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‘The Secret Of Retropolis’: A VR Adventure Built In A Bunker

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Game designers wanted to tell stories, they wanted to give the player a sense that they were in a limitless simulation where they could do anything. A large part of this comes down to the new App Lab program , enabling anyone to sell their games on the increasingly lucrative Oculus Quest marketplace. Image Credit: Peanut Button.

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‘Racket: Nx’ Wants to Become an Olympic Sport and It Just Took an Important Step Closer

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Based in Colorado Springs, Colorado and recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the IRF revealed it’s working with Israel-based developers One Hamsa to enter Racket: Nx into the new Olympic Virtual Sport Series program, but also as an eventual candidate for the Olympic Games.

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ViveX Demo Day Batch 2 Featured 26 VR And AR Companies

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To date Vive X has funded over 60 different companies with over $100 million and aims to continue its expansion into Israel soon in addition to locations in the U.S., Multiverse’s previous game, Reveries: Dream Flight, is one of the highest-rated VR games worldwide, and a top selling title on the Oculus Store. China, and more.

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Visit the Ancient Rome in VR with Rome Reborn

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7,000 building models making up the city simulation would have been enormous. For his dissertation, Mueller developed a simulation of Manhattan. The Oculus Rift shipped in spring 2016. He was very impressed and offered us direct access to executives of Oculus, who helped us in various ways to develop our VR applications.

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Vive X: Here Are The 33 VR Startups HTC Vive Just Funded

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” HTC Vive’s investment group also said it planned to open an accelerator in Israel, joining locations in San Francisco, Beijing, Shenzhen and Taipei. Its series of original content includes Nature and Science discovery, Historical and Social stories, and Physical environment simulations. San Francisco.

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Top 50 Asian Virtual Reality-Augmented Reality Leaders,Evangelists, Investors & Influencers

XROM

While there, she led the launch of the company's Gear VR software application, drove social media strategy, and worked closely with partners like Oculus and the NBA. Recent Matrix investments include Oculus VR, Zendesk, Hubspot, Acacia Communications, Polyvore, Lever, Poynt and Namely. 43- Dillon Seo - Co-Founder #Oculus.