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2021 Burning Man: A Virtual Reality Experience Is Coming Your Way

ARPost

This photo-realistic simulation takes attendees to the heart of a virtual social world, full of art, games, music, and performances. To celebrate the Virtual Burn, Burners can start video watch parties with their closest community members. See Also: The Future of XR’s Remote Events in the New Normal. It is accessible via PCs and Mac.

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After another canceled year in the desert, Burning Man plans for a virtual event

TechCrunch VR

Last month, the organization behind Burning Man announced that the festival/experience would not be returning to the desert of Nevada this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic and would instead be attempting a virtual event, once again aiming to bring attendees access to a handful of web-based experiences.

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Cult bus simulator “Desert Bus” is now available in VR

VRWorld

What was once called “most boring”, “the worst” but also “cult” and “legendary” bus simulator Desert Bus, now got its VR version. It lets you experience what it’s like to be at the helm of the action, driving all the way from Tucson, Arizona to Las Vegas, Nevada, in real time.

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Digitizing Burning Man

TechCrunch VR

Burning Man is held in late August every year inside Nevada’s Black Rock Desert. Image Credits: BLM Nevada (opens in a new window) / Flickr (opens in a new window) under a CC BY 2.0 Amid quarantine, the pair tells TechCrunch they have been creating deeply complicated video chat parties for their friends.

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