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Black Hat Oculus Kickstarter Intends To Bring Stealth Indie Coop To Oculus Rift
This voxel stealth 2 player game allows you to play the muscle, or the hacker helping him from the sidelines.
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DSOA to Highlight Wearable Technology at 16th TechForum - Zawya
Dubai-UAE: 14 September 2014 Dubai Silicon Oasis (DSO), the integrated free zone technology park, is set to host its 16th TechForum focusing on wearable technology and its social and commercial implications for the GCC region. The platform will also
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Lifelong virtual assistants will know your most intimate secrets
Virtual assistants will eventually play such an important role in our lives that they will be written into our wills, according to Chris Brauer, co-director of CAST at Goldsmiths, University of London.
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The Future of Travel Has Arrived: Virtual-Reality Beach Vacations
But part of the promise of VR has always been what it means outside of gaming and entertainment. Now, with the Teleporter, Marriott Hotels is trying to be the first to show the world…well, the world.
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Sony's Oculus Rift competitor Project Morpheus is 85% complete
We're getting closer and closer to a consumer version of virtual reality.
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Oculus Rift DK2 - My Dad Tries the Rift!
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Rumor: Oculus Will Unveil A Handheld Virtual Reality Controller At Its Conference | TechCrunch
Oculus' headset lets you look around virtual reality but requires integrations with unofficial controllers to move an avatar, fire weapons, or input other..
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Fear of Flying? You Could Soon Wear a Virtual Reality Helmet to Calm Your Nerves
People have tried just about everything to overcome their fear of flying — sleep medicine, soothing music, a tablet full of Breaking Bad episodes — but they likely haven’t considered virtual reality. The airplane manufacturer has patented a special type of VR helmet that would allow paranoid plane passengers to slip into a happy place for a few hours. According to Airbus’ USPTO patent, the proposed VR helmets are built to provide “sensorial isolation” for fliers.
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NVIDIA Geforce GTX 980 + GTX 970: Beyond The Hardware Specs
After leaking for a number of weeks, the NVIDIA new desktop GPUs have made it to the official list: the Geforce GTX 970 and GeForce GTX 980 cards are...
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Oculus Connect Attendees Have to Sign a Motion Sickness Waiver
"If you are susceptible to motion sickness, please advise the attendant or developer before participating."
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New Oculus Rift 'Crescent Bay' prototype packs integrated audio and 360-degree tracking
At this weekend's Oculus Connect conference in Los Angeles, CA the virtual reality company announced the new Crescent Bay prototype.
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Oculus' new prototype is where VR should be right now
ou can finally walk around in virtual reality. Oculus still doesn't want you to walk around. But it will let you. And that's a big deal. The latest version of the Oculus Rift is a prototype called Crescent Bay, following the naming convention of Crystal Cove, the prototype it announced at CES 2014.
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I Tried The New Oculus Rift, And It Blew Me Away All Over Again
I've tried practically every version of the Oculus Rift VR headset, from some of the original duct-taped prototypes through to the latest DK2 developer kit and the Samsung Gear VR. Nothing I've seen prepared me for the new Crescent Bay demo. I just tried one of the best games I've never played. I want more.
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Tactile touchless feedback will let you reach out and feel virtual worlds
The ability to reach out and touch an object in virtual reality, feeling its texture as you run your hand across its virtual surface, could soon be a reality.
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VR Phobia Treatment Software PHOBOS Launches Crowd-Funding Campaign - VR Focus
VRFocus reports on the launch of a crowd-funding campaign for PsyTech LLC's PHOBOS, a new phobia treatment software using virtual reality.
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How Palmer Luckey Created Oculus Rift
The young visionary dreamed up a homemade headset that may transform everything from gaming to medical treatment to engineering—and beyond
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Google leads $542 million funding of mysterious augmented reality firm Magic Leap
Google is leading a huge $542 million round of funding for the secretive startup Magic Leap, which is said to be working on augmented reality glasses that can create digital objects that appear to exist in the world around you. Though little is known about what Magic Leap is working on, Google is placing a big bet on it: in addition to the funding, Android and Chrome leader Sundar Pichai will join Magic Leap's board, as will Google's corporate development vice-president Don Harrison...
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You Can Now Watch A Full Movie On Oculus Rift
How does the Zachary Quinto-produced horror movie Banshee Chapter look on the much-discussed VR device?
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Oculus warns Sony to solve motion sickness before launching a VR headset
The chief executive of Facebook-owned virtual reality firm Oculus VR has warned rival Sony not to launch a VR headset until it has solved problems of motion sickness.
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Virtual reality movies are coming—and they’re going to be crazy
LOS ANGELES—Virtual reality is going through a renaissance, and Hollywood is taking notice. In Los Angeles, the entertainment industry is starting to try out the technology—led by Facebook’s Oculus VR, Sony, Google, and Samsung—and is beginning to create VR content. One such company, New Deal Studios, has spent the past few months making several 360-degree short-length films that...