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The XR Week Peek (2020.07.13): Sony invests in Epic, Rockstar is working on an AAA VR game, and more!

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Image by Epic Games). Sony invests $250M in Epic Games. Sony has announced that it has made a big investment of $250M in Epic Games through one of its subsidiaries. The long-term results of these partnerships are unforeseeable, but we can still play the speculation game. Rockstar is working on AAA VR open world game.

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VR/AR Association Holds Virtual Summit Dedicated to the Metaverse

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During this panel too, Reyes spoke of blockchain technologies as the link not just between virtual worlds, but between virtual worlds and the physical world to create true interoperability across immersive platforms. To create not just a game, but a virtual world where people are able to live and work.”. Empowering Creator Economies.

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Homeland Security Releasing VR School Shooting Training Simulator

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million program, which was built on Epic GamesUnreal Engine, isn’t the first VR experience to focus on surviving an active shooter situation. The training center, which is located at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, allows up to 60 people at the same time, including those who can log in remotely from their homes.

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Magic Leap’s John Gaeta talks about the future of cinema, storytelling and mixed reality

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He has joined Rony Abovitz at Magic Leap and now he’s there, trying to build the MagicVerse as the SVP of Creative Strategy of the Florida company. Douglas went away from Hollywood to create this super-studio with all the cutting-edge technology (like robotic camera systems, computers, etc…).

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All the most important AR and VR news from the GDC 2018

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At GDC 2017 LG showcased a virtual reality headset that was SteamVR compatible: it was a game-changing moment since for the first time a new non-Vive headset would have been compatible with SteamVR tracking and ecosystem. Oculus is going to found big games. Robo Recall is still the best game for VR currently released (Image by Oculus).

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Magic Leap’s LEAP Con 2018 round-up: all the major announcements in only one place

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This has been very interesting, because we now know what are the features that the Florida company is going to introduce. Yes, various games have been announced, but this is the true innovation proposed by the Florida company. The popular Angry Birds game, but for immersive augmented reality. Grordbort’s Invaders.

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Crytek-Incubated ‘VR First’ Program to Double Number of Academic VR/AR Labs in 2017

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Currently VR First is boasting more than 50 projects in development at the labs, and not just games. In fact, games only account for 35% of projects underway, as the rest are focused on fields like psychology and neuroscience (12%), education (7%), tourism (7% ), and architecture and real estate (6%). image courtesy VR First.

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