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‘The Invisible Hours’ Studio Announces ‘Groundhog Day VR’, Coming Later This Year

Road to VR

Dubbed Groundhog Day: Like Father Like Son , you’ll be able to jump back into the world of Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, this time stepping into the shoes of Phil Connors Jr., The studio makes mention of “other major VR platforms” as well, showing both the Oculus and Vive logos. Image courtesy Tequila Works.

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Virtual field trips at Penn State as educational as the real thing

Hypergrid Business

Alex Klippel, the university’s professor of geography, helped create the virtual field trip to the Bald Eagle rock formation in central Pennsylvania. Klippel and his colleagues are taking notes while students go on both physical and virtual versions of the trip. ” The Oculus Go (Image courtesy Oculus VR.).

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Relive the Classic Groundhog Day in VR From Next Month

Peter Graham

There seem to be an ever-growing number of virtual reality (VR) movie tie-ins of late, and that’s no bad thing. Created in collaboration with Sony Pictures Virtual Reality (SPVR) and MWM Immersive (MWMi), Groundhog Day: Like Father Like Son puts you in the role of Phil Connors Jr., GBP / $29.99 USD / €29.99

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Groundhog Day: Like Father, Like Son review: a nice but frustrating VR game

The Ghost Howls

Yesterday I have been able to try the game “ Groundhog Day: Like Father, Like Son ” by Tequila Works and Sony Pictures Virtual Reality. In the movie, Phil Connors (that is Bill Murray) is a cynical weatherman that is being sent to Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, t o talk about the festivity for the Groundhog Day.

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Navigating the New Frontier of Extended Reality with Accenture’s Rori DuBoff

XR for Business Podcast

from the University of Pennsylvania. So within Accenture Interactive, we focus on user journeys, on strategy, on experiences, on marketing, and we’ve more recently — in the last two years — been looking at this new space of extended reality. Mobile virtual reality on a headset like an Oculus Go, which is $200.

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Navigating the New Frontier of Extended Reality with Accenture’s Rori DuBoff

XR for Business Podcast

from the University of Pennsylvania. So within Accenture Interactive, we focus on user journeys, on strategy, on experiences, on marketing, and we’ve more recently — in the last two years — been looking at this new space of extended reality. Mobile virtual reality on a headset like an Oculus Go, which is $200.

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Facebook steps into cloud gaming — and another feud with Apple

TechCrunch VR

Rubin, who co-founded the game development studio Naughty Dog in 1994 before it was acquired by Sony in 2001, has been at Facebook since he joined Oculus months after its 2014 acquisition was announced. Virginia and West Virginia.

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