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Halo Infinite In VR Looks Like A Pretty Fun Time

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Another clip teases a fast-paced gunfight against a group of ruthless Banished forces. Beginning with the launch of Halo: Combat Evolved in 2001, the video game series has since expanded into a billion-dollar franchise, and with a new television series currently airing on Paramount+, now would be an ideal time to expand into the VR realm.

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A Pandemic-Induced Bankruptcy Killed the HAL-9000 Smart Speaker

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If you need another reminder that it’s an especially risky time to back crowdfunded products on sites like Indiegogo and Kickstarter, Master Replicas Group, who introduced a smart speaker version of the HAL 9000 computer from 2001: A Space Odyssey , is shutting down, and unless a minor miracle occurs (space babies?)… Read more.

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Stanley Kubrick’s Daughter Fell Down the QAnon Rabbit Hole

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The daughter of late, legendary film director Stanley Kubrick— The Shining , Space Odyssey: 2001 , Dr. Strangelove , etc—is on board with extremist groups like the Proud Boys, Boogaloo, and QAnon, according to a Wednesday report in the Daily Beast. Read more.

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Nintendo Partners With Niantic for Multiple New AR Games, Starting This Year with ‘Pikmin’

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Now the studio says it has entered into a partnership with Nintendo to develop multiple new AR titles , starting with the Pikmin franchise, which got its start in 2001 on GameCube as an RTS puzzle game where players command hordes of little plant characters.

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How we traveled back in time with virtual reality

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Our research led us to a group of NYC pioneer photographers who had experimented with VR pictures in the 1990s. We were able to uncover their works and identify more than 150 panoramas of pre-2001 New York that could be relevant for our documentary. Their vision and ambition were oddly similar to what today evokes the “metaverse.”

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Classic Game Moon Patrol Reimagined As An AR Experience

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Intellivision has thoughtfully designed every game on Amico to encourage group participation and teamwork through “couch co-op” style gameplay. One of the foundational Intellivision principles is group play. “And when we say group play, we mean actual engagement with other human beings – not just online.

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Free Wheelchair Mission Launches Fundraising Event with VR Experience

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One of them, David Hummelberg, Executive VP of the Capital Group, described the experience as powerful. Since 2001, FWM has delivered wheelchairs in 93 countries. “So, with this immersive technology, we thought, ‘Why don’t we see if it’s possible to, essentially, bring the field back home? ’”. Looking to the Future.

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