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Crytek-Incubated ‘VR First’ Program to Double Number of Academic VR/AR Labs in 2017

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Development is divided evenly across the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift platforms, each accounting for 31% of projects created, with other major VR platforms such as Samsung Gear VR, OSVR, and Daydream rounding out the bottom numbers. Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences, Germany. HTW Berlin, Germany. Universität Hamburg, Germany.

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Red Bull TV Releases Lollapalooza 360° Video Performances

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You can of course relive the magic of those incredible couple of days by checking out standard 2D video, or you could step it up and immerse yourself with a series of 360° VR music performances. The Lollapalooza festival also partnered with Samsung in the past to bring the tech to the event for the first time just last year.

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Where to Try Vive, PSVR, Rift, Touch, Gear VR, and Daydream for Free

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With high performance VR motion controllers right in the box, the system offers a highly immersive experience that lets you physically walk around a room-sized space while immersed in virtual reality. The Vive is the ‘room-scale’ VR system created by HTC and Valve. Find an HTC Vive Demo Location. PlayStation VR (PSVR).

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When Can I Buy Samsung’s Gear 360 Camera?

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Samsung begins selling the Gear 360 in New Zealand – who’s going to be next? When Samsung first unveiled their Gear 360 camera back in February, I was eager to learn more and compare the camera to other competing consumer 360° models. Back in February, Samsung announced that the Gear 360 would be shipping sometime in Q2 2016.

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Lumiere Award Winners Team Up To Create The Virtual Content Group

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China and the United States are major players in the virtual reality industry, but certainly aren’t the only ones coming to the table and investing a lot of time and money into immersive tech.

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This Theme Park Has A VR Water Slide

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Thanks to custom designed waterproof VR headsets housing Samsung S8 mobile devices, over 9,600 attendees have gone down the VR slide since opening in February. I’m sure this is only the beginning of what we can expect from submerged immersive technology in the future. Guests can select between two VR experiences.

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Resolution Games’ ‘Bait!’ Passes Half a Million Downloads on.

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Passes Half a Million Downloads on Gear VR Generally speaking, Oculus and Samsung won’t release official figures for software sales on Gear VR, but Resolution Games today revealed an impressive figure for Bait! Resolution Games’ ‘Bait!’ Read more here.

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