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Interview With Joseph Johnson, Owner of a Colorado Springs VR Arcade

VRWorld

After looking into local VR arcades in my area, I found one- Epic VR – based in the nearby Citadel Mall of Colorado Springs. The interview went amicably, and I walked out with a pretty decent idea of how much it costs to start up a VR arcade, as well as how successful they can be, even in mountain towns like Colorado Springs.

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‘Sense Arena’ is a VR Hockey Trainer That’s Being Adopted by NHL Teams

Road to VR

Both the Goalie and Player versions of the system are sold as a complete package including an Oculus Quest 2, controller mounts for goalie gloves and hockey sticks, the Sense Arena software, and a case to store everything. The complete package for the goalie kit is $700, plus $99 monthly (or $89 per month annually).

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VR Tour App ‘MasterWorks’ Uses Photogrammetry to Bring You to 4 Fully Explorable Heritage Sites

Road to VR

MasterWorks: Journey Through History (2018) is a new app for Oculus Rift and Gear VR that takes you on a guided tour through four cultural sites spanning three continents. Mesa Verde Native American cliff dwellings of Colorado. Chavín de Huántar, a pre-Incan temple in the Peruvian Andes.

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Harvest Space Slugs With Real Plungers in This Bizarre VR Experience

VRScout

Developed as part of this year’s Global Game Jam at the University of Colorado, the bizarre VR experience tasks users with harvesting adorable space slugs on a desolate planet in order to power their fuel harvester. I’m talking about Space Plunge , a new VR experience so insane I’m convinced it was the product of an intense fever dream.

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Samsung XR and EarthX Debut Environmentally-focused 360 Short Films

Road to VR

The EarthXR section on Samsung XR debuted this week with 12 free 360 short films which can be viewed in web browsers, on iOS or Android , or immersively through the Samsung XR app on Oculus ( Rift , Quest , Gear VR ), Windows Mixed Reality , and Daydream.

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Are Apple’s AR Glasses Hiding in Plain Sight?

AR Insider

“Fifty-eight degrees doesn’t sound like much compared to an Oculus Rift, but compared to an nreal Light, which is 52 degrees, it’s already pretty competitive,” says JC Kuang, an analyst with AR/VR market intelligence firm VRS. “I’ve always been skeptical of 2020,” he says.

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‘Racket: Nx’ Wants to Become an Olympic Sport and It Just Took an Important Step Closer

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Based in Colorado Springs, Colorado and recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the IRF revealed it’s working with Israel-based developers One Hamsa to enter Racket: Nx into the new Olympic Virtual Sport Series program, but also as an eventual candidate for the Olympic Games.

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