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Amazon MGM informed UploadVR that RoboCop: Streets of Anarchy wasn't officially licensed before its reveal, and the VR title's website page has been taken down. You may recall two weeks ago when RoboCop: Streets of Anarchy was revealed via developer Coffee Moth Games' website. Though the game was initially listed as being made in collaboration with Amazon MGM Studios for Quest 3 and PC VR, the studio later clarified the platforms were mistakenly listed and that the VR game would be for arcades o
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Speaker: Chris Paxton McMillin, President of D3 Training Solutions
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SHELTER is a 360 video documentary telling the story of civilians in Ukraine seeking protection in bomb shelters. The film poetically transports you the many different ways Ukrainians are sheltering from small cramped basements to parking garages to hospitals. It also contrasts these underground spaces to the aftermath of war from bombed out buildings to […] SHELTER is a 360 video documentary telling the story of civilians in Ukraine seeking protection in bomb shelters.
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The SXSW XR Competition jury prize winner REFLECTIONS OF LITTLE RED DOT had some really innovative mixed reality integrations, and was also a part of a new trend of cultivating an archive of material as an artistic practice. This piece by director Chlo Lee featured about 3 hours of documentary interview footage shot in Singapore […] The SXSW XR Competition jury prize winner REFLECTIONS OF LITTLE RED DOT had some really innovative mixed reality integrations, and was also a part of a new tre
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