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VR Mountain Bike Simulator Has You Riding Cliffside Across Death-Defying Trails

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Built using Unreal Engine, the experience uses headcam and drone footage taken directly from 2014’s The Ridge , Cut Media’s hit action sports film featuring MacAskill. Players begin by donning a VR headset before seating themselves on a specialized motion rig built using a Santa Cruz bike. “It

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Fan Remake Of ‘Silent Hills P.T.’ Now Available In VR

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In August of 2014, Konami Productions published a short-form first-person psychological horror game entitled P.T. Developed by independent developer @RadiusGordello , Unreal P.T. Unreal P.T. Gaming’s most frightening hallway is even creepier in VR. Image Credit: Radius Gordello. Image Credit: Radius Gordello.

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The VR Society’s ‘On The Lot’ is Back—and Fully Augmented

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” In addition, Unreal Engine will premiere The Giant: Michelangelo’s David in VR to the public, which lets audiences get up-close with the iconic statue unlike ever before. LIFE VR, Unity, Unreal Engine, VRC and DTS (an Xperi company). thelotstudios #filming #hollywood #studio #weho #summer.

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GDC 2017: Epic Games Teams With Chevrolet On New AR Car Project

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Ever since Epic Games opened its Unreal Engine 4 technology to the world, new use cases have been coming in fast and furious. At the time, the one challenge Baertsoen had was that the director filming the car was still seeing the Blackbird and the transformation into whatever car they wanted it to become occurred in post production.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

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In 2014, Snapchat paid $15M for Vergence Labs, a company experimenting with augmented reality and whose notable product was Epiphany Eyewear – a stylish pair of smartglasses that could possibly lay the groundwork for an eventual Snapchat augmented reality device.

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Oculus Connect 3 Registration Now Open, Early Bird Passes from $199

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Where the first Connect back in 2014 was about introducing creators to early VR design and development concepts and pre-release hardware, this year’s conference looks to have gone and grown up, indicating the move from enthusiasts nice to a rapidly evolving industry.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

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Their VR short, Henry , is about an adorable yet spiky hedgehog who has logistical issues with hugging and was narrated by Elijah Wood and directed by Ramiro Lopez Dau, who worked on films like Brave , Cars 2 , and Monsters University.