Road to VR

MARCH 19, 2017

NASA and Oculus have launched their collaborative project ‘Mission: ISS’ for the Oculus Rift for free and it’s offers a detailed, visually sumptuous virtual reality trip to space that most of us would otherwise never experience.

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VRScout

JUNE 3, 2016

The experience is scheduled to be shown in several other cities in the coming months, including Tokyo, London, Paris and Houston. I feel the chronological narrative of the album is ideal for the private circus virtual reality is, a theatre able to capture the emotional landscape of it,” Björk said in a statement.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Combining the mechanical, physical and virtual, a new VR hot air balloon ride allows for a realistic in-flight experience. Hopping in a wicker basket and floating away like The Wizard of Oz no longer need be an unrealistic dream—Janimation, a Houston-based animation company has created a virtual experience making that dream a reality.

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Peter Graham

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Immersive streaming service for live events NextVR has collaborated with the NBA for a number of years, offering NBA League Pass holders the chance to watch games in virtual reality (VR). As detailed above, the schedule will feature a game each week throughout the season.

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Peter Graham

JULY 3, 2019

Called Halo: Outpost Discovery, the travelling live event experience will be heading to various US cities and as part of it VRstudios has created a free-roaming virtual reality (VR) multiplayer called Training Grounds. . August 16-18 – Houston, Texas. July 19-21 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. August 2-4 – Chicago, Illinois.

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