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Making ‘The Remedy’ – How A Veteran Illustrator Made one of VR’s Best Short Films With ‘Quill’

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Feb 6, 2020

Perhaps no project to date shows the potential of Quill—Oculus’ VR illustration and animation tool—quite like The Remedy. Created by veteran animator Daniel Martin Peixe, The Remedy is a roughly 10 minute long story which establishes a very effective comic book-like experience by stringing together various Quill scenes to tell a complete narrative. Peixie shared with us a glimpse inside of the production process which brought the film to life.

LYNX Founder Details Headset’s Unique Optics, Pre-orders Available Now

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Feb 5, 2020

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Startup LYNX revealed the R-1 earlier this week, a standalone MR headset with a unique optical design. Speaking at a conference on Monday, the company’s founder shared more about the headset and it hopes to achieve with its novel optical approach.

Google Glass Enterprise Edition 2 Now Available for Direct Developer Purchase

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Feb 5, 2020

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Google Glass Enterprise Edition 2, the company’s most recent smartglasses (or rather smartglass), was only available to partner companies when it launched in May 2019. Now Google is allowing its third-party hardware vendors to sell the headset direct to developers.

Sony to Close First-party Manchester Studio Making ‘AAA’ PSVR Games

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Feb 5, 2020

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Sony is closing its Manchester, UK-based studio, the very same that was opened in 2015 to produce ‘AAA’ PSVR exclusives.

VR Headset Growth on Steam Takes Its Biggest Leap Yet, Led by Rift S

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Feb 4, 2020

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It appears that the 2019 holiday shopping season may have been the best ever for PC VR headsets. The latest data released this week from Valve shows VR on Steam making its single biggest leap yet, on a path toward an estimated 2 million monthly-connected headsets.

Samsung XR and EarthX Debut Environmentally-focused 360 Short Films

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Feb 4, 2020

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Samsung and EarthX have debuted a dozen immersive short films on the Samsung XR video platform from environmentally-focused filmmakers, with more to come.

‘Firewall Zero Hour’ Comes to PS Plus Members for Free Starting Today, ‘Black Dawn’ Update Now Live

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Feb 4, 2020

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Firewall Zero Hour (2018), the tactical team shooter for PSVR, is headed to PS Plus members for free starting today, February 4th.

Canon Unveils Enterprise-focused AR Headset ‘MREAL Display MD-20’

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Feb 4, 2020

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Japanese tech giant Canon today unveiled its next enterprise-focused AR headset which aims to replace its MREAL Display MD-10, which the company launched in Japan in mid-2016 for the astounding price tag of ¥9 million (~$82,300).

LYNX Reveals Standalone MR Headset with Snapdragon XR2, Eye-tracking, & Novel Optics

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Feb 3, 2020

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French startup LYNX today revealed the R-1, a standalone VR headset built for pass-through AR and powered by Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon XR2 chip. The enterprise-focused headset uses a novel lens design which makes it compact.

‘Astro Bot’ Director Nicolas Doucet Takes Over as Head of Sony’s JAPAN Studio

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Feb 3, 2020

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Nicolas Doucet, the Creative Director and Producer behind PSVR exclusive ASTRO BOT Rescue Mission (2018), has been promoted to Director of Sony Interactive Entertainment’s JAPAN Studio.

Masters of Pie Secures $4.7M to Further Develop AR/VR Tools for Enterprise

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Feb 3, 2020

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Masters of Pie, an enterprise-focused AR/VR studio, announced its secured £3.6 million (~$4.7 million), something the company says will help double its development team and add support for cloud streaming and IoT data to its flagship product, Radical SDK.

Months After Its Expected Launch, the ‘Oculus for Business’ Program is Still “Available Soon”

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Feb 1, 2020

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Back at the end of April, 2019, Oculus introduced “the new Oculus for Business” program, an enterprise-focused program which would see Oculus headsets sold with customized software aimed at large scale device management and business and commercial use-cases, along with specialized support and warranties. While the company expected the program to launch in the Fall of 2019, the Oculus for Business program is still not open for business.

Social AR/VR Workspace ‘Spatial’ Secures $14M Series A Financing

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Jan 31, 2020

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Spatial, a New York-based startup behind the eponymous real-time AR/VR collaboration platform, has secured $14 million in additional financing, bringing its overall funds to $22 million.

Mark Zuckerberg: ‘people bought nearly $5M in Oculus Store content on Christmas Day’

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Jan 30, 2020

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In Facebook’s quarterly earnings call yesterday, company CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed that the Oculus Store had sold nearly $5 million worth of content on Christmas Day alone.

‘Crunch Element’ Inches Past Crowdfunding Goal with Less Than a Week to Spare

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Jan 30, 2020

Crunch Element is an upcoming VR game that challenges you to breech heavily-guarded compounds with physics-based explosive charges, guns, and your wits.

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