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VR Sci-fi Shooter Turns Your Hands Into Laser Cannons

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Created by Purdue University Grad Jordan McGraw, Rogue Ascent VR features a simplified combat system designed specifically for hand-tracking controls, including autofire mode and homing projectiles. The game features a wide variety of other hand-tracking controls unrelated to combat.

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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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He was the VR technical adviser for the VR Pain and Anxiety Management pilot program at Memorial Hermann Prevention and Recovery Center , and has been actively involved in the VR scene since the 2012 Oculus Kickstarter. He has been a professional computer programmer for over 20 years.

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‘Darknet’ Dev Fuses Physics-based VR Combat & Turn-based Strategy in ‘Ironlights’

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Called Ironlights , the still in-development game is setting itself apart from other physics-based melee titles by offering up a dynamic ‘back-and-forth’ combat scheme, which is designed to further eliminate careless controller waggling by way of a novel turn-based combat system. Image courtesy E McNeill.

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‘Stardust Odyssey’ is a Co-op Space Shooter Coming to PSVR This Winter

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Agharta Studio, the Lyon, France-based team behind Shufflepuck Cantina Deluxe (2016) for Oculus Rift, hasn’t made mention whether they’ll bring Stardust Odyssey to PC VR too. It’s currently listed as PSVR-only, although it will support PS Move controllers, the creators say.

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2021 VR/AR Association Global Summit: Metaverse, Convergence, and Adoption

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The model is then displayed on a Looking Glass holographic display manipulated with an air controller designed after medical equipment. On the enterprise side, XR has been difficult to adopt and scale in part because of legacy management methods. This results in a hyper-realistic XR display without the use of a headset.

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Altspace & Cyberia Join Forces For Free Film Festival Hosted In VR

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After registering over at Cyberia Film Festival in VR (100% free), users will be instructed on how to access this weekend’s screening of 38 short films collected from across the globe using a VR headset such as the Oculus Rift, HTC Vive or Samsung Gear VR. Here’s a list of the films you can expect to see: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10TH.

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6 Superheroes That Could Have Incredible VR Games

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Obviously big companies like Marvel and DC don’t have too much interest in the small install bases of headsets like the Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, and PlayStation VR right now, but we have already seen both of them experiment with the tech. With position-tracked controls, we could really be him. Dr. Strange. Green Lantern.

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