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Virtual Reality in Senior Care Communities: What Are the Benefits?

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New virtual reality headsets such as the Oculus Rift, Samsung Gear VR, and Google Daydream have barely scratched the surface of the technology’s potential. Soon, they’d find out that virtual worlds are exciting for people of all ages. They, too, are bringing virtual reality to eldercare residents.

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‘Google Earth VR’ Launches For Free To Let You Fly Around The World

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This is Google Earth VR. Our Virtual World. Google Earth VR is a surprise project from Google’s Geo team that is being both announced and released today. This is the team behind Google Maps and the original Google Earth. Google Earth VR’s primary locomotion system is flight.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.09.20): Quest 2 Pro leaks, Xiaomi smartglasses, Half Dive headset, and more!

The Ghost Howls

But you have hands and feet controllers to move in the virtual world, so according to the manufacturers, you have 1.5DOF more (whatever it means). This move resembles the one that Google had with TiltBrush: instead of killing the program, it is returning it back to the community, and this is for sure a good decision.

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NVIDIA Unveils Its Four Pillars Of XR Development [PAID]

The Ghost Howls

This collaboration also lets me offer you one special bonus: if you live in the EMEA area (Europe, Middle East, Africa), if you register for the GTC event using my referral code [link] , you can have a chance to win an NVIDIA RTX3080 Ti (worth $1200)! It’s just that Omniverse is rarely explained in the right way.

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Christopher Lafayette: Let’s build together an inclusive XR community

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We also have great representation from Africa, South America, and Europe. These are some of the very things we’re focusing on with the Virtual World Society and areas I’ve been exploring for some time. Our mentees come from different cities, backgrounds, and cultures. Let’s talk about development, now.