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Experience The Extraordinary Life Of Nelson Mandela In VR

VRScout

Celebrate the 100th birthday of one history’s most influential figures in this immersive VR experience for the Oculus Go. Very few individuals have managed to live a life as influential and accomplished as South Africa’s Nelson Mandela. Walking in Mandela’s Footsteps is available in the Oculus Go for $1.99. Philanthropist.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.04.05): Rumors on a Apple headset intensify, Quest 2 sales grow fast, and more!

The Ghost Howls

The Oculus Quest 2 continues its march towards mainstream adoption. It wouldn’t be a normal week without some news about Facebook and/or the Oculus Quest. The first one is that the Quest 2 has now sold in some months more than all the other Oculus headsets (with the exclusion of Gear VR) combined in all these years.

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‘Google Earth VR’ Launches For Free To Let You Fly Around The World

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

I choose Africa and within minutes I am hovering a few hundred feet off the ground of a barren desert. When asked about support for other platforms, such as the Oculus Rift, Podwal stated that the team was actively looking into ports but had nothing to announce. As an explorer, you begin your journey looking at the Earth from space.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.09.20): Quest 2 Pro leaks, Xiaomi smartglasses, Half Dive headset, and more!

The Ghost Howls

References found in the Oculus Quest 2 firmware by users Reggy04 and Basti564 highlight how the Quest 2 Pro should have: Eyes tracking Facial expressions tracking Eye relief knob Granular IPD adjustment External charging station. Top news of the week. Image by Facebook). References found in Quest 2 firmware hint to Quest Pro features.

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NewImages, Cannes, Tribeca Join Forces In Unprecedented Collab

VRScout

” “The acceleration of innovation coming from the video game industry is being driven by real-time game engines, like Unreal and Unity, primarily used in XR and video games, and now more and more in the cinema industry.” The XR community are really experts on that.”

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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. Doing business in Italy is very hard now, but there are countries, for instance in Africa, that have not been much affected by the outbreak yet.

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

XR for Business Podcast

I mean, I will say that with Oculus Quest that’s changing for me. Kent: The focus of Oculus has been much more on gaming rather than productivity applications, but they still have a number different productivity applications that are coming out. [laughs] Kent: Yeah, there’s all sorts of thresholds. But once the WebXR 2.0