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UNITE Los Angeles 2016 Brings Cool Gaming News

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Following the Unity Training Day on Halloween, October 31st, Unity launched pretty awesome features during the opening keynote for Unite Los Angeles 2016 conference. Unity also revealed the new version of its EditorVR authoring tool and confirmed it will be available on December 15th.

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Varjo Backs NVIDIA Omniverse for Ray-Tracing XR Tools

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By combining Varjo’s human-eye resolution hardware with the Omniverse’s ray-tracing proficiencies and GPUs, developers across industry verticals can access ‘game-changing’ tools for the enterprise, he said.

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The 5 most important XR-related pieces of news from Google I/O 2023

The Ghost Howls

In particular, Samsung, which is one of the best smartphone brands, and has also always produced good VR hardware, is positioning itself to become also a leader in immersive headsets and challenge Apple in this field, too.

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Scopely raises $340 million at a $3.3 billion valuation as gaming grabs investors’ interest

TechCrunch VR

In a move to shore up institutional support in what’s likely to be it’s last fundraising as a private company, the Los Angeles-based mobile gaming behemoth Scopely has raised $340 million in its latest eye-popping round of funding. “We were excited to crossover and invest in Scopely.”

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E3 Spotlight: Microsoft Aims For A VR Sweet Spot In 2018The.

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Gaming is likely to be the bridge to that change — the content that offers a reason to buy it and helps put immersive hardware in millions of homes. For many in 2016, the hardware that delivers the most immersive experiences was too expensive and the software too shallow for many to justify the purchase just yet.

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E3 Spotlight: Microsoft Aims For A VR Sweet Spot In 2018

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The Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) is in Los Angeles, CA next week and it’s always one of the largest events of the year for gamers, giving giants of the industry including Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo the chance to show off the latest hardware and games to drive the next generation of consumer interest.

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There Will Be No Proto Awards In 2017, Return Planned In 2018

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The event is organized by The Virtual Reality Foundation, which is composed of many of the same people behind the Virtual Reality Los Angeles conference and startup Mindshow. In 2014, 2015 and 2016 The Proto Awards were held to recognize some of the groundbreaking efforts pushing forward the emerging medium of VR content.