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And then I tried The NewYork Times 360 News reporting on my phone and they both were great, amazing, cool, and so I said, this is something I want to be a part of. It’s also we generally put that out there as a free download on the Windows Mixed Reality store and Oculus as well as VIVE. Steve: It is.
And then I tried The NewYork Times 360 News reporting on my phone and they both were great, amazing, cool, and so I said, this is something I want to be a part of. It’s also we generally put that out there as a free download on the Windows Mixed Reality store and Oculus as well as VIVE. Steve: It is.
Metastage is the first US partner for the Microsoft Mixed Reality Capture Software, and their soundstage is located in Culver City, California. Volumetric capture -- thanks to the Microsoft system, I think -- is finally really ready to be used in a major way in all these projects.
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And then I tried The NewYork Times 360 News reporting on my phone and they both were great, amazing, cool, and so I said, this is something I want to be a part of. It's also we generally put that out there as a free download on the Windows Mixed Reality store and Oculus as well as VIVE. Steve: It is. Alan: Excellent.
Oculus Quest is coming out. The Oculus Quest is a great device that is coming — very polished by Oculus, it will be quite cheap, only $400. There is also the Oculus Go, that is already on the market; it’s just a viewer of 360 content. With the Oculus Quest, we’ll see what kind of services they provide.
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We have Brandon Harper, he’s a designer at Hololens at Microsoft, with an amazing story to tell. You know, Jack McCauley, he was one of the founders of Oculus. And we have some top-notch speakers there, like JoAnn Difede, director of the Virtual Reality Lab in NewYork. We have Jack McCauley, I like that.
And it really cannot be replicated in a vibe or an Oculus Rift or avoid I’m sure spaces is going to do this as well but using haptics and vibration plates and sent machines and spatial audio. They’re out of NewYork, but the founding team recently moved to LA, to just get more closer to the content creators.
And it really cannot be replicated in a vibe or an Oculus Rift or avoid I’m sure spaces is going to do this as well but using haptics and vibration plates and sent machines and spatial audio. They’re out of NewYork, but the founding team recently moved to LA, to just get more closer to the content creators.
Oculus Quest is coming out. The Oculus Quest is a great device that is coming -- very polished by Oculus, it will be quite cheap, only $400. There is also the Oculus Go, that is already on the market; it's just a viewer of 360 content. With the Oculus Quest, we'll see what kind of services they provide.
We have Brandon Harper, he's a designer at Hololens at Microsoft, with an amazing story to tell. You know, Jack McCauley, he was one of the founders of Oculus. And we have some top-notch speakers there, like JoAnn Difede, director of the Virtual Reality Lab in NewYork. We have Jack McCauley, I like that. Benjamin: Yeah.
of content development and strategic partnerships for the worldwide business development for Microsoft Studios. My favorite thing to do was work with all the other hardworking folks in our Seattle office and NewYork office, who were running around doing demos at conferences and events. You can do it with an Oculus Quest.
of content development and strategic partnerships for the worldwide business development for Microsoft Studios. My favorite thing to do was work with all the other hardworking folks in our Seattle office and NewYork office, who were running around doing demos at conferences and events. You can do it with an Oculus Quest.
Oculus Quest is coming out. The Oculus Quest is a great device that is coming — very polished by Oculus, it will be quite cheap, only $400. There is also the Oculus Go, that is already on the market; it’s just a viewer of 360 content. With the Oculus Quest, we’ll see what kind of services they provide.
We have Brandon Harper, he’s a designer at Hololens at Microsoft, with an amazing story to tell. You know, Jack McCauley, he was one of the founders of Oculus. And we have some top-notch speakers there, like JoAnn Difede, director of the Virtual Reality Lab in NewYork. We have Jack McCauley, I like that.
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