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Friday, December 05, 2025

Tag: VR

The Oculus Meta Quest 2 for work and play
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The Oculus Meta Quest 2 for work and play

ward 29/06/2022

I bought an Oculus Quest 2 a couple of months back. It’s time to discuss whether that was a good idea in terms of productivity and entertainment. Basically, is it … Read More

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VR Apollo 11 experience PS4

ward 22/08/2017

There are some interactive elements – such as docking (fairly easy) and landing (fairly impossible) – but this is essentially a documentary experience.

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Until Dawn: Rush of Blood review

ward 11/04/2017

Until Dawn: Rush of Blood is a lot of fun for the price. Not brilliant, but certainly enjoyable and a good intro to VR. Costs vary but I paid around £15, which seems about right.

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Oculus Rift – Virtual Reality is finally here.

ward 26/04/2013

Oculus Rift was invented by some ‘soon to be a billionaire’ gaming brainy-pants in his garage. It has since been crowd funded. The cool thing is that it doesn’t cost a 100,000quid, it will actually be affordable. Plus, advances in screens and motion sensors have allowed it to be incredible.

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