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NYT: Mandalorian Director Favreau Building Dinosaur Experience For Apple’s Headset

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The New York Times reports that Jon Favreau is developing “video content” for Apple’s upcoming mixed reality headset , expected to launch next year. In 2016, he worked on a VR narrative experience called Gnomes & Goblins for the HTC Vive. ” That being said, some kind of 3D immersive experience seems likely.

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A brief history of VR and AR

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In the 00s, however, that future seemed to simply dissipate with a few notable exceptions, including the 2003 launch of early metaverse, Second Life, which remains in operation nearly 20 years later. Image Credits: TechCrunch When HTC began imagining life after the smartphone, it looked a lot like VR.

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How Hollywood Has Predicted VR in Movies

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Head mounted display: With expansion to at home devices came the transition away from an arcade cabinet to setups a little closer to what you’ll see coming from the Big Three (Oculus, HTC, and Sony). The Matrix Trilogy (1999-2003). Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003). The Cell (2000).