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The Ghost Howls’s VR Week Peek (2019.26.11): Half-Life: Alyx revealed, Oculus Link out, XBox not considering VR and much more!

The Ghost Howls

I am also excited because thanks to the organizers of the VRX event, yesterday I have been able to interview Facebook’s Sean Liu and ask him some questions about Oculus and its vision of Virtual Reality. Oculus Link is here. If you’re interested, you can check the interview out here. Top news of the week. Other relevant news.

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Samsung XR and EarthX Debut Environmentally-focused 360 Short Films

Road to VR

The EarthXR section on Samsung XR debuted this week with 12 free 360 short films which can be viewed in web browsers, on iOS or Android , or immersively through the Samsung XR app on Oculus ( Rift , Quest , Gear VR ), Windows Mixed Reality , and Daydream. The Amazon is burning. Valen’s Reef. Under the Canopy. Guardians of the Forest.

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EarthXR Hosts Playlist of Environmentally-Focused 360 Content Through Samsung XR

Peter Graham

“ My Africa “; “Valen’s Reef”; “Under the Canopy” – Conservation International. For the full immersive experience download the Samsung VR Videos app for Oculus Rift , Oculus Quest , Oculus Go , Samsung Gear VR , Windows Mixed Reality and Daydream headsets.

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Upgrading VR Storytelling

Tech Trends VR

My Africa allows you to become an elephant keeper and care for Dudu, an orphaned baby elephant, nursing her back to health. The binaural sound design incorporates original sounds which were recorded on site and atmospheric acoustics developed with original animal voices to create an authentic spatial sound impression of the Amazon region.

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The Best VR Experiences From Raindance Film Festival 2018

VRScout

My Africa is a project by Conservation International to educate audiences about Reteti, a community run Elephant Sanctuary in Kenya, working to save elephants, reknitting an ancient coexistence between people and wildlife. Audience members intuitively held hands during the entire experience, and freely walked around the space.”.

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How you (a VR professional) can go through the coronavirus lockdown

The Ghost Howls

Thanks Oculus for having given us the Link functionality. the USB cable for Oculus Link) and the (rechargeable) batteries for the controllers. the USB cable for Oculus Link) and the (rechargeable) batteries for the controllers. If you don’t have enough of this stuff, Amazon is your friend.

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XR Podcast Hosts Unite, with Voices of VR Podcast’s Kent Bye – Part 1

XR for Business Podcast

We’ve got AR platforms being hosted by Amazon, by Facebook, by Snapchat, where you can develop your own AR lenses. I mean, I will say that with Oculus Quest that’s changing for me. I mean, the introduction of ARKit and ARCore probably put 200 startups out of business. Anybody can do this, not just developers.