Sandbox VR Raises $11M Investment from Will Smith, Justin Timberlake, Katy Perry & More

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Sandbox VR, the location-based VR attraction, announced an additional $11 million in funding from some of the biggest household names in entertainment and investment.

HP and Virtuix Sponsor $100,000 VR Esports Tournament

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Virtuix, the company behind the Omni VR treadmill, has partnered with HP to offer a prize pool of $100,000 for its upcoming 2020 Omni Arena series, the company’s annual VR esports competition.

Inside ‘Avengers: Damage Control’, The VOID’s Newest Immersive Experience

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The VOID’s latest immersive experience, Avengers: Damage Control is available now. We got a look inside and found a great example of what a VR attraction should be.

‘Doctor Who: The Edge of Time’ to Land on VR Headsets in November

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Initially targeting launch in September, upcoming VR game Doctor Who: The Edge of Time finally has a firm release date.

Epic’s HoloLens 2 Demo ‘Apollo 11: Mission AR’ Showcases Impressive PC-quality Graphics

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Epic Games today released a new video featuring a demo for HoloLens 2 that aims to show off just what sort of graphics can be achieved on Microsoft’s latest standalone AR headset. Called Apollo 11: Mission AR, the interactive demo is streamed wirelessly in real-time from networked PCs running the company’s game engine, Unreal Engine.

‘Borderlands 2 VR’ Launches on PC VR Headsets Today, Leaving PSVR Exclusivity

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Borderlands 2 VR (2018) is finally headed out of PSVR exclusivity today, with the game’s Steam page ready to give PC VR headset users a crack at the VR port of the popular looter shooter.

NVIDIA Announces CloudXR for AR/VR Rendering of SteamVR Applications Over 5G

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At MWC Los Angeles this week, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang demonstrated the company’s CloudXR platform which is made to stream cloud-rendered AR and VR content over 5G connections. Built to support SteamVR/OpenVR content out of the box, Nvidia says it will release a CloudXR SDK to enable companies to offer AR and VR content from the cloud.

‘DAVIGO’ Will Pit a VR Goliath Against a Non-VR David in a Duel of Scales

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DAVIGO is an upcoming indie VR project where two players battle in a duel of scales. One player, wearing a VR headset, takes the form of a lumbering giant while a non-VR player plays as a small, speedy, and equally lethal third-person character.

‘Firewall Zero Hour’ to Get New Maps, Characters & Weapons Starting Tomorrow

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Firewall Zero Hour (2018), the PSVR exclusive team-based shooter from First Contact Entertainment, is getting a new DLC drop soon called Operation: Heartland. The free DLC is said to arrive in two pieces, the first on October 22nd and the second on November 26th.

Hands-on with ‘Panther VR’ Stealth Action Gameplay

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Wolfdog Interactive, a studio you might know from VR Dungeon Knight and Skyworld, launched a Kickstarter campaign for their next game: Panther VR. We went hands-on with an early pre-alpha build of this stealth-action game.

Hybrid 1st/3rd-person Physics Action Game ‘HOLOCEPTION’ Launches in Early Access Next Week

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The rather unique looking HOLOCEPTION, which offers a seamless mix of first and third-person VR gameplay, is set to launch in Early Access on October 24th.

‘Asgard’s Wrath’ is the Most Critically Acclaimed Oculus Studios Game Since 2017’s ‘Lone Echo’

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After a string of major releases from Oculus Studios which have garnered so-so receptions, Asgard’s Wrath has broken the chain as the most critically acclaimed title from the publisher since 2017’s Lone Echo.

Here’s What HTC Says About Camera Privacy on Vive Cosmos

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With HTC recently launching Vive Cosmos, which relies on always-on cameras during use, we reached out to the company to learn more about what data is captured by the cameras and how it’s used.

360° Live-action Thriller ‘Agent Emerson’ Launches in November, Trailer Here

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Shot in first-person as a continuous take, 360° live-action spy thriller Agent Emerson is slated to arrive on all Oculus headsets as well as PC VR headsets November 22nd, followed later by a release on PSVR.

The Louvre is Bringing The Mona Lisa to Life Soon in a New VR Experience

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Housed in Paris’ Lovure Museum, Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa is almost always surrounded by throngs of tourists, desperate for a glimpse and maybe a photo or two of the 16th century painting. Now, HTC Vive Arts and the Louvre are opening a virtual reality experience that centers on the story of the painting and decidedly takes you well beyond the glass case housing the iconic work.

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