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Is Sound the Secret Sauce for Making Immersive Experiences?

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To build truly believable virtual environments, we need to believe our ears as much as our eyes. But while all the R&D muscle that Microsoft put behind this tech is certainly impressive, the question is whether that personalized spatial audio translates into more immersive user experiences. appeared first on VRScout.

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What F8 2017 Means for Mass Market Adoption of Immersive Technologies

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Now, let’s consider the key takeaways related to AR, VR and 360 ° content and review how they will influence the mass market adoption of those immersive technologies. It allows users to create a life-like avatar and hang out with up to three friends in a virtual environment, no matter where they are geographically.

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Google Announces ARCore 1.0 Update and New AR Experiences

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Now Google is going beyond what’s already available, announcing further partnerships with manufacturers to enable their upcoming devices this year, including Samsung, Huawei, LGE, Motorola, ASUS, Xiaomi, HMD/Nokia, ZTE, Sony Mobile, and Vivo. New Immersive Content. Even China will have more access to AR.

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Weekend Downloads: New on Gear VR and Oculus Rift

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Weekend Downloads is part of our weekly update to bring you the latest additions to the Samsung Gear VR and Oculus Rift. The Elevator Ritual is a first-person, interactive, short horror story from developer Samson Films. This short film brings all of Norway’s majesty, from its scenery to its solar eclipses, right to you.

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Justin Roiland (‘Rick and Morty’) To Host Live VR Talk Show With Reggie Watts

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Let them try…” AltpsaceVR is a popular immersive, social application available for multiple VR headsets. Inside AltspaceVR, you assume the form of one of several basic avatars and move around many virtual environments while interacting with other digital avatars to play games, watch videos or just shoot the electronic breeze.

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How and Why Brand Engagement Is Driving XR Development

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These portals open up new virtual worlds for users to walk through or otherwise interact with. Once a portal has been opened, the user needs only to walk through it to enter a 360-degree virtual environment. The company does work with other big-name brands including AT&T, Samsung, Chase, USAA, Pepsi, and Coke.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

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SAMSUNG AT VIDCON: BIG ANNOUNCEMENTS. Samsung solidified its commitment to the virtual reality space with some big announcements that essentially add up to an end-to-end consumer VR solution. They are rebranding Milk VR to Samsung VR, and opening up the content platform to users. NEW LAUNCHES, MOVEMENTS, AND MONEY.

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