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Austin’s Rapidly Growing VR Community

VRScout

By 2014, Nonny de la Pe ñ a had premiered Project Syria at the World Economic Forum and Palmer Luckey was a household name. What began as a couple of experiences at SXSW gaming, has no expanded into a VR takeover spanning several floors at the JW Marriott. In May 2017, Owlchemy Labs was acquired by Google.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

VRScout

Although the performance of intense games suffers from the limited front-facing tracking abilities, creators tools like Quill and Medium are incredible. GOOGLE DAYDREAM SCORES NETFLIX AND HBO APPS. valuation) from huge names like Google, Alibaba, and Andreeson Horowitz. SAMSUNG AND VICE PARTNER FOR 360 DOC RE: SYRIA.

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Why VR Will Change The Way We Absorb The News

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

VR and AR are so powerful and not everyone is interested in merely playing video games. JP: I think it’s safe to say we’re pioneers in non-gaming VR. Our third partner in the company, Michael Licht, has an extensive history in video games, and gaming has a lot to tell us about how we tell stories in this medium.

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Getting — and Keeping — Your Attention in XR, with LumiereVR COO Alexander Haque

XR for Business Podcast

I thought you just show up to Madison Square Garden — a great, beautiful venue — and you enjoy concert or a game, and you go home. And to your point, by the way, what you mentioned — Google expeditions for the classroom — they started off by tackling that problem of bringing VR and synchronizing it across headsets.

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Getting -- and Keeping -- Your Attention in XR, with LumiereVR COO Alexander Haque

XR for Business Podcast

I thought you just show up to Madison Square Garden -- a great, beautiful venue -- and you enjoy concert or a game, and you go home. And to your point, by the way, what you mentioned -- Google expeditions for the classroom -- they started off by tackling that problem of bringing VR and synchronizing it across headsets. That's awesome.

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Getting — and Keeping — Your Attention in XR, with LumiereVR COO Alexander Haque

XR for Business Podcast

I thought you just show up to Madison Square Garden — a great, beautiful venue — and you enjoy concert or a game, and you go home. And to your point, by the way, what you mentioned — Google expeditions for the classroom — they started off by tackling that problem of bringing VR and synchronizing it across headsets.