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Frank Zappa Hologram Tour Set To Launch 2019

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“The Bizarre World Of Frank Zappa” tour will feature never-before-seen performances by Zappa. It’s no secret that legendary musician Frank Zappa was one of the most talented performers to ever grace the stage. Alongside his music, Zappa also gained notoriety for his work as a composer, activist, and filmmaker. However, what many people don’t know about the infamous rockstar was his passion towards technology.

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IMAX to Close Down All Remaining IMAX VR Centres Soon

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IMAX shut down a number of its out-of-home VR Experience Centres a few months ago with the proviso that the company wouldn’t be making further investment into VR during 2019. What wasn’t certain at the time was the fate of the rest of its VR Centres. According to a recent Imax report filed with the SEC , the company is officially stepping away from VR with the closure of its three remaining locations.

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Until Dawn dev Supermassive Games continues to support VR with new game for Google Daydream

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BAFTA-winning independent British developer Supermassive Games is proud to announce Shattered State, an interactive cinematic thriller for Daydream. Developed in partnership with Google and published by Supermassive Games, Shattered State features a compelling storyline, blockbuster production values and a branching narrative to deliver an immersive gaming experience that sets the benchmark for cinematic VR gaming on mobile devices.

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‘Echo VR’ Unleashes a Lethal Dose of Holiday Cheer in ‘Winter Village’ Event

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Ready to get in the holiday spirit? Echo Games just pushed an update to Rift exclusive Echo VR that has transformed the lobby into a ‘Winter Village’, including a few holiday-themed avatar customizations and plenty of Christmas cheer for all. In-keeping with the shitty-Christmas-sweater fad, Echo VR also now has new avatars replete with knit patterns, a gingerbread man emote, and reindeer decal—all of it unlockable by competing in either one match of Echo Arena or Echo Combat duri

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The Future of eLearning in 2022: A Sensitive Eye for Authentic Translation and Localization

Speaker: Chris Paxton McMillin, President of D3 Training Solutions

To avoid awkward and sometimes disastrous learning content, instructional designers must use authentic translation in the right context to get optimal results. For example, even a simple phrase like “got milk” translates to “are you lactating” in Mexico. Can you imagine what a straight translation might do to your course? With over 317 million people in the US and over 6.7 billion potential customers in the world, personalizing training seems logical.

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Mind-bending VR adventure game A Fisherman's Tale will launch on various VR platfroms on January 22, 2019.

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In A Fisherman’s Tale , you live a cozy, isolated life until one day you realize you’re just a little wooden puppet trapped inside the model of a lighthouse! Worse, the model is replicated inside and out on an infinite recursive loop. Luckily, you quickly find out you can collaborate with none other than yourself to solve the multi-dimensional riddles that pave the way to discovering your true reality.

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This Week in XR: ODG Asset Sale, Hi Res VR, Brain Waves, And Apps

Charlie Fink

After six months of silence, ODG, maker of AR glasses, quietly announced an asset sale.

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Viveport Holiday Sale Offers Big Savings on Select Games, Subscribers Get Up to 40% Off Everything

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Looking to gift yourself something special this holiday season? Viveport just opened its Winter Sale, and the storefront is offering up to 95% off on select games and apps to anyone with an account. Viveport subscribers can get an addition 10% – 40% off everything on Viveport depending on how long they’ve been members. Discounts will last from now until to January 3rd, 2019, and include a number of top games such as Moss, Prison Boss VR, SUPERHOT VR,Transpose, Ultrawings , and many

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AMD ‘Radeon ReLive for VR’ Streams SteamVR Games to Standalone Headsets

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AMD today launched an updated version of their AMD Radeon Software suite which now includes the ability to stream SteamVR games to standalone and smartphone-based headsets, assuming you have a compatible AMD GPU. But until mobile headsets support the full head/hand 6DOF input that PC VR apps expect, it’s potential is quite niche. Launching at an odd time (well before any full 6DOF mobile headsets are available to consumers) is AMD’s Radeon ReLive for VR feature which promises to stre

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