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PSA: You Don’t Need Xbox Game Pass to Play ‘Fortnite’ for Free on Quest

Road to VR

Xbox Cloud Gaming finally came to Quest earlier this week, letting Game Pass Ultimate members play the service’s full catalogue of flatscreen games on Quest for the first time. Keep in mind: we’re talking about traditional flatscreen Xbox games played on a virtual screen. So, what’s the big deal?

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Report: Meta Actively Testing PC VR Cloud Gaming for Quest

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Meta may be ramping up internal testing for its own first-party cloud gaming service which could let its latest standalone VR headset, Quest 2, play PC VR games without needing your own VR-ready computer. You can only download third-party cloud gaming services, like PlutoSphere , through sideloading tools such as SideQuest.

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Discover 13 Radical XR Creations At Tribeca Immersive

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Emojiii – (Netherlands) Directed by Steye Hallema and produced by The Smartphone Orchestra (World Premiere) In Search of Time – (France, United States) Directed by Pierre Zandrowicz and Matthew Tienay and produced by Atlas V and Pressman Film (World Premiere) Kinfolk: Black Lands – (United States) Directed by Idris Brewster and produced (..)

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Ubisoft Job Posting Suggests ‘Splinter Cell VR’ Will Have a Multiplayer Mode

Road to VR

Ubisoft announced late last year that acclaimed stealth shooter franchise Splinter Cell is getting a made-for-VR game. Now, an Ubisoft job posting strongly suggests the studio is creating a multiplayer component for the game. Senior Lead Game Designer [Splinter Cell VR] (f/m/d). Game & Level Design.

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U.K. launches investigation into Apple’s cloud gaming restrictions

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The United Kingdom's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is planning to launch an investigation into Apple's restrictions on cloud gaming.

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How Researchers Are Using Machine Learning To Make VR Sword Fights More Realistic

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Researchers at the University of Bath in Somerset, United Kingdom, have partnered with Cambridge-based game studio Ninja Theory ( Hellblade VR, DmC: Devil May Cry, Enslaved: Odyssey to the West ) to deliver more realistic, data-driven sword fighting in VR. But in a VR game, the player input is much harder to process.”

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Sword Art Online VR Event Immerses You In The Hit Anime

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This free event is available to VR users and gaming PC users. Sword Art Online -EX-CHRONICLE- Online Edition kicks-off Tuesday, February 22nd at 1:00pm JST and ends Friday, March 11th at 4:59pm JST and will be available in Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom, and the United States.

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