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A Group Of Students Are Rebuilding The Original Metroid Prime In VR

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A group of university were also excited by the idea; so much so that they actually took it upon themselves to begin developing their own Metroid Prime recreation entirely in virtual reality as part of an ongoing project involving the use of FPS mechanics in VR experiences. . Now image that same moment in virtual reality. .

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Sony Reveals AR Headset Prototype in New Ghostbusters Location-based Attraction

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According to the demo video (linked below), the unnamed “R&D prototype” looks to include both 6DOF head-tracking as well as hand-tracking, and appear to be a standalone unit similar to Microsoft HoloLens. The experience is set to end on December 8th. Otherwise you can sign up here (Japanese).

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Payday 2 Will Soon Get Official VR Support For The Entire Game

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In the game you and your friends (or strangers) team up to take down heavily guarded banks, warehouses, jewelry stores, and more as a trained group of career criminals. From the gameplay footage shown above, it’s clear this isn’t just a head tracking port but is instead fully articulated VR game.

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A Week of VR Meditation With Mindway

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The thumbsticks can be used for snap turns, but there’s no movement and head-tracking is sufficient. This is used for scheduled group events, but you can also go in alone to sit by a calming VR campfire or use an invite code to share the space with friends. In front of you are three main menu items: ASMR, Mindfulness, and Sleep.

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Scarlett Johansson Battles Other Celebrities In VR Pictionary On ‘Fallon’

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Well in honor of the upcoming release of futuristic crime-thriller, Ghost In The Shell , Fallon shook the dust off his Vive and brought in a brand new group of celebrities for another round of high-tech hilarity. Based on their reactions it would be fair to assume that this may of been Johansson and Cameron’s first time in virtual reality.

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Facebook Wants to Build an AR Headset to Supercharge Your Hearing, Create a Custom HRTF from a Photograph

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The group aims to build technologies into an AR headset that will supercharge your hearing by making it easy to isolate the sound of your conversation in a noisy environment, and to be able to reproduce virtual sounds that seem like they’re coming from the real world around you.

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What VR Activities Are Consumers Most Interested in?

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Though Oculus Go has a more basic user interface and less sophisticated positional tracking (rotational head tracking versus full-6D spatial movement), it will be a strategic point of entry to a large addressable market. That includes active and buying-empowered age groups (25-34), and high-income homes ($75K+).

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