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Insanely Popular Rhythm Game ‘Osu!’ Now Playable In VR

VRScout

to AUDICA converter, a free tool that allows fans of the uber popular 2007 rhythm game to easily transport millions of user-created maps to Harmonix Music System’s VR rhythm experience AUDICA. Originally launched on Microsoft Windows back in 2007, Dean Herbert’s osu!

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Xbox Game Studios Has (inadvertently?) Acquired Heaps of VR Development Talent

Road to VR

A year ago, in response to Sony consistently delivering high-quality exclusives for PS4, Microsoft made a commitment to rejuvenating its first-party game development efforts and went on a shopping spree, acquiring a handful of respected studios to bolster its first-party game development talent under the Xbox Game Studios banner.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.08.28): Quest 3 unboxing leaked, Samsung+Google headset situation is blurry, and more!

The Ghost Howls

This week, Microsoft announced that MRTK will migrate to an independent GitHub account and that the project will be supported by a consortium including Microsoft, Magic Leap, and Qualcomm. More info Is Apple working on the Vision Pro since 2007? That’s fantastic news for all Unity XR developers!

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What Can Big Tech Companies Learn from Second Life?

XR Today - Virtual Reality

” The comments come as big tech companies, including Microsoft, Nvidia, Epic Games, and Meta, invest billions of dollars into metaverse platforms. From Second Life then, to the Metaverse Now. Lessons Big Tech Companies Can Learn from the Immersive Game of Second Life.

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BioShock is Everywhere in Games, and Yet Nowhere in Itself

GizModo VR

For those who play video games, 2007 is often considered one of the best years of the medium. It was a year of bangers: Microsoft had Crackdown and Halo 3 , Nintendo took Super Mario to the Galaxy, Call of Duty blew the world open by going modern, and so on. It cannot be understated how much that year just kicked ass … Read more.

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Will Covid-Era Urgency Accelerate AR?

AR Insider

Zoom leaves Microsoft miles behind with Skype and teams. Apple completely turned the mobile age upside down in 2007, Microsoft shaped the way we work on computers. Zoom is the best example of this–it just works. Although there have been some problems in the past few weeks, the users are convinced of the simplicity and stability.

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Building The VR Experiences And Worlds of the Future

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

Assisting Intel’s original equipment manufacturer (OEM) partners, from Microsoft to HTC and Oculus, Pallister works closely with the underlying solutions making VR possible. Soon I Will Be Invincible was nominated for the 2007 John Sargent Sr. Image Credit: Michael O’Donnell/VentureBeat. First Novel Prize.

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