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Five Classic Video Games That Deserve A VR Remake

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During the 2021 Facebook Connect conference, Facebook—now called Meta—revealed yet another classic making its way to the Quest 2: Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. You can’t talk about the best horror games without mentioning 2001’s Silent Hill 2. SILENT HILL 2.

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Watch: Tobii Tease Unnervingly Effective Vive Eye-Tracked VR Demo Ahead of GDC

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Swedish company Tobii , who has specialised in eye tracking since its inception in 2001, have produced hardware for gaze detection hardware in various guises for some time now, and has recently announced plans to bring its tech to virtual reality, via a $50M funding round.

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PokerStars VR is Something New

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PokerStars VR has the most instinctive and natural feeling VR interface I have used meaning social interactions are in real time so it doesn’t feel like you are all on an international conference call with a second delay. It’s a free game so it’s not so serious, it’s more about the community and social interaction. Explained Severin.

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NewImages, Cannes, Tribeca Join Forces In Unprecedented Collab

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It’s about the technology that connects film with XR, enhancing partnerships and fostering business opportunities,” explained Esmoil, adding, “There will be conference sessions about distribution, filming, and virtual production, also covering the creation of synthetic content, game engines, and even digital humans.

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Baobab Studios Raises $25 Million in New Funding Round

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series, was first revealed at the Oculus Connect 3 developer conference earlier this month. Original investors included Comcast Ventures, HTC and Samsung, but now join Horizons Ventures, Twentieth Century Fox, Evolution Media Partners (backed by TPG and CAA), China’s Shanghai Media Group, Youku Global Media Fund and LDV Partners.

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On the Hunt for VR’s Killer App with Oculus’ Head of Content, Jason Rubin

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Every day this week leading up to the 2017 Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, we’re featuring insights on the hunt for the killer app from virtual reality’s leading companies. I am sure the same is true of Halo (2001) , or Grand Theft Auto III (2003) , or whatever. Today we hear from Jason Rubin, Head of Content at Oculus.

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Jason Rubin: ‘The Next 12 to 24 Months Are Where the Real Creativity is Going to Happen’ for VR Content

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And it happened for nerds at this year’s VRX conference in San Francisco when Ted Price and Jason Rubin interviewed one another during a fireside chat. Price remains as Insomiac’s head but Rubin is currently serving as the head of content for Oculus after selling Naughty Dog to Sony in 2001.