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‘Dome Of The Dead’ Launches On The Vulcan Holodome Platform

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If you’ve ever had the pleasure of visiting the famous Museum of Pop Culture in Seattle, Washington, chances are you’ve come across Vulcan’s Holodome , an ‘immersive reality experience’ that uses interactive visuals projected onto a dome shell to transport users to new locations and immerse them in otherworldly scenarios.

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Microsoft: Mixed Reality Will Revolutionize Work Away From The Desk

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While virtual reality looks to break into the mainstream within the next few years, Microsoft is playing the long game with its mixed reality device, HoloLens, which is much further away from reaching the consumer market. Just how well Microsoft delivers on its promise will be one of the biggest stories of VR in 2017.

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Shooter Veterans Form VR Game Studio Drifter Entertainment

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Three veterans of first-person shooter games have formed Drifter Entertainment , a Seattle-based virtual reality game studio. He was also a chief technology officer at Microsoft on the HoloLens project, and he was the lead programmer on Gears of War and Gears of War 2. Image Credit: Drifter Entertainment.

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8th Wall and COFFEE Bring a WebAR Christmas to Westfield Shopping Centers

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In order to do this, Sion teamed up with the minds at COFFEE Labs, high-tech marketing strategists that have worked with everyone from Microsoft and Medtronic to Ketel One and Adidas. There are ten of these hidden gems in each participating store. Finding just one can be fun but finding all ten unlocks exclusive in-store promotions.

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‘Envelop VR Has Closed’: Virtual Reality Productivity App Shuts Down

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The company was led by Bob Berry who also runs a gaming company known as Uber Entertainment near Seattle. Looming on the horizon for VR/AR productivity is Microsoft. The round was led by Madrnoa Venture Group and marked that fund’s first ever virtual reality investment.

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Funding Roundup: Intel acquires Voke VR, The Future Group Raises.

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Series A, Drifter Entertainment (VR Game Studio) Raises $400K Seed Intel has acquired a startup called VOKE , which specialises in immersive sports video experiences, and counted both Intel and the Sacramento Kings among its investors. It’s a new form of entertainment.” and Kabaddi tournaments in India. “We Read more on VentureBeat.

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SteamVR to Get Linux and Mac OSX Support Within “a Few Months”

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One thing’s for sure, if you’re a PC user wanting to indulge in a spot of immersive entertainment right now, the choice of operating systems on which you can do so are mostly limited to just one. Valve is planning to introduce beta versions of its SteamVR platform for Mac OSX and Linux users within a few months.