We've all heard about or experienced virtual reality (VR) through movies, games, sports simulator and holograms. The difference between VR and rapidly emerging augmented reality (AR) is "with virtual reality you are transported to another world. With augmented reality, a digital twin of the object is overlaid into your existing environment," says Evan Gappelberg, president and CEO of NexTech AR Solutions Corp. (NTAR:CSE; NEXCF:OTCQB), a developer of user-friendly, cost-effective AR...
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Formula 1’s new streaming service, called F1 TV, is already operational in Latin America, ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix, which will take place this weekend. In Mexico, F1 TV’s top tier costs MX$ 169 (USD 8.6) per month or MX$ 1,349 (USD 69) per year (as a promotion).The service is also active in Argentina, Colombia, Chile and Peru, among others. In this case, the prices are announced in dollars: USD 8.99 per month and USD 71.99 per year. According to its website, the F1 TV Pro pack...
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Insomniac Games is getting more ambitious with its virtual reality games. And Stormland, the fourth VR effort from the maker of the smash hit Marvel’s Spider-Man, is looking better with more polish since the last time I saw it.Oculus VR showed off Stormland running on the Oculus Rift S last week at the Game Developers Conference 2019, and today it’s releasing a new trailer for the game. I tried a demo back in September, and it felt like a better game this time. But I did feel a bit w...
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Facebook has open-sourced DeepFocus, an AI powered framework for improving focus on close objects, to help others in the virtual reality (VR) research community. DeepFocus works with advanced prototype headsets, rendering blur in real time and at various focal distances. The core technology behind DeepFocus is a novel end-to-end convolutional neural network that produces an accurate retinal blur as soon as the eye looks at different parts of a scene.In a recent blog post, Facebook research team ...
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PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds developer PUBG Corp. is still running its “#FixPUBG” campaign. The studio has promised to deal with common problems that have ruined a significant percentage of matches for players. Of those issues, “desync” is the most obvious and lamented. But PUBG Corp. rolled out a server patch last night that seems like it could eliminate most instances of characters moving out of sync in your game and on the live server.To explain the problem, des...
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Esports company ESL is teaming up with Oculus for the Change the Game VR Charity Challenge (VRCC), it announced on Friday.Two teams of influencers will compete for a $100,000 prize during the event. Each will represent one of two gaming charities — Stack Up or Take This. Stack Up is a nonprofit that works to support veterans, while Take This is a mental health nonprofit that provides resources, training, support, and more to the gaming community.The influencers will compete in four Oculus ...
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