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XR Gaming Case Study: Groove Jones, Be Pro Be Proud

XR Today - Virtual Reality

The team delivers the VR training program to students via a mobile truck, available in Arkansas, Georgia, Tennessee, South Carolina, and North Carolina. With its technology partner, Be Pro Be Proud is debuting a mobile tour which gives students access to multiple VR training scenarios that cover a range of skilled professions.

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

XR Today - Virtual Reality

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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Sony to Debut Anime Studio with VRChat Watch Party

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

She will also present an exclusive video explaining the story behind the titles. The initiative comes amid a major push from the Minato City, Tokyo to develop immersive use cases for its gaming technologies and extended reality (XR) tools. Attendees can join the viewing as an avatar and interact with digital assets.

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AR 101?—?A brief summary (Part 1)

ARVR

Augmented Reality Definition Augmented Reality (AR) is a technology that overlays digital content (graphics, text, audio, and video) on real-world images using mobile devices, PCs, or glasses, which have an integrated camera and specialized software (Papagiannis, 2017). 2000s : First outdoor mobile AR game ARQuake.

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Assembling a Billion Polygons in Real-Time, with Epic Games' Marc Petit

XR for Business Podcast

With the next generation of Playstation set to hit shelves this holiday season, the big news in the gaming circuit is the revelation of Unreal Engine 5. But this game engine is good for more than just the next top video game experience. Today, we're speaking with Marc Petit, general manager of Unreal Engine at Epic Games.

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Assembling a Billion Polygons in Real-Time, with Epic Games' Marc Petit

XR for Business Podcast

With the next generation of Playstation set to hit shelves this holiday season, the big news in the gaming circuit is the revelation of Unreal Engine 5. But this game engine is good for more than just the next top video game experience. Today, we're speaking with Marc Petit, general manager of Unreal Engine at Epic Games.

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WTF is going on with the Merge Mansion ads with Kathy Bates

Mashable VR

If you've spent any significant amount of time online, you've likely seen advertisements for Merge Mansion , a mobile game from Finnish studio Metacore Games. None of these plot points have any real bearing on the match-three puzzle game itself. The titular "Merge Mansion" is Ursula's gift to Maddie after the failed wedding.