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NEPA to Host Echo Arena LAN Event to Support Special Olympics

3 years ago
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NEPA to Host Echo Arena LAN Event to Support Special Olympics

National Esport Professional Association announces a charity cup to raise awareness and funds for the Special Olympics. Featuring Ready At Dawn’s Echo Arena, the LAN sporting event will be held at Busch Stadium’s Redbird Club in St. Louis on March 18-20, 2022 and will continue to blaze a trail for professional competitive VR esports and raise awareness of VR platform’s inclusivity for athletes.

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Lynx R-1 Mixed Reality Standalone Comes to Kickstarter Today, Starting at Around $600

3 years ago
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French startup Lynx today launched the long-awaited Kickstarter campaign for Lynx R-1, a standalone headset capable of both VR and passthrough AR. It’s looking to grab some eyeballs too with more of a consumer-focused price, starting at $615 (€530). Lynx R-1 features the same Qualcomm XR2 chipset as Oculus Quest 2 and HTC Vive Focus 3, and […]

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‘Jurassic World Aftermath’ Review (Part 1 & 2) – Cretaceous Cat & Mouse with Standout Style

3 years ago
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Jurassic World Aftermath unabashedly hijacks the hide-and-seek gameplay of Alien Isolation (2014) while bringing it to VR with a Jurassic Park context and a unique and well executed visual style. With Part 2 now released as paid DLC, the game finally offers a complete narrative and gameplay arc. Jurassic World Aftermath Details: Available On: Oculus Quest Release Date: Part […]

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HTC Likely Announcing a New Standalone Vive Headset Next Week

3 years ago
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HTC recently said that it will host an online Vive event next week, but has only teased minimal hints about what it plans to announce. Regulatory filings spotted by Road to VR suggest a new standalone HTC Vive headset will be revealed. It’s been less than five months since HTC launched its most recent VR headsets—the […]

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Russian Soyuz Trio Meets Expedition 65 Crew

3 years ago
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The hatches between the International Space Station and the newly arrived Soyuz spacecraft officially opened at 11 a.m. EDT. The arrival of three new crew members to the existing seven people already aboard for Expedition 65 temporarily increases the station’s population to 10. This is the fourth flight into space for Roscosmos cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov. …
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Russian Soyuz Crew Docks to Station, Hatches Open Soon

3 years ago
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The Soyuz spacecraft carrying Roscosmos cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, actress Yulia Peresild and producer Klim Shipenko docked to the International Space Station at 8:22 a.m. EDT while both spacecraft were flying about 260 miles above Earth to the north of the Philippine islands. When the hatches between the two spacecraft are opened following standard pressurization and …
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Russian Trio in Orbit Racing to Station This Morning

3 years ago
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Nearly nine minutes after a successful launch at 4:55 a.m. EDT of the Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft, Roscosmos cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, actress Yulia Peresild and producer Klim Shipenko safely reached orbit. They have begun a two-orbit, three-hour flight to reach the International Space Station and join the Expedition 65 crew. At the time of launch, the …
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Russian Soyuz Crew Launching to Station Today Live on NASA TV

3 years ago
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Live launch coverage is underway on NASA Television, the agency’s website, and the NASA app for the targeted lift off at 4:55 a.m. EDT (1:55 p.m. Baikonur time). Roscosmos cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, actress Yulia Peresild and producer Klim Shipenko will the launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to the International Space Station, where they …
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Big XR News Stories from VRARA, STYLY, Facebook, TRIPP, and CREAL

3 years ago
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XR Today explored massive updates in the extended reality (XR) market, which covered numerous topics from virtual, augmented, and mixed reality (VR/AR/MR) tech companies. Last week’s VR/AR Association Global Summit for Europe offered endless topics of focus for the global XR industry and featured top executives, thought leaders, and organisations from across Europe and North […]
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Nreal Air Smart Glasses to Hit Asian Markets

3 years ago
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Chinese augmented reality (AR) manufacturer of smartglasses Nreal unveiled in late September its ‘Nreal Air‘ media-focused AR smartglasses. The consumer-level wearables will launch in China, Japan, and South Korea in December and will hit global markets in the first quarter of 2022. Media-Focused Augmented Reality Nreal Air does not incorporate typical AR technologies such as […]