Sandbox VR will open VR spot in Las Vegas, bouncing back from bankruptcy

Sandbox VR laid off all its employees and shut its social VR locations down around the world. But now it’s back, and will open in Las Vegas. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Dean Takahashi

Social VR App ‘Rec Room’ Raises $100M Financing, Estimated at $1.25B Valuation
Rec Room, the social VR platform, announced it has secured a $100 million financing round, bringing the company’s valuation to $1.25 billion. This makes it one of the most valuable VR companies outside of platform holders Facebook, Valve, and HTC. Speaking to the Wall Street Journal, Rec Room reveals its largest round to date was […]

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Facebook Gives Sneak Peek of New Avatar System for Quest, Watch It Here
At the all-digital version of SXSW 2021 today, Facebook’s Mark Rabkin, VP of Oculus, showed off an upcoming new version of its avatar system on Quest. In his chat with CNET’s Scott Stein, called The Quest Effect: Inside VR’s Next Chapter, Rabkin revealed the company’s next avatar system. It’s slated to arrive first on its […]

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Road to VR & Scott Hayden

‘The Museum of Other Realities’ Free to Visit for The Next 2 Weeks
The Museum of Other Realities (MOR), the immersive multiplayer art museum for virtual reality, is temporarily open to the public for free in celebration of select British XR artists, who are presenting their works via a special showcase called The Immersive Arcade. The Immersive Arcade: The Showcase is being hosted on MOR, which is free to download on Steam from […]

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Road to VR & Scott Hayden

‘Rec Room’ Plus Members Can Now Exchange In-game Tokens for Real Cash
Rec Room wants to create a functional digital economy which would let creators generate content for the social VR app and sell it to others for cash. The studio took a big step late last year by allowing its premium members to to sell their creations for in-game tokens. Now those users can exchange their hard-earned […]

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Road to VR & Scott Hayden

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Insert Coin: Bigscreen zeigt neue Videospiel-Doku gratis

Bigscreen zeigt die vor kurzem erschienene Videospiel-Doku Insert Coin eine Woche lang gratis. MIXED | News zu VR, AR und KI & Tomislav Bezmalinovic

How to Watch the Super Bowl in VR With Friends for Free
Due to the ongoing pandemic, this year’s Super Bowl is set to be very different. If you have a VR headset though, you can still host that Super Bowl Sunday party with your buddies while staying safe at home. Here’s how you can watch the Super Bowl in VR for free with with your friends […]

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Road to VR & Ben Lang

Mozilla Hubs erscheint in neuem Design

Mozilla spendiert der Social-3D-Welt Hubs ein Redesign, das insbesondere Nutzern ohne VR-Brille hilft. MIXED | News zu VR, AR und KI & Matthias Bastian

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VR-Brille Mova & Manova World Betatest: Ersteindruck – Technische Daten, Avatar & Bedienung

Start-up XRSPACE will seine Social-VR-Welt Manova mit eigener VR-Brille auf den Markt bringen. Im Betatest schauen wir erstmals genauer hin. MIXED | News zu VR, AR und KI & Benjamin Danneberg

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Bigscreen: VR-App bietet jetzt kostenlose Filme

Bigscreen erweitert Schlag auf Schlag sein multimediales Angebot. Das neueste Feature sind kostenlose Filme. MIXED | News zu VR, AR und KI & Tomislav Bezmalinovic