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NYC VR Center, VR World, Re-Re-Opens Its Doors To The Public

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Leo Tsimmer and Angelika Lee, founding members of the mixed reality space, weathered the bad news given the massive renovation they had counted on to entice new customers. We show new entertainment through this new and amazing technology to bring people together to make them happy.”.

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Spider-Man Comes To Virtual Reality

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In conjunction with the upcoming release of Spider-Man: Homecoming starring Tom Holland, you can now suit up as Spider-Man, hone your web-shooting skills, and sling high above New York City in pursuit of the Vulture. Fans can wear the suit, fire the new web shooters – THWIP! Yes please.

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What a Netflix Video Store Looks Like in Virtual Reality

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Some of you, maybe not all of you, may remember a time in the 90’s when you had to walk into a video rental store to pick out the night’s entertainment with friends. So why not create the nostalgic feeling of a video rental store and marry it with the future of entertainment consumption – Netflix.

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The 2017 Lumiere Awards: Google and Dear Angelica Win Big

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Cher Wang – HTC Vive. AIS-VR Society President Jim Chabin and actress Maria Bello honored the CEO of HTC with the Sir Charles Wheatstone Award for exemplifying exceptional forward movement in the VR Sciences. HTC is the maker of the Vive VR headset , a monumental achievement in optics, controls and 3D positional tracking for VR.

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Luxury Escapism’s Multi-Sensory Spa Includes Meditative Mixed Reality And ASMR Sound Baths

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I realized I could put all these oddly satisfying things together outside of the institutional art model or an entertainment network. The experience is certainly a novel one and a contrast to the constantly increasing pace of New York City life. It’s not just the two of us doing everything on our own.” shares Lobser.

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We Survived The Void’s Ghostbusters Experience

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But would this temporary New York City version be just a cheesy-knockoff of the real facility in Utah? The technology of the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift are incredible, but the ability to traverse a physical space, receive haptic feedback from NPC’s and interact with a physical environment is just too mind-blowing to compete with.

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Labrodex’s Sci-Fi RPG Shooter Hybrid ‘Scraper’ Already Has Its Own Prequel Novel

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He’s someone who has worked on games early in his career at Lucas Arts and has always been tied to the entertainment industry. I own an IT solutions and project staffing firm I started in New York City back in 1996. That will drive growth, investment and lead to more studios tackling VR and AR for games and entertainment.