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Judge Calls For End Of ZeniMax/Oculus Legal Battle

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

The year started out with ZeniMax Media taking Facebook-owned Oculus to court over an alleged theft of technology. A jury eventually ruled that Oculus must pay ZeniMax $500,000,000, but that wasn’t the end of things — ZeniMax wants more. One of the biggest stories of 2017 for the VR industry is also one of its longest.

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Creators Of ‘Job Simulator’ Announce Follow-Up ‘Vacation Simulator’

VRScout

Austin, Texas-based video game developer Owlchemy Labs struck gold with their 2016 smash hit, Job Simulator. Vacation Simulator is available for demo at the Tribeca Virtual Arcade now until Saturday, April 28th and is set to release sometime later this year on HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and PlayStation VR.

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Top Enterprise Use Cases for Oculus Quest VR Headset

InstaVR

As mentioned in last week’s blog , the Oculus Ques t has blown away sales expectations since launching three months ago. The Oculus Quest, in particular, is a great vehicle for delivering VR experiences. So what use cases do Enterprise clients have for InstaVR + Oculus Quest? VR for Training Using Oculus Quest.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

VRScout

Oculus recently integrated your Facebook profile with your Oculus profile so that you can meet up with your real world friends and hang out in Oculus Rooms, which look like beautiful floating islands in the virtual sky. NEW CONTROLLERS & NEW GAMES ON HORIZON FOR HTC VIVE AND VALVE. INVESTMENT & FUNDING WRAPUP.

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Sci-fi Shooter ‘Scraper: First Strike’ to Launch on PSVR Next Month

Road to VR

Based on the original IP by Jim Ivon and the novel by Ryder Windham ( Scraper: The Rise of Cifer ), the game takes place in the future megacity of New Austin, Texas and centers around a war against renegade robots that have taken over the city’s high-rise skyscraper complexes. 5] on the Oculus Store.

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Release Dates & Platforms for ‘Skyrim VR’, ‘Doom VFR’, and ‘Fallout 4 VR’ Revealed

Road to VR

The legendary annual QuakeCon is held in Dallas, Texas hosted by parent company ZeniMax Media is home to publisher Bethesda Softworks’ world-famous IP, with this year’s focus on the Quake World Championships esport competition. Skyrim VR remains a PSVR-only title for now, but is likely to find its way to PC.

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A decade later, this VR treadmill is finally ready to ship

TechCrunch VR

Early versions of the Austin, Texas hardware startup’s product were on writer Ernest Cline’s radar well before the film’s pre-production began. Writing for Engadget, I noted: I stood still for a moment with my hands out so the Kinect could find me, popped the Oculus over my head and went to town.

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