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Rift S Globally Out of Stock Prior to ‘Half-Life: Alyx’ Launch, Here’s Your Alternatives

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Rift S stocks persevered up until just last week in the only remaining regions where you could order direct from Oculus , which included Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and Taiwan. HTC Vive Comos & Cosmos Elite. Image courtesy HTC. HTC Vive Pro & Valve Index. image courtesy HTC. Did we miss anything?

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What is the Valve Index? Everything you need to know: features, specs, price and how to preorder it!

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But this time, Valve has made it without the collaboration of HTC. The specs list is very similar to the one of the HTC Vive Pro. Plus, the controllers continuously auto-recalibrate to take in count the actual hand size of the user when reading the input of the sensors; How to wear the Valve Knuckles (Image from Valve).

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‘Bigscreen’ Brings Paid Movies to Social VR Platform, Showing Select 2D & 3D Films

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Bigscreen Cinema is launching on all supported platforms today in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Spain, Sweden, Netherlands, and Australia. Bigscreen supports Oculus Quest, Oculus Go, Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Valve Index, and all Windows VR headsets. Find out how to download it for free here.

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8 Inventive Examples Of Immersive Technology In Education

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In addition, these experiences are led by famous artists, curators, and authors who know how to retain the listeners’ attention. The Jackson School in Victoria, Australia, has found a way to make learning easier and more interactive for children with special needs. Samuel Clemens). Special Education.

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Hacked Together Mixed Reality Camera Robot Shows Huge Promise

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Loveday seems to be something of a mad scientist working in Australia, creating the first music video built in Tilt Brush. Recently he got access to a third HTC Vive controller, allowing him to start experimenting with mixed reality video capture. ”

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This VR Training Simulation is One of the Best We’ve Ever Seen

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The Australia based Sentient Computing seem to share in this line of thinking as they recently released a video (embedded at the top of this page) showing their work on a training simulation, built to educate train workers on how to safely operate high voltage switching equipment.

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BISim tells us how XR is relevant for the Army

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BISim was founded in 2001 in Australia as part of Czech-based Bohemia Interactive Studio (makers of Arma and Dayz). Our customers are looking for any means of how to provide the trainee as much realistic experience as possible so devices providing physical feedback (i.e., Does the military personnel also use some XR accessories (e.g.