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All-Female VR Film ‘Baba Yaga’ Adds Glenn Close, Jennifer Hudson, Kate Winslet

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Baba Yaga will make its world premiere September 2nd – 12th as part of the 2020 International Venice Film Festival before launching later this year exclusively on Oculus Quest. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s festivities will be conducted online thanks to new partnerships with Oculus, HTC Vive, and VRChat.

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COVID-19 VR Training With Virus-Free Headsets

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The curriculum content and scenarios have been supplied by the University of Portland School of Nursing. So far Shift has developed training for the Oculus Quest on the donning and doffing of personal protective equipment, proper hand hygiene, contamination in a COVID-19 ward and hospital setting.

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Facebook Purchases Echo VR Developer Ready At Dawn

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Oculus Studios announces yet another addition to their team of veteran developers. In an official Oculus blog post published earlier today, the company revealed its acquisition of Ready at Dawn Studios , the team behind hit VR titles including Lone Echo , Echo Arena , and Echo Combat.

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Spatial Beats: Apple, Magic Leap & Oculus

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This week, we look at Apple’s moves across the spatial spectrum, Magic Leap 2, And Oculus Quest game sales among other items. It is available in cities like Seattle, Chicago, Tokyo, London, and most recently, San Diego and Portland. It is coming soon to the Oculus store. W elcome back to Spatial Beats.

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‘The Wild’ Is A Platform For Collaborative 3D Design In VR & AR

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According to Shaan Hurley, a 21 year veteran of design at Autodesk; 3D spatialization software similar to The Wild is what helped the company refurbish the Towne Storage building in Southeast Portland earlier this year. Image Credit: The Wild.

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Sweetarts Brings Chewy Sours VR Game to Vidcon

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In January, the Portland-based experiential agency was a HTC Vive tracker launch partner, debuting their physical camera that could capture virtual photos. SlimeZone VR let attendees jump into one of six networked Oculus Rift headsets and enter a world of slime blasters and dance parties.

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Virus-Free Virtual Training for Healthcare Workers

Tech Trends VR

The curriculum content and scenarios have been supplied by the University of Portland School of Nursing. So far Shift has developed training for the Oculus Quest on the donning and doffing of personal protective equipment, proper hand hygiene, contamination in a COVID-19 ward and hospital setting.