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Las Vegas Now Home To World’s Longest VR Roller Coaster

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‘The Big Apple Coaster’ is an adrenaline-fueled thrill ride with an extraterrestrial twist. What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas.” The Big Apple Coaster has provided heart-racing excitement to millions of visitors,” stated Cynthia Kiser Murphey, president and chief operating officer of New York-New York.

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In-Vehicle VR Company Holoride Adds Marvel Film Directors To Its Team

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” Holoride made its world debut just over a year ago at the 2019 Consumer Electronics Showcase (CES) in Las Vegas. “We’re thrilled to add some of the world’s most talented industry leaders and pioneers to our advisory board,” said Nils Wollny, CEO and co-founder of Holoride.

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Watch ‘Rihanna’ Give One of the First-Ever Mixed Reality Performances via Octosense (VIDEO)

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The Meta 2 has officially begun shipping , Vuforia recently announced native integration on the Unity platform , and Occipital’s Bridge lets iOS users taste this cutting-edge tech while we (anxiously) await formal announcements from Apple after years of speculation.

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Las Vegas Strip’s Big Apple roller coaster has a new VR experience option

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The New York-New York Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas has teamed up with German company VR Coaster to add a virtual reality experience to its Big Apple roller coaster starting Feb. This development will make the 4,777-foot long Big Apple coaster the longest in the world to be equipped with VR.

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Viva Las Elvis: Walkabout Mini Golf Plans Elvis Presley Course For 2025

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Walkabout Mini Golf's developers are planning a retro Las Vegas course inspired by Elvis Presley. Called Viva Las Elvis, Mighty Coconut is teaming with licensing partner Authentic Brands Group to bring the namesake's Vegas era into VR. So why not also the bright lights of Las Vegas and iconography of Elvis Presley?

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There’s Already A Cheap Chinese Apple Vision Pro Knockoff, And We Tried It

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There's already a Chinese knockoff of Apple Vision Pro, and we tried it on at CES. EmdoorVR's AX162 It's clearly designed to resemble Apple Vision Pro as closely as possible, to ride the wave of Vision Pro's reputation and popularity. A to-scale 3D render of the real Apple Vision Pro at a very similar angle.

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The best AR and VR news from CES 2022

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This hilarious tweet thread by Nima Zeighami shows you all the worst uses that have been of the M-word on the Las Vegas showroom. And yes, even at CES we had a lot of companies trying to surf the buzz of the metaverse. In this thread I will post every ridiculous usage of metaverse I see at #CES. Further references. Thunderbird) AR.

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