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What to Expect From VR at VRDC and GDC 2017

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The 2017 Game Developers Conference (GDC) and accompanying Virtual Reality Developers Conference (VRDC) are right around the corner. There’s a lot going on at GDC every year, but with VR’s first big consumer year in the books last year, 2017 should be bigger than ever for our industry. What to Expect from Sony.

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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. — guyal of crypto (@cryptoguyal) August 3, 2017. LIFE VR, Unity, Unreal Engine, VRC and DTS (an Xperi company).

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Sony Just Invested $250 Million in Epic Games, Here’s What it Could Mean for VR and Beyond

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Sony Corporation announced today that it will invest $250 million in Epic Games, the company well known for its hit game Fortnite and the Unreal Engine game engine that powers it. Unreal Engine is the second most popular game engine for building VR content, and has powered PSVR games like Farpoint , Moss ,and Firewall: Zero Hour.

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The 2019 VR Awards Winners Recognized for Outstanding VR Tech

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The original Oculus Rift won the first VR Headset of the Year Award (not its own category this year) in 2017. The Sony game was nominated for four DICE Awards this year, but failed to take home any of them. The experience now sits in the hall of fame with Google Tilt Brush , which won the category in 2017. VR Film of the Year.

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Rogue Initiative Unveils VR Title ‘Crowe: The Drowned Armory’

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Crowe: The Drowned Armory , is slated to be the first chapter in a Crowe fantasy adventure series, planned to launch worldwide on major high-end VR headsets in early 2017. The post Rogue Initiative Unveils VR Title ‘Crowe: The Drowned Armory’ appeared first on VRScout.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

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Also noteworthy: Final Cut Pro X will be able to support 360 video editing, Unity and Unreal now have VR support for Macs, and SteamVR is coming to Mac… and although there was a sweet on-stage mixed reality demo using Star Wars assets and an HTC Vive, there was no mention of support for Oculus.

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‘Gears of War’ Creator Cliff Bleszinski Wants to Make a Big Budget VR Game

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If you don’t already know Cliff Bleszinski from his involvement with the Unreal Tournament and Gears of War franchises, you may remember him from Oculus’ 2012 Kickstarter video. — Cliff Bleszinski (@therealcliffyb) March 15, 2017. That's the quote.

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