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Australia and New Zealand: Southern Hemisphere’s Paradise

AUGray

Australia and New Zealand are considered to be heaven on earth for people on the other side of the world. Now that we’ve covered one major aspect of Australia and New Zealand, let us see another. If you said Tourism! Tourism: In 2018 and 2019, over 9 million visitors visited Australia and New Zealand every year.

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5 VR Apps for Exploring the World

ARPost

Developed by Force Field Entertainment (acquired by Vertigo Games), the experience lets you step into the shoes of a National Geographic explorer and visit Antarctica and Machu Picchu. We end our list of VR experiences for exploring the world with an app that only covers Australia.

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Who is Trying to Make Key App for VR?

VRWorld

It’s hard to avoid the hype around virtual reality (VR) headsets like the HTC Vive, Oculus Rift or its mobile counterpart, Samsung Gear VR; much of that excitement is focused on console, mobile, and PC gaming. Travel / Tourism. However, the technology has applications in most industries.

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Top 37 VR Film Festivals to Attend in 2018

VeeR VR

VR/AR/MR films, games, and interactive projects include a total runtime or viewing time of 40 minutes or less. In this forum, four separate stations use four different devices to show the many ways VR is being used in film, gaming, tourism, marketing, art and more. Click edit button to change this text.

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

Road to VR

Currently VR First is boasting more than 50 projects in development at the labs, and not just games. In fact, games only account for 35% of projects underway, as the rest are focused on fields like psychology and neuroscience (12%), education (7%), tourism (7% ), and architecture and real estate (6%). Purdue University, USA.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

VRScout

ZeniMax isn’t stopping there, announcing an acquisition of Escalation Studios , a VR-experienced game development company– and is staying tight-lipped about the cost. Aiming at the tourism, entertainment, and education industries, the company has already released 3D recreated sites from places like Rome, Athens, Paris, and Jerusalem.

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Getting Fit with a VR Toolkit, and Other XR Tips with VRd?j?’s Michael Eichenseer

XR for Business Podcast

As a gamer, I definitely enjoy the fact that I can play a game, not be sitting the entire time, and afterwards, I’ve burnt 500 calories, and feel really good about it the next day. Michael: The boxing games are pretty popular, and I definitely have to mention Beat Saber. It’s a multiplayer game, kind of dodgeball.

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