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Classic Game Moon Patrol Reimagined As An AR Experience

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In anticipation of the Intellivision Amico launch, Intellivision is giving us a sneak peek as to what to expect with their new app, Amico Club, available on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. According to Intellivision Entertainment, this is just the first of many AR experiences on the way from the long-dormant hardware manufacturer.

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Augmented Reality May Be The Future, But It Still Has Major Limitations

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The company was originally founded as a startup within Google to explore the creation of new kinds of entertainment at the intersection of location, social, and emerging mobile devices. Niantic was spun out as an independent company in 2015 with backing from investors such as Google, Nintendo, and The Pokémon Company.

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40 essential LGBTQ films to stream this Pride Month

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— Alison Foreman, Entertainment Reporter How to watch: Before Stonewall is available for rent or purchase on Amazon Prime Video and iTunes. — Kristy Puchko, Deputy Entertainment Reporter * How to watch: Swan Song is now streaming on Hulu. Swan Song (2021). Credit: Chris Stephens / Magnolia Pictures. — A.F.

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GamesBeat Summit Conversations On The Metaverse, AR’s Future, and Hollywood Envy

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Hollywood gave us “Hal” in [2001: A Space Odyssey] in the 1970s and we got the TRS-80. Hollywood is based on a linear form of entertainment, where you write a story, do principal photography, and do preproduction because that photography is so expensive, and then you do post production,” said Mahoney. It’s going to get better.

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A Brief History of VR

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In 2001, SAS Cube created the first PC based cubic room that then led to the development of Virtools VR pack, a library pack add-on. After its 2007 release of google Street View, in 2010, google introduced stereoscopic 3D mode for Street View. This allowed users to stand on the street and physically look around the 3D image.