes in high detail exactly where you’re looking and not in your peripheral. That essentially lets PSVR 2 save precious compute power for more and better things.

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Digital Trends

JANUARY 28, 2021

When Apple launched the iPod in 2001, it went with the slogan, “1,000 songs in your pocket.” Now someone has rebuilt it to increase that number to 50 million.

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GizModo VR

JUNE 15, 2022

It turns out, I actually sound better as the vague approximation of the demented artificial intelligence from 2001: A Space Odyssey than either HAL’s actor Douglas Rain or my normal, human voice. I wanted to see how alike I could be to HAL-9000 in my own, ragged rendition of the song Daisy Bell. Read more.

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GizModo VR

AUGUST 3, 2021

Yet 2001’s Brotherhood of the Wolf has the audacity to take these wildly incohesive elements, along with… Read more. Martial arts movies that double as historical epics are supposed to be set in Asia. They’re not supposed to take place in the opulent, luxurious, ostentatious mansions of the bewigged aristocracy of 1760s France.

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GizModo VR

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Recall that in 2001 the biggest thing in cell phone technology was the Nokia 8250, the chief selling point of which was its colorful display. If you’d asked a panel of experts 10 years ago what smartphones would look like in a decade, you’d have gotten all kinds of wild responses. Instead of black-and-white, this… Read more.

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GizModo VR

OCTOBER 30, 2020

At the time of its release in 2001, however, that sound signified a new form of communication that had already begun to change the world. Pulse begins with an ancient sound: the screech of a dial-up internet connection. The movie takes a look at where that technology will take us , and forecasts nothing but doom. Read more.

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GizModo VR

AUGUST 3, 2021

Maybe it’s just us, but when we see people in period clothing singing catchy modern pop songs, we’re instantly transported back to 2001. That was when a young actor named Heath Ledger (along with Paul Bettany , Alan Tudyk , and others) gave us A Knight’s Tale , a fun medieval adventure film filled with modern music. What… Read more.

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GizModo VR

MARCH 24, 2022

Way back in 2001, Star Trek fans were delighted to receive a director’s cut of Star Trek: The Motion Picture , with enhanced visual effects, on DVD. For a film that director Robert Wise originally felt was rushed to theaters—and definitely had incomplete visual effects—the remasters version of the movie was a godsend.… Read more.

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Road to VR

JULY 19, 2022

Blacktop Hoops is an upcoming multiplayer streetball game that puts you on realistic amateur courts where you chain together epic moves that all look straight out of NBA Street (2001).

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Slashgear

APRIL 19, 2022

The iconic video game company hasn't released hardware since 2001, but fans could be in for a treat with reboots of some of its classics.

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GizModo VR

JANUARY 30, 2022

Since the original Halo released in 2001, Microsoft has been trying for a long time to get Bungie and 343 Industries’ sci-fi shooter into live action beyond excellent commercials and webseries tie-ins. After several aborted attempts at making a movie, Halo is now finally a TV show for Paramount+ (with some speed bumps … Read more.

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GizModo VR

JANUARY 21, 2022

Not the semi-plausible or at least seriously considered depictions seen in movies like Moon , 2001: A Space Odyssey , or Ad Astra , but the full-on goofy treatments that put the “fiction” in “science fiction.” With master of disaster Roland Emmerich ’s Moonfall arriving Febuary 4, we’ve got the moon on the brain. In other… Read more.

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GizModo VR

AUGUST 18, 2021

In 2001, Hellboy’s second novel, The Bones of Giants , took us on an adventure of Nordic mythological mayhem, as everyone’s favorite paranormal investigator found himself on the trail of giant’s corpse and a certain mysterious hammer. But now, to celebrate its 20th anniversary, the novel is becoming a new comic series. Read more.

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GizModo VR

MAY 16, 2021

Before Charlize Theron took the mantle as the queen of action cinema, that title belonged to Angelina Jolie , starting with the role of Lara Croft in Simon West’s Tomb Raider (2001). Read more.

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GizModo VR

OCTOBER 26, 2020

If you need another reminder that it’s an especially risky time to back crowdfunded products on sites like Indiegogo and Kickstarter, Master Replicas Group, who introduced a smart speaker version of the HAL 9000 computer from 2001: A Space Odyssey , is shutting down, and unless a minor miracle occurs (space babies?)… Read more.

