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Traveling Halo Fan Experience Will Feature Competitive Location-Based VR

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Based on the video provided, it appears as though attendees will be using PC backpacks provided by VRcade Systems all-in-one free-roam VR platform in conjunction with the HTC Vive Pro and its motion controllers. As for what the experience is actually like, we’ll just have to wait and see.

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The NBA and TNT Partner With Intel For Biggest VR Push Yet

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The NBA on TNT VR app is intended to change the viewing experience from, “passive to immersive’” said David Aufhauser, Managing Director, Strategy and Product for Intel Sports, during an interview with VRScout. Each camera will have at least four angles of the game that you can control. Thursday, March 20 – Houston @ Portland.

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How the XR Community Celebrates Black History Month (Black Futures Month?)

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Microsoft’s Immersive Museum. The 360° gallery uses desktop controls for looking around, but you can’t walk through the gallery like Virbela, you have to click arrows on the floor. Initially, this primarily meant a combination of curated libraries of existing 360° video and original recorded immersive content.

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This All-Female Founders Pitch Event Was Held in VR

VRScout

The free to attend showcase features women-led businesses in immersive technology (XR) and is hosted by the WXR Fund, a venture fund dedicated to amplifying female founders and XR startups committed to gender equality. Here are the eight female Founders of the 1st WXR Cohort: Vivian Tan // Beast, Inc.

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aR ‘Pragmatic Choice’ for XR Future, RealWear CEO Says at AES 2023

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Designed for enterprise users, assisted reality offers less immersion than augmented reality (AR), but rather integrates minimal digital overlays on the physical space of the wearer. Additionally, he explained why it was crucial for companies to create immersive products for the right environments.

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Training to Craning in 60 Minutes: Putting My VR-learned Skills to the Test with a Real 22 Ton Crane

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Last week, I traveled to the Houston Area Safety Council in Pasadena, Texas, to put Industrial Training International VR’s new crane simulator through its paces. Eric is the co-founder and co-organizer of the HoustonVR Meetup , and an event manager for the Immersive Technology Conference. Guest Article by Eric Liga.

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‘First Man’ WebAR Experience Takes You To The Moon and Back

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In an interview with entertainment report Kevin McCarthy for Fox 5, the films director, Damien Chazelle, discussed how he approached the making of the movie in a way that he hoped would reflected those feelings, and how he wanted to immerse the audience in a way that felt genuine. The marketing teams solution solution was WebAR.

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