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New Report Says Chewing Gum Reduces VR Motion Sickness

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The research group cites a study conducted back in 2015 which showed how head vibrations can reduce the amount of motion sickness by 25% and mental distraction by another 19%, resulting in a combined sickness reduction of 39%. The recently-announced PlayStation VR2 , for example, is confirmed to have built-in headset-based haptics.

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The Benefits of Virtual Reality in Banking

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For example, it can be used to teach young adults about financial responsibility. Saatchi & Saatchi Sri Lanka , for example, made a virtual reality campaign for Hatton National Bank in 2015. Moreover, virtual reality simplifies finance solutions for consumers. It makes complex products and services easier to understand.

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The HoloLens 2 AR Headset Can Now Be Used While Driving

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In 2015, the company started work on a research project called ‘Race Trainer’ that combined AR technology with self-driving vehicles to teach drivers how to race. “Because what you see there, and what you need to process, is very close to what humans normally see and process. It’s not so abstract.”.

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Samsung Files Patent For Galaxy Ring And AR Glasses

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Back in 2015, Samsung filed a different patent for a smart ring that never came to be. For example, instead of pulling out your Samsung smartphone and opening an app to access health records, you could simply look at your ring while wearing the AR glasses to access data instantaneously in AR.

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Kite & Lightning’s ‘Bebylon Battle Royale’ Nabs Unreal Dev Grant

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Unreal Dev Grants was established in February 2015 as a $5 million development fund, offering no-strings-attached financial awards from Epic Games, and includes the upcoming PSVR title Moss as one of its previous recipients. Co-founder Ikrima Elhassan described the gameplay as a “hybrid of Mario Kart party mode and Super Smash Bros.” .

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Google Takes a Step Closer to Making Volumetric VR Video Streaming a Thing

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In practice, what Google is introducing here is a more cost-effective solution that may eventually spark the company to create its own volumetric immersive video team, much like it did with its 2015-era Google Jump 360 rig project before it was shuttered last year.

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Immersive VR love story "Marco & Polo Go Round" launches Valentines Day onSteam and HTC Viveport.

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For example, in 2015 and 2016, Belga Productions provided co-production and production services to several large-scale international film projects, such as Thomas Vinterberg's "Kursk" or EuropaCorp's "Renegades".

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