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Atari to Open Game-themed Hotels Across the US with “the latest in VR and AR”

Road to VR

.” The move comes as a part of a recently announced deal with GSD Group, an innovation and strategy agency, which will see game-themed Atari Hotels come to several cities across the United States. Additional hotels planned in Las Vegas, Denver, Chicago, Austin, Seattle, San Francisco, and San Jose.

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SXSW Features ‘Active Esport’ VR Event Using Infinity Treadmill

VRScout

With the annual SXSW festival well underway in Austin, Texas, attendees have been up to their necks in brand spanking new films, music, interactive media, food, and various other incredible offerings at the one-of-a-kind event. This years winner took home a whopping $1,000 Amazon gift card, while the runner-up received a respectable $500.

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Labrodex’s Sci-Fi RPG Shooter Hybrid ‘Scraper’ Already Has Its Own Prequel Novel

VRScout

It’s the prequel novel to not one, but rather an entire series of upcoming Scraper VR games, headed by the budding Labrodex Studios out of Jericho, NY. The story of the IP centers around a distinctly futuristic version of Austin, TX in the year 2076, after humanity has willingly given itself over to AI entities called the “Humechs”.

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Dolby Atmos’ role in better digital experiences

Robert Scoble

When you go to a real game, the sound is incredible. I’m not paid/compensated in any way by Sonos, Dolby, Apple, Amazon, or any company I discuss online (if I ever am, I will disclose that). If you want help with a specific kind of music, drop me a line, and I’ll send you my playlists on Amazon or Tidal.

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Editorial: Artificial Intelligence and the Metaverse (And a Look at an AI-Assisted Social VR Platform, Riff XR)

Ryan Schultz

Another major advantage brought about by artificial intelligence is improved efficiency when it comes to managing large numbers of players at once – something which becomes particularly important when dealing with massive multiplayer online games (MMOs). MIT Technology Review ; The Verge ] The use case for AI is spam books on Amazon Kindle.

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Making the Invisible Visible in AR, with Curie's Michael Agustin

XR for Business Podcast

It recognizes the shoes and says, here's some Amazon reviews on it -- or some reviews from that store, I guess -- and then here's some other things that you might like that aren't necessarily in the physical store, correct? There's been millions and millions of games consumed with your Game Salad platform. So I have my phone.

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Making the Invisible Visible in AR, with Curie's Michael Agustin

XR for Business Podcast

It recognizes the shoes and says, here's some Amazon reviews on it -- or some reviews from that store, I guess -- and then here's some other things that you might like that aren't necessarily in the physical store, correct? There's been millions and millions of games consumed with your Game Salad platform. So I have my phone.

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