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Google Earth VR Adds Search and Oculus Rift Support

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It was six months ago when Google launched a VR version of Google Earth for the HTC Vive. Originally launched for free on the HTC Vive, Earth VR is available on the Rift with support for Oculus Touch controllers — and of course it’s still free. VR’s killer app just got a major update.

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How to Watch Oculus Connect 6 Keynotes Live in VR

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Oculus Connect 6 is fast approaching, and while today is technically the last day for registration , you can still follow along with the company’s annual developer conference next week both in and outside of VR. Oculus Venues, Image courtesy Oculus. SEE ALSO Oculus Quest Content Library Tops 100 Games & Apps.

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Oculus Touch Is $199, Shipping December 6th, Final Design Revealed

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As expected, Oculus today announced both the price and shipping date of its Oculus Touch position tracked controllers for the Oculus Rift. Oculus revealed the news at its keynote speech for the Oculus Connect 3 developer conference in San Jose, California.

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The Ghost Howls’s VR Week Peek (2019.06.23): HTC teases the Vive Cosmos, Oculus announces AR at OC6 and much more!

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HTC has revealed the design of the Vive Cosmos. HTC has finally unveiled some information on the Vive Cosmos. HTC has told in the past that this is a headset more consumer-oriented , but Sebastian Ang of Mixed Reality TV has reported that, according to a reliable source, the price will be 899. Oculus has teased the OC6.

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Oculus to Donate Rift & Go to Learning Institutions Across Seattle, Taiwan, & Japan

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Oculus recently announced the’ll be expanding their educational pilot program by donating Oculus Rift and Oculus Go headsets to a number of educational institutions across Taiwan, Japan, and Seattle. The company initially kicked off the program last year when it donated 100 Rift headsets to 90 libraries across California.

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360 Short Film ‘Step to the Line’ Published as Part of Oculus’ VR for Good Initiative

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The short documentary is an emotionally powerful 360 degree video production, funded by Oculus’ VR for Good initiative. Created and directed by Brazilian filmmaker Ricardo Laganaro, Step to the Line was shot in a California maximum security prison, using a Nokia Ozo rig.

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BinaryVR Begins Shipping First Dev Kit For Facial Tracking Solution

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The California-based company recently started shipping its first development kit for a device that doesn’t follow the user’s eyes, but instead reads facial motion in the mouth, chin and cheeks and replicates them on a VR avatar. Tagged with: binaryvr , Facial tracking , htc vive , oculus rift.