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Oculus ‘Venues’ to Host NBA Games, Horror Films & More This Fall

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Oculus Venues , the social VR app for large-scale live event viewing, is continuing its screenings this fall with more NBA games, scary movies, and stand-up comedy nights. You can download the app on Oculus Go and Gear VR. You can download the app on Oculus Go and Gear VR. Image courtesy Oculus.

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Oculus Is Bringing Free-To-Use VR To 90 California State Libraries

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Oculus has always been a major supporter of the virtual reality community. Now the Facebook subsidiary is focusing on making virtual reality more accessible than ever by bringing their Oculus Rift headsets to public libraries across California all for the low cost of $0.00.

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Miranda: A Live Steampunk VR Opera Where You Play As Judge & Jury

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Or has the game been rigged from the start? You can watch in standard 2D via YouTube, or you can participate in VR using the HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, or as a WebVR experience. Can you accept your own role at face value? As such the team is asking for forgiveness in case something does go wrong. You can get yours here.

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8 Inventive Examples Of Immersive Technology In Education

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With the Unimersiv app and Oculus Rift headset, students can meet people from any country in the world and learn languages in VR. The Unimersiv app is free to download on the Oculus Store, making it easily accessible to a wide range of students. InMind2’s scientific VR game can change that. Learning Languages ( Unimersiv ).

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Oculus Brings Rift to 90 Libraries in California for Public Access VR

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Oculus has announced a pilot program to place 100 Rifts and Oculus Ready PCs in 90 libraries throughout the state of California, from the Oregon border down to Mexico. Public libraries provide safe, supportive environments that are available and welcoming to everyone,” says Oculus Education Program Manager Cindy Ball.

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Here’s How VR is Helping Athletes Prepare for Games

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The next wave of athletic training takes place in a computer simulation, as companies such as STRIVR Labs , EON Sports and Beyond Sports help players prepare for games through VR technology. Davis Webb, the quarterback of Stanford rival California, trusts his Oculus headset as much as his helmet when it comes to game preparation.

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Oculus Is Building an AR Incubation Team to Prototype New Hardware

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When you think of Oculus you typically think of one thing: virtual reality. However, ever since the startup was acquired by Facebook in 2014, the writing was on the wall that the organization would grow beyond the scope of a gaming focused HMD. The Oculus product roadmap as shown at last year’s F8 conference.

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