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Egypt Unveils Trove of Ancient Artifacts Found Near Cairo

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Moon Knight's Wants the Show to Change the Media's Perception of Egypt

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Egypt Latest VR Theme Park | Biggest VR Game Collection Ever

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Owatch VR is happy to announce the launching of the new entertainment era in Egypt. The latest virtual reality games in Egypt. VR Theme Park in Egypt. VR Theme Park in Egypt. The First Racing Simulator in Egypt. The first simulator in Egypt.

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Hundreds Stung as Extreme Storms Unleash Scorpion Plague in Egypt

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As if extreme weather wasn’t terrifying enough already, this weekend one city reported a literal plague of scorpions that came in the wake of some major storms ripping through the region. Read more.

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On Marvel's Moon Knight, Friends and Foes Alike Race to Egypt

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In episode three of Moon Knight , directed by Mohamed Diab, former partners and lovers reunite to stop Harrow (Ethan Hawke) from getting to Ammit’s tomb. Turns out working together is trickier for them with Marc (Oscar Isaac) needing to learn how to work with Steven (also Oscar Isaac) and Khonshu (F.

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The Boat in the Suez Canal Is Still Stuck, But You Can Now Stick It Anywhere You Want With This App

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Mummified Kitten, Snake, and Bird Are 'Unwrapped' in New X-Ray Study

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Using high-resolution, 3D X-ray scans, a team of researchers has digitally unwrapped and analyzed three mummified animals from ancient Egypt. ancient egypt egyptology mummies ancient egyptian mummies animal mummies grave offerings anthropology science

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Stuck Suez Canal Boat Raised Oil Prices, Because That's Oil Folks

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Is There Still Hope That We'll Blow Up the Stupid Boat?

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Golden-Tongued Mummies Found in Egyptian Tomb

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Archaeologists investigating burial shafts near Alexandria, Egypt have discovered over a dozen interred individuals, two of whom still feature golden tongues that were carefully placed inside their mouths.

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Travel to Egypt with EON Experience VR, Our Virtual Reality Knowledge Transfer Library

EON Reality

Stop dreaming about going to Egypt; this app will take you there! Visit nine locations of Egypt in fully immersive, 360 degree environments, including The Valley of the Kings and the Temple at Luxor! Immerse yourself and experience the new Egypt 360 application available for download on your mobile device on EON Experience VR. The post Travel to Egypt with EON Experience VR, Our Virtual Reality Knowledge Transfer Library appeared first on EON Reality

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How Did This 'Screaming Mummy' Really Die?

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Discovery of 3,400-Year-Old Ancient Egyptian City Stuns Archaeologists

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Analysis of Ancient Egyptian Mummy Reveals Unusual Mud Ritual

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Digital Unwrapping of Pharaoh's Mummy Reveals Curly Hair, Amulets, and Jewelry

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Val Kilmer's 14 Greatest Genre Movie Roles

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EON Reality and Nile University Announce Partnership for EON-XR Rollout

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The partnership will begin an EON-XR rollout at one of Egypt’s top universities. It is beyond due time that we bring EON-XR to the good people of Egypt.” Press Release egypt eon xr

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Snap’s Lensathon Competition Teases The Future Of AR

VRScout

I have always been fascinated by ancient cultures and histories, especially by ancient Egypt,” said Faraz. Knowing that we couldn’t travel to Egypt, we decided to bring that experience to us using the power of augmented reality.

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Being Veative

Veative

That’s right, Veative, a virtual reality company headquartered in Singapore with offices in India, USA, UAE, and Egypt, has hit the VR […]. Singapore is in the house.

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6 Ancient D20s That Will Definitely Not Curse You

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Twenty-sided dice, called icosahedrons , show up in architectural digs all across the Mediterranean, especially in Greece and Egypt. Would it surprise you to learn that even ancient civilizations liked to roll some D20s around back in the day?

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Why is Virtual Reality the Next Big Thing in Online Learning?

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E-learning has already been around for a few decades and is still widely used today.

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Dolphins Appear to Self-Medicate With Coral in New Video

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Researchers have observed a unique behavior among the bottlenose dolphins that inhabit the northern Red Sea, off the coast of Egypt: The animals rub their bodies against certain coral species, which the biologists believe is for medicinal purposes.

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This Space Rock’s Weird Chemistry Suggests It Came From a Supernova

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In 1996, a rock from space was found in southwestern Egypt’s Great Sand Sea. The rock was odd, even by extraterrestrial standards, and a team of researchers studying the rock’s chemistry now propose that it came from a supernova—the brilliant, explosive collapse of a star. Read more.

