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Virtuix: VR Hardware From Commercial to Consumer

XR Today - Virtual Reality

The Austin-based company will sell the product to consumers in US markets later this year. Over the years, the Austin-based firm gained experience distributing immersive products to end-users in enterprise sectors like entertainment and training. The Omni One product is shipping to Virtuix’s investor community.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.03.13): AltspaceVR shuts down, and much more!

The Ghost Howls

Hello everyone from Austin, Texas, where I am attending the SXSW! The emulator lets them simulate the presence of a headset and do tests easily without having to continuously put on and off a visor. I’m having fun, listening to interesting talks, meeting new people… basically everything I always do at these events!

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HaptX News | February 2023

HaptX

The HaptX SDK provides SteamVR support, plug-ins for Unreal Engine and Unity, and a C++ API, along with a trove of haptic effects, templates, and demos, making it easy to create haptic VR experiences for HaptX Gloves. Our fingers touching felt… well, oddly real, like sensing someone’s finger touching your glove.” Army medics.

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VR Training Case Study: Y-12 National Security Complex

HaptX

As part of their continuous improvement endeavors, the ORETTC team decided to prototype a virtual glovebox training simulator. ORETTC Instructional Technology Lead Austin Arnwine, with support from ORETTC Senior Manager Mary Lin and ORETTC Director Ashley Stowe, devised an innovative solution: a virtual glovebox simulator.

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10 Recent VR and AR Investments You Should Know About

VRScout

Los Angeles and Austin, TX-based startup called The Wave VR is building “the world’s first social VR music platform,” according to CEO Adam Arrigo, “[and] it lets anybody from aspiring DJs to Deadmau5 to put on online virtual shows that are fully interactive. THE WAVE DANCES ONTO THE MUSIC SCENE AND RAISES $2.5M. OWLCHEMY LABS LANDS $5M.