Facebook's virtual reality unit Oculus shutters film studio

EghtesadOnline: Facebook Inc's virtual reality content production unit, Oculus' Story Studio, is shuttering its doors to shift focus on supporting external content makers, the company said on Thursday, two years after the in-house studio launched.

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Publish Date:05/May/2017 | 06:20

Betting the technology will become mainstream in the coming years, big brands and startups alike are starting to dabble with VR advertisements.

Assassin's Creed Tests a New Marketing Ploy: Virtual Reality

EghtesadOnline: Assassin's Creed, the movie version of the popular role-playing game that opens in the U.S. on Dec. 21, is being promoted with typical Hollywood bombast: trailers, posters, interviews with star Michael Fassbender.

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Publish Date:17/December/2016 | 07:08

Google Reportedly Working on Headset That Mixes Augmented & Virtual Reality

EghtesadOnline: Even though Google reportedly scrapped plans for an Oculus Rift competitor, Engadget reports that it's still working on a high-end standalone headset — one that mixes features of augmented reality and virtual reality.

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Publish Date:18/July/2016 | 14:06

Virtual Reality Hits the Gym

EghtesadOnline: Johannes Scholl is betting virtual reality can keep people excited about working out.

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Publish Date:26/April/2017 | 05:05

Facebook's Zuckerberg questioned at trial over virtual-reality technology

EghtesadOnline: Facebook Inc chief executive Mark Zuckerberg took the witness stand in Dallas federal court on Tuesday and denied an allegation by a rival company that the virtual-reality technology of Facebook's Oculus unit was stolen.

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Publish Date:18/January/2017 | 05:28

Google pushes virtual reality harder with new phones from partners

EghtesadOnline: Alphabet Inc's Google quickened the pace of its push into virtual and augmented reality this week as its hardware partners announced new devices featuring the company’s technology at the CES electronics show in Las Vegas.

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Publish Date:07/January/2017 | 15:27

29-Year-Old Gamer Leaves Sony Behind to Bring Eye-Tracking to Virtual Reality

EghtesadOnline: Virtual reality is on the cusp of becoming mainstream, but one startup in Japan is betting the technology won't really succeed unless it cracks one critical piece of the puzzle: human eyeballs.

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Publish Date:28/September/2016 | 08:01

Hospitals Try Giving Patients a Dose of VR

EghtesadOnline: With the price of hardware falling, VR equipment has become a more affordable option for doctors.

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Publish Date:30/August/2016 | 11:40

The Man Who Created LeapPad Wants To Turn Your Eyes into a Mouse

EghtesadOnline: Jim Marggraff's Eyefluence built technology that knows where people are looking and lets them manipulate objects. Proponents say it could help popularize virtual reality.

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Publish Date:28/August/2016 | 09:07

Genders of virtual teachers can change to suit cultural norms of the classroom

Virtual Reality Classrooms Another Way Chinese Kids Gain an Edge

EghtesadOnline: Deep within a building shaped like the Starship Enterprise, a little-known Chinese company is working on the future of education.

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Publish Date:10/August/2016 | 10:48