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Niantic Launches Harry Potter Wizards Unite as Beta in Australia & New Zealand

Next Reality AR

The long-awaited augmented reality game based on the Harry Potter franchise from Pokémon GO masterminds Niantic is closer to release, as the developer has begun public beta testing of the app. and Portkey Games, launched published to Google Play and the App Store in Australia.

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PSA: You Don’t Need Xbox Game Pass to Play ‘Fortnite’ for Free on Quest

Road to VR

Xbox Cloud Gaming finally came to Quest earlier this week, letting Game Pass Ultimate members play the service’s full catalogue of flatscreen games on Quest for the first time. Keep in mind: we’re talking about traditional flatscreen Xbox games played on a virtual screen. So, what’s the big deal?

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Epic Is Taking Google to Court (Again)

GizModo VR

In the latest leg of Epic Games’ case against the tech giants, the Fortnite developer is taking Google to court—in Australia this time around. Read more.

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5 VR Apps for Exploring the World

ARPost

Google Earth VR. Google Earth VR is one of the most detailed and comprehensive VR exploration experiences for anyone. All the areas of the globe mapped by Google cars are now available in the VR app. We end our list of VR experiences for exploring the world with an app that only covers Australia.

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Nreal Announced Cinedigm Partnership in Most Recent App Update

ARPost

We learned from Google Glass that cool hardware is not enough to impress consumers. Though, Nreal gave users quite a bit more utility than certain other consumer smart glasses of the past with 17 native apps – most of these being AR gaming apps. See Also: Nreal Announces Dev Kit Bundle, Partnership, and New MR Game.

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HBO NOW Launches on Google Daydream VR; Netflix Coming This Month

VRScout

Google’s Daydream VR is getting even better today with the launch of seven new apps and the release of two new colors for the Daydream View headset. In addition to the seven new apps, Google announced that for a limited time you can pick two new colors for the Daydream View headset – Crimson and Snow are now available online in the U.S.,

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The XR Week Peek (2023.08.15): Samsung XR prototype leaked, Meta 2024 glasses are only for internal use, and more!

The Ghost Howls

T he use of the Exynos chips makes me think even more that this is an old device : Samsung has recently announced that it is going to build its headset with Google and Qualcomm, so it is impossible that the to-be-released device doesn’t have a Qualcomm chip. More info Can Monster Hunter be Niantic’s second hit game?

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