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How Hollywood Has Predicted VR in Movies

VRScout

Within the program, the profile is mimicked on the user’s avatar but is instead used as an augmented reality device with a heads up display. On the display, Dade is able to fly through the low poly virtual environment of the Gibson. The Matrix Trilogy (1999-2003). Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003).

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A brief history of VR and AR

TechCrunch VR

At the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, David Em made strides in the creation of explorable virtual landscapes, while the Ames Research Center iterated on VIEW (Virtual Interactive Environment Workstation). The term “augmented reality” wasn’t officially coined until 1990, but the 80s also saw important breakthroughs in the space.

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A VR-based Approach to ADHD

Veative

By creating specially designed virtual environments for the detection, assessment and treatment of this disorder, Virtual Reality can serve both as a diagnostic tool and an effective therapeutic strategy in the rehabilitation of children with ADHD. Virtual Reality for Neuropsychological Assessment’.

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The World of Mobile VR After Pokemon Go

VRWorld

Perhaps it is only just that Google’s April Fools joke named “Pokemon Challenge” became the most popular, or one of most popular games on the market – the Pokemon Go , This Augmented Reality (AR), or Mixed Reality (MR or MxR, as named by Magic Leap ) which criss-crosses the technologies as merely the start of things to come.