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Farming Simulator VR Review: It's The Simple Life
- Farming Simulator VR offers an immersive experience of farm life, focusing on the tranquility of agricultural tasks.
- The VR version of Farming Simulator, priced at $24.99, provides a simple yet engaging simulation of farm management.
- Players start with $5,000, a small piece of land, and equipment, following a user-friendly tutorial.
- Tasks include pressure washing, harvesting crops, seeding, and repairing machinery in a detailed manner.
- The game features authentic digitized machinery from real life, albeit with downgraded graphics for Quest systems.
- While offering a range of activities like basketball and power washing, the game suffers from visual glitches and unresponsive controls.
- Players can experience the gratification of manual labor in the game, but it lacks certain features present in the flatscreen version.
- Farming Simulator VR aims to provide a relaxing and goal-oriented experience for players, although it has room for improvement.
- The game allows for seated or standing play, with movement speed adjustments, catering to different player preferences.
- Despite some flaws, Farming Simulator VR is a commendable effort that offers a peaceful escape to virtual farm life.
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Animal Company Shoots Past Gorilla Tag To Become Top-Earning Game On Quest
- Animal Company, developed by Wooster Games, is the top-earning Quest game of the week, surpassing Gorilla Tag and Beat Saber.
- Animal Company is a free-to-play multiplayer game that combines elements from Gorilla Tag and Lethal Company, featuring horror-inspired environments.
- Despite Gorilla Tag's previous achievements in terms of player count and revenue, Animal Company has surpassed it in the top-earning games this week.
- Animal Company has received positive reviews from users and offers regular content updates, making it popular among players on the Meta Quest platform.
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The Passengers Is A Colorful VR Narrative About Connecting With Strangers
- The Passengers is a new narrative VR experience with multiple art styles, available on Quest and Steam.
- The 40-minute story follows four strangers united on a train, each with their own inner voice.
- Each character's story is presented with a different visual style: oil paint, watercolor, pencil, and colored pencils.
- The Passengers is now available on Meta Quest platform and Steam for $4.99.
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OSgrid enters immediate long-term maintenance
- OSgrid has entered emergency long-term maintenance after discovering that all IAR files have been corrupted.
- This has led to an indefinite closure of OSgrid, affecting residents who did not back up their inventories before the scheduled March 21 database reset.
- The grid administrators plan to rebuild the asset system from scratch due to the corruption issue, impacting users who may face permanent losses.
- The reconstruction process is described as lengthy and meticulous with no specific reopening date provided, contrasting the previous March 28 timeline.
- OSgrid users who were planning backups or using the grid's IAR export tool will no longer have access to their content due to the sudden closure.
- This closure accelerates migration pressure on other OpenSim grids as users seek alternative platforms to continue their virtual presence.
- Kitely CEO warns about the importance of maintaining daily backups to avoid data loss, emphasizing the need for robust backup policies as grids grow in popularity.
- OSgrid's history of challenges includes a previous extended outage in 2014-2015, but the current situation necessitates a complete rebuild of the asset system.
- As one of the largest hypergrid-enabled virtual worlds, OSgrid's absence will have a significant impact on the OpenSim ecosystem.
- Other grids like Wolf Territories, Kitely, and Alternate Metaverse have offered assistance to displaced OSgrid residents in the past.
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Stratogun PC VR Hands-On: Arcade Shmup Mixes Super Stardust Ultra & Geometry Wars
- Stratogun is a PC VR game that combines elements of Super Stardust Ultra and Geometry Wars.
- The game features spherical levels, wireframe neon-soaked aesthetic, and VR support.
- It offers fast-paced gameplay with an emphasis on shooting enemies, avoiding traps, and reaching bosses.
- The game provides power-ups, online leaderboards, and a nostalgic, old-school arcade experience.
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Yankee Stadium Friday Night Baseball Apple Immersive Video Coming In April
- A new Apple Immersive Video releasing in April will showcase Yankee Stadium and a Friday Night Baseball game.
- The video will be hosted by Joe Buck, featuring a June 2024 game between the New York Yankees and the Los Angeles Dodgers.
- Apple Immersive Video offers high-resolution, 180-degree video with 8K per-eye resolution, HDR, and spatial audio.
- While some may be disappointed that the video features a match from 10 months ago, fans are hoping for the ability to watch live games in immersive video in the future.
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Symphoni Blends Spell Casting With Mixed Reality Conducting Next Week On Quest
- Symphoni is a mixed reality rhythm game coming to the Meta Quest platform.
- Developed by techToy Studio, Symphoni combines conducting and spellcasting in classical music.
- The game features 16 different tracks with three difficulty levels and a progression system.
- Symphoni will be released on March 6 for $19.99.
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Why Your Business Needs An Augmented Reality Strategy
- An Augmented Reality (AR) strategy can enhance business processes, training, and customer relationships, positioning a business ahead of competitors.
