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BBC Launches New VR Studio with Documentary about the Nile

VRScout

Currently, there is contention between Egypt and Ethiopia over the potential damming of the largest river in the world, the Nile River. And Egypt considers it a threat to its sovereignty. Damming the Nile is available now, along with a new BBC Oculus Gear VR app.

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Is VR the Future of News?

Tech Trends VR

Even while you’re taking in the beautiful sights and sounds as you fly above waterfalls, you’re made aware that this is where the world’s first war over water could be fought as a major new project – the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam – threatens to upset the balance of power between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan.

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How Nokia Broke Into Virtual Reality With Its Ozo Camera

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

We talked with Guido Voltolina, head of presence capture Ozo at Nokia Technologies, at the company’s research facility in Silicon Valley in Sunnyvale, California. If something goes crazy and the pyramids in Egypt are destroyed, we’ll never see them again. We started seeing the first Oculus and HTC headsets this year.

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Staking Claim to a Digital Plot in AR, with SuperWorld’s Hrish Lotlikar

XR for Business Podcast

Because there is a confluence of technology and Silicon Valley in Hollywood that was coming together. I think I have a piece of the Taj Mahal, and the pyramids in Egypt, and some places in Manhattan, but I definitely want to keep a lot of stuff for our users to buy. So we’ve launched Crowe: The Drowned Armory on Oculus and HTC.

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Staking Claim to a Digital Plot in AR, with SuperWorld’s Hrish Lotlikar

XR for Business Podcast

Because there is a confluence of technology and Silicon Valley in Hollywood that was coming together. I think I have a piece of the Taj Mahal, and the pyramids in Egypt, and some places in Manhattan, but I definitely want to keep a lot of stuff for our users to buy. So we’ve launched Crowe: The Drowned Armory on Oculus and HTC.

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Staking Claim to a Digital Plot in AR, with SuperWorld's Hrish Lotlikar

XR for Business Podcast

Because there is a confluence of technology and Silicon Valley in Hollywood that was coming together. I think I have a piece of the Taj Mahal, and the pyramids in Egypt, and some places in Manhattan, but I definitely want to keep a lot of stuff for our users to buy. So we've launched Crowe: The Drowned Armory on Oculus and HTC.

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Visit the Ancient Rome in VR with Rome Reborn

The Ghost Howls

Before starting with the interview, a little disclaimer: my consultancy agency New Technology Walkers is collaborating with prof. I was very impressed and started to investigate what technology might be used to reproduce the model and make it more widely available to the people of the world. The Oculus Rift shipped in spring 2016.