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Gorillaz Will Perform An AR Concert In NYC & London

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Ahead of the release of their 8th studio album entitled Cracker Island , the virtual band Gorillaz will perform an augmented reality (AR) concert in New York City and London during which the band members will appear as enormous, skyscraper-sized virtual avatars. Image Credit: Google x Gorillaz.

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Google Debuts VR Tour of New York’s Famous Festive Store Windows

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There are very few places more spectacular than New York City during the holidays. The post Google Debuts VR Tour of New York’s Famous Festive Store Windows appeared first on VRScout. Take a virtual stroll past festive window displays and get swept up in all the holiday goodness. Don’t have a headset?

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VR Quiz Game ‘Go Guess’ Uses Google 360 Captures to Make You Guess Where You Are

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Go Guess (2018) is a new interactive VR quiz game from developers Oblix that tosses you into Google 360 captures and makes you to guess where you are. Google opened up its treasure trove of 360 Street View captures to developers late last year, although there was a proviso for developing apps and games with the data: it had to be free.

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Social VR Platform ‘vTime’ Gets Preliminary Video Support in New Theater Update

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Social VR/AR platform vTime released a new update today that includes a few theater spaces where you can chat with friends and watch select sports programming on big screen TVs. Programming is admittedly thin at the moment, which only includes select clips from Manchester City Football Club matches.

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Within Releases First In A Series Of CNNVR News Documentaries

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Meanwhile, Extreme Rescues with the NYPD, available June 6th, will take users on a helicopter tour through the New York City skyline to experience what it’s like to track the NYPD Emergency Service Unit from the perspective of a police chopper.

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The 2017 Lumiere Awards: Google and Dear Angelica Win Big

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Google Earth VR. presented Google Earth VR with the Century Award for VR in service of environmental enrichment. Google Earth VR turns much of the world into a digital playground that you can fly or teleport around in immersive 3D space. Longtime Hollywood environmental activist, Ed Begley Jr. Ghostbusters . Dear Angelica.

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Google Will Unveil the Pixel 7 on Oct. 6 in New York City

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Not to be forgotten in the maelstrom of the Apple event news, Google has officially announced the next Made By Google launch event. Google will stream it for those who plan to follow along at home. The event is happening Thursday, Oct. 6 at 7 a.m. PT / 10 a.m. ET in Brooklyn, NY. Read more.