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JANUARY 28, 2020

According to the release, the goal of these Atari Hotels is to merge retro gaming with modern immersive entertainment to offer guests a one-of-a-kind gaming-focused travel destination; this includes modern interactive entertainment powered by VR and AR. . A render of the potential Atari Hotel design / Image Credit: Atari Inc.

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MARCH 9, 2018

GDC, hosted later this month in San Francisco, has long been an important event for Oculus. GDC 2018 is a little more than one week away; Oculus is planning a big presence at the show this year, and, in a post to the company’s blog , says they’ll be bringing “never-before-seen demos” to the event.

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MAY 16, 2016

Two Oculus pilot programs hope to inspire the next generation of VR creators. We have all seen how virtual reality can change gaming and entertainment forever with this immersive technology. At the end of the six week program, you’ll be able to watch the student videos on Facebook and in Oculus Video.

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JUNE 26, 2017

The Magik Gallery exhibition on May 20 marked a turning point in how the general public and the art establishment will engage with immersive art. In that time, immersive art and art creation tools have found their way into many unexpected pockets of modern life, including late night talk shows. Terra Gallery via [link].

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DECEMBER 14, 2020

Founded by Marcus Segal and Mike Pagano Doom, previously of Zynga, the San Francisco and Los Angeles-based studio already has 10 people aboard its team. The studio is currently developing its first title, a VR bowling game called ForeVR Bowl , which is slated to land on the Oculus Store sometime in 2021.

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JANUARY 10, 2019

The Rizort VR app works on headsets such as the Oculus Go and Samsung Gear to allow potential guests to virtually explore hotels, resorts and experiences from anywhere in the world Click To Tweet. To date, the San-Francisco based company has raised $2.9M To date, the San-Francisco based company has raised $2.9M

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NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Their platform for virtual concerts featuring avatars has garnered big interest in a post-COVID world and they’re betting big on immersive personalized experiences at the cross-section of gaming and entertainment. Their Oculus app allows real-time collaboration without ever leaving your home. Guest Post.

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OCTOBER 31, 2018

While users can view Quill artwork in the program itself and inside of Facebook Spaces , the company is hoping to unlock the artwork by making it viewable on Oculus Quest too. SEE ALSO Oculus Artist's 'Quill' Shorts Show the Incredible Potential of Illustrating & Animating in VR. Image courtesy Oculus.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

Featuring real-world case studies and insights from HTC Vive , Oculus Rift , Intel , Nvidia and more, the XR Industry Insight Report takes a comprehensive dive into the XR landscape of today and seeks to distil what the future holds for this young but blossoming industry.

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DECEMBER 15, 2018

The Rizort VR app works on headsets such as the Oculus Go and Samsung Gear to allow potential guests to virtually explore hotels, resorts and experiences from anywhere in the world. To date, the San-Francisco based company has raised $2.9M Image Credit: Rizort Inc.

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MARCH 7, 2017

VR headsets continue to be interesting avenues for movie production crews to promote their films, often immersing fans and those curious in an experience that adds another layer of understanding to the work it relates to. Tagged with: htc vive , oculus rift , social vr , VR.

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AUGUST 16, 2019

immersive #VR audio). Sessions included practicing ducks and slips in a VR boxing ring, performing yoga with a trainer in Mumbai while immersed in a peaceful Japanese Zen garden, and a variety of other fitness-focused VR activities. One thing to note, if you want to download to your Oculus Quest, you’ll have to sideload it. .

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Wands® was recently awarded ”Best VR Game” at the International Mobile Gaming Awards Global in San Francisco. Game critics have been spell-bound Wands and now it will be coming to the Oculus Rift. The new Wands is a game strongly focused on immersion. Get Wands on Oculus Rift today at [link]

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OCTOBER 3, 2017

Announced at today’s Windows Mixed Reality event in San Francisco, AltspaceVR will be joining Microsoft as part of the family. AltspaceVR is expected to continue to work on PC and Mac in 2D mode, HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Daydream by Google, and Samsung Gear VR. Microsoft’s lineup of VR headsets.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2016

It was well over a year ago that the promise of Xbox streaming to the Oculus Rift was first promised by Phil Spencer during a June 2015 press event in San Francisco. The idea was to allow your Rift to function as a highly immersive monitor for your Xbox console. Tagged with: Headset , microsoft , oculus , rift.

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JULY 3, 2018

Plexus Immersive Corp, a San Francisco-based startup, announced a pair of VR gloves that integrate haptic feedback and interface with multiple tracking standards, including SteamVR, Oculus Rift, and Windows “Mixed Reality” VR. ” Image courtesy Plexus Immersive. Image courtesy Plexus Immersive.

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OCTOBER 26, 2016

Now the team that has been showcasing independent VR projects and hosting events around the world is kicking off a new program to support creators in collaboration with Oculus. Successfully funded projects will go into production in early 2017 and will be available on the Oculus platform. Arnaud Colinart. Balthazar Auxietre.

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MAY 4, 2017

The new features are fully compatible with the new Oculus controller which steps up game play to a whole new level. Wands® was recently awarded ”Best VR Game” at the International Mobile Gaming Awards Global in San Francisco. link] Wands is available on Oculus [link] for $5.99. [link]

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MARCH 2, 2019

Utilizing Valve’s yet-to-be-released Knuckle controllers (Oculus Touch will also be compatible), the experience offers users a new level of detailed interaction previously unseen in a virtual space. Boneworks will be available later this year on HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, and Windows Mixed Reality.

