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Starbreeze releases info on upcoming immersive Virtual Reality experiences for StarVR

Cats and VR

HERO – From the award winning studio that brought us 1979 REVOLUTION: Black Friday, iNK Stories creates an electrifying first-person rescue experience that throws players into the volatile streets of the civilian warzone in Syria — where survival is secondary to saving the lives of others.

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Why VR Will Change The Way We Absorb The News

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Project Syria , the refugee piece that we made for the World Economic Forum, is now up on Steam (where it’s been getting a lot of racist, anti-immigrant feedback, fyi.) But it is a testament to what can be done now with mobile devices: it’s kind of mind-blowing how much more you can do with Daydream, just thanks to that little controller.

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New Oculus Rift and Gear VR Releases for the Week of 10/30/16

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Project Syria, from Emblematic Group. Project Syria is a project that was developed back in 2013 and is now being released on consumer VR. Commissioned by the World Economic Forum, this work of immersive journalism aims to inform us about the plight of those living in Syria. Recommendation: New age Magic School Bus?

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New HTC Vive Releases For The Week Of 10/30/16

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3DSunshine lets players, utilizing the intuitive and precise controls of VR, create worlds block by block and put them into some of our favorite games. Project Syria, from Emblematic Group. Project Syria is a project that was developed back in 2013 and is now being released on consumer VR. 3DSunshine, from Vain Media LLC.

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What is Hermit spyware and how do you protect yourself from it?

Mashable VR

Attackers are using zero-day vulnerabilities (meaning those that haven't yet been patched) and other dangerous exploits in Android and iOS code to deploy malware that can take control over someone's iOS or Android device. TAG has only seen them in action in two countries, Italy and Kazakhstan (Lookout also adds Syria to that list).

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VR for Good: Holograms From Syria Uses HoloLens To Bring Images Of War To Everyday Life

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The team calls this project Holograms From Syria , and it’s got some powerful ideas behind it. Holograms from Syria. Cat videos, Trump memes, mutilated dead bodies in Syria, beautifully designed mattress ads one after the other on a scrolling newsfeed. Since I’ve moved to the US, the images of war have followed.

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Getting — and Keeping — Your Attention in XR, with LumiereVR COO Alexander Haque

XR for Business Podcast

What they were saying was, “we’re now excited to introduce the natural user interface,” and it’s called like “intuitive gesture control.” When I wear a headset, I am transported to Syria, or a place in the world that’s going under very challenging political climate right now, to say the least.