VRScout

MARCH 28, 2017

The New Zealand Fire Service has burned down an abandoned home to create a virtual reality experience called Escape My House , hoping VR immersion will help prepare homeowners for the worst. Image Credit: Murray Wilson / New Zealand Fire Service. You can learn more about the experience by clicking here.

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GizModo VR

DECEMBER 9, 2021

The government of New Zealand is preparing to ban cigarette smoking forever by anyone born after 2008, according to a new report from the news outlet Stuff.

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GizModo VR

AUGUST 7, 2020

State Department issued a new travel warning for New Zealand this week, warning Americans to exercise “increased caution” because the country poses a “health risk” due to the covid-19 pandemic. In reality, New Zealand hasn’t had community spread of the coronavirus in months and has just 23 active cases of the… Read more.

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GizModo VR

JUNE 29, 2022

Starting in 2024, Air New Zealand is going to test your loyalty with a slew of upgrades, including the world’s first lay flat beds available to economy class passengers looking to fly comfortably without blowing the budget. Do you have a specific airline you prefer to fly and will go out of your way to take? Read more.

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Mashable VR

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

New Zealand's parliament has officially banned conversion therapy , in a near-unanimous vote that has been described as "a win for humanity." This bill garnered more public input than other other in New Zealand's history, with the government receiving 107,000 public submissions on the piece of legislation.

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GizModo VR

OCTOBER 13, 2020

A conservation group has tracked a migration for the ages, in which a male bar-tailed godwit flew from Alaska to New Zealand without taking a single break. Read more.

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GizModo VR

AUGUST 25, 2021

Health officials in New Zealand said they’re still pursuing a covid-19 strategy of complete elimination, including the use of aggressive lockdowns, despite the rise in cases over the past few days. And it’s driving right-wingers around the world absolutely nuts. Read more.

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GizModo VR

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

In New Zealand, a growing sea lion population is getting comfortable in unexpected places, including along hiking trails and in at least one public swimming pool. The comeback of this endangered species has meant more dangerous interactions between sea lions and humans, conservationists say. Read more.

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GizModo VR

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Since 1998, UK-born Ian Brackenbury has been paid a solid $16,000 NZD (roughly 11,300 USD) per year to be the official wizard for the city of Christchurch in New Zealand. Now after slightly more than two decades on the city’s payroll, authorities are officially cutting ties with Brackenbury in an attempt to modernize… Read more.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Launching in France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Portugal, UK, Australia, and New Zealand on September 26th , HeroCade offers and interesting mix of genres, recalling memories of the old PlayStation demo discs from the PS1 era. image courtesy Lucid Sight. Turkey Hunt (shooting gallery). 405 Road Rage (driving experience).

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GizModo VR

OCTOBER 29, 2021

New Zealanders are up in arms over a bat’s inclusion in this year’s Bird of the Year competition , a contest that ostensibly exists to crown a bird. Alas, it seems a bat has stolen the hearts of locals this time around. Read more.

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GizModo VR

AUGUST 17, 2021

The government of New Zealand announced Tuesday the entire country will go into lockdown after the first mystery case of covid-19 since February was detected in the city of Auckland. The whole country will go into lockdown for at least three days, with the cities of Auckland and Coromandel locking down for seven days. Read more.

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GizModo VR

JULY 4, 2020

New Zealand is handling covid-19 better than most, with ongoing cases in the country down to a handful. That makes it a promising place to resume production on all those TV shows and movies we love, and the country has recently authorized a handful of productions to resume or begin inside the country’s borders. Read more.

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ARPost

JULY 22, 2019

The New Zealand Ministry of Education has recently taken this philosophy one step further to reach tech-savvy youths. Fans of comic books and graphic novels believe that this medium is a way to get children interested in reading. The medium relies on text but also uses lots of images.

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AUGray

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

Australia and New Zealand are considered to be heaven on earth for people on the other side of the world. Now that we’ve covered one major aspect of Australia and New Zealand, let us see another. Tourism: In 2018 and 2019, over 9 million visitors visited Australia and New Zealand every year.

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VRScout

MARCH 22, 2022

The game, Air New Zealand Fact or Fantasy? , had me and several other players traveling throughout a virtual rendition of New Zealand while an adorable kiwi tested our knowledge of the beautiful two-island nation. We had the chance to go hands-on with the one-of-kind system during Magic Leap’s inaugural L.E.A.P.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Horizon Worlds- supported regions still waiting for Meta Credits include Australia, New Zealand, most of Europe, and many countries in East Asia. Similar to how Meta rolled out Horizon Worlds itself, the company is keeping a short leash on Meta Credits; they’re only available to users in the US, UK, and Canada for now.

