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Samsung to Acquire AR/VR Microdisplay Company eMagin for $218M

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eMagin, the US-based developer and manufacturer of OLED microdisplays for AR/VR headsets, announced a merger agreement with Samsung Display, a subsidiary of the Korean tech giant. The company announced in a press statement that Samsung will acquire all outstanding shares of eMagin common stock on a fully diluted basis for $2.08

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Inmates Use VR To Prepare For Life On The Outside

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Since 2005, the United States Supreme Court has battled tirelessly to reduce the brutal mandatory sentences of minors by courts and as a result the sentencing of life without parole for juveniles was made unconstitutional in 2012.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

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Mario Kart comes to VR, E3’s VR news, Intel’s new VR eSports league AND wireless VR solution, Samsung buys their way into social, the investment & funding wrapup, and more…. SAMSUNG BUYS A SOCIAL VR CARD. Based in New York, a startup called VRB (pronounced “verb”) has been acquired by Samsung.

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How To Watch The Gorillaz 360° Music Video On Any VR Headset

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They have a rich catalog of award-winning animated music videos, performed live with Madonna via hologram at the 2005 MTV Europe Awards to promote their record Demon Days, and even had augmented reality album art accompany their 2010 release Plastic Beach. Google DayDream : Download the official YouTube app. Bada bing, bada boom.

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

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Founded in 2000 by legendary game designer Tim Schafer, this is a storied studio known for games like Psychonauts (2005), Brutal Legend (2009) , and many more. Announced just last week, Double Fine was one of the most recent studio acquisitions for Xbox Game Studios. The VR version of Minecraft also came to the Oculus Rift in 2016.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

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Already supporting the Oculus Rift, Samsung Gear VR, HTC Vive, and PSVR – Unity will now support Google Daydream. Ostendo , based in Carlsbad, CA, was founded in 2005 to advance display technology, curved screens, and has been developing VR displays for over a decade for the military.

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12 Can’t Miss VR Talks You Have To See At GDC 2017

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Alon Or-bach (Samsung Electronics), Kaye Mason (Google). It’s not often you get both Oculus and Valve together days, let alone Google and Samsung, with bonus helpings of Epic Games, Owlchemy Labs, and Sensics. Room 2005, West Hall. This session will hopefully tell us all about how the company is planning to do that.

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