VRScout

AUGUST 13, 2016

Weekend Downloads is part of our weekly update to bring you the latest additions to the Samsung Gear VR and Oculus Rift. This Week’s New Gear VR and Oculus Rift Content (8/13/16). Mountain Goat Mountain (FREE – Oculus Rift ). Experience flying on Pete’s dragon in this new VR/360 video experience!

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Created by Peter Monga, a New Zealand-based indie dev, Morgan Lives in a Rocket House in VR is the first VR episode in the series. image courtesy Oculus. Samsung and Oculus have a 13+ age rating for both Gear VR and Rift, and Sony maintains the PSVR “is not for use by children under age 12.”

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Road to VR

MARCH 18, 2018

Cheery old Hobbiton, although maintained as a tourist destination today at a family run farm five miles west of Hinuera, New Zealand, isn’t a ‘real’ place either. Just the same, New Zealand’s Tourism Board continues to capitalize on the success of Peter Jackson’s film adaptations of J.R.R.

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VRWorld

SEPTEMBER 10, 2017

This experience brings people, via an Oculus Rift headset, to the birthplace of Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc in New Zealand. A “virtual vineyard” wine tasting experience was created by Fourth Reality, using two Samsung GearVR’s that transport you to a beautiful sunny vineyard.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 28, 2020

In the ongoing search to further improve headset comfort for long VR sessions, I found this Apache DAS head strap from New Zealand company Studioform Creative which was advertised as being compatible with the Index. Studioform Creative VR Apache DAS head strap. Image by Immersive Computing).

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 27, 2019

But now, it is the turn of some cool AR and VR news…. Top news of the week. Image by Oculus). Oculus Quest may have sold only 400,000 units. The latest report on virtual reality by SuperData doesn’t offer us great news on the VR landscape. The two lucky countries are New Zealand and Iceland.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 4, 2016

The idea is that, as soon as we identified VR was coming — this was before the Oculus acquisition by Facebook — it was clear that one part of VR would be computer-generated experiences, games being the major example. You’re flying over New Zealand. We started seeing the first Oculus and HTC headsets this year.

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