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Meta Quest 2 & Quest Pro VR Headsets Get Price Cuts

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Beginning March 5th, 2023, the 256GB Quest 2 will be available for $429.99 (previously $499.99) in the US, Canada, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, and the UK.

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Meta, NBA Open 180-Degree Live VR Sports on Meta Quest

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With the partnership, Meta will offer immersive live games with 180-degree video. It will also showcase on-demand seasonal games and content via Xtadium and a dedicated NBA Arena platform on its Horizon Worlds metaverse. This is a huge leap forward from last season’s five immersive games.

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The Quest for VR Immersion with Hrafn Thorisson (Haptics Club #8)

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According to him, it is not just about putting the player “inside” the game but also making the game more like reality. link] Aldin Dynamics is an Icelandic VR software company founded in early 2013, focused on creating believable virtual reality experiences and technologies to sustain presence and immersion.

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With Music In New Realities, We Can Go Deeper Together

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A look around the media landscape will make it clear that virtual reality has become a major player in the music industry and virtual concerts are on the rise with performances by mainstream artists in popular games and other platforms. VR game Walkabout Mini Golf. Audiences and Artists Still Adjusting.

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‘Waltz of the Wizard’ Studio Aldin Raises $1M to Fuse VR & AI in New Title

Road to VR

Based in Reykjavik, Iceland, Aldin is an indie VR studio which has been an early innovator in the VR game development space with its first two titles, Trial of the Rift Drifter and Asunder , developed well before the first major VR headsets were launched in 2016.

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30th Raindance Film Festival to Showcase Skits & Giggles, the First Live VR Comedy Show in Horizon Worlds

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The festival is taking place in London, from October 26 until November 5, while Raindance Immersive lasts for one month, from October 26 until November 26. XR developers, performers, and virtual concept designers take the spotlight in the Raindance Immersive program. Immersive VR performances broaden the functionality of the metaverse.

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‘In Death’ is a Medieval Roguelike Bow-shooter from ‘EVEREST VR’ Developer Sólfar Studios

Road to VR

In quite the pivot from virtual tourism experience EVEREST VR (2016) , Iceland-based Sólfar Studios has revealed their next VR project, In Death , a VR roguelike bow-shooter that promises procedurally generated crawling for loot and more. You can sign up on the game’s official page. Image courtesy Sólfar Studios.

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