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ONTOP’s ARcade Sports showed me that AR arenas can be fun

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ONTOP Arcade Sports arena When Nuno Folhadela invited me to try its AR solution, I was pretty convinced it was a prototype he was building in some coworking with his employees. For instance, if you manage to grab all the possible special collectibles during all your play sessions, you have one year of free popcorn at the cinema.

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Ghostbusters: Rise of the Ghost Lord Hands-On: Solid Arcade-like Co-op For Quest & PSVR 2

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Rise of the Ghost Lord sees you team up with up to three other players to use a bunch of Ghostbusters tools, such as the famous Proton Pack, your PKE Meter and toss-able traps to track down ghosts and capture them. Some levels end in boss encounters, requiring all hands on deck to focus on targeting specific limbs or areas of the baddie.

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KLM’s Chris Koomen teaches us how to use AR/VR in the civil aviation sector

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It’s like creating your startup within a company. We were the first ones using pass through on the HTC Vive , using a portal to get in your scenario, we were the first ones with hand tracking on VR headsets where you could flip switches, turn knobs, and push buttons in a VR world overlay. An Innovation center.

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Hands-On: ‘Overturn’ is a Serviceable Fast-paced VR Shooter But Missing a Standout Feature

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Waking up in a laboratory complex, you’re immediately introduced to the game’s narrative design, which is text-based, describing your character’s thoughts in the centre of your vision. It’s a welcome choice in this case, as even the best voice talent would struggle to deliver this questionable script in a convincing manner.

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Synapse Hands-On: Stylish Fracked Successor And A Thrilling Roguelite On PSVR 2

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You use the right controller for shooting, while walking over ammo adds it to your inventory. Once your clip is empty, you can push the loose clip back into your gun to reload. When that was still being discussed, we used to select the objects with your hand. Likewise, you can swap between guns with a button press.

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Adult life is boring. Watch toddlers run errands on Netflix instead.

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a long-running Japanese reality series now streaming on Netflix, and that's pretty much all it took to convince me — and a good chunk of the internet — to dedicate the rest of my day to watching it. Pinky promise I won't tell your boss. I have three words for you: Babies. That's the entire premise of Old Enough! ,

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Knott’s Berry Farm Installs VR Ghost Town In America’s Oldest Theme Park

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VR Showdown In Ghost Town is a multiplayer VR experience that costs $6 in addition to the cost of your ticket. There’s just a lightweight headset, toy gun and your best aim to help you as an Old West shooter. Some robots invading this town are human-sized, but others are evil little buggers that rush your feet.