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South Korea Is Building Its Own K-Pop Metaverse

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Ever since Psy graced our ears with his now-iconic song ‘Gangnam Style’ in 2012, the popularity of South Korean music, film, and television has skyrocketed in places like the United States. The K-pop industry is so massive, the country actually relies upon it as one of its primary sources of gross national income next to Samsung.

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

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Other events hitting Venues later this summer include films screenings from Lionsgate Films, featuring Reservoir Dogs (1992) , Sinister (2012) , Apocalypse Now (1979) , and National Lampoon’s Van Wilder (2002). Most Gear VR-compatible smartphones work with Venues, excluding Samsung Galaxy Note 4 and Samsung Galaxy Note 5.

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Bigscreen Boasts 5,000+ RSVPs for SpaceX Launch Viewing Today

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Bigscreen supports HTC Vive, Valve Index, Windows VR, Oculus Rift, Oculus Go, Oculus Quest, and Samsung Gear VR. Most recently, the platform hosted a free viewing of Sacha Baron Cohen’s satirical film The Dictator (2012). The weather is a factor here however, with a 70 percent chance that the launch will be delayed.

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Take a Look Inside Two Bit Circus

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Two Bit Circus was founded in 2012 by Brent Bushnell and Eric Gradman. Bennett was an entertainment industry veteran with 27 years of experience in film, television, and music. In 2016 they teamed up with Samsung to simulate an in-game basketball experience for the Rio Olympics.

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Highlights From New York City’s Upcoming VR In The Sky Event

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Tony is the co-creator of 3D graphics standards, including VRML, X3D and glTF, the new file format standard for 3D web and mobile applications.Tony is also the author of O’Reilly Media’s books on Virtual Reality and WebGL: Learning Virtual Reality (2015), Programming 3D Applications in HTML5 and WebGL (2014), and WebGL Up and Running (2012).

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A Brief History of VR

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It was a device that the user sat in-front of while their head was encased on four sides by a screen and they watched any one of five films, which all engaged sight, sound, smell and touch. 2012 was also a big year for Palmer Luckey, he launched a Kickstarter campaign for Oculus Rift that raised $2.4 million USD in funding.

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Top 8 Media Using 360° Videos for Immersive News Stories

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New York Times partnered with Samsung to establish a " Daily 360 " series hosted on YouTube, which rolls out a video every day in 2017, and already houses over 300 videos up to December 8, 2017; you can also check out their video library on NYT's website. New York Times. Associated Press.