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New Samsung Gear 360 Camera Coming Soon

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Is this the new Samsung Gear 360? We are two weeks out from Samsung’s March 29th Unpacked event where the company is expected to launch their new Galaxy S8 mobile device. But at the same time, we could see the unveiling of an updated Gear 360 camera according to a new FCC filing published today.

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Justice League VR Coming to HTC Vive & Oculus Rift

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The Vive experience will debut at New York Comic-Con. The “Justice League” booth at New York Comic Con will offer attendees a more in-depth sneak peek of the HTC Vive version of the experience with the Justice League VR: Join the League – New York Comic Con Edition. Outrace your enemies as Batman. .

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Oculus Go Has Arrived and It’s a Big Deal

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The $200 Oculus Go is the most accessible VR headset today. But now the Oculus Go is finally here and it’s a big deal, especially for the millions of iPhone users out there who up until today have had limited options to get into VR. Starting today, the Oculus Go standalone VR headset is available for purchase for $199.

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Samsung Won’t Say Whether The Galaxy S8 Will Work With Daydream

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Samsung revealed its long-awaited Galaxy S8 smartphone last week but, while it supports the company’s Gear VR headset, there was no mention of another major player in the mobile VR market: Google Daydream. When Daydream was announced last year Google revealed Samsung as one of a number of partners working on the platform.

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Tour The Historic Anne Frank House In VR

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Launched on Frank’s 89th birthday, the VR collaborative effort by the Anne Frank House, Force Field VR, and Oculus provides a unique 25-minute immersive tour of Frank’s secret hiding place, known as the Secret Annex. The experience is available for download now on the Oculus Store for Samsung Gear VR— completely free of charge.

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Social AR/VR Workspace ‘Spatial’ Secures $14M Series A Financing

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Spatial , a New York-based startup behind the eponymous real-time AR/VR collaboration platform, has secured $14 million in additional financing, bringing its overall funds to $22 million. Existing Spatial investors also include the likes of Samsung NEXT, Baidu Ventures, and LG Ventures to name a few.

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CNN Launches New Immersive Journalism Initiative, CNNVR

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In a major new commitment to the medium, CNN has officially launched CNNVR, a new journalism unit that aims to produce immersive VR content across multiple platforms and devices. Speaking at VR Day Atlanta in January , CNN’s Head of VR, Ed Thomas, described VR and 360 video as a ‘reinvention of the news story telling process’.

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