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Custom Home Mapper lets you map your house and play VR games in it!

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The collection has grown into a dozen different apps and games with full AR/Passthrough integration (yay setup is easy now, and each game has an optional AR mode with different types of implementation) and multiplayer (a guest can appear as an avatar inside your own home, or you can visit other homes, play the different games in Co-op or PvP modes.

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Crytek-Incubated ‘VR First’ Program to Double Number of Academic VR/AR Labs in 2017

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VR First , the global initiative to seed academic institutions with VR/AR hardware and software, today announced that it’s nearly doubling the number of its VR labs in universities and science parks across the globe by the end of 2017. image courtesy VR First. image courtesy VR First. image courtesy VR First.

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Visit the Ancient Rome in VR with Rome Reborn

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The company is based in Bloomington, Indiana and has the mission of creating engaging AR and VR applications about the world’s cultural heritage sites and monuments. The Oculus Rift shipped in spring 2016. At the moment, this means solutions such as the Samsung Gear VR and the Oculus GO. Rome Reborn 3.0