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Mexico Celebrates First VR Festival in Latin America

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Last month, more than 1,200 people participated in VR Fest MX , Mexico’s first international virtual reality festival, the first of its kind in Latin America and Spain. Mattel used the event to unveil its VR View-Master in Mexico, while Samsung and Unity were also some of the event’s main sponsors.

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Samsung Gear VR Install Base Has Passed 5 Million Headsets

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Samsung confirms 5+ million Gear VR headsets are now in use worldwide, announced at their CES 2017 keynote. In his opening speech at CES 2017 this week, Samsung Electronics America president Tim Baxter announced that the company now has “more than 5 million” Gear VR virtual reality headsets in use.

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Samsung and Six Flags Re-up Collaboration with New VR Coasters Combining ‘Mixed Reality’ and ‘Complex Gameplay’

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Six Flags Entertainment Corporation—which runs theme park properties across the americas—and Samsung Electronics America, Inc. Six Flags is proud to be partnering with Samsung to develop the newest, most innovative thrill ride experience in the theme park industry,” said Brett Petit, Senior Vice President of Marketing and Sales.

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Scouted: Batman Samsung Galaxy S7 and Gear VR

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Remember back in May when Samsung teased us with a video of their limited Batman edition Galaxy S7 and Gear VR? At the time, Samsung announced that they would begin taking pre-orders for the Injustice Edition bundle if you lived in select countries like China, Singapore, Korea, Latin America, Malaysia and Russia.

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Coca-Cola Creates Virtual Environments and Assets in Ongoing Campaign

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The project is a fun proof of principle but it’s relatively limited, as it is only available to owners of Samsung Galaxy line phones. Partnering on the second virtual concert experience were creative AR platform 8th Wall and creative production partner Tool of North America.

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Samsung is Selling a Batman Gear VR and Galaxy S7

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Earlier this year Samsung bundled the Gear VR headset with Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 edge pre-orders. But now Samsung just unboxed a new bundle that i’m sure will sell out – a Batman-inspired Galaxy S7 and Gear VR. The post Samsung is Selling a Batman Gear VR and Galaxy S7 appeared first on VRScout.

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Samsung announces Samsung Creators program to help VR / 360 content growth.

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Today Samsung Electronics America, Inc. launched Samsung Creators, a new initiative that empowers storytellers, partnering with them to generate content across a variety of audiences and channels to show everyday creators what’s possible with Samsung VR technology. “We Samsung Gear 360 also launched in the U.S.

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