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Arizona's Anti-Monopoly Bill Could Help Put Fortnite Back in the iOS App Store

GizModo VR

Arizona legislators just passed an anti-monopoly bill in a 31-29 vote, which could have big implications for Apple, Google, and, weirdly enough, Fortnite.

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Controversial Arizona Bill That Would've Changed App Stores Mysteriously Goes Poof in the Night

GizModo VR

On Wednesday, the Arizona State Senate was supposed to vote on Arizona HB2005 , a controversial bill that would’ve dramatically changed how both Apple and Google’s app stores work.

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Google Hit With Antitrust Lawsuit Brought By 36 States and Washington, D.C.

GizModo VR

Google’s Android app store is the subject of an antitrust lawsuit brought by 36 states and Washington, D.C. on Wednesday — the latest installment in the ongoing showdown between tech giants and the regulators that seek to bring them to heel. Read more.

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London’s Otherworld Might Just Be The Coolest-Looking VR Arcade In Existence

VRScout

Each of these effects are synched to the players in-game actions across 16 titles: Beat Saber, Fruit Ninja, Racket NX, Space Pirate Trainer, Angry Birds VR, Electronaut, Fisherman’s Tale, Job Simulator, Accounting +, Google Earth VR, Moss, SUPERHOT, Arizona Sunshine, Raw Data, Tilt Brush, as well as Windlands 2 , with more on the way. . Dream Corporation’s “neon jungle” features 14 extra-sensory VR pods, a bar, and a poke kitchen.

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Google’s VR Labs Provide STEM Students With Hands-On Experience

VRScout

Google teams up with Labster to develop 30 immersive lab experiences for the Daydream platform. Cue Google VR Labs, a series of comprehensive virtual lab experiences available on the Google Daydream platform. Developed as part of partnership between Google and simulation education company Labster, the in-depth program boasts 30 interactive lab experiences in which biology students can engage in a series of hands-on scientific activities in a realistic environment.

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Waymo Rolls Out Its Driverless Robo-Taxi Service to More Riders in Phoenix

GizModo VR

Waymo, the self-driving unit of Alphabet, said Thursday that it’s offering its fully driverless robo-taxis to all customers of its ride-hailing service in Phoenix, Arizona. alphabet waymo google ai artificial intelligence self driving car

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The XR Week Peek (2020.10.12): Quest 2 is launching, dogs use AR, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Game developers are also preparing for it: popular games like SuperHot, Red Matter , and Arizona Sunshine will publish new updates to take in count the new horsepower of the Quest 2. Image by Google). Google and Snapchat release features that aim at the AR Cloud.

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UploadVR’s 2016 Game of the Year Nominations

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

We saw the release of the Oculus Rift, the HTC Vive, the PlayStation VR, Google’s Daydream platform, the Oculus Touch controllers, and the continued growth of both the OSVR and Samsung Gear VR platforms. Arizona Sunshine. Arizona Sunshine. Arizona Sunshine. Arizona Sunshine. Arizona Sunshine. The first (almost) full year of full-scale consumer-grade virtual reality is just about in the books.

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Spatial Beats: Apple, Magic Leap & Oculus

AR Insider

The feature, first introduced in iOS13, is designed to provide 3D imagery in major cities, similar to Google’s Street View. The brand and software platform will still operate though it will support Vertigo Games, the studio behind Arizona Sunshine and the upcoming shooter After We Fall.

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Mary Matheson speaks about storytelling in VR and the importance of 360 movies

The Ghost Howls

I’m also a professor of practice for Arizona State University , which is opening a new center in downtown Los Angeles actually. YI HALO Camera (Image by Google).

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VR & AR 2018: A Year In Review

VRScout

2018 also saw the release of Arizona Sunshine LB VR Edition , a location-based version of Vertigo Games’ 2016 VR smash-hit, Arizona Sunshine. While the Google Daydream store may be lacking in content, the inclusion of “WorldSense” technology adds a considerable amount of immersion when compared to the Oculus Go’s 3DoF offerings. Immersive technology continues its push towards mainstream appeal.

