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Here Come The Holograms

VRScout

It won’t be long before 3D holograms are part of everyday life. In virtual reality, the more realistic the digital world, the greater the demand for fidelity. Screen capture of prototype Star Wars AR game for Disney’s Lucasfilm/Lenovo AR headset. Nothing is more demanding than cinematic realism.

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Megan Thee Stallion VR Concert Experience Available Now On Quest

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This isn’t your regular, pre-filmed concert stream projected in VR, but instead a custom-built world you journey through, watching Megan perform a selection of hits right in front of you. The best part of Enter the Hottieverse is that Megan herself is displayed in 3D and integrated into the virtual ‘Hottieverse’ world.

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Top XR Stories of 2019

Tech Trends VR

Dairy farmers in Russia started testing Virtual Reality on their dairy cows. The project involved a week of filming, during which Glauben was captured answering over 1,000 questions by 18 cameras placed at 9 different angles. Virtual Worship. Cows Like VR Too. Rising From The Ashes. Holographic performances.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

VRScout

The two most… let’s call them “unexpected” stories this week: virtual reality is preparing the world’s first human head transplant for his post-surgery reality, and now expecting parents can meet their future child via an Oculus Rift headset thanks to 3D models from ultrasound and MRI.

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SIGGRAPH 2017 In Los Angeles Showcases The Latest In VR and AR

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

A user study demonstrated the effectiveness of the system’s alleviation of virtual reality sickness symptoms. Adaptive Dynamic Refocusing: Toward Solving Discomfort in Virtual Reality. Blortasia and Zen Parade: Exploring Spatial Presence in Virtual Reality. A New (Virtual) Reality at The New York Times.

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Mother Meets Recreation of Her Deceased Child in VR

Road to VR

Using the power of photogrammetry, motion capture, and virtual reality, the team recreated Nayeon for one last goodbye with the family’s mother, Ji-sung. SEE ALSO Making 'The Remedy' – How A Veteran Illustrator Made one of VR's Best Short Films With 'Quill'. Image courtesy MBC.

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Volumetrically Capturing Authentic Digital Actors, with Metastage’s Christina Heller

XR for Business Podcast

Volumetric capture — thanks to the Microsoft system, I think — is finally really ready to be used in a major way in all these projects. And basically what it does is, we use 106 video cameras, and we film a performance from every possible angle. You still have that opportunity right now with augmented and virtual reality.