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Trinity VR’s ‘DiamondFX’ Batting Simulator is Made for the Major Leagues

Road to VR

We speak to Trinity VR about their Vive Tracker powered Diamond FX project which aims to provide realistic virtual reality simulations for major league baseball teams, all powered by years of real pitching statistics. SEE ALSO Hands-on: HTC's New Vive Tracker Makes VR More Immersive With Specialized Accessories.

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‘Starfighter Inc.’ Promises VR Space Combat Sim Built on a Hard Sci-Fi Foundation

Road to VR

said to be the spiritual successor to X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter (1997) , is one of the most interesting space combat simulation projects currently in development. intends to tread a unique path, aiming to be the most realistic space combat simulation ever created. Starfighter Inc. But Starfighter Inc.

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The 2019 VR Awards Winners Recognized for Outstanding VR Tech

ARPost

This year’s 70+ person judging panel included academic professors and researchers as well as representatives from Google, HTC, HP, Deloitte, NVIDIA, Apache, and others. The twisted puzzle adventure game beat out more recognizable titles including ASTRO BOT Rescue Mission , Vacation Simulator , and Angry Birds VR: Isle of Pigs.

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Igloo Vision Stirs XR World With London Open House Demo

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Attendees learned and experienced the firm’s technologies and the growing number of use cases for simulations, collaboration, engagement, and visualisation. XR Studio : Furthermore, Igloo has also incorporated its in-house XR Studio, complete with LED Studio panels and HTC VIVE’s next-gen tracking system.

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Exclusive: Here’s How Fantastic Contraption VR Devs Generated More Than $1 Million

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

It released with the launch of the HTC Vive in early 2016 and Facebook’s Oculus Touch controllers for Rift late in the year. They recall demos of Owlchemy’s Job Simulator, Google’s Tilt Brush and Valve’s early robot demo, each of which made excellent use of those hand controls. Learning New Skills.

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A Brief History of VR

VeeR VR

In 1968, Ivan Sutherland and Bob Sproull created the first head-mounted display (HMD) system for immersive simulation applications. Being that it was the first HMD both quality of the interfac e and realism of the simulation were rather low, and it weighed so much that it had to be suspended from the ceiling by metal cables. .

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Delivering Digital Meatballs in AR, with IKEA’s Martin Enthed

XR for Business Podcast

Martin: I started 13 years ago now in 2007, and I was hired to try to make use of computer graphics into a volume production, instead of just doing a few models or images a year or two, large volumes. So it took like from 2007 to 2012. The HTC Vive Pro has eye tracking-- or the new one has eye tracking. Let's get into it.

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