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Saudi Crown Prince Asks, Answers What if a City, But It's a 105-Mile Line

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Vicious Saudi autocrat Mohamed bin Salman has a new vision for Neom, his plan for a massive, $500 billion, AI-powered, nominally legally independent city-state of the future on the border with Egypt and Jordan.

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BBC Launches New VR Studio with Documentary about the Nile

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Currently, there is contention between Egypt and Ethiopia over the potential damming of the largest river in the world, the Nile River. And Egypt considers it a threat to its sovereignty. By taking audiences to Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt, viewers can explore these issues up close for themselves, and understand the politics of the Nile through a new perspective.” Explore the Nile in this immersive VR documentary released by the BBC’s new VR Hub.

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Enter the Tomb: Explore King Tut’s Tomb in Virtual Reality

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There, you can explore the tomb of Egypt’s most famous pharaoh, King Tutankhamun, as Howard Carter discovered it nearly a hundred years ago. New York-based company IMG, with the help of Egypt’s ministry of antiquities, organized this rare opportunity.

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King Tut's Meteorite Dagger Has a Mystery Origin Story

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They suspect the dagger was created through low-temperature forging—but they don’t think it was crafted in Egypt. A team of researchers recently X-ray scanned an iron dagger found in the tomb of Tutankhamun to figure out how the object, the metal of which came from a meteorite, was made.

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We Tried Snap’s AR Glasses And Had Our Minds Blown

VRScout

Previous creators used the technology to anchor their AR creations to famous structures like the Gateway of India and the Great Sphinx of Giza in Egypt. Snap Inc’s AR Spectacles glasses are nothing short of black magic. First announced back in 2016, Snap Inc.’s

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The Week in Toys Is Suitably Strange

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This week, Hot Toys has come to bargain with the almost-mandated “New Marvel Movie Action Figure,” Star Wars Celebration exclusives heat up in the cutest manner, and Lego ’s latest architecture set takes us to ancient Egypt.…

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Assassin's Creed Almost Wound Up Going to Space

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Over the years, Ubisoft’s explored plenty of time periods and locations for the Assassin’s Creed franchise, from ancient Egypt and Greece to the Italian Renaissance and the American and French Revolutions.

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5 VR Apps for Exploring the World

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From the pyramids of Egypt to the thriving street life in major capitals across the globe, or remote mountain areas, you can fulfill your entire bucket list in VR. Since the spring of 2020, we have learned that all our vacation plans can be delayed indefinitely.

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Artists Spread Inspirational Political Messages Through Geo-Located AR Art

VRScout

Found in areas throughout the United States, Mexico, and Egypt, with more locales to come, these eye-opening artworks have been placed in specific locations relevant to their message in terms of history, culture, or political significance. Kenturah Davis “Both” (2016) : Located at: The Great Pyramid of Giza, EGYPT. Augmented art application ‘4th Wall’ launches location-specific, collaborative art exhibition to inspire “thoughtful dialogue.”.

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Snapchat’s Latest Lens Studio Update Is A Game Changer For AR Creators

VRScout

14 new landmarks and 6 AR templates make their way to the desktop app. This week Snapchat further deepened its commitment to AR technology with the release of a new update for Lens Studio, the companies official desktop app for the creation of AR ‘Lenses,’ which adds fourteen new “Landmarks,” as well as six additional Lense templates. Debuted back in April, Snapchat’s “Landmarkers” Lenses bring famous locations all around the world to life in AR.

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The Egyptian Museum in AR and VR

EON Reality

The Egyptian Museum in Cairo, also known as the Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, is home to more than 120,000 pieces of ancient Egypt. It was first built in 1835, but was moved many times until it was finally moved to its current place in 1902 Tahrir Square.

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EON-XR Sees 819% — No, That’s Not a Typo — Growth in Usage During 2020

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To say that 2020 was a big year for EON Reality would be a dramatic understatement.

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The AR Experience Honoring Scientist Jane Goodall

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The two organizations worked together previously on AR experiences based on ancient Egypt and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. For half a century, Dame Jane Goodall has been changing how we see humankind and our nearly-human neighbors, the chimpanzees.

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Students Create Sphinx mythical creature in Augmented Reality

EON Reality

Facing directly from West to East, it stands on the Giza Plateau on the west bank of the Nile in Giza , Egypt.

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