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#1359: Landmark Anthropological Field Study of VR with “In the Land of the Unreal” author Lisa Messeri

Voices of VR

Yale Anthropologist Lisa Messeri spent a year doing field work in Los Angeles in 2018 studying the political ecology of the VR community, and will be releasing her landmark book called In the Land of the Unreal: Virtual and Other Realities in Los Angeles on Friday, March 8th.

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7 Insightful XR Education Case Studies to Read in 2022

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Today, we’re going to be looking at some of the most inspirational case studies from the educational landscape, highlighting the benefits of XR for training. HTV VIVE, Unreal, and Nowa Era. The result is better knowledge retention, more engagement from students, and broader reach. Meta Oculus and Aptiv.

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Automotive XR Case Study: Varjo and Phiaro

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

They then mounted the hardware for inside-out positional tracking into the vehicle. Using the Varjo XR-3 headset, the team was then able to combine a real-time video feed, with 3d car renders, built within Unreal and Unity software.

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Gorillaz Debut AR YouTube Experience At Coachella

VRScout

This award-worthy case study made for augmenting a YouTube livestream, layers a larger-than-life 2D (the band’s imaginary frontman) on the very top of the proscenium and syncs up perfectly with Albarn performing live on stage. “Gorillaz are perfectly positioned to experiment with the canvases that exist between physical and digital.”

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XR in Education Case Study in Focus: VIVE and Nowa Era

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Using technology from the Unreal Engine, The Nowa Era brand was even able to accurately replicate colours and chemical reactions, so students could get a clearer view of how experiments would work in real life.

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Meta Releases UE4 Graphics Demo to Show What Quest 2 Can Do with Expert Optimization

Road to VR

In an effort to help PC VR developers bring their content to Quest 2, Meta has ported Showdown , an old UE4 VR graphics showcase, to the headset as a case study in optimization best practices. Meta ported the short demo as a case study in optimizing PC VR content to run on Quest 2.

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VR startup to help train US Air Force

Hypergrid Business

It developed a simulation of USAF aircraft using the HTC Vive running the Unreal Engine. Wu released a case study in September which offers more information about Vinci VR’s aircraft maintenance training. The VR training had a goal of saving time and money for the Air Force versus the traditional textbook method.