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Baobab Studios Raises $25 Million in New Funding Round

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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. SEE ALSO Comcast, Samsung, and HTC Join $6 Million Investment in VR Animation Studio 'Baobab'.

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The Mage’s Tale Review: A VR Dungeon Crawl RPG 30 Years In The Making

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That adoration moved on to other series as time went on, but one game in particular that stood out to me in my youth was Wizardry 8 , released in 2001 when I was just 11 years old. In the near future inXile Entertainment has plans to eventually bring the game to the HTC Vive as well.

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Flatline VR Brings Near-Death Experience To Life

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The creator, director and producer of Flatline VR has been fascinated by real-life accounts of near-death experiences since first meeting a friend in 2001 who lived to tell the story of leaving his body, only to return to Earth. Jon Schnitzer has been waiting 16 years for virtual reality technology to evolve to this point.

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‘Loading Human: Chapter 1’ Review: Forgettable Memories

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The wooden acting by all involved doesn’t help either — the AI computer voice Lucy is the most entertaining and it is an artificial one like you have heard on dozens of sci-fi shows. Yes, the AI Lucy was fun at times, but an artificial voice cracking jokes and referencing the classic film 2001 does not make a game.

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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. In 2016, HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and Playstation VR were all released. It is also the first year, many say, that VR became accessible to consumers in their own homes for gaming and media entertainment.

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What are the most popular Amusement Equipment? Check out the 7 most popular VR Rides at the moment!

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9D VR is a brand new high-tech masterpiece entertainment product after 5D/7D cinema. The best VR investment for any location-based entertainment venue. HTC VIVE outdoor entertainment solutions, various VR games from steam. What’s 9d VR chair ? In any case, you can have a great time with it! Promotion Price.

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PokerStars VR is Something New

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Players can come together from all over the world in a virtual card room where avatars not only interact around the game but can dress to impress, socialise, entertain and chat as if in the same room Click To Tweet. At this point, it’s worth explaining a bit more about exactly what PokerStars VR is. Poker is about interaction.

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