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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. ” How is this done? .

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The 2019 VR Awards Winners Recognized for Outstanding VR Tech

ARPost

The twisted puzzle adventure game beat out more recognizable titles including ASTRO BOT Rescue Mission , Vacation Simulator , and Angry Birds VR: Isle of Pigs. Founded in 2007, the company first turned heads with its 2012 Hunger in LA experience. VR Education and Training. ASTRO BOT Rescue Mission has experience as a runner-up.

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On the Hunt for VR’s Killer App with Samsung’s VP of Immersive Products & VR, Nick DiCarlo

Road to VR

From healthcare, education, social, training, cinema, gaming, and more, VR has a lot of Killer Use-cases. The theme park] Six Flags, for example, is finding success creating excitement for thrill seekers with their ride simulations. Road to VR: Do you think VR’s Killer App will launch in 2017? We think VR will follow a similar path.

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Five Reasons to Buy XR Eye & Hand Tracking Tools in 2022

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Even in 2007, when Apple announced the first iPhone, Steve Jobs was keen to get rid of the stylus for touchscreen management, arguing separate controllers and devices make using technology more cumbersome. For years, human beings have been searching for better methods of communicating and interacting with technology.

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The New Age of Learning Science with Virtual Reality: A Literature Review

ARVR

While current research observes engagement with virtual reality at all levels of education, including job training, this literature review will examine how students, from kindergarten to college-age, engage with and learn scientific topics when virtual reality is implemented in a learning environment. The findings produced by Chen et al.

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How VR is Changing the Way We Think About Therapy

VRScout

Used to describe applications of VR that go beyond first-person shooters—think education, conservation, training, etc.—the Research regarding VR simulations to treat specific phobias was around as early as the nineties, but the technology simply wasn’t advanced enough for such treatment to be feasible. Wiederhold, Ph.D.,

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The IKEA of AR: Making Content Effortlessly, with EON Reality’s Dan Lejerskar

XR for Business Podcast

Dan: In my past, I used to work with simulators — big aircraft simulators, etc. But obviously these people couldn’t afford a $50-million simulator. And then slowly and surely, we picked up the business up to 2007, 2008. Most people know VR and AR as if kind of something in the last five years. Alan: All right.

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