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Amazon Goes Virtual: Shop For Products In VR & AR

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Shopping for real products in the virtual world just became a little easier. Earlier this week, the popular online retailer Amazon launched “Amazon Anywhere,” a new shopping experience that enables customers to purchase physical products from the Amazon store without having to leave their favorite games and apps.

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Recommended Readings on Virtual Worlds

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Designing Virtual Worlds Amazon Link Richard Bartle is heavily cited in virtual worlds due to his creation of the MUD (multi-user dungeon). This textbook details the history of many different MUDs and all the variants of virtual worlds. On the top of my mind is Tinder.

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‘Ready Player One’ Book Sequel ‘Ready Player Two’ Arrives This November

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Available for pre-order via Amazon , both hardcover and Kindle, R eady Player Two will serve as a direct sequel to the original 2011 novel, returning players to the OASIS, a massively-multiplayer online universe used by those the world over as an escape from their bleak realities. In 2018, Warner Bros. million.

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The XR Week Peek (2024.12.16): Android XR announced, Samsung headset showcased, and more!

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Gemini AI is deeply integrated into the OS, and the Gemini assistant always follows what you are doing, both in the real and in the virtual world, and it is ready to guide you when needed. The real deal of Android XR and the demos made with it has been artificial intelligence.

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Meta Quest 2 On Sale Up To $70 Off For Black Friday

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Each headset comes with a pair of Touch controllers as well as support for hand-tracking, allowing you to interact with the virtual world using your bare hands. Meta Quest 2 is a standalone VR headset, which means no additional hardware is required in order to operate. Feature Image Credit: Meta.

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Official Quest 2 Third-party Accessories: Two Logitech Headphones, VR Cover Facial Interface

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Fully immerse into the virtual world with audio directed into your ears only and reduce outside noise. Availability : Available in North America at Oculus.com and Logitech.com, and through retail partners Amazon and Best Buy. Logitech G333 VR In-Ear Headphones. Image courtesy Logitech, Facebook. Price: $50.

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Survey: Help Devs Understand Real VR Users & Enter to Win $150 Amazon Gift Card

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And while the VR space is slowly beginning to amass a collection of quality titles (wave shooters be damned), consumers are still hungry for great content that will whisk them away to memorable virtual worlds. The survey will take 5 to 10 minutes to complete and at the end you’ll be entered to win a $150 Amazon gift card.

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