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CES 2020: Charmin Trolls Tech Industry With VR-Equipped Porta-Potty

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The private portable bathroom setup, designed to replicate a giant Charmin toilet paper roll, comes equipped with an Oculus Rift S VR headset mounted above a premium toilet along with two surround sound speakers located behind the user. . CES 2020 kick-off tomorrow January 7th and runs until January 10th in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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CES 2020: High-End VR Manufacturer Pimax Announces Budget-Friendly VR Headset

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Just yesterday at CES 2020 in Las Vegas, the VR company announced a new lineup of Pimax headsets that includes everything from the top of the line $1,200 model called the 8K X, as well as an entry-level PC VR headset called the Pimax Artisan, priced at a more affordable $449. Feature Image Credit: Pimax.

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This Comedy Show Takes Place In Person And In VR At The Same Time

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The popular VR comedy show Failed to Render is heading to Las Vegas, Nevada later this summer. That was March of 2020. Building off that success, Render has announced plans for a hybrid comedy show which will take place digitally in AltspaceVR as well as in-person at the StarBase live venue in Las Vegas.

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CES 2021 Cancelled Amid Pandemic Concerns, All-digital Version Coming January 6-9

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“Amid the pandemic and growing global health concerns about the spread of COVID-19, it’s just not possible to safely convene tens of thousands of people in Las Vegas in early January 2021 to meet and do business in person,” said Gary Shapiro, president and CEO, CTA. Facebook’s Oculus Connect 7 is also going digital.

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Data Dive: VR Finishes Q1 Strong

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In fact, signals tracked by our research arm ARtillery Intelligence , indicate VR is on an upswing after declining about 10 percent in 2020. And that demand was given a place to go when Oculus Quest 2 launched. — Oculus Quest 2 is now the most-used VR headset on Steam. But demand remained strong. Market Sizing.

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Spatial Beats: Apple VR, Google Poly & LBVR Hangs On

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Between the $299 Oculus Quest, the death of the movie theater, and the COVID stigma on shared headsets, you’d think we wouldn’t be hearing much about this right now. The developer of “Omni Arena,” a four-player full-body VR attraction, aims to attract guests back to entertainment venues after the 2020 COVID-19 lockdowns.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.08.03): OpenXR is taking foot, new cool features found inside Oculus runtime, and more!

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Some time ago, the most important companies of the XR ecosystem (HTC, Oculus, Microsoft, etc…) joined the Khronos Group to discuss a standard to end the fragmentation of the XR space. That is if every company implemented OpenXR, a program built for the Oculus should work with SteamVR as well. Image by Oculus).

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