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New VR Fitness App VZfit Helps Stay at Home People Stay in Shape

ARPost

What they need is an exciting and motivating virtual environment, which replicates the outside world where they go cycling and jogging. The user only needs to get ready with their fitness gear, put on the Oculus Quest headset and handheld accessories, and launch the application. How the VR Fitness App Works.

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Meta Accounts Roll Out for Quest, Horizons Users

XR Today - Virtual Reality

Users can pair their devices with the Oculus mobile App to enter their account information. Meta users logging in with an email must provide birthday data to meet minimum age restrictions of 13 years old and 14 years old across South Korea and Spain. Meta Moves, Major Challenges.

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Mozilla is Shutting Down VR Browser ‘Firefox Reality’ Soon & Handing the Torch to ‘Wolvic’

Road to VR

Mozilla is shutting down its made-for-VR web browser, Firefox Reality, and handing off the project to third-party team Igalia. Mozilla launched Firefox Reality back in 2018 on a host of early standalones, including Oculus Go, Lenovo Mirage Solo, and Vive Focus.

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Pico launches Pico Neo 3 Link: the first true Quest 2 competitor (in Beta)

The Ghost Howls

Today is a watershed moment for virtual reality : Pico has finally done what everyone in the XR community was waiting for with the launch of Pico Neo 3 Link , the first Quest 2 competitor. And for these reasons, Pico has been bought by Bytedance in 2021 … a move that many compared to the acquisition of Oculus by Facebook.

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CNN Launches New Immersive Journalism Initiative, CNNVR

Road to VR

CNN has officially launched CNNVR, a new immersive journalism unit and virtual reality platform with CNN Digital. Capturing major news events in 360 video, the global team will produce weekly virtual reality experiences and live streams.

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Bigscreen’s Partnership With Paramount Pictures Brings Blockbuster Films To VR

VRScout

and can be purchased at Bigscreen’s virtual box office. Bigscreen’s virtual screenings are available in 10 countries at launch: the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Spain, the Netherlands, Sweden, Australia, and Japan. Tickets for each movie are only $3.99 Image Credit: Bigscreen, Paramount Pictures.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.04.10): Epic releases Unreal Engine 5, Meta cancels F8, and more!

The Ghost Howls

This afternoon I’m flying to Paris to then go to Laval to attend Laval Virtual, one of the oldest events about virtual reality, where I’ll be as an attendee , a virtual speaker (about the game HitMotion: Reloaded), a host of the AWE Nite Florence (featuring great speakers like Charlie Fink… ), and also as a.

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