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Preview: ‘Space Junkies’ Feels Like VR’s Spiritual Successor to ‘Unreal Tournament’

Road to VR

Unreal Tournament (1999) was one of the staple arena shooters of my youth. All of these games are functional, well-researched exercises in what makes VR great, and are fun in their own right, but they’ve lacked content updates and were left to languish for months on end.

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You Can Take a Free Coursera Course on XR from the University of Michigan

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As part of an exercise within the University of Michigan, he was asked to create a “two-week focused learning” course. The course’s three parts cover an introduction to XR technology, applications and issues, user experience design, and extended reality app development through webXR tools, Unity, and Unreal. How the Course Came to Be.

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Spatial Beats: Fortnite, Nvidia & Snapchat

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The maker of the mega-hit game and Unreal Engine game development platform has landed another cool billion in a new round of funding. VirZOOM, the company behind the app, is dedicating to transforming the exercise VR space. Users can connect their headset to most smart bikes or workout through a full-body exercise.

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Fortnite Isn’t Getting VR Support, Epic Confirms

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Calling the fact that “all players can play any mode together across all platforms” one of Fortnite’s biggest strengths, he believes it would be a futile exercise unless battle royales could work comfortably in VR. He also addresses Robo Recall , Epic’s first (and currently only) VR game.

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This Developer Recreated ‘The Legend of Zelda’ Boss Battles in VR

Road to VR

Case in point: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998) in VR—at least tantalizing pieces of it, including epic (and super nostalgic) boss battles.

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Meet Bobby, the 3D-Scanned Teddy Bear (XR News 8/15/19)

XR for Business Podcast

Walmart, Amazon’s rival, is testing new store managers with AR exercises. NASA has used Microsoft’s HoloLens AR system to design its 2020 Mars rover. Army bought 100,000 HoloLens headsets to study how AR can help soldiers get ready for battle. Boeing uses AR to guide workers who build and service planes. So does Airbus.

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Meet Bobby, the 3D-Scanned Teddy Bear (XR News 8/15/19)

XR for Business Podcast

Walmart, Amazon’s rival, is testing new store managers with AR exercises. Osso VR partnered with UCLA to do a Surgical Training Study Showing VR Beats Traditional Training by 130% Audi, Unreal Engine & Mackevision introduce a new digital showroom in Web3D, VR and AR. Boeing uses AR to guide workers who build and service planes.