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ICYMI This Week: Smalland, Arizona Sunshine 2, MADiSON VR & More

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Missed this week's biggest VR games and hardware stories? With VR hardware, Meta confirmed Quest 3 has higher retention than previous headsets and is reportedly still planning to bring a cheaper Quest 3 to China via Tencent. VRChat released a developer update and opened submissions for Venice Immersive 2024.

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Arizona Sunshine Gleams With PSVR’s Aim Controller

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Farpoint was a good starting point for PlayStation VR’s (PSVR’s) new Aim Controller, but we were elated to hear that the rifle-shaped device would also support the PS4 version of UploadVR’s 2016 Game of the Year winner, Arizona Sunshine. Arizona’s first level is as good an introduction to the Aim Controller as any.

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10 Games Getting Quest 2 Enhancements at Launch

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Although all games out of the box will benefit from Quest 2’s overall bump in hardware specs to some extent, there’s already a few Quest games out there that are getting graphical overhauls just in time for tomorrow’s launch to make good use of the upgrades. Arizona Sunshine. Release date: May 21st, 2019. Price: $20.

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Could Origami Be The Future Of VR Haptics?

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Hanqing Jiang, who was a part of the research team, learned about a form of origami called curved origami (or curved crease origami) while at Arizona State University in 2020 and used it to create stiffness with paper-made sculptures.

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Road to VR’s 2023 Game of the Year Awards

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Be it big or small though, every team is standing on the shoulders of the collective VR community, who continue to experiment and create the sort of hard-won best practices that, to this day, help make VR games comfortable, immersive, and most of all, fun. Selecting a level means approaching the map table and picking your mission.

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Introducing The Nominees For The 2019 VR Awards

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VR hardware is front and center at this year’s festivities following the release of Oculus Quest and HP Reverb. The award ceremony recognizes multiple achievements in VR, such as hardware advancements, gaming, film, social experience, and marketing to name a few. VR Hardware of the Year: Oculus – Quest. Oculus – Rift S.

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VR & AR 2018: A Year In Review

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Immersive technology continues its push towards mainstream appeal. While this past year may have seemed like a quiet one when compared to the more exciting releases featured in 2017 and 2016, these past 12 months have been crucial in the development of the immersive entertainment sector. LOCATION-BASED VR.

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