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Revisiting the Weird Legacy of Lord of the Rings: The Third Age

GizModo VR

The series got everything from traditional hack-and-slash action games to strategy titles , but one of the weirdest and most interesting of them all was 2004's The Third Age. The Lord of the Rings movies came out at arguably the height of video game movie tie-ins.

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Virtualware Celebrates 20 Years of Operation

XR Today - Virtual Reality

Since its founding in 2004, the firm has been consistently recognized as a worldwide leader in providing enterprise XR. Today, as we celebrate two decades of pioneering VR, we’re excited to unveil our strategy for the next phase of growth and innovation.

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Replay: Hugo Swart (Qualcomm) on Qualcomm’s Plan to Accelerate VR & AR Growth

The AR Show

Earlier in 2019, Hugo Swart, Head of XR at Qualcomm, joined the podcast to share a look at Qualcomm's strategy. He is responsible for overseeing all of the AR & VR-related business, including product planning, roadmap, strategy, partnerships, and customer development. Here's the episode in its entirety.

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Xbox Game Studios Has (inadvertently?) Acquired Heaps of VR Development Talent

Road to VR

InXile is the studio behind the The Bard’s Tale (2004), Torment: Tides of Numenera (2017) and a handful of other titles. SEE ALSO Pressure Mounts for Xbox's Missing VR Strategy as PSVR Revenue Nears $2 Billion. The VR version of Minecraft also came to the Oculus Rift in 2016. InXile – The Mage’s Tale.

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A VR-based Approach to ADHD

Veative

By creating specially designed virtual environments for the detection, assessment and treatment of this disorder, Virtual Reality can serve both as a diagnostic tool and an effective therapeutic strategy in the rehabilitation of children with ADHD. How can VR help children with ADHD. The VR-based approach to ADHD. Hudak et al.

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Defeat Your Enemies with Rock-Paper-Scissors in RPS Island

Leapmotion

” Yi has worked as a game artist and programmer since 2004, producing PC, web, and mobile games. We asked him about his preferred RPS strategy, and while there is random chance involved, he points out that it’s often possible to outthink human opponents. We designed lots of details for characters, background story, etc.

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CES 2022: AMD’s Next-Gen AM5 Platform to Have Long Term Support

Anand Tech

Going back in AMD’s history we can see just how long various platforms have lasted, from first processor launch to last processor launch: Socket 939 from 2004 to 2006. To keep that mantra, AMD has stated that its next-generation platform coming later this year, AM5, will also be a multi-generational platform. AM5 socket from 2021 to.

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