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Gift Guide: Extremely Online books

TechCrunch VR

If you can’t read a good book without stopping every few pages to tweet about it, you might be what we call Extremely Online. Here are some relatively recent books that confront everything from the rise of TikTok to a fictional metaverse gone wrong. This book did that to me. ” Price: $18 from Amazon.

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Amazon Explores The Idea of Augmented Reality Furniture Stores

VRScout

The online retailer considers using augmented reality to help you settle on that new couch. Amazon is a company that prides itself on embracing the unconventional. Recent Amazon Studios job postings show that the retailer is currently building out a mixed reality team, “focused on defining next generation platforms and content.”

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Recommended Readings on Virtual Worlds

ARVR

Here are five books I recommend that retell history, discuss games and development, and go into some design successes and failures. Designing Virtual Worlds Amazon Link Richard Bartle is heavily cited in virtual worlds due to his creation of the MUD (multi-user dungeon). What other books would you recommend?

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Making A Metaverse That Matters book review

The Ghost Howls

Now that I’ve finished the book, I would like to tell you my opinion about it, so that you can decide if it is worth buying it or not. The book subtitle is “From Snow Crash & Second Life to a virtual world worth fighting for” : I mention it because it exactly describes what is the theme behind the book.

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Spatial Beats: Apple, Huawei & Virtuix

AR Insider

The lower-cost locomotion option, Cybershoes , is now on Amazon for $349. Together with cyberchair and cybercarpet (included), Cybershoes allows gamers to walk and run in virtual reality. See his books here. Compatible with over thirty games, the Omni Pro system is $2,000. Watch the latest episode below.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.06.20): Roblox may come to Quest, Meta launches Avatar Store, and more!

The Ghost Howls

I don’t know if it is true or only a rumor, but if it happens, this is huge news for virtual reality. The reason why I think that this news is super-important is two-sided: On one side, it means that a platform with 50M of daily users is coming into virtual reality. Engage teases Engage Link. Other news. Learn more.

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VR Highlights at San Diego Comic-Con 2017 Include Ready Player One And Marvel

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One will have a major presence with a panel on Saturday including Spielberg, book author Ernest Cline, co-screenwriter Zak Penn and the film’s stars. The Tick: Amazon lists a “virtual reality escape room” as part of its promotion of the live-actions version of The Tick.

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