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How XR Fan Engagement Brings Fans Closer to the Game

ARPost

Over the years, ARPost has covered the physical nature of XR in athletics and sports a number of times – from how athletes use XR to improve their game , to how gamers can use VR sports to stay fit , to how thrilling and active a good AR team game can be for players and spectators alike. Is AR the Future of Fan Engagement?

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XR Gaming Case Study: Groove Jones, Be Pro Be Proud

XR Today - Virtual Reality

The team delivers the VR training program to students via a mobile truck, available in Arkansas, Georgia, Tennessee, South Carolina, and North Carolina. Groove Jones’ unique design ideology enables a training module to include mechanics most commonplace in classic video games, such as levelling up, scoreboards, and unlockable abilities.

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AR Meditation App Helps Calm Veterans Suffering From Trauma

VRScout

These metrics are then used to generate a variety of narrative games and interactive challenges in which your success is predicated entirely on your ability to give off positive vibes. But I have to control them.”. To do this, the app pairs with an Apple Watch which, in turn, uses its built-in heart rate tracker to monitor your levels.

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This Restaurant Will Let You Paint With Sauces in VR

VRScout

The custom “ Zaxby’s Fanz of Flavor ” VR experience begins with you standing in a newly designed flagship Zaxby’s restaurant, but soon a Big Z mascot emerges from the floor, enticing you to get creative with your hand-controllers. When your masterpiece is complete, you can save an in-game video of your custom creation on Facebook right there.

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Hands-On: Kung Fu: Shadow Fist Is A VR Brawler Inspired By Streets of Rage

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

The VR controllers of the HTC Vive easily translate to a lot of movements that come naturally to us, but there’s something special about throwing a punch. When discussing games with a fellow member of the Memphis Game Developer group in Tennessee, they pondered how cool it would be if they had a fighting game in VR.

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How and Why Brand Engagement Is Driving XR Development

ARPost

The most cutting-edge advances in AR graphics and dynamic rendering that will one day build games and other apps are being developed by AR advertisers. 8th Wall has used holograms in brand engagement experiences as well, with the most recent being a July WebAR game featuring a hologram of tennis champion Andy Murray.

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Y-12 National Security Complex and HaptX partner to advance U.S. Government training missions

HaptX

The newly constructed Oak Ridge Enhanced Technology and Training Center (ORETTC) in Tennessee trains those responsible for safeguarding nuclear and radioactive material as well as first responders and other experts in nuclear operations, safeguards, cyber, and emergency response. National Nuclear Security Administration.