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One of the First Games Ever Shown on Vive Launches This Fall on Vive, Rift, and Windows VR

Road to VR

Arizona Sunshine developer Vertigo Games announced today that Skyworld , a top-down strategy game built for VR is coming to the Vive, Rift, and Windows VR headsets. It was there that now classic demos (and some future titles) like Aperture Science Robot Repair , Dota 2 Secret Shop , theBlu , Job Simulator, Google Earth VR, and more, were first shown.

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Here Are The 53 Oculus Launch Titles Available on Dec. 6

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

We count 53 titles coming for the launch of the controllers ranging from zombie wave shooters to all new art apps, though as expected Google is notably not on the list. Arizona Sunshine. Oculus just released the full list of titles coming to its Oculus Touch controllers on Dec. It’s a big list we copy and pasted below with some heavy hitters on the list.

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The Ghost Howls’s VR Week Peek (2019.26.11): Half-Life: Alyx revealed, Oculus Link out, XBox not considering VR and much more!

The Ghost Howls

Google announces The Relightables. Google has just invented a new system to shoot volumetric videos of avatars. For now let just me say that Arizona Sunshine is coming to Quest on December, 5th. Guys and girls, sorry for the delay in the release of this weekly recap.

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Tesla’s data advantage. Can Apple, or others, keep up?

Robert Scoble

Others include augmented reality worlds, GIS data to sell to businesses and cities, and new utilities that will run far ahead of Apple and Google’s abilities. Would you continue using Google or Apple Maps that aren’t? Can Google match this?

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VR Bound Announces Nominees For Inaugural 2017 VR Awards

VRScout

Google – Daydream View. Vertigo Games & Jaywalkers Interactive – Arizona Sunshine. Google – Tilt Brush. GoogleGoogle Earth VR. Google – Tabel. An evening dedicated to celebrating the past years VR accomplishments.

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DNA VR to Open Second London Location This April

Peter Graham

These will range from classic favourites like Beat Saber, Arizona Sunshine and Raw Data to Tilt Brush, Google Earth, theBlu and many more.

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Check Out These 2018 Black Friday VR Deals

VRScout

So while hordes of dedicated tech enthusiasts and aggressive parents are busy shoving each other into walls trying to snag discounted Google Home devices, why not take advantage of the incredible savings being offered on this years hottest virtual reality gear, all from the comfort of your own home? Make the most of your holiday savings with these discounted offers.

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Bait! Passes A Million Players On Gear, Daydream Version Incoming

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

It’s not the only VR game with success to celebrate this week; VR zombie shooter Arizona Sunshine also announced it had amassed $1.4 has passed the million milestone, Resolution is announcing its release on Google Daydream. Given the likely low install base of most VR headsets right now, it’s rare to see a game get even close to 1 million players, let alone pass that milestone. Resolution Games, however, has.

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The Ghost Howls’s VR Week Peek (2019.12.09): Qualcomm XR2 defines the future of XR, Magic Leap having tragic sales, and much more!

The Ghost Howls

The Quest has dominated the searches on Google and it has gone sold out quite soon, and people that really wanted to buy it had to buy it from some online resellers that offered it at higher prices. Goood Monday everyone!

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STRIVR Labs Raises $5 Million And Adds Enterprise VR Training

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

More than 25 professional and collegiate sports teams use STRIVR to enhance off-the-field preparation including the Dallas Cowboys, Arizona Cardinals, Minnesota Vikings, Clemson University, Stanford University, the Washington Wizards, Detroit Pistons, and Washington Capitals. Belch said the company is looking at Google Daydream very closely and believes the controller will open up a unique way to select things in training.

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How To Play SteamVR Vive Games With Oculus Touch and Rift

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

In the case of Google Earth VR , you may need to trick it into running , since Google decided to limit that program to Vive only for now. Arizona Sunshine , when played on the Touch via Oculus Home, lets you teleport by simply tilting the stick instead of clicking it — an example of specific optimization. Last week we let you know about 10 great SteamVR games that work well with the Rift and Touch by default.

