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Amanda Watson On The Carnegie Mellon Oculus Booth Incident Of 2014

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Editor's Note: Amanda Watson joined Oculus VR in 2015 and took a cubicle outside John Carmack's office in Dallas where she worked late nights on the mobile SDK. Later in California, she worked on Oculus Link and Air Link before leaving Oculus in 2022. But not Oculus. In early 2024, Watson released CitraVR on Github.

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Neurosurgery Patients Take A VR Tour Of Their Own Brains

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Ohio-based company Surgical Theater is well aware of the common reactions people facing brain surgery may often have, and are offering a solution that would use VR to dull – and in some cases – erase parts of that fear. “I was losing just a little more sleep each night and fear set in,” said Kumpitsch.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

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Hillary Clinton, who can relate to email-related scandals, held a campaign event at a Pokestop in Ohio – her website calls all trainers to “get free Pokemon, and battle each other while you register voters and learn more about Sec. OCULUS UPDATE: TOUCH CONTROLLERS AND NO MORE RIFT SHIPPING DELAYS. Hillary Clinton! Kids welcome!”

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

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As it turns out, heavy Oculus Rift usage is linked to increased dream lucidity ; the more time people spent in virtual environments, the higher their ability to dream lucidly. LIVE STREAMED OKLAHOMA VS. OHIO STATE IN VR. This research is one of the first to examine how VR could alter our consciousness… welcome to Inception?

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