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Five Classic Video Games That Deserve A VR Remake

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Here’s our selection of classic video games we’d love to play in VR. Earlier this month, Resident Evil 4 VR launched on the Oculus Quest 2 and so far players are absolutely loving this expertly-crafted VR remake of the original 2005 horror-action video game. Or what about 2002’s James Bond 007: Nighfire ?

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Oculus CTO John Carmack Talks Immersive Technology On The Joe Rogan Podcast

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Last week industry legend and current Oculus VR CTO John Carmack sat down with stand-up comedian and podcast icon Joe Rogan for Episode #1342 of the immensely popular Joe Rogan Experience podcast. 58:33 ] – Carmack compares similarities between Neurolink’s brain-interface RF technology and Oculus’ camera and display system. [

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‘Oculus Venues’ Live Event App Now Available on Go and Gear VR, Event Schedule Here

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Oculus Venues , the social app that allows ‘thousands of users’ to watch live events en masse in VR, is now available on Oculus Go and Gear VR starting today. Oculus’ Code of Conduct is also in full force, with community moderators on-hand in Venues. May 30 // Vance Joy // 7:30 pm PT. June Showtimes.

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This Quest Pro Game Recreates Sword Art Online’s Lovably Bad User Interface

Road to VR

In case you didn’t catch the video above, to select a weapon you don’t just pull out a virtual backpack, or reach over your shoulder like in many other VR games. Tom Cruise’s cybergloves in Minority Report (2002) are a shining example.

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This is Gamecube Classic ‘Super Mario Sunshine’ Running in VR

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Super Mario Sunshine , released alongside the Gamecube console in 2002 may not be the most beloved outing for Nintendo’s most famous mascot, but SMS still managed to pack in much of that inimitable Mario magic to place it at the top of its generation’s 3D platformers – and it’s still a classic in my eyes.

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‘Edge of Nowhere’ Review

Road to VR

Edge of Nowhere is a third-person VR survival horror game recently released for the Oculus Rift that places you in 1932 in the boots of Victor, a biologist and adventurer attempting to track down his lost fiance Eva. Publisher: Oculus Studios. Available On: Oculus Home (Rift). Reviewed On: Oculus Rift.

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A History of Haptics: Electric Eels to an Ultimate Display

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I was in that headspace when I first held a vibrating video game controller—this was around 1999—and I’d been deeply immersed in the writings of media theorist Marshall McLuhan, who wrote a lot about touch. There’s a line from Jake in your video, where he says “sight and sound, but also touch.”

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