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Gaming-Themed Atari Hotels Will Include VR And AR Entertainment

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Eight locations are set to open across the US, beginning later this year in Phoenix. According to the release, the goal of these Atari Hotels is to merge retro gaming with modern immersive entertainment to offer guests a one-of-a-kind gaming-focused travel destination; this includes modern interactive entertainment powered by VR and AR. .

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VR Simulation Allows Police To Train Using Real Tasers

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Axon, a weapons technology company based out of Arizona, today launched a new VR simulation designed to train law enforcement officers in de-escalation tactics by immersing them in realistic scenarios they may face out in the field. Axon’s VR simulation training is already being used by the Phoenix Police Department.

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Multi-Sensory XR Experience ‘(un)Balanced’ Receives 2020 Lumen XR Award

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Composed of an HTC Vive, a suit designed to shift its weight as you move, and a tilting platform to keep you off balance, Legarnisson’s instillation invited users to “play on the edge of stability.” ” Once attendees put on the harness they wear then told to move or dance.

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New HTC Vive Releases For The Week Of 11/20/16

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We also have a top list of the absolute best HTC Vive games — which is updated every few months with the latest and greatest options. Star Phoenix, from Blazar Games. In Star Phoenix , you find yourself alone on a downtrodden space ship after a long hibernation. Tagged with: gaming , htc vive , new release , VR.

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NBA & NextVR Announce 2018-19 VR Livestream Lineup

Road to VR

NextVR will continue to feature select games in immersive stereoscopic 3D, but also standard streams of all League Pass games in the NextVR ‘Screening Room’ and other on-demand content in the NextVR League Pass channel of the NextVR app. NBA 3D Stereoscopic VR games during 4 free preview windows. NBA League Pass not required.

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Top XR Stories of 2019

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A lot has happened in the immersive space over the past 12 months. If it’s true what they say that time flies when you’re having fun, then 2019 must have been a really good year for immersive tech, because here we are gearing up for the holidays and I haven’t sent a single Christmas card. HTC Vive Retires. Immersive Masterpiece.

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7 Games You Can’t Miss In PSVR’s First Big Sale

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You ride on the back of a phoenix, and we’ve never so badly wanted to bring our hands into an experience so that we could grab its bright red feathers as we flew. We try not to use the term magical too much, but How We Soar definitely fits the bill. The Brookhaven Experiment – £9.49. Werewolves Within – £14.99.

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