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Oculus Is Bringing Free-To-Use VR To 90 California State Libraries

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Oculus has always been a major supporter of the virtual reality community. Now the Facebook subsidiary is focusing on making virtual reality more accessible than ever by bringing their Oculus Rift headsets to public libraries across California all for the low cost of $0.00.

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‘Oculus Launch Pad’ Is Silently Populating The VR Content Pool

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As a little-known initiative, Oculus is actively funneling in talent with the promise of training, tools and other resources that developers — new and old — can use to build projects for the Oculus platform as well as for the greater VR ecosystem. recommendations from professors and by posting in the GDC Party Facebook group.”.

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ILMxLAB to Preview Episode 2 of ‘Star Wars Vader Immortal’ at D23 Expo

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The panel is slated to feature director Ben Snow, senior experience designer Jose Perez III, and Lucasfilm Story Group creative executive Matt Martin. The expo itself takes place in Anaheim, California on August 23-25. The panel is scheduled for Friday, August 23rd at 2:00 PM.

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The Ghost Howls’s VR Week Peek (2019.09.09): Vive Cosmos probably on sale at €799, Kura reveals 150° FOV AR glasses, Oculus “Cablegate” and much more!

The Ghost Howls

A market where Oculus has almost no earning s from the hardware sales, though, so it’s a weird situation. Last Monday, there has been some hype in some of the XR groups I’m in for the Kura glasses. Kura is a little startup in California that is working on a pair of lightweight AR glasses. Other relevant news. Image by Kura).

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Moon VR Player returns with passthrough AR mode

The Ghost Howls

After graduating from the University of Southern California in Computer Sciences, he joined Oculus VR out of his passion for virtual reality. He was part of the team behind the GearVR app store and developed some of Oculus’ first native apps, e.g., Oculus Video and Oculus Social.

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8th Annual Lumiere Awards For Creative Filmmaking Expands VR Categories

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For their 8th ceremony however the organizers of the non-profit group are shaking things up by generously expanding their categories for achievements in virtual reality. Best VR Gaming. The Advanced Imaging Society and The VR Society’s 8th Annual Lumiere Awards takes place February 13, 2017 in Hollywood, California.

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Free Wheelchair Mission Launches Fundraising Event with VR Experience

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To this end, they created a VR experience for Oculus documenting the delivery of three wheelchairs in Guatemala. One of them, David Hummelberg, Executive VP of the Capital Group, described the experience as powerful. Note: this video was designed for viewing on Oculus VR glasses. People absolutely love it!

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