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How Astronauts Are Using VR & AR Aboard The ISS

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Thanks to jaw-dropping VR films like Space Explorers: An ISS Experience and educational games such as Mission: ISS , anyone with a VR headset has the ability to experience life aboard the International Space Station.

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Godzilla Conquers Tokyo In Earth-Shaking Hololens AR Experience

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The king of monsters terrorizes real-world Tokyo during Japan’s “Godzilla Nights” live event. Since its very first appearance in the 1954 classic Godzilla , Japan’s most infamous monster has delighted, as well as terrified audiences around the world with over 60 years of city-smashing films, television shows, and video games.

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The VR Awards Announce 2022 Finalists

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VR Film of the Year. Fast Travel Games AB – Virtuoso Film Addict – Le Bal de Paris de Blanca Li Hakawati Studio – Wamdah | Journey to the future Interactive Media Foundation – MYRIAD. VR Social Impact Award. VR Experience of the Year. Where we connect. | VR Experience Meta Platforms Inc.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.08.02): Facebook creates Metaverse group and prepares to launch its smartglasses, and more!

The Ghost Howls

If I had known people could like it, I would have not made it in 5 minutes with Microsoft Word, lol. In Japan, the number is around 80K. Venice Film Festival has a big VR lineup this year, and it has just been completely revealed. Sony has sold 10M PS5 worldwide. Discover the VR lineup at Venice VR Expanded.

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CityXR: A Vision For Augmented Cities In The Shadow Of Hyper-Reality

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Back in 2016, designer and filmmaker Keiichi Matsuda released Hyper-Reality, a concept film that imagined an augmented reality future where physical and virtual realities have merged, resulting in a "city saturated in media." The film was heavily circulated, covered extensively across media and news outlets when it released.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.06.13): Magic Leap exploring a sale, events are going virtual and more!

The Ghost Howls

And while this is anyway a good result for a startup (developing an AR headsets means spending billions in R&D), targeting the consumer market has been a suicide move , that let Microsoft get full control of the profitable enterprise market. New important events have been canceled because of the coronavirus…. This is so sad.

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Sony Just Invested $250 Million in Epic Games, Here’s What it Could Mean for VR and Beyond

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In recent years the game has broken new ground as a sort of proto-metaverse by hosting interactive events like virtual concerts, film debuts, and more to the game’s tens of millions of active players. A virtual concert hosted in ‘Fortnite’ drew tens of millions of users last year | Image courtesy PCGamesN.

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