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MAY 3, 2023

AWE, the long-running AR/VR conference, is set to go down later this month in Santa Clara, California, offering attendees an up-close and personal look at a variety of game-changing XR technology from over 300 exhibitors from across the world. Developers compete to create immersive experiences designed to fight climate change.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

MAY 8, 2023

The United States District Court for the Northern District of California issued the payout based on user privacy concerns on the firm’s umbrella of social media platforms. District Court for the Northern District of California, alleging that Meta’s acquisition of Within violated antitrust laws.

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VRScout

MARCH 21, 2020

The headset, code-named ‘Del Mar’, will supposedly use a ‘Jedi’ controller. Along with several references to Oculus Touch and GearVR controllers, there’s also mention of an additional “Jedi” controller. Code-named ‘Del Mar’, the device was referenced briefly in an infobox posted on the official Oculus website.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

If Quest 3 is anything like Quest 2 in terms of accessories though, there are sure to be many more to choose from, including prescription lenses, left and right replacement controllers, and a version Elite Strap without the built-in external battery.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Two LCD displays boasting quantum dot technology offer crisp, colorful visuals made even better by the company’s local dimming technology, which controls 500 LED blocks to deliver 75% more contrast. The Controllers. The Quest Pro features a new set of self-tracking controllers. The result is sharp, clean visuals.

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VRScout

JULY 27, 2020

The Cosumnes Fire Department , for example, has been putting new recruits through VR training regiments designed to simulate dangerous California wildfires, while other departments have begun using immersive technology to prepare staff for a wide range of situations, including kitchen and submarine fires.

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GizModo VR

JULY 26, 2021

The Dixie Fire is raging out of control in Northern California’s Plumas and Butte counties. It’s now the largest fire in California and is among the more… Read more. After merging with a smaller blaze known as the Fly Fire over the weekend, its flames continued to spread, devastating nearly 200,000 acres as of Monday morning.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Using patented motion-tracking technology, the company lets players use their own bodies as controllers. The US fans can enjoy this and other Sandbox VR experiences in more than 20 locations, and more than 15 states, including California, New Jersey, Texas, Minnesota, Nevada, Illinois, and Washington.

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VRScout

AUGUST 22, 2017

Time to applaud for a sweet deal on the HTC Vive, Clash of Clans partners w/ Facebook to bring AR to fans, control VR with your mind, new predictions for spending & investment are out, the investment & funding wrapup, and more… 1. CONTROL VR WITH YOUR THOUGHTS. PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER FOR A PRICE BREAK ON THE VIVE.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

The purchase enables Meta to leverage technology that simulates user touch and feel feedback from a controller or glove. FTC’s representatives are working to convince the US District Court for the Northern District of California to block the ongoing purchase to avoid limiting XR innovation and competition in the sector.

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OCTOBER 6, 2016

As expected, Oculus today announced both the price and shipping date of its Oculus Touch position tracked controllers for the Oculus Rift. The controllers will cost $199 and ship on December 6th. Oculus revealed the news at its keynote speech for the Oculus Connect 3 developer conference in San Jose, California.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 10, 2021

SolidLight Relay – An additional featurethat allows the generated holographic object volume to be positioned within physical environments, incorporating real-world transparency/occlusion control. SolidLight WaveTracer – Proprietary real-time and offline rendering software and plugins for content development.

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Road to VR

APRIL 27, 2021

Campfire, a San Mateo, California based startup, emerged from stealth today announcing that it has raised $8 million in venture capital to launch an integrated hardware and software platform aimed at making remote product design and collaboration easy.

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GizModo VR

SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

The West Coast is burning, and it’s still not under control. There are now three states—California, Washington state and Oregon—battling raging wildfires, which have left a trail of destruction in their wake and, in some cases, have literally changed the color of the sky. Read more.

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Mashable VR

MARCH 26, 2022

Anthony James, who researches disease-spreading insects, never encountered the aggressive mosquito species, Aedes aegypti , when he grew up in Southern California decades ago. Now, they're here," James, a molecular biologist at the University of California, Irvine, told Mashable. To prepare, the U.S. No, it won't 'parachute' down.

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GizModo VR

DECEMBER 1, 2021

This afternoon, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the first case of the worrying variant, involving a California resident who recently returned from South Africa, where the variant was first identified. The Omicron variant of the coronavirus has officially reached the United States. The patient… Read more.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 14, 2020

Bankruptcy Court in Woodland Hills, California. SEE ALSO Vive Cosmos Rated Least Accurate Among Top Headsets in Controller Tracking Test. Sandbox VR does business in the United States under the name Glostation USA Inc., which has filed for Chapter 11 (along with a number of associates) at the U.S.

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Mashable VR

JUNE 12, 2022

Following the devastating elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas — just one in a string of mass shootings that recently occurred in the United States — thousands of people marched throughout the country in support of gun control on Saturday. Enough is enough' in Anaheim, California.

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VRScout

JULY 26, 2021

Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a wearable device that generates power when touched or sweated on, potentially opening up new opportunities for smaller electronics, including maybe VR technology. Generate electricity while interacting with your favorite games and apps.

