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How Location-Based VR Is Finally Breaking Out Of Its Box

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A “location-first” mentality is leading to a whole new wave of location-based immersive entertainment. So how does VR play into this then, when the assumption is it either requires us to be hardwired into a gaming PC or safely contained within the strict four walls of our Oculus Quest guardian boundaries?

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10 Virtual Reality Trends to Look Out for in 2021 and Beyond

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Entertaining Consumers With Virtual Reality (Experience Reality Remotely). VR has been used for entertainment from the very start. Oculus was acquired by Facebook, showing the possibility of integrated VR within the social platform. Tourism and Travel (Experience Destinations Before Booking).

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A Complete Guide to Virtual Reality

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Form factors have improved dramatically since then, and most people are familiar with the first commercially-available VR headset, then-Facebook’s Oculus Rift. Entertainment: Many of the initial innovations in VR began with entertainment and the video game sector.

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Orlando is ‘The MetaCenter’: Pushing Boundaries in the Metaverse

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Participants joined using various VR devices such as Oculus, mobile devices, desktops, and MacBooks. The potential appears endless as the metaverse moves from games and entertainment to applications for business, training, conferences, events, and many others. It was a free event that was simultaneously streamed on YouTube.

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Spatial Beats: Apple VR, Google Poly & LBVR Hangs On

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Between the $299 Oculus Quest, the death of the movie theater, and the COVID stigma on shared headsets, you’d think we wouldn’t be hearing much about this right now. Currently, there is not a release date or price though the company mentioned that it plans to target various sectors such as cultural tourism and health industries.

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Top XR Vendors Majoring in Travel for 2022

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With endless flights grounded, tourism put on hold, and opportunities to connect with customers diminished, confidence in the landscape has dwindled. To strengthen connections with an uncertain audience, travel and tourism companies are being forced to explore new technologies as a solution for innovation.

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Remote assistants in combination with AR or VR in US 2022

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As for Virtual Reality (VR), it’s a complete immersion into a virtual world, shutting off the physical world entirely through special VR devices like HTC Vive, Google Cardboard, and Oculus Rift. Virtual Reality is used for entertainment purposes like games and in more serious fields, like healthcare. Tourism Credit: Unsplash.

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