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Update: Fitness-focused ‘HTC Vive Air’ Is Just a Concept

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Original Article (8:30 AM ET): According to the page, the headset is called ‘Vive Air’ and is set to launch to consumers in Asia, Europe, and North America sometime this year. The innovative lightweight structure allows users to forget the presence of the head-mounted display to focus on virtual content.

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How Hollywood Has Predicted VR in Movies

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Since the Oculus Kickstarter in 2012, VR has seen a revival on the big screen as it becomes a more affordable and accessible consumer device. This technology could be in the form of a head mounted display, motion tracking, haptic systems in gloves or suits, locomotion, consoles or image capture. TRON (1982).

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Oculus Co-Founder and Rift Creator Palmer Luckey Departs Facebook

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Oculus co-founder Palmer Luckey, the man behind the Rift concept and its first prototypes, is leaving the company three years after selling to Facebook. According to Oculus, this will be Palmer’s last week with Friday marking his official last day as an employee of Facebook. Palmer’s legacy extends far beyond Oculus.

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RUMOR: Nintendo’s ‘NX’ Will Support VR

VRScout

Afterall Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aimé made it perfectly clear during last years E3 that the company would not be involving itself in virtual reality technology, so it’s surprising that they’re even considering it at all. This would also be a huge moment for virtual reality on consoles as a whole.

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A Complete Guide to Virtual Reality

XR Today - Virtual Reality

However, true immersion did not arrive until 1968, when Utah University professor Ivan Sutherland, his student Bob Sproull, and others created the world’s first head-mounted display (HMD). The Sword of Damocles, the name given to the device, was huge, requiring suspension from the ceiling.

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The Curious Relationship Between DVDs and VR

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One day, we will all regularly consume media through head mounted displays, just as we all watch television today. In 1997, the first DVD player was released in America. By 2002, the PS2 made up a total of 32% of all DVD players in America. VR, of course, is a different beast, or so I tell myself. Apparently so.

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Microsoft Finalizing Its HoloLens, VR Headset Specifications

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Currently, the champion of minimum specifications is Oculus with its Rift, with some pre-build computers going as low as $500. Naturally, public announcement is one thing, availability is another – still to this date, neither Oculus, AMD nor CyberPowerPC came good on their word and shipped such as system. In meantime.