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VR consolidation at Gamescom 2019
Gamescom displayed different states of VR on various levels in separated areas on the fairgrounds. A planned ‘XR Boulevard’ did not materialize. Devcom offered a glimpse into the future, SPOBIS stuck to flat games promotion, Gamescom-Congress got stuck in funding uncertainties. Neverthel
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Getting physical at Devcom and SPOBIS 2019
Just before Gamescom opened the showroom with an impressive gala show, the developer conference Devcom and the eSports convention SPOBIS took care of the warm-up. VR was not in the focus of both conferences. But gaming physicality played a decisive role for both event platforms – and made an e
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Back to the Future of VR at Wear-It 2019
Wear-It Innovation Summit is a two-day convention on wearable trends and tech-innovations, packed with lectures, workshops and an expo area with demo booths. I went there to find out if any current or future wearable trends may apply to Virtual Reality developments. Current VR treats the headset mos
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Tentpole VR at Amaze Festival 2019
In contrast to most event platforms of this year’s Berlin Gamesweek, the Amaze Festival positioned VR, not in a fringe area, but dedicated half of the show floor to VR installations. Originally coming from an independent fringe area of the game industry itself, Amaze now stands as a central pi
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Marginal VR at Berlin Gamesweek 2019
Berlin Gamesweek offered many exciting events during a week full of playful and business-oriented activities. Apart from the stellar event platform Amaze Festival (see here), VR was not in the focus. Traditional Gameweek components had few offers for VR enthusiasts. Associated events like TwitchCon
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EFM VRNow Summit at Berlinale 2019
Virtual Reality was quite a topic at the European Film Market section of the Berlinale Film Festival this year. The market presented a whole range of cinematic VR productions on the show floor. And the festival dedicated a whole day to a conference program and project presentations on the relation b
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Movie VR at MediaTechCon 2018
MediaTechCon is a new convention format, overarching three joint special events formerly related to media digitization, film technology and virtual reality. The event took place at the Berlin Babelsberg film studios and presented an extensive conference program, an expo area for immersive technologi
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Embedded VR at EGX Berlin 2018
UK’s most prominent gaming event EGX started a satellite show this year in Berlin. Taking place just a few weeks after Gamescom, I went there for comparison, and for checking out the promotion of gaming VR. A regional playing field ‘for the players’ The size of EGX is just a small
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Deep Mining VR at IFA 2018
Virtual Reality was in the limelight at IFA 2017 when Microsoft introduced a series of Mixed Reality headsets with its partner companies. So, it was interesting to see what the big fuss was all about and if VR could be established as an emerging market segment on Europe’s most indicating trade
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Gamescom 2018 multiplays VR
VR has established itself as showrunner at Gamescom booths with a general current of multiplayer games on display. But Nvidia took the main event out of the show with a sidelined presentation of a new graphics card generation on its own. Meanwhile, on the show floor, location-based entertainment now
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