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The XR Week Peek (2021.08.02): Facebook creates Metaverse group and prepares to launch its smartglasses, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Facebook Reality Labs creates a group focused on working on the “metaverse”. Zuckerberg said last week that he wants in 5 years Facebook to become a “metaverse company” and this week he started taking action in this sense: he has created a group in the company focused on “building the metaverse”. (Image by Facebook).

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Meta’s VR Events Platform Venues Is Joining Horizon Worlds

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There are also live comedy shows, group meditation sessions, and a whole bunch of VR esports broadcasts. The platform is currently available to those ages 18+ in the US and Canada. The company says you’ll still be able to catch highlights and replays via Oculus TV.

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

VRScout

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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VR in Business: An Introduction to Virtual Reality

XR Today - Virtual Reality

Virtual reality (VR) caught the imagination of a generation from its foundation stages at the end of the last century up through Meta’s acquisition of Oculus; now, VR in business is becoming a serious consideration for many international firms. There is a rise in consumer-grade headsets from firms like HTC, Meta, and Pico.

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Meta is integrating its Horizon Venues live events app into Horizon Worlds

TechCrunch VR

Users above the age of 18 in the United States and Canada who have access to Horizon Worlds on Quest 2 will be able to access Venues programming in the Horizon Worlds app on June 6. Meta notes that these users will still be able to catch highlights and replays of Venues events in Oculus TV. Image Credits: Meta.

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Felix & Paul’s Creepy VR Film ‘Gymnasia’ Set To Debut At Tribeca Film Festival

VRScout

One such experience is GYMNASIA , a groundbreaking cinematic VR experience developed as part of a collaboration between the EMMY® Award-winning immersive entertainment creators, Felix & Paul Studios , the National Film Board of Canada, and Oscar®-nominated Clyde Henry Productions. Image Credit: Tribeca Film Festival.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

VRScout

Starting with its $2B acquisition of Oculus in the spring of 2014, Facebook has continued to build out its virtual reality strategy in a big way. Special guest VRScout’s Ryan A. FACEBOOK KEEPS PUSHING THE VIRTUAL ENVELOPE. Keep an eye on this sector: virtually attending live events is shaping up to be a big business.