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HaptX Secures $1.5M Grant to Build Full-body Haptics for VR & Telepresence Robots

Road to VR

The company behind the force feedback haptic gloves HaptX and research teams from Virginia Tech and University of Florida have secured a $1.5 SEE ALSO Sony Patent Reveals VR Controller Design Seemingly Inspired by Valve Index.

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Sony Pictures Teams With The VOID on ‘Jumanji: Reverse the Curse’, Launching November 27th

Road to VR

Hot on the heels of Avengers: Damage Control , the next experience heading to VR attraction The VOID is Jumanji: Reverse the Curse , made in collaboration with the Sony Pictures Virtual Reality group. Tysons Corner, McLean, Virginia. The title will come to select VOID locations starting on November 27th.

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The Media and Entertainment Metaverse: What to Expect

XR Today - Virtual Reality

Busch Gardens Virginia , one of the United States’ top theme parks, created an immersive roller coaster ‘The Battle for Eire’ featuring emerald mask VR headsets from the Taiwanese tech giant. Additionally, motion capture (mocap) systems from Sony and Vicon will deepen realism for content creators developing characters.

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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. ” Facebook VP of Play Jason Rubin. Image via Facebook.

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The XR Week Peek (2019.14.09): a new powerful Vive Focus appears, Facebook Connect is coming, and more!

The Ghost Howls

In two days there will be the Facebook Connect, an Apple event and a Sony event about PS5! Facebook and Virginia Tech University have just proposed a technology called “Flow-edge Guided Video Completion” that aims at reconstructing missing regions of a video. Top news of the week. Image by Qualcomm). Good luck to her.

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Step Into the Jungle When The VOID Opens Jumanji: Reverse the Curse This Month

Peter Graham

To help promote the new film Sony Pictures Virtual Reality (SPVR) has teamed up with location-based entertainment (LBE) specialist The VOID on an immersive experience called Jumanji: Reverse the Curse. Tysons Corner, McLean, Virginia. Next month will see the theatrical release of Jumanji: The Next Level in cinemas worldwide.

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Big News from Altspace VR, Apple, Disney, Lloyd’s, and the US Justice Department

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The US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia is hearing the case with the backing of attorney generals from eight states. Apple Teases Reality Pro Specs, Disney/Sony Partnership On Monday, Apple Inc. Highlights from the Q2 report include revenues increasing to roughly $52.7

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