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Sony Shows Off ‘The Last of Us’ Immersive Attraction Concept That Should Be VR, But Sadly Isn’t

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Sony unveiled a new location-based entertainment (LBE) concept based on The Last of Us game and TV franchise. While Sony has turned a few of its most recognizable IP into VR entertainment experiences over the years, there may be a few reasons behind the CAVE-style setup.

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Immersive Web Company Infinite Reality Raises $3 Billion From a Private Investor

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Founded in 2019, Infinite Reality’s flagship product is iR Studio , an engine for building immersive websites that represent visitors as avatars in a virtual environment. But the company has also made a series of seemingly disjointed acquisitions like the entertainment and esports business RektGlobal.

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Valo Motion Officially Launches Mixed Reality Playground ValoArena in the US

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While these games have the same basic goal of allowing multiple players to share experiences in the same virtual environment, they continue to evolve and develop into games that go beyond entertainment. When amusement parks and entertainment centers opened again, they also began to offer more multiplayer AR/VR games.

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Niantic Brings Its Real-World Metaverse To Browsers

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The platform also allows developers to access a 3D mesh of their virtual environment. Through the Lightship Virtual Environments, developers will be able to create and manage their own location-based webAR experiences. Credit: Niantic. Credit: Niantic. “It The creative opportunities are boundless.”.

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VR is the Face of Future Entertainment at a Major San Jose Cinemark Theater

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The attraction, which currently offers a Terminator Salvation VR experience for up to four players, is the now the face of the theater’s effort to expand its entertainment offerings beyond films. The post VR is the Face of Future Entertainment at a Major San Jose Cinemark Theater appeared first on Road to VR.

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Watching TV While Flying A VR Spaceship Looks Rad

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Now that’s what I call in-flight entertainment. A little entertainment can go a long way during a lengthy commute, as shown by Reddit user manicmastiff81 who this week shared a video of them watching YouTube from the cockpit of a VR spaceship in the popular open-world science-fiction game No Man’s Sky.

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VR Use Cases: 5 Ways to Use VR Headsets in the Workplace

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Virtual reality might be great for gaming and entertainment but its also an incredible resource for businesses and their teams. Worldwide, companies are using virtual reality to turbocharge training and development strategies , improve collaboration, and streamline product development. Think again.