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South Korea Is Building Its Own K-Pop Metaverse

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Ever since Psy graced our ears with his now-iconic song ‘Gangnam Style’ in 2012, the popularity of South Korean music, film, and television has skyrocketed in places like the United States. The K-pop industry is so massive, the country actually relies upon it as one of its primary sources of gross national income next to Samsung.

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How and Why Brand Engagement Is Driving XR Development

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This summer, 8th Wall released their 17th major platform update , which expands world effects with a focus on AR portals. 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.

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The Best VR Apps for Socializing With Friends

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It can be used for any type of virtual meetings, including discussing projects with work colleagues, watching films and TV series, and playing games. Designed for Oculus Quest and Oculus Go, this app aims to create a cozy family corner in the virtual world. with your best friends and family members.

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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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SDCC 2017: The IT VR Experience Sent A Chill Down My Spine

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Instead of wearing the Subpac vests though, which are usually strapped to the body providing haptic feedback for a virtual world, when strapped to the chair the vests provided an added amount of bass to the sound of the experience. Now I’ll confess that I’m generally a wuss in horrifying virtual worlds.

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What a Netflix Video Store Looks Like in Virtual Reality

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You browsed the shelves of VHS tapes, drawn to various films by their cover art and movie title. But now we are in the time of VR, where anything is possible and whatever you want to create or do can all probably be done in a virtual world.

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NYT and Milk VR Create Star-Studded Noir Series Of 360-Degree Shorts

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First-person VR narrative experiences welcome us into intense dramas by making users into crucial parts of the story instead of spectators, and Milk VR (not to be confused with Samsung’s service with the same name) partnered with New York Times and some well-known actors to create nince cool shorts that exhibit this idea.

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