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Varjo Hardware to Be Used in Astronaut Training

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Aerospace company Boeing is using the headsets to train pilots for their Starliner – a craft developed in partnership with NASA. See Also: A Comprehensive Review of 2019 and 2020 VR Headsets. Boeing is also largely involved in training astronauts, which has always been a challenge. NASA, Boeing, and Varjo.

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Open-Source VIRTUOSO SDK for Unreal Engine – a Standard Framework for XR Development

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And it is made possible by VIRTUOSO , an open-source SDK created by Charles Rivers Analytics, which is now available for Epic Games’ Unreal Engine. Immersive experiences are in greater demand in all fields: for home entertainment, for training in various industries, and for retail and marketing.

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HP Reverb G2 Omnicept Edition Launches Next Month

VRScout

Originally revealed back in September 2020, HP’s professional-grade VR headset offers a variety of enhancements over the basic G2, including an eye-tracking & pupillometry sensor from Tobii, heart rate sensor, and face camera. ” Image Credit: HP.

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Axon Park and Survios’ CTO to Teach Unreal Engine VR Masterclass

Peter Graham

Axon Park has begun a strategic partnership with VR First with the Unreal Engine VR Masterclass being the first endeavour. They’ve brought on board Survios CTO and Co-Founder Alex Silkin to teach the course who will also be supported by the Unreal Engine Team.

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Varjo’s XR-3 And VR-3 Headsets Blend The Line Between VR & AR

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Our team has been working non-stop throughout 2020 to further push the envelope of what is possible in XR and VR. In terms of compatibility, the XR-3 plays nice with major software such as Unity, Unreal Engine, OpenXR, Autodesk VRED, Lockheed Martin Prepar3d, VBS BlueIG, and FlightSafety Vital just to name a few.

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Top XR Events in 2021 That Should Be on Your Must-Attend List

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A large adoption rate for augmented and virtual reality in 2020 has broadened the audience and age groups interested in the latest technologies. The COVID-19 pandemic has shown us how important immersive and interactive apps and games are in our everyday life. See Also: Social VR: Virtual Reality Headsets Eliminating the Distance Between Us.

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Daniel Beauchamp inspires us to do more crazy experiments in VR

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After weeks of virtual training, I'm finally ready to cut my wife's lockdown hair. pic.twitter.com/Y61OzWU7D8 — Daniel Beauchamp (@pushmatrix) June 30, 2020. Expert mode pic.twitter.com/X67sV5GHNY — Daniel Beauchamp (@pushmatrix) May 12, 2020. My wife still won’t let me cut her hair though. Pack it in, folks.