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Why Disney World's new 3D 'Avatar' attraction is the greatest ride I've ever...
The INSIDER Summary:Disney's new "Pandora" land features a 3D thrill ride called "Flight of Passage."The ride is the pinnacle of Disney's ability to wow and entertain parkgoers.Stunning visuals and...
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Nvidia plunges after a week of big gains (NVDA)
Nvidia is quickly erasing its huge gains from earlier in the week.At the beginning of trading Friday, there was no reason to believe that Nvidia would do anything other than continue to go through the...
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'Doom' is getting a VR game
The long-running "Doom" series is getting a brand new entry in "Doom VFR," a new virtual reality game for the HTC Vive and PlayStation VR headsets. The new game is being developed by id Software, the...
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One of the best games of the last decade is coming to PlayStation 4's VR headset
One of the best games of the past 10 years, "Skyrim," is coming to the PlayStation 4 VR headset. It's the same "Skryim" you already know and love, but now you can play the game entirely from within...
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'Mario Kart' is coming to virtual reality — check it out
One of Nintendo's most popular properties is speeding towards a full-fledged virtual reality experience. Bandai Namco has announced that their flagship virtual reality arcade, VR Zone Shinjuki, will...
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Neil deGrasse Tyson is creating a ‘Space Odyssey’ video game that's...
Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson is making a video game about space exploration.Or trying to, anyway — the Kickstarter for the project went live on June 13 and runs through July 29. At the time of...
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Lockheed is revealing the potential for virtual reality in the enterprise (LMT)
This story was delivered to BI Intelligence Apps and Platforms Briefing subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here.While a lot of the initial buzz around virtual reality (VR) and...
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Facebook is still fighting a $500 million lawsuit over the fate of its...
Facebook is still fighting a $500 million lawsuit that seeks to ban sales of its Oculus Rift virtual reality headset.Facebook was ordered by a jury in February to pay game maker ZeniMax damages for a...
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Google is trying to get people into virtual reality by chopping it in half...
For all the wild hype around virtual reality (VR) right now, it still isn't widely used by ordinary people. The headsets are expensive, the tech is daunting, and there isn't really much must-see...
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Apple's latest acquisition could be a major step towards making virtual...
Apple has quietly acquired a German company, SensoMotoric Instruments, which can track people's eye movements.It isn't clear how much Apple paid, but the company certainly tried to keep the acquisition...
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Virtual reality gets smelly thanks to this Japanese startup
The smell of freshly baked cookies or cut grass can elicit strong memories. A Japanese startup is using that insight to try to make virtual reality an even more immersive experience.Tokyo based Vaqso...
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Apple's latest acquisition to further its VR push should enhance the 'Apple...
This story was delivered to BI Intelligence Apps and Platforms Briefing subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here.Apple has likely acquired SensoMotoric, a German computer vision...
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Chinese smartphone giant Xiaomi has a deal with Nokia to 'explore' artificial...
Chinese smartphone giant Xiaomi is putting more money into artificial intelligence (AI) and virtual reality.The company has signed a deal with Nokia that allows the two companies to use each other's...
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Facebook is slashing the price of its VR headset again (FB)
Facebook is once again cutting the price of its high-end Oculus Rift virtual reality headset amidst heated competition from HTC, Sony, and others.For the next six weeks, Facebook-owned Oculus VR is...
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You have to see 'Mario Kart' in VR, which is a real thing that you can play
What's more fun than playing a round of "Mario Kart" with friends? Literally inhabiting the body of Super Mario, obviously, and throwing green shells with your actual hands!That's the goal with "Mario...
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Facebook is reportedly planning a much cheaper VR headset for 2018 (FB)
Facebook-owned Oculus VR plans to release a much cheaper virtual-reality headset priced at roughly $200 in 2018, according to a new report from Bloomberg.Unlike the high-end Oculus Rift headset that's...
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Facebook's latest effort to bring VR to the masses (FB)
This story was delivered to BI Intelligence Apps and Platforms Briefing subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here.Facebook is preparing to unveil a new and affordable stand-alone...
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Walmart wants to be on the cutting edge of VR (WMT)
This story was delivered to BI Intelligence "E-Commerce Briefing" subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here.Walmart’s technology incubator, Store No. 8, has announced a competition...
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A top Facebook exec explains why it must spend $500 million on video games to...
Over the next decade, Mark Zuckerberg wants virtual reality to permeate every facet of our lives — replacing the TV, the PC, and maybe even the smartphone as the primary way we interact with the...
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The AR industry is exploding thanks to Microsoft, Facebook and Apple (MSFT,...
This story was delivered to BI Intelligence Apps and Platforms Briefing subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here.The number of companies focused on developing augmented reality (AR)...
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