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Side-Kick VR Launches Now You See Me: Back to Macau on Samsung Gear VR

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Side-Kick VR launched the virtual reality game Now You See Me: Back to Macau on the Samsung Gear VR. It’s the first hidden object game with a major Hollywood brand in VR, and Newport Beach, California-based Side-Kick plans to focus on the genre for VR going forward. There are seven scenes inspired by the films.

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Earth Day: Now You Can Surf With a Legend in VR

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Nakuru Kuru: Awakening is the Baja California-based prologue to the 9-episode immersive 360-degree VR experience scheduled to be released next year. Appropriately, the idea for Nakuru was born on a surf trip in Sayulita, Mexico where the film’s future Director Steve Engman met Ritter’s son Sean.

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Weekend Downloads: New on Gear VR and Oculus Rift

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Weekend Downloads is part of our weekly update to bring you the latest additions to the Samsung Gear VR and Oculus Rift. is an endless traffic racer taking place on the world famous California 405 Freeway. Bump, side-swipe and and ram your way through traffic in this ultra realistic stimulation of California driving.

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

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Development is divided evenly across the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift platforms, each accounting for 31% of projects created, with other major VR platforms such as Samsung Gear VR, OSVR, and Daydream rounding out the bottom numbers. California State University Monterey Bay, USA. University of Southern California (USC), USA.

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Become A Jedi, Play Holochess With This Star Wars AR Headset

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With every new Star Wars film comes new tie-ins, video games, merchandise and pretty much anything else you can slap a picture of R2D2 or Finn on. So naturally Disney’s D23 conference in Anaheim, California was filled to the brim with new content from a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.

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Seven VR Titles Nominated At This Year’s Emmy Awards

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We instantly fell in love with this adorable 360 animation honoring French film director, illusionist, actor, mime, sfx artist, magician, and overall outstanding human being, Georges Méliès. Let’s take a peek at the incredible projects nominated for these distinguished honors. Blade Runner 2049: Memory Lab by Oculus. Coco VR by Disney Pixar.

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Michael Bay Enters VR With Rogue Initiative

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Say what you will about Michael Bay, but the man knows how to film a giant robot battle or a massive car crash. The company is based out of Los Angeles, California and is currently knee-deep in production of several original AAA intellectual properties. All the 360 explosions and giant robots you can handle.