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Google is Exploring Ways to Let You Animate Your ‘Blocks’ Creations

Road to VR

Google’s team at Daydream Labs have been prototyping ways of animating objects and characters in Blocks , the company’s recently released VR modelling tool. The post Google is Exploring Ways to Let You Animate Your ‘Blocks’ Creations appeared first on Road to VR.

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DoubleMe to Make City-Scale Digital Twin of Buyeo, South Korea

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However, virtual models of physical locations also have benefits for fields like education, game and experience design, and even virtual travel. Google is working on “world-scale” AR, in part using satellite data and mobile device location data that they already have access to. So, why doesn’t every city have a digital twin?

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Philip K. Dick-inspired VR Story ‘The Great C’ Now Available on Mobile VR

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Dick inspired VR experience, The Great C (2018) , to Oculus Go, Samsung Gear VR and Google Daydream. The 37-minute sci-fi adventure experience is now available for $6 across all platforms, including versions available on Steam (Vive, Rift) and the Oculus Store (Rift, Go, Gear VR), and Google Play ( Daydream ).

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Deadmau5 Now Has A VR Game

VRScout

Deadmau5 has partnered up with Absolut Labs to create a VR gaming experience based on the electronic musician’s nightly lifestyle. ” The VR experience combines 360° live-action footage, like being in the recording studio or standing on stage for a live performance, along with motion captured game experiences. .”

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Post-Pandemic, Augmented Reality Serves Entertainment With Its Re-Emergence

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In 2014, Google Glass launched–to much fanfare, and nascent jokes online–quickly followed by the original Microsoft HoloLens. One of these boons, as mentioned, is the AI-driven body and facial capture technology augmented reality can provide, to replace close-proximity human motion capture.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.09.12). Quest 3 fully leaked, new Rumors on Valve, and more!

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This headset should feature pancake lenses, mixed reality capabilities, and micro-LED displays by Raxium , a startup owned by Google. A musician will perform live to over 1 [million] people on Roblox, using a phone for motion capture 1. A Roblox developer will be valued at $1 [billion] I think the n.1

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‘Titanic VR’ Dives Deep into the History of the Fateful Sinking in Educational VR Experience

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Titanic VR was built from the ground-up for VR and was made using what the studio says were “comprehensive maps to create a realistic 3D model of the wreck site as well as motion capture, face-scanning technology and professional voice actors to immerse users in the story.”

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