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VR Meets Indoor Skydiving With Tunnel Vision

VRScout

Founded by Cody Russell and Tristan Hampson as part of the tech incubator EvoNexus, the immersive new experience creates an intense level of realism by using both VR and actual indoor wind tunnels to accurately simulate the physical sensations of free falling. I couldn’t, but maybe I’m just evil. .

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How Virtual Reality Can Close the Gender Pay Gap

ARPost

But California-based VR startup Variable Labs believes that virtual reality is the quickest way to close the gender pay gap. Samsung Gear VR supports Variable’s simulation. Companies often can’t justify these pay gaps by education or occupational responsibilities. See Also: How Virtual Reality Promotes Gender Equality.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

VRScout

Interestingly enough, the open world features wildlife simulations provided by IBM’s Watson. Already supporting the Oculus Rift, Samsung Gear VR, HTC Vive, and PSVR – Unity will now support Google Daydream. Curioser and curioser…. Developers, rejoice!

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10 Industries Using VR in Marketing Strategies

VeeR VR

A few games had come out that were barely functional, along with the occasional flight simulator. What makes VR marketing so compelling - is that you can now offer people an experience that is fully contained within the simulation and can expand the user’s line of empathy unlike anything before. Stay tuned on veer.tv

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Kevin Williams: LBVR is not dead, it is rising again

The Ghost Howls

The market is at best 50% reopening , and we have seen the continued shutdown of California. Using the term LBVR has a danger of being confused with the Location-Based VR market that is a general term for training, and simulation , the definition of entertainment shows this specific focus.

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Seven VR Titles Nominated At This Year’s Emmy Awards

VRScout

Originally released November of 2017 for the Oculus Rift and Samsung Gear VR, Disney’s first foray into VR was much more than a simple promotional tool for the Disney Pixar animated film, Coco. Developer Owlchemy Labs made waves with their original hit VR game, Job Simulator. Coco VR by Disney Pixar.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

VRScout

A Bluetooth-enabled controller is what sets the Daydream HMD apart from other current smartphone-powered VR headsets (the Samsung Gear VR is really the only true competitor in this quality tier, distinctly above a Cardboard-style headset). Although not as robust as the HTC Vive controllers, the wand-like controller is easy to use… and fun.