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Oculus CTO John Carmack Talks Immersive Technology On The Joe Rogan Podcast

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Last week industry legend and current Oculus VR CTO John Carmack sat down with stand-up comedian and podcast icon Joe Rogan for Episode #1342 of the immensely popular Joe Rogan Experience podcast. 58:33 ] – Carmack compares similarities between Neurolink’s brain-interface RF technology and Oculus’ camera and display system. [

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‘VRChat’ World Brings ‘Jet Set Radio Future’ To VR

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Grind, wall-run, and double-jump your way through a meticulously crafted VR recreation of Sega’s over-the-top 2002 action game. Those who owned an Xbox during the early 2000s are most likely familiar with Jet Set Radio Future. ” Enjoy this big reveal trailer for my Jet Set Radio Future world on #VRChat !!

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‘Oculus Venues’ Live Event App Now Available on Go and Gear VR, Event Schedule Here

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Oculus Venues , the social app that allows ‘thousands of users’ to watch live events en masse in VR, is now available on Oculus Go and Gear VR starting today. Oculus’ Code of Conduct is also in full force, with community moderators on-hand in Venues. May 30 // Vance Joy // 7:30 pm PT. June Showtimes.

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A Group Of Students Are Rebuilding The Original Metroid Prime In VR

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The 2002 Gamecube classic gets the VR treatment as part of an ongoing study into VR game mechanics. Released in 2002 for the Nintendo Gamecube console, Prime marked the beginning of one of the most influential action-adventure trilogies of all-time, as well as a huge stepping-point for the legendary franchise.

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‘Serenity VR’ Fan Project Lets You Step Aboard The Most Famous Firefly-class Ship

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Serenity, the firefly-class spaceship from cult TV show Firefly (2002) and film Serenity (2005), is now full explorable in VR. Starting out in 2014, Tabar originally designed Serenity for the Oculus Rift DK2. According to Tabar, “any HMD with SteamVR support should work.”

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Slashing Singles: Eminem’s “Houdini” Drops on ‘Beat Saber’

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And now, you can step through your own portal from 2002 and slash to the head-bobbing beat in Beat Saber. Eminem’s “Houdini” has been blowing up the charts this summer.

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This Quest Pro Game Recreates Sword Art Online’s Lovably Bad User Interface

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But then again, it was never designed for any sort of game in the first place, since the anime aired in 2012 well before the Oculus Rift DK1 even arrived on Kickstarter backers’ doorsteps. Tom Cruise’s cybergloves in Minority Report (2002) are a shining example.

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