- AR is not limited to entertainment but offers revolutionary benefits for various industries, improving efficiency and customer interaction.
- AR overlays digital elements onto the real world, providing practical solutions like smart glasses displaying instructions for tasks.
- Businesses incorporating AR are experiencing increased engagement, faster training, and improved efficiency across operations.
- AR streamlines operations by providing real-time data and step-by-step guides, reducing errors and enhancing productivity.
- AR improves customer experiences by enabling product visualization and virtual try-on for items like furniture and clothing.
- AR enhances team collaboration by overlaying blueprints in construction planning, leading to better coordination and productivity.
- AR offers hands-on training experiences in a safe environment, boosting skills development and knowledge retention for employees.
- Challenges in implementing an AR strategy include cost, technical expertise, and integration with existing systems.
- Businesses can start small with affordable AR solutions and leverage user-friendly platforms to overcome challenges and reap long-term benefits.
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Owatch Spring Virtual Feast, enjoy unlimited fun!
- Owatch is offering a spring virtual feast of virtual reality amusement equipment.
- The first 50 customers will enjoy a 20% discount on all products.
- Owatch is known for its technological strength and user experience in virtual reality amusement devices.
- Some of the popular VR amusement equipment offered by Owatch include VR Space Travel, VR Egg 360, VR Beat Star, VR Racing, and VR CyberX.
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Building multimodal AI for Ray-Ban Meta glasses
- Multimodal AI is being used to enhance user experiences in wearable devices like Ray-Ban Meta glasses.
- Ray-Ban Meta glasses utilize multimodal AI to provide information and answer questions about what the wearer is looking at.
- Shane, a research scientist at Meta, discusses the challenges of integrating AI into wearable devices, including the unique features of AI glasses.
- This episode of the Meta Tech Podcast explores the work being done to develop foundational models for Ray-Ban Meta glasses and push the boundaries of AI-driven wearable technology.
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Early Versions of Meta’s Orion AR Glasses Envisioned a Neck-worn Compute Unit
- Meta revealed its Orion prototype last year, showcasing progress toward compact AR glasses.
- A 'compute puck' serves as a companion device, offloading processing and battery from the user's head into a pocketable device.
- Initially envisioned as a tethered, neck-worn device, the compute puck became completely wireless during the prototyping process.
- The Orion team explored various uses for the puck, including content anchoring and controller functionality.
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Face Jumping Promises Eye-Tracked Surrealism From The Stranger Things VR Studio
- Face Jumping is a surreal VR adventure developed by Tender Claws, the studio behind Virtual Virtual Reality and Stranger Things VR.
- The game allows players to swap perspectives with others via eye contact on Quest Pro.
- The short 30-minute VR experience explores the desire and impossibility of seeing through the eyes of another.
- Face Jumping will premiere at the SXSW XR Experience Exhibition between March 9-11, with a home release date yet to be confirmed.
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Vertigo 2: Into The Aether DLC Now Arriving This April On Steam
- Vertigo 2: Into the Aether DLC has been delayed by a month, now arriving in April 2025 on Steam.
- The DLC is an expansion for the VR game Vertigo 2 and features 'The Void Grappler' grappling hook and 'The Void Deflector' for deflecting attacks and accumulating energy.
- 'Into the Aether' DLC will be released on SteamVR, with no plans for its availability on PlayStation VR2.
- The base game of Vertigo 2 is currently available on Steam.
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NVIDIA’s New Superpowers: Digital Twins & AI-powered XR, partnership with Apple and Magic Leap
- NVIDIA revolutionizes digital twins through partnerships with Apple, enabling seamless transfer of scenes to Apple Vision Pro for high-fidelity 3D experiences.
- NVIDIA and Magic Leap collaborate to develop the NVIDIA IGX + Magic Leap2 XR Bundle, a toolkit for AI-enhanced AR applications.
- NVIDIA's advancements in generative AI and digital twin applications offer new benchmarks for industries, enhancing productivity, safety, and cost-effectiveness.
- NVIDIA's strategic decisions in XR technology transform industries, empower developers, and redefine the potential of spatial computing and AI-powered solutions.
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Rockstar Games Acquires Studio Behind ‘L.A. Noire VR’ & Scrapped ‘GTA: San Andreas’ Quest Port
- Rockstar Games has acquired Video Games Deluxe, the studio behind L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files and the cancelled Quest port of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
- Video Games Deluxe has been renamed to 'Rockstar Australia' and will continue their efforts to make the best games possible.
- Video Games Deluxe is known for their work on L.A. Noire and the Grand Theft Auto: Trilogy compilation.
- Rockstar and Meta (formerly Facebook) had been working on a Quest port of GTA: San Andreas, but the project has been put on hold indefinitely.
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