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The XR Week Peek (2023.06.20): Samsung to change its XR plans, Upload made a cool showcase, and more!

The Ghost Howls

We all joked about Samsung waiting for the Apple Vision Pro announcement to copy it, but according to some rumors, this is exactly what is happening. But having these new displays is a huge undertaking, and the production may only start later this year. Anyway, these are all rumors, so take them with a big grain of salt.

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Atlantic, Meta to Debut Sir David Attenborough’s ‘Galapagos’ on Quest TV

XR Today - Virtual Reality

The Hammersmith, London-based company has also partnered with some of the world’s biggest tech and media firms, including Apple, National Geographic, Google, Sony, Meta Platforms, Sky, IMAX, Intel, and many others.

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Everything you need to know about Paramount+ in the UK

Mashable VR

The streaming service will launch in the UK and Ireland on June 22, marking the first time the service has been available outside America (well, without a VPN). Ireland prices are TBC. If you have a casting device like a Google Chromecast or the like, you can chuck it on to your TV from your phone or laptop. per month or $49.99

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Experience The 1943 Berlin Blitz In VR

VRScout

The experience was created using that material from the BBC archive, and is a co-production between BBC Northern Ireland and Immersive VR Education, in partnership with the BBC VR Hub, which has been steadily ramping up its production of immersive content under the leadership of Commissioning Editor Zillah Watson. Image Credit: BBC .

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Seeing the Blitz in VR

Tech Trends VR

The experience was created using that material from the BBC archive, and is a co-production between BBC Northern Ireland and Immersive VR Education, in partnership with the BBC VR Hub, which has been steadily ramping up its production of immersive content under the leadership of Commissioning Editor Zillah Watson.

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

Road to VR

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. University College Cork, Ireland. image courtesy VR First. State University of New York at Oswego, USA.

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New Oculus Rift and Gear VR Releases For Week Of 07/02/17

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

We’ve got great new apps from the BBC and Google and there’s some cool content for Gear VR, too. Easter Rising is a short VR piece that tells the tale of a survivor of the Easter Rising uprising in Ireland that took place over 100 years ago now. Blocks, from Google. Time to get stuck in. Price: Free (Rift).

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