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Deepfaking Trump with Harry Shearer

We speak to virtual production studio Mod's Michela Ledwidge about the tech that brought Harry Shearer's Donald Trump satire to freakish life.

Deepfaking Trump with Harry Shearer
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Facebook continues Oculus woes, account deletion wipes purchases

When your delightful virtual reality headset conflicts with your desire to stop being trapped in the big bad social network.

Facebook continues Oculus woes, account deletion wipes purchases
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Samsung's new displays to eliminate screen door effect in VR

OLED screens with 10,000 pixels per inch? Samsung and Stanford University are ready to push that V so much closer to the R.

Samsung's new displays to eliminate screen door effect in VR
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Halfbrick Studios is juicing more life out of Fruit Ninja with a remaster

One of Australia's original world dominating mobile games is planning a fully remastered fruit chopping experience.

Halfbrick Studios is juicing more life out of Fruit Ninja with a remaster
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Virtuix Omni One prototype reveals the most viable VR treadmill yet

They made one of the first omnidirectional VR treadmills, and now Virtuix is back with a slimmer, more household friendly model. Bring it on!

Virtuix Omni One prototype reveals the most viable VR treadmill yet
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Vivacious VR with HTC's Thomas Dexmier

Thomas Dexmier from HTC ANZ joins Jetpacks Are Overrated this week to talk about the state of VR hardware right now and where things are going next.

Vivacious VR with HTC's Thomas Dexmier
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Virtual Insanity

From Miquela to the HTC Cosmos, the latest Byteside podcast is a walk through all kinds of virtual reality. Plus Tesla, remote work & Spot the robot.

Virtual Insanity
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Apple launches AR[T]: AR experiences in global cities by amazing artists

Starting August 10, incredible Augmented Reality (AR) experiences will be offered in six major cities around the world in a collaboration between Apple and

Apple launches AR[T]: AR experiences in global cities by amazing artists
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HTC adds eye tracking to VR with its Vive Pro Eye headset

The Vive Pro still feels like a pretty recent upgrade from HTC, but they're not letting that stop them from an upgrade. The HTC Pro Eye adds internal eye

HTC adds eye tracking to VR with its Vive Pro Eye headset
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Beat Saber is the amazing virtual reality game we've sorely needed

Every digital art form has its breakthrough moments, when the right experience arrives at the right time to show us what's possible and inspires many others

Beat Saber is the amazing virtual reality game we've sorely needed
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Microsoft gets set to push Mixed Reality for Christmas season

VR is excellent, but the best experiences are still expensive. Microsoft has been touting the promise of its HoloLens technology, but it just hadn't entered

Microsoft gets set to push Mixed Reality for Christmas season
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Augmented Reality will help you find your lost keys

I can imagine a world where augmented reality key finding technology becomes the 'killer app' for mainstream AR adoption. At least, as a demo that makes

Augmented Reality will help you find your lost keys
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Microsoft's Mixed Reality platform will support SteamVR games

Big announcements this week as Microsoft's long hyped world of 'HoloLens' (which has been all hype, not much else) finally gets its shift into an ecosystem of

Microsoft's Mixed Reality platform will support SteamVR games
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Apple's iOS ARKit demo leaps into A-Ha's "Take On Me" video

As others have dubbed it, it's Augmented Reality's "A-Ha" moment.

Apple's iOS ARKit demo leaps into A-Ha's "Take On Me" video
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Sonicam VR camera looks great

It's not cheap (but what good camera is), but it looks like it's focusing on something that can often be overlooked. Not just nine cameras, but 64 microphones

Sonicam VR camera looks great