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Google Earth VR Adds Search and Oculus Rift Support

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It was six months ago when Google launched a VR version of Google Earth for the HTC Vive. Originally launched for free on the HTC Vive, Earth VR is available on the Rift with support for Oculus Touch controllers — and of course it’s still free. VR’s killer app just got a major update. Now Google Earth VR is getting a major update.

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City of Tshwane Health Department Attends EON Reality VRIA Students’ Presentation

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In an effort to help combat the ever-evolving AIDS epidemic plaguing South Africa, EON Reality Tshwane’s VR Innovation Academy students were tasked by the City of Tshwane Health Department to create an HIV/AIDS awareness VR application. This opened the application up to as many users as possible within the South African market.

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Dubai Brings Conservation Efforts To Life With VR Zoo

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Guests come face to face with African Elephants, Dugongs, and other endangered species in ways that would simply be impossible in the wild via HTC Vive headsets. The VRZOO collaboration with Wevr is their latest effort to combine innovative technology with conservation education in a fun, spectacular way.

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‘Operation Apex’ Takes You to the Great White’s Delicately Balanced Ocean Ecosystem, Now Available on Vive

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Curiscope, the makers of the mixed reality Virtuali-tee educational app, just launched Operation Apex (2017), an underwater exploration and adventure game developed in partnership with HTC Vive Studios. Curiscope created Operation Apex under the guidance of South Africa-based research and conservation organization Oceans Research.

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Wevr’s theBlu Lets Dubai Aquarium Visitors Go Beyond The Glass

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The Dubai Aquarium & Underwater Zoo now lets visitors go beyond the glass and having an astonishingly intimate encounter with sea life thanks to the HTC Vive. Wevr’s theBlu, one of the first experiences to feature on the SteamVR headset, is one of a handful of VR apps on offer at the site’s new VRZOO.

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The Ghost Howls’s VR Week Peek (2019.26.11): Half-Life: Alyx revealed, Oculus Link out, XBox not considering VR and much more!

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South-Africa startup Eden Labs has created an interesting design for VR headsets needed in public installations to show 360 videos. Rikard Steiber departs HTC. Rikard Steiber, a very well known personality in HTC, is stepping down from his role of Viveport President. Some satyre on HTC. I really can’t wait….

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This ‘Snackable’ Headset Aims to Make VR More Approachable to the Public

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That’s where South Africa-based EDEN Labs wants to change things up with its enterprise-focused VR headset platform, the Eden Snacker. And let’s face it, most everyone on the planet is a VR newcomer at this point, meaning you’ll need an attendant to handhold users the entire way through.