VRScout

JUNE 20, 2019

Director Jon Favreau ditches physical sets in favor of 360-degree virtual environments. Director Jon Favreau and his team immersed within their virtual set. // Image Credit: Wired. Arriving in theatres July 19th , Disney’s photorealistic CGI Lion King remake is the product of multiple cutting edge technologies.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Animation has gone a long way from mere entertainment. Animators can create more complex imagery while they are immersed in virtual environments. With virtual reality, stories go beyond linear narratives, and viewers gain more control of the story. The New Realms of Animation.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JULY 5, 2022

Last Friday, Sony Interactive Entertainment, the hardware vendor behind the famous PlayStation gaming console brand, announced a technology partnership with eye-tracking provider Tobii for the Japanese firm’s sophomore virtual reality (VR) gaming headset.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Ballast VR’s new game tasks you with collecting as many virtual coins as you can while blasting your way through a variety of virtual obstacles. Instead of motion controllers or a gamepad, PLAY uses a gaze-based system designed to monitor your head movements.

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VRScout

APRIL 28, 2021

LAI Games is an Australian-based company with location-based entertainment venues all around the world. In 2017, the company worked with Ubisoft to develop a VR attraction called Virtual Rabbids: The Big Ride , which received high praise from both developers as well as players and is now considered a game-changer for the arcade industry.

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ARVR

JANUARY 10, 2023

In this article, we will explore the history and evolution of the metaverse, from its origins in science fiction to its current state as a rapidly growing and evolving platform for communication, entertainment, and commerce.

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AR Insider

MARCH 22, 2021

It’s an incredible hour of entertainment. My two controllers lit up with gratitude. Neurosity launches the Crown , a wearable device that puts users in control of their focus. Surreal Events launched Surreal, a virtual event platform for live experiences across industries. Great script. Great production design.

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ARPost

AUGUST 9, 2023

A few short years ago, we were seeing an explosion of interest and production in XR theater and live virtual entertainment. The pandemic meant that a lot of theaters were empty, creating a strong need for audiences and entertainers alike. Now it’s 2023. Theaters are open again. However, XR does not have a monopoly on the word.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

MAY 12, 2024

Here, I’ll cover some of my favorite Apple Vision Pro apps so far for everything from business productivity to collaboration and entertainment. It allows you to stream content in a range of virtual environments. It makes sense. The Disney+ app is probably the most impressive here.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 13, 2024

Object tracking : Hyperion allows the Leap Motion Controller 2 camera to track AR Markers (also known as fiducial markers) enabling tracking of any object. It’s interesting to see that Neurable is still around and kicking: a few years ago there was a bit of hype around it when it created an EEG-based “mind controller” for the HTC Vive.

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Road to VR

MARCH 20, 2017

I also talked to Burkhardt about some of the ethical implications of integrating these biometric data streams within an entertainment and consumer VR context. But there also risks for this type of data being used to shape and control our behaviors in ways that cross an ethical threshold. LISTEN TO THE VOICES OF VR PODCAST.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 20, 2018

“Virtual reality offers exciting new opportunities for us to realistically simulate a wide range of clinical situations. We want learners to make all their beginner mistakes in the virtual environment, not on real patients.”. This is, however, far from Queen’s University’s first run-in with virtual reality technology.

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VRScout

JUNE 5, 2023

According to Apple, the sleek-looking headset is designed for both work and play, offering a sizable catalog of productivity and entertainment apps available via the new Vision Pro App Store. Controllers Instead of motion controllers, the headset is operated using your eyes, voice, and hands.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 22, 2024

The international media conglomerate is in the headlines this week with its Holotile breakthrough, a prototype device that acts as a VR input treadmill, allowing various users to walk around a shared virtual environment without requiring a controller.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Several times throughout my viewing the camera would pan throughout the virtual environment in order to direct our attention to specific areas of the world. Most times I’m able to avoid motion sickness by controlling my in-game movements, using the motion controls to move or teleport throughout my environment.

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ARPost

JANUARY 5, 2022

After all, a headset isn’t strictly required for viewing or even entering some immersive environments. The earliest VR experiences predate head-mounted displays and instead used projectors to turn a room into a virtual environment without the aid of a head-mounted display. We’re talking here about room-scale VR.

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VRScout

JANUARY 8, 2019

It’s only day one of the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas and already we’ve seen the unveiling of two never-before-seen HTC Vive headsets, as well as new controllers and tracking capabilities for the ultrawide Pimax 8K. “If the car turns a tight corner, the player curves around an opposing spaceship in virtual reality.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 23, 2019

That’s not the case for Kevin Williams, who turned his arcade addiction into a career as an out-of-home entertainment guru. He is the out-of-home location-based entertainment expert, and he’s what’s coming up next. He is the out-of-home location-based entertainment expert, and he’s what’s coming up next.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 23, 2019

That’s not the case for Kevin Williams, who turned his arcade addiction into a career as an out-of-home entertainment guru. He is the out-of-home location-based entertainment expert, and he’s what’s coming up next. He is the out-of-home location-based entertainment expert, and he’s what’s coming up next.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 1, 2019

