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#1352: Felix & Paul Studios Secures Funding for Next LBE VR + Apple Vision Pro’s Focus on Entertainment

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On February 13, 2024, Felix & Paul studios announced that they had secured multi-million dollar financing for their next Location-Based Entertainment (LBE) VR experience that was their “most ambitious project yet” and based upon a brand-new IP that’s set to launch in 2025.

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Global News Network RT Shares First 360-Video Recorded in Space

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Eduard Chizhikov, a leader on RT’s 360-media production team, says that the project’s task is to “combine education and entertainment” which is something many companies have been doing with 360-degree media. Tagged with: 360 , Cosmonaut , documentary , outer space , Space 360 , zero gravity.

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Moon VR Player returns with passthrough AR mode

The Ghost Howls

It was a video player for virtual reality headsets, able to play both 2D videos, 360 videos, and 360 VR videos which was quite popular back in the Gear VR days. There is always a big debate about 360 videos being VR or not. Who else remembers Moon VR Player? What’s your stance on this?

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KLM’s Chris Koomen teaches us how to use AR/VR in the civil aviation sector

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During all these months, I had the occasion of reading on Linkedin about all his cool prototypes and enterprise solutions that he and his colleagues have developed inside the company, ranging from 360 videos to hand-tracked training solutions with the Quest, not to mention XR entertainment solutions for airplane passengers.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.05.01): Meta still committed to the Metaverse, Jio launches Dive headset, and more!

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And of course, they are going to appeal this decision… More info PSVR 2 to be sold in retail stores Sony Interactive Entertainment has announced that “soon”, PSVR 2 will be sold in dedicated retail store locations. And this will be beneficial for everyone in the field. I hope for this second scenario, of course.

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Things People Ask You as a Writer Covering XR Technology

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This doesn’t necessarily mean a “digitally rendered” view like we think of video games as being digitally rendered. For example, 360 video is (or can be) a VR experience that doesn’t involve any “virtual” elements at all. See Also: What Is the Difference between Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality?

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HTC launches Vive Flow headset for $499

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Since the Oculus Quest 2 is unbeatable as a VR gaming machine at the moment (it is too cheap and has a too big gaming catalog), HTC has decided to aim the headset for other usages, and in particular: Relaxation/meditation Productivity Media consumption Light entertainment. VR flies can do many things with Vive Flow.

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