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Cybershoes For Oculus Quest Are Easier To Buy Than Ever

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The unique VR movement accessory is now available on Amazon alongside support for new games and apps. In the early days of modern VR, navigating throughout a virtual environment meant operating a standard joystick located on your motion controller. Today, the company announced that U.S. Feature Image Credit: Cybershoes.

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Amazon’s New ‘Sumerian’ Tool Aims to Make Developing Web-based VR Apps Easier

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Amazon today announced a new developer tool at its annual AWS re:Invent that aims to make creating web-based applications for VR/AR and traditional monitors even easier. WebVR is integrated into major browsers including Chrome for Android, Oculus Carmel, Samsung Internet, Opera developer version and Firefox Nightly.

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Lenovo VR Classroom 2 Updates Aim To Simplify VR Education

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It not quite up to par with other standalone devices, such as the Oculus Quest , the Classroom 2 still manages to deliver engaging educational experiences perfect for the classroom. Henderson talks about how a virtual field trip has the ability to immerse students and expand their world view.

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You Can Now Demo Oculus Touch At Best Buy

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During Oculus Connect 3, Oculus finally revealed a release date and pricing on the long awaited Touch motion controllers. You can now pre-order Touch on Oculus.com , Amazon and other global retail partners for a price of $199. Best Buy is rolling out Touch controller demos in-store.

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12 Major New Features Quest Has Received Since Launch

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Since its launch in 2019 Oculus Quest has represented a major shift in Facebook’s VR strategy by moving away from the PC. While there’s a handful of hand-tracking games available on the headset, the entire Quest menu, including the Oculus browser, can be controlled completely by your hands. Oculus Link & Air Link.

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Developer Uses VR To Build AR Experiences That Mimic Real-World Physics

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Palmer Luckey is a tinkerer,” is how Time Magazine described the creator of the Oculus VR headset back in August of 2015. Having that type of control in a virtual environment opened up so many possibilities for Vermeulen. Why couldn’t they just use a simple voice assistant device, such as an Amazon Echo or Google Home?

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Sony’s Richard Marks Expects Natural Voice Input to Play Major Role in VR’s Future

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Following a recent Christmas break where he says he studied a robot vacuum cleaner, tested all available voice-input devices for the home (such as the Amazon Echo and Google Home smart speakers), and watched every Black Mirror episode, it was voice control that excited Sony’s head of Magic Lab the most.