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THE VOID VIRTUAL REALITY WALKS THE WALK

With Halloween just around the corner, what better way to experience a state-of-the-art personal ultra-scary themed virtual reality show.  The VOID’s Nicodemus: Demon of Evanishment playing at The VOID in The Rec Room at West Edmonton Mall and The Rec Room at the Toronto Roundhouse is a must see on how VR has evolved in the past several years. And get scared!

Your’s truly with Yanni, Dino and Eleni at Nicodemus: Demon of Evanishment at The VOID in The Rec Room at West Edmonton Mall

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THE VOID STAR WARS VR EXPERIENCE IS AS CLOSE TO BEING IN THE MOVIE

The VOID arrives at the Rec Room in West Edmonton Mall with an out-of-this world hyper-reality experience: Star Wars: Secrets of the Empire. Part of a joint venture with Cineplex, this is the second location in Canada following a similar one in Toronto.

Our perilous ride on the storm troopers skiff looked so realistic

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SAMSUNG NEW GEAR 360 4K DELIVERS

Its not often I get to push technology limits, but my last 360 virtual reality shoot at West Edmonton Mall proved to be challenging.

When Samsung sent me their newest 4K Gear 360 (2017 edition) action spherical cam, I knew I had to outdo my previous experience with the original Samsung Gear 360  at Whistlers’s #Zipride.

Screaming down vertically on the Mindbender at 95 km/h with my son John…and a few twists along the way

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Free Windows 10 for Windows 8.1, 7, Phone 8.1 users for one year!

The biggest surprise at today’s Redmond Windows 10 event was not Windows 10. Nor that one of Microsoft’s cash cows would be free for Windows 8.1, Windows 7 and Windows Phone 8.1 users for one year after release.

It was Microsoft’s best kept virtual reality secret, under wraps for the past few years, one floor from the Redmond Campus visitors centre. More on that later. Let’s talk about what those 1.5 billion Windows users on real Earth have been waiting for.

Microsoft's Joe Belfiore shows universal Windows 10 for phones and PCs
Microsoft’s Joe Belfiore shows universal Windows 10 for phones and PCs

WINDOWS 10

Windows 10, out in public test mode since last fall, showed in more mature form today with features designed and thought out, sure to please disgruntled Windows 7 users, missing their Start Menu features.

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