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Holovis Uses Giant Robot Arms for Intense VR Motion Simulated Experiences

Road to VR

Theme parks have been eager to add virtual reality rides to their list of attractions, but the majority of experiences are repurposed existing roller coasters, essentially offering the same ride but with a virtual environment to look at. image courtesy Holovis.

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Cas & Chary Present: Awesome Things to Do in VR Other Than Gaming

Road to VR

It uses hand tracking and a real piano to teach you to play songs. Waves’ are live, interactive, and social concerts in a virtual environment where you’re able to connect with the artist and other fans in an immersive way. Visit Your Your Old House & Travel Virtually in VR. Attend VR Concerts.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.12.28): Flight Simulator VR released, a new hack lets you use Quest without Facebook, and more!

The Ghost Howls

It turns out that it has been delayed again since the company is not satisfied with the quality of the hands tracking offered by the currently-used tracking cameras. The Lynx will ship with hands tracking as the primary interaction method, so high-quality hands tracking is crucial for this headset.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.07.27): new Quest leaked, Dreams now supports VR and more!

The Ghost Howls

If not, well, let me make a recap: startup Lynx opened the preorders some months ago about a new standalone headset all focused on having both virtual reality and passthrough augmented reality , and featuring amazing capabilities like eye tracking, hand tracking, a new lens design, and 5G connectivity (through an add-on).

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Dexmo force feedback gloves show the future of hands presence in VR

The Ghost Howls

The Dexmo force-feedback glove is an exoskeleton that you wear to have true fingers presence in any virtual environment. It can be used both with a standard screen or an AR/VR headset, but I think that virtual reality is where this device really shines.

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Meet & Greet in AR, with Spatial’s Jacob Loewenstein

XR for Business Podcast

For example, if I’m going through some sort of instruction or training exercise where my environment really matters, then we can understand why it might be important to jump into a VR headset and limit the distraction from the real environment around me, and replace it with an entirely virtual environment.

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Meet & Greet in AR, with Spatial’s Jacob Loewenstein

XR for Business Podcast

For example, if I’m going through some sort of instruction or training exercise where my environment really matters, then we can understand why it might be important to jump into a VR headset and limit the distraction from the real environment around me, and replace it with an entirely virtual environment.

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