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CCP to Shelve VR as It Shutters Atlanta Office, Sells Branch Behind ‘EVE: Valkryie’ in Newcastle

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According to a report by Icelandic publication MBL , CCP is shelving virtual reality as it closes its Atlanta location and sells its Newcastle office, two important VR branches that produced Sparc (2017) and EVE: Valkyrie (2016). The Atlanta studio was best known for Sparc , the PSVR sports game that launched in August.

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Björk Launches Traveling VR Exhibition

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The Icelandic music icon is taking her VR album on tour, starting in Sydney. Björk has always been an early adopter when it comes to immersive technology, having released her “Stonemilker” video from last year’s album Vulnicura as a VR app along with an installation at New York’s Museum of Modern Art PS1.

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Audi Dealers Will Soon Sell Cars Using Virtual Reality

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Some settings include Iceland, Paris — and even the moon. This is where Audi says you’ll be able to toggle between a number of diverse VR environments like showing the car in Paris, Cannes, Iceland and the moon. Technologies for portraying virtual cars have been in use at Audi since 2012.

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After 6 Years in Person & 3 Remote, Why is Meta Connect Still Not Held in VR?

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Oculus Connect. Pandemic notwithstanding, they all had one important thing in common: none of the conferences used the company’s core XR technology to virtually connect people. Facebook Connect. Meta Connect. Why is that? Starting in 2020, Connect was exclusively livestreamed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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The Ghost Howls’s VR Week Peek (2019.10.27): Quest sales are not taking off, Minecraft Earth launches in Early Access and much more!

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Image by Oculus). Oculus Quest may have sold only 400,000 units. It seems that according to it, Oculus Quest , considered by many the first VR headset that can become mainstream, has sold only 180,000 units in Q3 of this year, for a total number of 400,000 units sold since launch. Oculus starts its Halloween sale.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

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THE FAMOUS ICELANDIC ECCENTRIC EMBRACES VR. That fabulously weird genius known as Björk continues her lifetime exploration of technology, art, and music with Björk Digital. Bitmovin’s technology is called adaptive streaming; it gauges the user’s device and internet connection and intelligently adjusts the video quality in response.

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The Quest for VR Immersion with Hrafn Thorisson (Haptics Club #8)

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link] Aldin Dynamics is an Icelandic VR software company founded in early 2013, focused on creating believable virtual reality experiences and technologies to sustain presence and immersion. When Oculus came along, it was the perfect timing and the “spark” for him and his co-founder to dive into the world of virtual reality (VR).

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