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GizModo VR

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

The daughter of late, legendary film director Stanley Kubrick— The Shining , Space Odyssey: 2001 , Dr. Strangelove , etc—is on board with extremist groups like the Proud Boys, Boogaloo, and QAnon, according to a Wednesday report in the Daily Beast. Read more.

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GizModo VR

MAY 7, 2021

The animated adaptation of Terry Pratchett ’s Carnegie Medal-winning 2001 children’s book The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents has already commandeered a huge celebrity voice cast, but apparently there’s always room for more. Now Doctor Who ’s David Tennant has joined the ranks, alongside Game of Thrones ’ Emilia… Read more.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 9, 2017

Happy day for Rez (2001) fans—with no prior announcement, the modern remake, Rez Infinite (2016) , launches today on PC with optional support for both the HTC Vive and the Oculus Rift. In addition to a 20% launch discount which prices the game at $20 for the first two weeks, players will also nab the Digital Deluxe DLC package for free.

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Road to VR

MARCH 23, 2021

Now the studio says it has entered into a partnership with Nintendo to develop multiple new AR titles , starting with the Pikmin franchise, which got its start in 2001 on GameCube as an RTS puzzle game where players command hordes of little plant characters.

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GizModo VR

MARCH 22, 2021

In the 20 years since the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences introduced the Oscar for Best Animated Feature, a hand-drawn movie has claimed the award only once —Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki’s 2001 masterpiece Spirited Away. From Shrek to Wall-e to Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse , every other winner save… Read more.

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GizModo VR

JUNE 23, 2020

When first revealed to the world back in December of 2001 Dean Kamen’s Segway promised to revolutionize urban mobility. But sticker shock, and cities quickly banning the self-balancing standing scooter, meant the Segway never came to close to realizing that dream. Nineteen years later, on July 15, the original Segway… Read more.

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GizModo VR

OCTOBER 21, 2020

23, 2001, let’s look back on some notable iPod models and what they say about you as an early tech consumer. In honor of the launch of the original scroll wheel iPod on Oct. Every iPod tells a story, and some of the stories they told were pretty darn rough. Read more.

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ARVR

OCTOBER 5, 2022

We were able to uncover their works and identify more than 150 panoramas of pre-2001 New York that could be relevant for our documentary. In this case, it was obvious: because of discontinued file formats, we were unable to access rare pictures of the Twin Towers pre-2001. Looking back, these photographers were VR trailblazers.

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GizModo VR

AUGUST 24, 2020

Ellen DeGeneres was supposed to host the 53rd Primetime Emmy Awards on September 16, 2001. But in the wake of September 11, the awards show was canceled twice, until finally, on November 4, DeGeneres hosted a more casual ceremony , to a seemingly reluctant crowd. It was an undoubtedly difficult task, to usher in… Read more.

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Mashable VR

APRIL 21, 2022

In 2001, Kathleen Peterson was found dead at the bottom of a staircase. The Staircase is back. In 2003, her husband Michael Peterson was convicted of her murder. The case spawned a successful documentary television series (also called The Staircase ) and was dissected over and over again by various true crime programs.

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GizModo VR

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

In Sunrise ’s anime s-CRY-ed , which originally aired on TV Tokyo back in 2001, the future is a chaotic time—the world is still reeling from a mysterious geological phenomenon known as “The Great Uprising” that absolutely devastates a chunk of Japan. Though life continues to find a way in the Kanagawa Prefecture,… Read more.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

A staple among PC users since 2001, the orange traffic cone icon has become a legendary piece of software, serving as a beacon of hope for those struggling to find a player compatible with whatever bizarre file type they ripped off of LimeWire. The internet’s most reliable media player is getting its fourth major update.

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Steki Amusement

JULY 5, 2023

This is to inform you that due to product upgrades and development, Owatch VR will officially stop producing VR Chair-3rd (OS 2002), VR X-Ship (OS 3006) and VR Racing (OR 2001) in July. The latest VR 2.0 series products VR CyberX (VR C001), VR Cybertruck (VR C002) and VR Racing (VR R001) have been launched to replace them.

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VRScout

APRIL 16, 2019

Following the destruction of the Bamiyan statues in Afghanistan back in 2001, Ben Kacyra began digitally capturing historical landmarks for preservation using laser-scanning technology, going on to launch the non-profit company CyArk in 2003.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 10, 2018

The game, which includes 30+ stages and 10+ modes, was created by Monstars and Enhance , the minds behind Rez Infinite (2001) and its more recent VR adaptations. Tetris Effect pre-orders are also now available , retailing at a 10% discount off the full MSRP of $40.

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