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What it’s like to View XR Through Varjo, the World’s First Human-Eye Resolution Headset

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Last Monday, I walked three blocks uphill on Mason St in San Francisco to the Fairmont Hotel to demo a stealth product that had been touted to me as one of the biggest advancements in XR tech this side of Magic Leap.

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Austin’s Rapidly Growing VR Community

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The same rings true for Owlchemy Labs, the award winning studio behind Job Simulator and Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality. After scoring a partnership with Microsoft, they’ve talked at length about relocating to San Francisco. In May 2017, Owlchemy Labs was acquired by Google.

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2024 Spring VR Gaming News Review: Flat2VR, Laser Dance, Batman & Alien

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UploadVR Henry Stockdale Before flying out to San Francisco, Don hopped in the Dune Ornithopter and flew over Arrakis trying to complete rescue missions in Microsoft Flight Simulator. Unfortunately, he failed to complete the grueling final mission and the desert takes the weak.

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Hands-on: Oculus’ Wireless ‘Santa Cruz’ Prototype Makes Standalone Room-scale Tracking a Reality

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So I was a little confused upon entering the second door to find a brightly lit, carpeted, and perfectly kept living room that looked like something out of a swanky San Francisco apartment. Up to this point I hadn’t even been told what I was about to see.

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Best VR Hardware Of E3 2017

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Microsoft didn’t even mention VR at all during the reveal of the Xbox One X even though executives have suggested the system will still support it. The simulation took place in DCS World, a grueling simulation experience, so the chopper flew realistically and responded to even the most subtle movements.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

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Makers of Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality and Job Simulator (which earned $3M in sales), it seems like Owlchemy will continue releasing the slate of original games already in their pipeline and will be able to distribute that content on platforms other than Google’s Daydream. San Francisco-based Vivid Vision has raised a $2.2M

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

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Researchers at the National University of Singapore first showed us how face electrodes can simulate food in virtual reality– and now they are bringing wind and heat to your virtual world. It’s too bad this just exists in a lab and we can’t play with it.