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Re:The Gates of Argonath from the LotR in VR 50 FPS Using UE5.1 by sandworm101 on Thursday December 15, 2022 @06:52AM (#33998139)
The day after movie-to-VR becomes easy to do, movie owners will monitize it, which will end the current free-for-all. Want to walk around The Shire in VR? You better have paid for the Hobbits Online subscription package.
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Re:The Gates of Argonath from the LotR in VR 50 FPS Using UE5.1 by zimpenfish on Thursday December 15, 2022 @09:43AM (#34000215)
Sam: This is it.

Frodo: What?

Sam: If I take one more step, I'll be the farthest away from home I've ever been.

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Re:The Gates of Argonath from the LotR in VR 50 FPS Using UE5.1 by SideburnsOfDoom on Thursday December 15, 2022 @09:58AM (#34000498)
> The day after movie-to-VR becomes easy to do, movie owners will monitize it, which will end the current free-for-all.

The movie making studios already own those 3d "digital assets" from their films. IDK if there is a real "free-for-all" right now, but the monetisation play has already been planned for.

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