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VR Arcade The VOID Is Making A Surprise Return

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.” Since the launch of its first mixed reality experience back in 2016, Ghostbusters: Dimension , the Utah-based company has produced a wide assortment of free-roam VR experiences based on major IPs, such as Star Wars , Wreck-It-Ralph , Jumanji , and Marvel’s The Avengers just to name a few. Image Credit: The VOID.

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VR Attraction The VOID Plans to More Than Double in Size with 25 New Locations

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Real haptics like shaking floors, gusts of wind, and even smells are used to increase immersion. While initially beginning operations in 2015 at a testing facility in Pleasant Grove, Utah, It seems as though the company’s original plan for a ‘ flagship ’ location in the same city has yet to pull through.

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The VOID To Open 25 New Location-Based VR Centers Across The U.S. & Europe

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In an official announcement made earlier today, the Utah-based LBE provider confirmed that VR pop-up stations would begin appearing in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and San Diego Westfield locations; these temporary installations will serve as placeholders for what will eventually become permanent location-based entertainment facilities.

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Digital Frontier: Where Brain-computer Interfaces & AR/VR Could One Day Meet

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In 1997, a bio engineering professor at the University of Utah named Dr. Richard Norman developed the ‘Utah Array’, an implant with 256 electrodes designed to rigidly attach to the brain. BCI might seem like new-fangled tech, but research has been in the works for longer than you might expect.

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A Complete Guide to Virtual Reality

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However, true immersion did not arrive until 1968, when Utah University professor Ivan Sutherland, his student Bob Sproull, and others created the world’s first head-mounted display (HMD). The History of VR. Some people could attribute the first VR experience to the View-Master, a stereoscopic toy invented in 1939.

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‘FlyInside Flight Simulator’ Preview – A Promising Start in VR-native Flying

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FlyInside also comes replete with configurable time, weather, and the trial version ships with around 40,000 square miles of Utah and Nevada. While there is haptic feedback, I found my natural inclination to grab levers to be a bit of a let down. Image courtesy FlyInside. It’s still early days for FlyInside.

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We tried Ghostbusters: Dimension, the world’s most immersive VR.

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On July 1st, Sony and a Utah startup called The Void will open Ghostbusters: Dimension, which lets you become a ghostbuster in what The Void likes to call a “hyper-real” world. Dimension is part of a larger exhibit based on the new Ghostbusters movie, which also includes wax versions of the stars and a walk-through haunted house experience.