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

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Our panelists included John Hanke, CEO of Niantic Labs and co-creator of Pokémon Go; Ralph Osterhout, CEO of Osterhout Design Group, maker of augmented reality glasses; and John Underkoffler, CEO of Oblong Industries, maker of the Mezzanine collaboration software and science advisor for the film Minority Report.

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The Best 360º Cameras: VR Professionals Weigh-In

VRScout

Former EP at Vrse.Works, filmed 360° video for NY Times, Within, Facebook, Airbnb, Muse, Mastercard and more. I’m also a huge fan of all of the Google Jump cameras [such as the Yi Halo]. Filmed 360° video for Conan, Vogue, Jaunt, Discovery, TBS, USA, Lexus and more. Armando Kirwin , Independent Director of VR. LivePlanet?—?$9,995.

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Classic Game Moon Patrol Reimagined As An AR Experience

VRScout

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. Atari also launched Adventure , a revolutionary title most recently featured in the Steven Speilberg film, Ready Player One.

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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. Even Gary Whitta, the screenwriter for the blockbuster film Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, said in an interview with Jamil Moledina of Google that games have carried the flag of creativity. It’s going to get better.

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A Brief History of VR

VeeR VR

It was a device that the user sat in-front of while their head was encased on four sides by a screen and they watched any one of five films, which all engaged sight, sound, smell and touch. 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.

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‘Nazi VR’ Documentary Shows How VR is Helping to Convict Nazi War Criminals

Road to VR

That doesn’t mean the German state has given up prosecuting those involved though, as we see in a new documentary from Mel Films called Nazi VR that delves into how VR helped convict SS guard Reinhold Hanning last year. It is much, much more precise than Google Earth.” Ambassador dealing with war crimes between 1997-2001.

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40 essential LGBTQ films to stream this Pride Month

Mashable VR

With a fine wit, bold style, and a big heart, writer/director Todd Stephens's film pays dazzling tribute to a generation of gay men who were decimated by AIDS and societal indifference. This film has rightly been called some of the most impactful filmmaking in history, a perennial meditation on abuse, regret, pain, and acceptance.

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