During Oculus Connect 6 in San Jose, CA, Mark Zuckerberg unveiled that the Oculus Quest would allow for hand and finger tracking without the need of any hand controllers, and of course, I couldn’t wait to try it. I was impressed at how quickly the Quest was able to calibrate my fingers and bring them to life inside the virtual environment.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 31, 2023

This is an XR product that displays a 120″ screen with endless entertainment options in front of a consumer with a pair of stylish and lightweight glasses. VITURE One XR Glasses combine advanced cloud computing and human-computer interaction to allow consumers to take full control of their entertainment experience on the go.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). Finally, Sony Interactive Entertainment has unveiled the design of the PlayStation VR 2 headset. Zuck and another Meta employee entered an empty virtual world, and Zuck started saying what he wanted to see in it and the AI answered by crafting exactly what he wanted. “I

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VRScout

OCTOBER 1, 2020

The use of VR in education can make learning more entertaining, encourage STEM programs, and help with distance education. From virtual field trips on the planet Mars to roleplaying as histories greatest public figures, here are eight fascinating examples of immersive technology in modern education: Credit: Umiversiv.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 23, 2019

That’s not the case for Kevin Williams, who turned his arcade addiction into a career as an out-of-home entertainment guru. He is the out-of-home location-based entertainment expert, and he's what's coming up next. He is the out-of-home location-based entertainment expert, and he's what's coming up next. Let's show everybody.

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ARPost

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Why should we invent another joystick, gamepad or controller, if we already have, thanks to millions of years of evolution, the most perfect controller for interaction with the environment – hands? Let’s build a web-cam in a vanity dresser and add a remote controller to take a snap, and instantly post it on Instagram.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 1, 2020

Precedent studies have already shown that VR shuts down some zones of the hippocampus responsible for the navigation inside environments. A little mouse walks in a virtual environment, to let researches understand the effects of virtual navigations inside the brain.

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Road to VR

JULY 15, 2017

The technology claims to offer the rider genuine interactivity and ‘complete agency’ over the experience, including real-time control of the motion profile. The first entertainment installation is also expected at the end of the year in Dubai. Holovis is keen to point out that this is more than repurposing an existing ride.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 6, 2018

The researchers wanted to come up with an interface that was not only more playful, entertaining, and fun, but also did a good job of being functional, tweaking the push and pull physics and speed variations until they felt “realistic”. This ability to respond to more nuanced hand movement is due to the technique’s physics-driven algorithms.

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Tech Trends VR

MARCH 4, 2019

BaDoinkVR partners with ViRo.Club to combine motion control and teledildonics and create more immersive adult experiences. The best virtual reality experiences can come from every day human connections. At last year’s AVN’s (the adult industry’s Oscar equivalent) they were named “Best Virtual Reality Site.”.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 18, 2022

Virtual reality (VR) is still a daunting task for most in the tech industry. Although extended reality (XR) technologies are developing at a much faster pace, many people still see them as a tool for entertainment. Retailers also leverage VR to view and test products in virtual environments, even before they are built.

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Road to VR

JUNE 12, 2017

The new game from the creators of Raw Data (2016) is another showcase of their ‘Active VR’ philosophy, employing an innovative, nausea-avoiding Fluid Locomotion System to navigate at high speeds around a virtual environment. Our hands-on at GDC was very positive ; an ‘incredibly fun’ game with breakthrough controls for VR locomotion.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

APRIL 19, 2023

Virtual reality (VR) continues to develop in the tech industry. Following the release of several flagship VR headsets, the industry is now moving beyond using the devices for entertainment and into real-world use cases. This will allow many to work in virtual reality, bringing companies closer together across wide physical distances.

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AR Insider

AUGUST 25, 2021

The virtual equivalent of Amsterdam was sold in Second Life for $50,000 in 2007. A 21-year-old earned $125 for controlling someone’s identity for an hour, and a 16-year-old won $3 million in prize money in the Fortnite World Cup. An elf called Zeuzo was sold in World of Warcraft for $9,500 that same year. Want another example?

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Otherwise known as a “ mixed reality ” or “extended reality” headset, VR/AR headsets combine augmented and virtual reality. Often, these tools allow users to control their level of “immersion” in a situation. A typical set of smart glasses won’t immerse you fully into a virtual environment.

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Hypergrid Business

JANUARY 5, 2021

You can already see and hear in a virtual environment using a device like the Oculus Quest 2. There’s even a simulation that shows the user moving at a fraction of Earth gravity, which means the device is already able to simulate some far-out environments, like Mars or the moon. (Image courtesy Holotron.).

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Tech Trends VR

JUNE 5, 2020

You will be able to talk to new virtual beings who will know more about your world than any single human does and you will literally talk to and touch the computing that will be all around you, either within complete virtual environments or within new forms of augmented reality.

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ARPost

APRIL 28, 2022

See Also: Study: Virtual Reality More Engaging for Students Than Traditional Educational Materials. Modern schoolchildren and students are accustomed to games and entertainment, with levels, points, and rewards. The programs create a digital controlled environment that recreates standard life situations.

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