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Creepy VR Films Coming to Fantastic Fest Next Month

VRScout

The Austin-based film festival will be premiering VR content for the first time. As with many other film festivals, including Sundance and Tribeca , virtual reality has been slowly solidifying its position into festival programs. As one of the largest genre film festivals in the U.S.,

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The XR Week Peek (2023.03.20): Meta to perform new layoffs, Google Glass to shut down, and more!

The Ghost Howls

I still feel a lot tired because of the jet lag and the little sleep I had in Austin, but this is pretty normal, and in one week or such this feeling should go away. First of all, Sony CFO Hiroki Totoki has said that he thinks that PSVR 2 may sell more than the 5–6 million units that the original PSVR sold. I’m back in Italy!

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Sony announces new VR music campaign featuring Khalid

VRWorld

Sony last week announced that it will be showcasing its technologies as part of a brand campaign centered on singer-songwriter, Khalid. I can’t wait for the events in LA and Austin, it’s going to be so awesome to connect with my fans through an experience unlike anything I’ve done before. “I

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A decade later, this VR treadmill is finally ready to ship

TechCrunch VR

The fictional depiction of virtual reality and adjacent technologies are intentionally forward-looking. Early versions of the Austin, Texas hardware startup’s product were on writer Ernest Cline’s radar well before the film’s pre-production began. Funnily enough, [he] lives in Austin,” says Goetgeluk. “As

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Beloved former Nintendo prez craps all over Facebook and the metaverse

Mashable VR

At this year's South by Southwest (SXSW) in Austin, Texas, Fils-Aimé took the opportunity to completely unload on Mark Zuckerberg's social media conglomerate, now known as Meta, while speaking with Emily Chang of Bloomberg. He also says Facebook Portal , Meta's video calling device, "wasn't a big idea."

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The 2022 Auggie Awards

ARPost

Sony Electronics Head of Business Development, Thaisa Yamamura, presented the Auggie Award for Best Art or Film. Yamamura also presented the winner with a Sony Spatial Reality Display, a “glasses-free 3D display that will improve their workflow.” All these four awards are decided at the conference. Best Art or Film.

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Virtual Reality Improving Mental Health

Tech Trends VR

The post Virtual Reality Improving Mental Health appeared first on Tech Trends. Alice Bonasio is a VR Consultant and Tech Trends’ Editor in Chief. She also regularly writes for Fast Company, Ars Technica, Quartz, Wired and others. Connect with her on LinkedIn and follow @alicebonasio on Twitter.