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Cooperation of Deep Tech SMEs and Global Giants Drive Opportunities in the Metaverse

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In Finland, the opportunities for cooperation between deep tech SMEs and large corporations have been proactively created by both the XR companies themselves and by private and public accelerators. Finland at the Forefront of the Metaverse. LaValle, who was also an early founder and head scientist of Oculus VR.

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Tribeca Film Fest To Release VR Films On Oculus Quest & Go After Coronavirus Cancellation

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15 VR short films scheduled to debut at Tribeca Immersive will be available later this month on standalone Oculus headsets. Forgotten Kiss (World Premiere)—Finland : Project Creator: Oleg Nikolaenko. This 3D animated experience is made in partnership with Oculus VR for Good and Yellow Boat of Hope. Yet Lizzy keeps walking.

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Glue Collaboration Raises $3.85M Financing to Further Develop Business-focused Social VR Platform

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Business Finland, the Finnish funding agency for technology and innovation, and OP Bank also provided funding for the development of Glue. SEE ALSO John Carmack Moves to "Consulting CTO" Role to Make Time for Non-Oculus Ventures. The investment was led by Maki.vc, an early-stage venture capital fund focusing on Nordic companies.

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Startup Aims for Retinal Resolution VR Display With 70x “effective resolution” of Today’s Headsets

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Finland-based Varjo has announced a new display technology for AR and VR which the company is calling “the first human eye-resolution VR/AR/XR immersive display.” Below: the same view (and limited portion) of the Oculus Rift | Image courtesy Varjo. I could read individual filenames in the folders on the virtual desktop.

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Varjo Promises Human-Eye Resolutions For VR This Year

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Varjo is a startup of 19 employees that is only 10 months old based in Helsinki, Finland. They retrofitted an Oculus Rift with an extra layer of lenses inside the unit. An OLED microdisplay projects an image onto a glass plate over the Oculus lenses. A video of a prototype back in Finland showed how this tech can work with AR.

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‘DiRT Rally’ VR Racer Currently 75% Off, Sale Ends Next Week

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DiRT Rally (2015) started out as an exemplar of a PC rally racer, but after adding Oculus Rift support last year, the game has since become a hit in the VR community for its varied tracks, cars and true-to-life driving physics. Take on the legendary hillclimb of Pikes Peak, the snowy thrills of Sweden, and the epic scenery of Finland. .

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17 Minutes of Sci-fi Adventure ‘Downward Spiral: Horus Station’, Gameplay Video Here

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Created by Finland-based 3rd Eye Studios , the minds behind the game recently put out an extended look at some of the its atmospheric exploration and puzzles in a new gameplay video. SEE ALSO Oculus Studios' New Title 'Defector' Aims for High-octane Set Piece Action and Branching Narratives.

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