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Samsung and Six Flags Re-up Collaboration with New VR Coasters Combining ‘Mixed Reality’ and ‘Complex Gameplay’

Road to VR

Six Flags Entertainment Corporation—which runs theme park properties across the americas—and Samsung Electronics America, Inc. recently launched a renewed collaboration on new rides at two Six Flags theme parks which place users on real roller coasters while using a VR headset to add virtual visuals.

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Discovery and Google Announce VR Travel Series ‘Discovery TRVLR’, First of 38 Episodes to Arrive in November

Road to VR

This means you can watch on Google Daydream View and Cardboard, and with a little extra creativity, on Oculus Rift and HTC Vive with Opera’s new experimental browser and Gear VR through Samsung Internet. ” There are seven chapters in the Discovery TRVLR series, each exploring a different continent.

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Nissan Debuts Star Wars AR Experience at Dealerships

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The multinational automobile manufacturer has already been responsible for Battle Test: A Nissan 360-Degree Virtual Reality Experience for the Samsung Gear VR as well as Star Wars: Droid Repair Bay for the HTC Vive and Samsung Gear VR. Nissan can’t seem to get enough of Star Wars or immersive technology this year.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.12.19): Vision Pro is slated for January, Quest 2 is selling incredibly well, and more!

The Ghost Howls

More info (Quest 2 mosly out of stock) More info (VR had a great Black Friday in UK) More info (Quest 2 selling much better than PSVR 2) Pico 5 has been canceled, Pico 4 Plus not After last month’s layoffs, it seems that Bytedance is totally changing its plans related to virtual reality.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.12.26): WMR gets discontinued, Meta to showcase an impressive AR prototype, and more!

The Ghost Howls

(PS Remember that there is an ongoing giveaway of physical copies of the Sam&Max game for PSVR for all people in North America! WMR headsets could have represented a revolution for virtual reality because of their cheap price and ease of use (they didn’t require the installation of any base stations).

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Drive Through A Battle Zone In This Nissan Star Wars VR Experience

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Clocking in at just under three minutes, Battle Test: A Nissan 360-Degree Virtual Reality Experience is a action-packed ride that puts users in the driver’s seat of the new Nissan Rogue as they traverse a riveting ground-battle simulation from the Rogue One film. ” You can watch the 360° video below.

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Mexico Celebrates First VR Festival in Latin America

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Virtual reality seems to be everywhere in the news these days. Last month, more than 1,200 people participated in VR Fest MX , Mexico’s first international virtual reality festival, the first of its kind in Latin America and Spain.

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