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Immersive VR love story "Marco & Polo Go Round" launches Valentines Day onSteam and HTC Viveport.

Cats and VR

Marco & Polo Go Round is an immersive love story written by Gregory Kaufman and Benjamin Steiger Levine and directed by Benjamin Steiger Levine. A virtual reality fiction (6DOF) on Steam and HTC Viveport, a 360° video on YouTube and a short film on ARTE.tv and YouTube.

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Will immersive virtual reality be too much for kids and their.

AllThingsVR

Will immersive virtual reality be too much for kids and their parents? HTC, while not setting an age limit, warns against letting young children use the Vive. Think of when you’ve worn a VR headset along with headphones — you can easily see how what we call “immersive” can turn into a terrifying experience for a child.

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The Invisible Hours coming to PlayStation VR, HTC Vive, and Oculus Rift.

Cats and VR

Developed by Madrid-based Tequila Works in partnership with GameTrust, The Invisible Hours sets the stage for a deeply immersive theater VR experience. It also draws influence from immersive theater, and the real-life rivalry between Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla. Tequila Works, S.L.

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NextVR Plans 6DOF, Increased Quality, and AR Support for Live VR Video in 2018

Road to VR

Positional tracking is the dream for immersive video content, but it is a complex hardware and software challenge. ” Launched in 2009, NextVR has many years of experience in live broadcast, transitioning from stereoscopic 3D content delivery as Next3D to a VR-focused platform.

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RTE 2022 Panel Explores Top XR Use Cases

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Shen Ye, Global Head of Products at HTC, Lisa Watts, Vice President of Product Marketing and Developer Programmes at Magic Leap , and Fraser Bowie, Chief Product Officer for NuEyes Technologies spoke at a panel discussion on the adoption of such technologies. HTC #HTCVIVE #VR #LBE pic.twitter.com/ia79RZZhlS. —

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BISim tells us how XR is relevant for the Army

The Ghost Howls

I joined BISim in 2009 after seven years of working in engineering positions in video games companies. VR enables users to be truly immersed in the simulations for military training. The more the soldier is immersed during the training the more value the training brings. Otakar Nieder (Image by BISim).

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Acer & HP Windows Mixed Reality Headset Dev Kits Now Available for Pre-order Starting at $300

Road to VR

Among other things, these specs imply a PC that could be running with hardware as low as the 2009 AMD Anthlon II series (some have 4 cores) and 2010 Nvidia GT 400 series (some support DX12). “These headsets will be the first and only to ship with inside-out, 6-degrees of freedom sensors.

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