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JANUARY 24, 2019

Fable, founded by former Oculus Story Studio alumni, today announced a distinct pivot in their focus, moving from an immersive storytelling studio to a “virtual beings” company which plans to build persistent, AI-powered, characters which can interact naturally with viewers. “Lucy is always Lucy if she’s in AR or VR.

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JULY 31, 2018

I was doing just that this morning whilst trying out Overview , an immersive experience that takes you on a 30-minute journey to the limits of our galaxy and beyond, all narrated in a soothing and informative documentary style. Download the educational experience now via the Oculus Store, Viveport or Steam for $9.99.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2019

It’s since when I launched my blog that I always dreamed of interviewing someone from Oculus , and finally today this dream has come true. The VRX conference will be held in San Francisco on December, 12-13th and will feature very high-level speakers from companies like Oculus/Facebook, HP, Snap and many others.

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OCTOBER 13, 2016

In the hopes of enacting meaningful environmental change rather than simply raising awareness for causes, the Nature Conservancy has launched a new experience for Oculus Rift and Gear VR. The real-time interactive experience dubbed “This Is Our Future” debuted October 6th at a Conservancy hosted event in San Francisco.

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OCTOBER 13, 2019

San Francisco, CA. If you are an employer looking for someone to fill an immersive technology related role – regardless of the industry – don’t forget you can send us the lowdown on the position and we’ll be sure to feature it in that following week’s feature. Unreal Mobile Rendering Engineer. Click Here to Apply. London, UK.

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MARCH 27, 2017

Wilson’s Heart — a virtual reality psychological thriller from studio Twisted Pixel — will be releasing on April 25 exclusively for the Oculus Rift with Touch. During a demo with Wilson’s Heart in San Francisco last week, we learned for the first time that the game will feature combat mechanics.

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DECEMBER 26, 2016

Once a mainstay of fictional virtual reality input, we all once believed that the virtual reality glove would be a dead lock for our chosen input device for an immersive future. However, it turns out that building a device to track hand and finger position in 3D space is somewhat challenging.

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JUNE 21, 2016

When it comes to mobile VR, like the Gear VR headset, you can enter an immersive 360° world, but you will be limited to just looking around from a fixed position. Now one San Francisco-based 3D imaging startup, Sterolabs, is aiming to bring some of the same capabilities of full positional tracking to the Gear VR.

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AUGUST 16, 2019

This report comes two months ahead of the company’s XRDC conference , which will take place in San Francisco on October 14-15. When it comes to the type of immersive projects, 59% of respondents indicated games. This is not surprising, given the appetite of the consumers for interactive and immersive games.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2018

Yet Tribe’s founding team—which includes veterans from companies like Pixar and High Fidelity—are determined to change all that, by developing their company into the ultimate immersive learning platform. “We We firmly believe in the power of immersive media, and feel that in future, training without VR and AR will seem nonsensical.”.

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JUNE 3, 2016

Björk has always been an early adopter when it comes to immersive technology, having released her “Stonemilker” video from last year’s album Vulnicura as a VR app along with an installation at New York’s Museum of Modern Art PS1. The Icelandic music icon is taking her VR album on tour, starting in Sydney.

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AUGUST 5, 2020

The newly launched Neo 2 & Neo 2 Eye headsets from Pico Interactive are lightweight, untethered, deliver 4K, and look most like a beefed-up Oculus Quest. Firefox Reality is an open, accessible, and secure browser built specifically for mixed reality (including WebXR support) to create a better immersive web browsing experience.

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OCTOBER 25, 2018

vTime , the company behind the titular social VR app, today announced the studio is making a strategic expansion into North America with the opening of its San Francisco office. vTime now supports Oculus Rift, Windows VR headsets, Google Daydream, Oculus Go, Gear VR, Google Cardboard, as well as non-VR modes through Android and iOS.

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JUNE 21, 2017

HBO’s show Silicon Valley entertains with tales of the pervasive startup culture of California’s San Francisco Bay Area. Oculus and 360fly booths can also be spotted. Avegant makes a cameo at Hooli-con | Photo courtesy HBO. Photo courtesy HBO.

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Tech Trends VR

MARCH 1, 2018

Yet Tribe’s founding team – which includes veterans from companies like Pixar and High Fidelity –are determined to change all that, by developing their company into the ultimate immersive learning platform. “We We firmly believe in the power of immersive media, and feel that in future, training without VR and AR will seem nonsensical.”.

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APRIL 24, 2017

I was all set to meet a bulk of the team from Penrose Studios , a San Francisco start-up dedicated to combining creativity with technology to develop ground-breaking stories in VR. No other immersive story i’ve tried has attempted what Penrose does in this project. Basically they leave the cinematography up to you.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2016

This system makes the headset dependent on static hardware, however, and so top engineers at Oculus , HTC and Google are all racing to crack the inside-out code first. According to Stereo Labs, “Through high definition stereo cameras, the headset blends the virtual and real worlds together in an immersive and photorealistic way.

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OCTOBER 4, 2018

Written and directed by up-and-coming French VR Director Paul Mezier, Overview has been available since March on HTC Vive but now launched on Oculus Rift as well, Available on the Oculus Store, Viveport and Steam for $9,99. It has since been shown at festivals such as Cannes.

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