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Facebook Purchases Echo VR Developer Ready At Dawn

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Oculus Studios announces yet another addition to their team of veteran developers. In an official Oculus blog post published earlier today, the company revealed its acquisition of Ready at Dawn Studios , the team behind hit VR titles including Lone Echo , Echo Arena , and Echo Combat. We’re thrilled to welcome them to the family.”

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COVID-19 VR Training With Virus-Free Headsets

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The company, which is based in the small town of Bend, Oregon, quickly partnered with Lane Workforce Partnership and got support from the Facebook Foundation through the East Cascade Workforce Improvement Board. This got the attention of the Oregon COVID-19 task force as they were looking for training solutions during the crisis.

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Virus-Free Virtual Training for Healthcare Workers

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The immersive training consists of sessions lasting between 15 and 20 minutes in VR which will be used to teach key skills such as choice and use of PPE, patient personal care and hygiene, and COVID-19 test procedures Click To Tweet. The curriculum content and scenarios have been supplied by the University of Portland School of Nursing.

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Samsung XR and EarthX Debut Environmentally-focused 360 Short Films

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Samsung has partnered with EarthX to debut a dozen immersive short films on the Samsung XR video platform from environmentally-focused filmmakers. Samsung XR is Samsung’s immersive video platform, and home to more than 10,000 videos. Ghost Fleet VR immerses viewers in the true story of slavery in the Thai fishing industry.

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AltspaceVR Offers Social Reach For Organizers In VR

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It also boasts 3D audio attenuation which makes conversations sound and feel real when immersed. “It Reggie Watts was supposed to come on, and he had somebody opening for him,” said Joshua Young, founder and CEO of Design Reality PDX , a monthly Portland, Oregon networking event that regularly hosts panelists from the VR community.

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Making Diversity Fly

Tech Trends VR

What I like about my main area of interest – immersive tech – is that it seems to be thriving with examples of female creatives finding their voice, and really exploring the boundaries of this new medium to express themselves and tell interesting, compelling, and utterly engaging stories in new ways. All of your senses are heightened.

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New Oculus Rift and Gear VR Releases For The Week Of 11/20/16

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Unfortunately, that doesn’t really translate into a ton of amazing new content this week for Oculus Rift or Gear VR, rather a ton of great content on sale instead — mostly on Steam. Plus — check out our list of the best Oculus Rift games and best Gear VR games for more suggestions! Price: $7.99 (Oculus Rift).

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