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A Complete Guide to Virtual Reality

XR Today - Virtual Reality

These have evolved significantly over the years from clunky tools requiring constant connectivity with computers to standalone, lightweight solutions with greater immersive capabilities. This eliminates the need for large-scale facilities such as pilot training centres, which require expensive, highly-booked training.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.05.17): HTC announces Vive Pro 2 and Vive Focus 3, PSVR 2 to feature eye tracking, and more!

The Ghost Howls

During the Chinese counterpart of the event, the V2EC, Vive has also announced two other interesting pieces of news: The 7Invensun Droolon F2, an eye-tracking add-on for the Vive Pro 2 and Vive Focus 3, coming soon for $299. PSVR2 may feature 4K display and eye tracking. Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment).

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The XR Week Peek (2020.06.01): HP Reverb G2 launched, Qualcomm goes bullish on 5G and Wi-fi 6 and more!

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No smearing, reduced mura; The lenses have been upgraded, using the ones engineered by Valve for the Index; The audio is conveyed through off-the-ear speakers , like the ones of the Valve Index; Comfort has been improved; There is IPD adjustment; There are now 4 tracking cameras. Oculus Link 2 could be tetherless.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.02.14): SteamVR headsets go beyond 3M, body-tracking leaked for Quest SDK, and more!

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Body tracking leaked from Quest SDK documentation. A leaked image from the Oculus team shows that the company is working to implement body tracking inside the Oculus Unity SDK. Probably you all recall the iconic Apple commercial inspired by the book 1984 that helped a lot the company in becoming popular.

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How to Avoid the Effect of Motion Sickness in VR

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Despite the fact that this genre is being mentioned in combination with VR in many different books, movies and VR games, the classic movement mechanics did not please users that experimented with VR FPS games. There is a talk on this topic by the creators of Toybox at Oculus Connect 2 ).

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All the best AR/VR news from CES 2023

The Ghost Howls

Of course, they are not meant for XR playing, but for e-book reading. The idea is to let people read books when lying down on a bed without having to keep a tablet or e-book reader in their hands. Sol Readers is going to cost around $350 and is of course targeted at people that love reading books.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.04.13): iPhone 12 adds depth camera, StarVR One is back to the market and much more!

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The headset had astonishing specifications, like: Display resolution: 1,830 × 1,464 per lens resolution, total 16 million sub-pixels Display type: AMOLED Refresh rate: 90Hz Field of view: 210-degree horizontal FOV, 130-degree vertical FOV Eye-tracking: Fully integrated Tobii eye-tracking, including Dynamic Foveated Rendering.