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Top NFL QB Credits VR Training as a Big Part of His Success, Calling It a “flight simulator” for Football

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A former quarterback for Texas Tech himself, the intense realism was clear to Kingsbury from the snap. I think it is more effective than them just watching the film. The first time I put [the VR headset] on, I backed into the wall,” Kingsbury told NYT. “It felt like the [pass] rush was coming.”

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Walmart Brings Tricked Out ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ VR Experience to Select Stores

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Walmart is continuing its onward journey to think outside of the big-box with the help of VR, this time bringing 50-foot tractor-trailers to their megalithic parking lots across the US to let shoppers go head-first into a VR experience for DreamWorks Animation’s upcoming film, How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World.

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Psychedelic Choose-Your-Own VR Adventure ‘Terminus’ Available Now On Oculus Rift

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TERMINUS was originally intended as a touring exhibition; partway through its multi-city tour, however, the outbreak of COVID-19 forced the team to end its run early, cancelling upcoming showings at various major events, such as the SXSW Film Festival in Austin, Texas.

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The 10 Coolest VR/AR Experiences From SXSW 2022

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Masked or otherwise (Texas is pretty lax), a frenzy of wild-eyed art, music, film, and XR-hungry visitors flooded into Austin for a week of back-to-back programming. Darragh: Directors Raqi Syed and Areito Echevarria balance mystery and humanity in this beautifully-crafted VR film. SXSW was back in full force last week.

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New Texas Chainsaw Massacre Will Be Hipsters vs. Leatherface

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As the world turns, another Texas Chainsaw Massacre sequel arrives, doing its best to recapture the grim, grimy magic wrought by the 1974 horror classic. But the next entry in the series , which arrives on Netflix in February, borrows a page from the current Halloween films by billing itself as a direct sequel to Tobe… Read more.

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Creepy VR Films Coming to Fantastic Fest Next Month

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The Austin-based film festival will be premiering VR content for the first time. As with many other film festivals, including Sundance and Tribeca , virtual reality has been slowly solidifying its position into festival programs. As one of the largest genre film festivals in the U.S.,

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Texas Instruments Introduces ‘Smallest-Ever’ Controller for AR Smartglasses

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Texas Instruments (TI) has released the ‘smallest-ever’ DLP controller that can enable interaction on AR smartglasses and 4k ultra high-definition (UHD) projectors. According to the US chips manufacturer Texas Instruments, its new controller can reproduce the experience of premium televisions and gaming monitors using a compact projector.

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