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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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A Florida university is making Quidditch a (virtual) realityI.

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A Florida university is making Quidditch a (virtual) reality I hold in my hands what looks and feels like a wand from a Harry Potter film. The game—and the wand—were developed by Pat Starace , director of the digital fabrication course at Full Sail University in Orlando, Florida. Read more here.

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VR/AR Association Holds Virtual Summit Dedicated to the Metaverse

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The session launched Victoria VR , a blockchain-enabled worldbuilding game that Reyes had also teased at the 2021 VR/AR Global summit. To create not just a game, but a virtual world where people are able to live and work.”. AI is then digitally embodied through Unreal Engine , Unity , Metahuman , or Ready Player Me.

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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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Red 6 Pilots Laud Novel AR Air Combat Trainer

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According to the Orlando, Florida-based firm, the demo featured two Red 6 testing pilots using Berkut 540 fighter jets at the Santa Monica Airport in California. The company created its Combined Augmented reality Battlespace Operation Network (CARBON), allowing pilots to interact with the same AR assets, which simulated KC-46 Pegasus Tankers.

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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.