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2021 Burning Man: A Virtual Reality Experience Is Coming Your Way

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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a growing pool of event organizers is leaning on immersive technologies like virtual reality to bring people together. Burners can witness 3D art on immersive playas, participate in performances, and engage in conversations with fellow community members. The Burning Man Project is now part of that list.

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Smart Fabric Technology Brings Touch Haptics To The Oculus Quest

VRScout

BeBop Sensors’ Forte Data Gloves could be a potential game-changer for multiple industries within the immersive technology sector, from enterprise and entertainment, to eSports and social VR. The more realistic the simulation, the more effective the training. Those are big wins for everyone involved.

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Sega’s Infamous ‘Desert Bus’ Is Coming To VR

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Originally developed as a mini game within the unreleased Sega CD title Penn & Teller’s Smoke & Mirrors, Desert Bus is a painfully realistic bus simulation that tasks players with keeping their vehicle on the road during a real-time trip from Tucson Arizona to Las Vegas, Nevada. How long is the journey you ask? Eight hours.

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These University Courses Are Teaching Students the Skills to Work in VR

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He tells me that back in 1993 he set up a fully immersive VR lab in the high school where he taught, so it’s not surprising that he believes Virtual Reality and teaching are natural bedfellows, nor that he ended up as the Director of Game Studies & Simulation at Full Sail University. “I

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Digitizing Burning Man

TechCrunch VR

With just a few weeks before the event is set to kick off, the organization is bringing together a group of technologists with backgrounds in virtual reality, blockchain, hypnotism and immersive theatre to create a web of hacked-together social products that they hope will capture the atmosphere of Burning Man. opens in a new window) license.

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The 2017 Virtual Reality Conference and Expo Schedule

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2017 is going to be a pivotal year for the technology’s growth and there will be many events welcoming VR as an auxiliary experience or fully focusing on the potential of the immersive tech. Mandalay Bay; Las Vegas, Nevada. Las Vegas Convention Center; Las Vegas, Nevada. Stamford, Connecticut. Los Angeles, California.