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Road to VR

JUNE 25, 2024

.” This includes access for users 13+ across the following Quest-supported regions: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

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EON Reality

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

As one of the top technological advisory firms in the area, the Melbourne-based company will now serve as EON Reality’s primary distributor for AVR development and education in Australia and New Zealand. We make other businesses better. www.accuteque.com. ###.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JULY 19, 2022

In April this year, augmented reality (AR) giants and creators of the popular Pokemon Go application, Niantic Labs, acquired New Zealand-based immersive experience developers NZXR. The New Zealand-based firm created the AR content creation platform StoryXR through Qualcomm’s SpaceDragon Spaces platform.

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GizModo VR

JUNE 14, 2022

On a peninsula toward the northernmost tip of New Zealand’s North Island lies Ninety Mile Beach. Usually, the (actually 55-mile) expanse of sand and surf is a popular site for fishing, tourists, and recreation. In recent weeks, however, the beach has become a site of tragedy. Read more.

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GizModo VR

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Marine biologists working near New Zealand’s South Island have stumbled upon a newly hatched baby ghost shark—an elusive and peculiar fish that lives in the dark deep ocean. Read more.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

The company states that it’s already collaborated with a variety of private brands on a number of original experiences, including brewers such as Paulaner in Germany, and smaller ones in Hawaii, Philadelphia, New Jersey, North Carolina, New Zealand, and Australia. appeared first on VRScout.

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GizModo VR

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Volcanoes can kill you in many different ways. Are you on their slopes? A volcanic avalanche of superheated ash and gas or a sneaky lava flow would do it. Far across the bay? A tsunami caused by a collapsing flank will be delivered to your door. On the other side of the planet? The aerosols jettisoned into the… Read more.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The headset will be available to select businesses in Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. According to reports , the Pico 4 Enterprise will be availabe for pre-order on November 1st for €899 ($900 USD) with plans to begin shipping in December. For more infromation visit picoxr.com. Image Credit: Pico.

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Road to VR

MAY 13, 2024

The company calls its new scheme the “Trial Payment, Final Payment” model, as outlined in a recent announcement , making it available first in select regions including the US, Canada, EU, UK, Australia, and New Zealand. The new payment model is slated to go into effect on its website sometime this week.

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GizModo VR

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Brenton Tarrant, the anti-Muslim terrorist who killed 51 people during two attacks in Christchurch, New Zealand in 2019 , abused steroids and donated money to far-right websites and YouTube personalities like Stefan Molyneux, according to a new report released by the New Zealand government.

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GizModo VR

MARCH 29, 2022

Currency has been a form of artistic expression as long as currency has been a thing. Countries use it to highlight their culture, significant historical figures , and important milestones—but why stop there? Capitalism and currency go hand in hand, and while many countries have found a lucrative revenue stream through… Read more.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

In addition to taking preorders from customers in the US, UK, most of Europe, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Japan, the company is also set to expand preorders to Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Estonia, Hungary, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia.

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Road to VR

APRIL 16, 2021

Created by New Zealand studios Oddboy and M Theory , Wanderer is coming to all major VR headsets sometime later this year. Wanderer is an upcoming VR adventure game inspired by Quantum Leap (1989) and Dark (2017) that lets you travel back through history to prevent the collapse of civilization.

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Slashgear

MAY 20, 2022

Australia, and New Zealand have done the same. Canada is set to ban both Huawei and ZTE 5G network equipment in the near future after the U.S.,

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Digital Trends

JUNE 28, 2022

Air New Zealand has confirmed it will be launching its first Skynest sleep pods with the new Dreamliner jets joining its fleet in 2024.

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GizModo VR

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Tonga, an island nation roughly 3,100 miles southwest of Hawaii, reported its first case of covid-19 since the pandemic began, according to New Zealand’s Stuff news outlet. The covid-positive person arrived on a flight from New Zealand and is reportedly in hotel quarantine, hopefully ensuring the disease doesn’t… Read more.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

At the time of this writing, Meta officially supports the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan and most countries in Europe. As reported by Chinese language publication 36Kr , WeChat developer Tencent is set to promote Meta Quest 2 in mainland China.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 1, 2021

In a talk at an Auckland, New Zealand area high school back in May, Valve co-founder Gabe Newell revealed they’re making “big investments in new headsets and games,” something he hopes will prepare the company for a future of brain-computer interfaces (BCI). .

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Jump to: Australia | Austria | Belgium | Canada | Denmark | Finland | France | Iceland | Ireland | Italy | Japan | Netherlands | New Zealand | Norway | Poland | South Korea | Spain | Sweden | Switzerland | Taiwan | United Kingdom | United States. Where to Buy Oculus Quest 2 in New Zealand. Komplett.no.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Participating Lenses will begin rolling out over the next few weeks throughout select locations in Australia and New Zealand, according to Engadget. You’ll find them in the Lens Carousel and Lens Explorer on your Snapchat app, available for free on iOS and Android devices.

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