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‘Half-Life: Alyx’ Update Adds New Weapon & Example Content for Workshop Modding

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which adds an example weapon to the game’s Workshop modding tools, allowing modders to experiment with bringing new weapons to the game. The update also includes improvements to the Workshop tools, including more example content for animation, audio, and shaders, along with new documentation. Image courtesy McMessenger.

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?Half-Life: Alyx? Update Adds Impressive Liquid Simulation, Foundation for Mod Scripting

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Half-Life: Alyx was updated this week with an intriguing new feature: a new shader which simulates liquid inside of the game’s many bottles; a small but impressive immersive addition. Instead, the liquid is a shader which is made to look like a convincing simulation. ??????????? Valve took this one step further in the Alyx 1.4

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Escape Simulator VR Seeks A Way Out On Steam 'Soon'

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Pine Studio revealed that Escape Simulator, its first-person co-op escape room puzzler, will receive a PC VR adaptation 'soon' on Steam. 0:00 / 1× Originally released in October 2021, Escape Simulator sees you exploring "highly interactive" escape rooms, playable solo or with up to 8 players in online co-op.

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Strivr Enhances Immersive Learning With Generative AI, Equips VR Training Platform With Mental Health and Well-Being Experiences

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million Walmart associates have undergone VR training to prepare for the holiday rush, placing them in a simulated, chaotic Black Friday scenario. Employees can develop or improve their skills in a realistic scenario that simulates actual workplace challenges in a way that typical workshops and classrooms cannot.

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Simulating Crowds of Virtual Humans in Immersive Environments

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The IEEE VR conference held a new pre-conference workshop this year on Virtual Humans and Crowds for Immersive Environments. At the IEEE VR, I had a chance to chat with Rutger’s professor Mubbasir Kapadia who studies crowd simulation and his latest book is called Simulating Heterogeneous Crowds with Interactive Behaviors.

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Test Your Woodworking Skills In VR With ‘Vrkshop,’ Arriving Next Month On PC VR

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Available next month in early access, vrkshop is an upcoming VR woodworking simulator that allows you to saw, hammer, and craft realistic woodwork using a generous selection of virtual tools, including a saw and hammer, calculator and chalkboard, speed and framing squares, and a variety of other useful instruments. Measure twice, cut once.

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Dive Into a Hyper-Realistic Metaverse Built on Unreal Engine

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You can offer courses, sell tickets to virtual concerts and workshops, commission artwork, or trade NFTs and tokens. Ultra-realistic graphics, vivid visual effects, and lifelike simulations will enable us to surpass our physical limitations and explore an entirely different world where we are bound only by the limits of our imagination.

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