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We Visited The First Oculus-Powered Bar In Las Vegas

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Our destination was Caesars Palace Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Within those hallowed, vaguely bleach-smelling halls, was Alto Bar — the first Oculus-equipped purveyor of adult beverages and virtual reality in Las Vegas. Tagged with: alto bar , caesars palace , CES 2017 , las vegas , oculus , rift.

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Sense Arena Secures $3M to Expand Ice Hockey VR Training Tools, Add New Sports

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VR ice hockey training company Sense Arena announced that it’s closed a $3 million investment round, something the startup says will be used to support continued development on its ice hockey training platform as well as expand to new sports. We believe that Sense Arena has only scratched the surface of its potential.

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‘Army Of The Dead’ VR Game Has You Battling Zombies In A Taco Truck

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Here’s the deal: Las Vegas is crawling with zombies. You won’t need any type of special mercenary training to join the Las Vengeance team, just a ticket. The location-based VR experience launches this summer in New York and Los Angeles , followed by Las Vegas and Washington DC in the fall.

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Walmart Brings Tricked Out ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ VR Experience to Select Stores

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Walmart is continuing its onward journey to think outside of the big-box with the help of VR, this time bringing 50-foot tractor-trailers to their megalithic parking lots across the US to let shoppers go head-first into a VR experience for DreamWorks Animation’s upcoming film, How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World.

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Ahead of their May 9th Boxing match in Las Vegas, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr and Canelo Alvarez try out VR Boxing.

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Ahead of their May 9th boxing match in Las Vegas, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr and Canelo Alvarez tried out Knockout League, Grab Games VR Boxing title for the HTC Vive. Personally I think that VR can go beyond gaming and actually be a great training tool for Boxing.

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Vrgineers, ART Join Forces to Boost MR Military Pilot Training

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Advanced Real-Time Tracking (ART), a German firm specialising in infrared all-in-one hardware, has teamed up with cockpit training solutions company Vrgineers , a leading firm designing cockpit training solutions to deliver novel mixed reality (MR) pilot simulation technologies.

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New Army of Thieves Trailer Is Heavy on Robbery, Light on Zombies

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We’ve seen what happens when a group of highly trained soldiers try to rob a Las Vegas casino that’s been overrun with zombies. It didn’t go well. Now we’ll see what happens when a group of thieves try to rob banks on the other side of the world from that zombie infestation. Read more.