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Alaska Airlines Begins Testing VR As First Class Entertainment

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Alaska Airlines new VR theater experience could make you forget you are on an airplane. The program remains in its trial phase with an end goal of determining whether the idea of a VR experience, similar to that of the Netflix VR app or Oculus Venues , would resonate with airline passengers. Their answer?

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Lies Below Is A New VR Survival Horror Game For Oculus Inspired By Japanese Horror Manga

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The unsettling narrative-driven experience launches on Oculus Quest next month followed by Rift S in April. . Set in the remote mountain town of Slumber, Alaska, this disturbing narrative-driven VR game will have you fighting for your life as you face-off against hordes of unsettling creatures pulled straight out of a Silent Hill game.

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Oculus To Meta: 10 Years Of Mark Zuckerberg's Quest For VR

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On March 25, 2014 the world learned Mark Zuckerberg purchased Oculus VR for over $2 billion. Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe, for example, tried and failed to ship better PC VR headsets than the Rift as standalone VR became Zuckerberg's focused strategy. Facebook had around 10,000 employees when it acquired Oculus in 2014.

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Lies Beneath Out Today for Oculus Quest, 10min Gameplay Video Inside

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Now is most certainly the season for new titles on Oculus Quest with Down the Rabbit Hole , The Room VR: A Dark Matter and Covert arriving. The first is a tourist style ‘ Visit Slumber, Alaska ‘ site with a nice version about its history while the second takes a far darker turn by the Slumber Historical Society.

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More VR Game News From the Facebook Game Developers Showcase – Day 2 & 3

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The company’s all-online alternative to the canceled Game Developers Conference is the place to be for Oculus news on VR games and apps. Posts also detailed upcoming updates to the Quest platform, new resources for VR developers, and changes to the way that Oculus manages IAPs and DLC for VR games. The Showcase So Far.

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Lies Beneath is a new VR Horror From Gunheart Developer Drifter Entertainment

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Drifter Entertainment, the studio behind Robo Recall: Unplugged and Gunheart has revealed its next project, Lies Beneath for Oculus Quest and Oculus Rift. “In terms of the world we’ve built, it pretty obviously draws inspiration from the comic world, says Creative Director Brian Murphy on the Oculus Blog.

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VR for Good: Future Aleppo Is An Emotional Tour Of Loss And Hope

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I want to stand on the tiny islands that sit between Russia and Alaska, explore the parks of Canada, and experience the culture of South Korea. Kteish’s creation itself has been virtually recreated inside the Oculus Rift with the help of Alex Pearson and London-based production studio, Marshmallow Laser Feast.