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Insanely Popular Rhythm Game ‘Osu!’ Now Playable In VR

VRScout

to AUDICA converter, a free tool that allows fans of the uber popular 2007 rhythm game to easily transport millions of user-created maps to Harmonix Music System’s VR rhythm experience AUDICA. Originally launched on Microsoft Windows back in 2007, Dean Herbert’s osu! btw, if you don’t know what osu!

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

Road to VR

A year ago, in response to Sony consistently delivering high-quality exclusives for PS4, Microsoft made a commitment to rejuvenating its first-party game development efforts and went on a shopping spree, acquiring a handful of respected studios to bolster its first-party game development talent under the Xbox Game Studios banner.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.08.28): Quest 3 unboxing leaked, Samsung+Google headset situation is blurry, and more!

The Ghost Howls

If the 10th is the wrong date, then all my bets are on the 19th of October because on that date by chance already two games are launching : The Wizards Dark Times Brotherhood and the 7th Guest. It’s strange that two games decided to launch on the same date, so there is a chance this is a magical date.

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What Can Big Tech Companies Learn from Second Life?

XR Today - Virtual Reality

Dr. Richard Bartle, co-author of text-based virtual world MUD1 and professor of game design at the University of Essex, believes that virtual worlds have long been overlooked in the current rush to build metaverse platforms. Lessons Big Tech Companies Can Learn from the Immersive Game of Second Life.

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Building The VR Experiences And Worlds of the Future

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

Pretty soon, real life will be stranger than fiction when it comes to bringing the great inventions of science fiction and games into technology. Assisting Intel’s original equipment manufacturer (OEM) partners, from Microsoft to HTC and Oculus, Pallister works closely with the underlying solutions making VR possible.

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Tech Giants Prime AR’s Headworn Era

AR Insider

I n 2007, Apple unveiled the iPhone. All the big tech players — Microsoft, Google, Facebook, and Amazon — are in the game as well. Microsoft announced its augmented reality headset, Hololens, in 2015, and released the first version in 2016. Microsoft’s tagline: “Work smarter with mixed reality.”).

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Igloo Vision Stirs XR World With London Open House Demo

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

All you need to do is get in touch [link] pic.twitter.com/o8VKifqGdl — Igloo Vision (@IglooVision) October 13, 2023 Formed in 2007, the company began building its geodesic domes for projection-mapped immersive spaces. This platform uses Microsoft Teams for calls, Microsoft Office apps like Powerpoint, Miro, Alleo, Power BI, and many others.