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Bundling the Best of AR with Ease of Use, with BundlAR’s John Martin

XR for Business Podcast

The world received a gift three years ago, in the form of AR technology from the likes of Google and Apple - ARKit and ARCore. It could have been a prospective student tour at Arizona State University. Like Arizona State University, they're all about innovation and same with companies.

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Bundling the Best of AR with Ease of Use, with BundlAR’s John Martin

XR for Business Podcast

The world received a gift three years ago, in the form of AR technology from the likes of Google and Apple - ARKit and ARCore. It could have been a prospective student tour at Arizona State University. Like Arizona State University, they're all about innovation and same with companies.

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ANNOUNCEMENT and Why the Tesla Humanoid Robot Matters

Robert Scoble

It brings with it a bunch of new technologies that could disrupt even Apple, Google, or Amazon, but soon will start bringing service after service to your home. Once cars start driving without a human in the car, something that GM’s Cruise, Waymo (spun out of Google), and others are already doing in San Francisco, California and Phoenix, Arizona, then the car can bring other robots AND let the robots be shared among a number of different houses, which defrays their cost.

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All the most interesting AR and VR news from MWC 2018

The Ghost Howls

Vuzix has showcased its Vuzix Blade AR Glasses , that are some augmented reality glasses that can project some useful info into the corner of the lenses (so, they’re a bit like the Google Glass). Some days ago, the Mobile World Congress 2018 has finished. I expected a lot of AR/VR news from there, like the announcement of the price of the Vive Pro or the release of the Oculus Go by Xiaomi and Facebook… but actually I’ve been disappointed by everyone.

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Bundling the Best of AR with Ease of Use, with BundlAR’s John Martin

XR for Business Podcast

The world received a gift three years ago, in the form of AR technology from the likes of Google and Apple - ARKit and ARCore. It could have been a prospective student tour at Arizona State University. Google gave a grant to the DuSable Museum in Chicago, so they wanted to reboot the Mayor Harold Washington exhibit. Like Arizona State University, they're all about innovation and same with companies.

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EON Reality recognized as Top 100 Company Supporting Education Excellence by OCBJ and IPSF

EON Reality

On the Top 100, EON Reality is joined by organizations such as Google, The Hoag Foundation, and Kia Motors America, Inc. EON Reality has been recognized by the Irvine Public Schools Foundation (IPSF) and Orange County Business Journal (OCBJ) as one of the Top 100 Companies Supporting Education Excellence.

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Microsoft Presenting Easy-To-Use Virtual Reality Experience

VRWorld

” The hardware that does typically pack rear-facing cameras — smartphones and tablets — is almost always powered by Apple’s iOS or Google’s Android, rather than Windows. VR Games like Arizona Sunshine and Superhot VR are available today, alongside a Halo Recruit VR experience. Microsoft is trying to nudge laptop and deskbound computers to interact with the three-dimensional world.

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Put the Car of Your Dreams in Your Living Room, with ZeroLight’s Barry Hoffman

XR for Business Podcast

A big company like Apple, Google, really pushing the thing out and saying, “this is what it’s going to be,” and then making it part of everyday life. It’s the same in Arizona in summer.

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Put the Car of Your Dreams in Your Living Room, with ZeroLight’s Barry Hoffman

XR for Business Podcast

A big company like Apple, Google, really pushing the thing out and saying, “this is what it’s going to be,” and then making it part of everyday life. It’s the same in Arizona in summer.

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Facebook ads have a problem. It's called digital redlining.

Mashable VR

When that company chooses a platform like Google or Facebook to push out those ads, it will look for ways to siphon its ad coverage to those specifically targeted groups. In 2021, a Facebook user filed a lawsuit because they didn't think they were getting a fair shot at viewing advertisements.

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The Ghost Howls’s VR Week Peek (2019.06.17): E3 VR, Vive Cosmos reveal and much more!

The Ghost Howls

I’m trying to solve this issue appealing to Google, but more than ever consider donating money on Patreon to sustain this blog , that takes me a lot of time and various expenses, to keep it alive. Vertigo Games has made a gift to us as well and has told that even Arizona Sunshine is coming to Oculus Quest! More info (Arizona Sunshine on Quest).