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VRScout

APRIL 18, 2017

Originally launched for free on the HTC Vive, Earth VR is available on the Rift with support for Oculus Touch controllers — and of course it’s still free. Some new locations include Neuschwanstein Castle in Germany, Table Mountain in South Africa, Perito Moreno Glacier in Argentina, Mt Lassen in California, Palermo in Italy, and more.

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AR Insider

APRIL 12, 2021

The trial begins next month in California. The “micro-gestures” will use AR input to create controllers out of the user’s fingers if positioned a certain way. The haptics and micro-gestures hope to guide and control user attention to objects outside of their field of view. It makes perfect sense, finally.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

MAY 2, 2023

It also has a 190-degree field of view (FoV), high-grade L-series optics, and flare control technologies for filming in backlit environments. This allows professionals and novices to create on-the-fly immersive content for the Meta Quest 2.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

This week Sense Arena launched a partnership with live sports company AEG and professional NHL franchise the LA Kings to bring the VR training platform to both junior and professional Kings’ players at the LA Kings Training Center in El Segundo, California, marking the company’s first LA-based partnership. “We

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VRScout

DECEMBER 31, 2016

Control devices that provide realistic haptic feedback. The United States flagship IMAX VR Experience Centre will be located in South Fairfax, Los Angeles, California. According to the site, IMAX VR Experience Centres will include: Room-tracking technology that will allow players to explore expansive virtual spaces.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Originally scheduled to take place May 4th through the 6th at the McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, California, Facebook states in an official blog update that it will be canceling the in-person element of the conference in order to remain inclusive to the many international developers who make their way to the event each year.

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VRScout

JANUARY 18, 2019

Since its initial launch in June, TWC’s IMR technology has been used in several mixed reality presentations, highlighting everything from torrential flooding caused by a category 2 hurricane, to an out-of-control wildfire capable of destroying a football field worth of forest every second. Image Credit: The Weather Channel.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Oculus Connect 5 is officially underway in San Jose, California, and the company wasted not time this year as Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg took to the stage to unveil the next generation of Oculus VR technology, the Oculus Quest. The Quest will launch with an additional 50+ titles, all featuring support for updated Touch controllers.

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AUGUST 1, 2023

The two-day event September 27-28 will include a "limited" in-person experience at Meta headquarters in Menlo Park, California, with sessions streaming live for free "on various social channels". Meta also revealed the included new Touch Plus controllers, and explained how they're tracked without rings or onboard cameras.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 8, 2019

Conducted at the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California Los Angeles, a study titled Randomized, Controlled Trial of a Virtual Reality Tool to Teach Surgical Technique for Tibial Shaft Fracture Intramedullary Nailing examines the efficacy of VR surgical training for a specific procedure and set of equipment.

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ARPost

JUNE 19, 2020

Users can control the device via Wi-Fi or USB. Skip Rizzo of the University of Southern California developed the treatment program for veterans with PTSD. Specifically, it can produce 0.1 to 20-millisecond bursts of scent. However, unlike existing olfaction technologies, it only produces scent when it is desired. Scentware ION.

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Tech Trends VR

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Students who had teachers involved in the PLI showed statistically significant differences , performing better in six out of ten subjects (compared to those whose teachers were not involved in the PLI) in The California Department of Education spring 2017 scores on the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) tests.

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MARCH 27, 2024

Kids who weren't born when he made that decision can now wear , with parental controls, a $500 wireless all-in-one headset with markerless inside-out tracking, precise 6DoF controllers, hand tracking, and mixed reality. On March 25, 2014 the world learned Mark Zuckerberg purchased Oculus VR for over $2 billion.

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JULY 15, 2022

In the announcement, the top-level executive said that users could communicate directly with the device with voice controls for hands-free functionality. Meta has also begun showcasing Stories at its latest experience store near the company’s Reality Labs office in Burlingame, California.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Image Credit: MASA’s Emmy-winning “Mission Control 360 Live: Cassini Finale at Saturn”. The three month intensive program kicks off with a three-day Boot Camp” April 16 – 19 at YouTube Space Los Angeles in Playa Vista, California, where select creators will learn everything they need to start creating VR content.

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Road to VR

MARCH 19, 2018

In short, Oculus Go is essentially a standalone version of Samsung Gear VR , a mobile VR headset featuring rotational-only tracking (3DOF) for both the headset and the controller. The post Report: Facebook to Launch Oculus Go Standalone Headset at F8 Developer Conference appeared first on Road to VR.

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JUNE 9, 2023

Analog Concerns Oculus Rift prototype demo with Xbox controller, 2012. Lets balance that legitimate concern by examining where Apple is and what the company potentially loses by leaving controller-based VR and even traditional gaming experiences out of Vision Pro's picture. This is happening. I peeked at a future with augmented vision.

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VRScout

JUNE 9, 2017

Researchers at University of California-San Diego have designed a new lightweight glove that can replicate the feeling of touch, using it to play piano. Combining three discrete technologies, researchers at UC San Diego have created a glove that simulates real-life force in virtual worlds.

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