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AMC Theaters Buys Into VR With Dreamscape Immersive Deal

VRScout

Much like other popular location-based VR arenas, such as The Void or IMAX VR, Dreamscape uses head-mounted displays combined with computer-mounted backpacks to allow for free roaming VR. This includes everything from floors and fans simulating wind, to different scents and trackable props like a torch.

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Will XR (VR/AR) replace 2D interfaces?

ARVR

And after taking basic Oculus Quest development course, learning about WebXR, and trying new titles on SideQuest, I thought through this question again with a bigger picture in mind. Virtual Reality: Do We Live In Our Brain’s Simulation Of The World? XR requires HMD(Head Mounted Display) which is big, fragile, and heavy.

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4 Ways Universities are using VR and AR

EON Reality

With 20,000 lessons and 141 full university-level courses created by more than 8,000 faculty and excelling students across dozens of subjects and 17 different schools, users around the world will be able to benefit from the success of one of EON Reality’s top international AVR Centers. Virtual Anatomy Simulation.

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The AR Show: Building the Future of Human-Computer Interaction

AR Insider

Extending this out to head-mounted displays, having pass-through cameras, having inward-facing cameras… that allows computers to know more about what’s happening in the world, but also allowing computers to know more about users themselves… that profoundly changes what we are then able to do with computers.”

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Nintendo Switch Patents Reveal VR-Style Headset Add On

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NeoGAF user Rösti posted the patent online complete with various images and descriptions that match the new device, which allows games to be played either at home on a TV or on the go with a screen mounted to two handheld controllers.

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Accommodation and Vergence in Head-mounted Displays

Doc-Ok

These are another two (relates ones) of those frequently-asked questions about VR and head-mounted displays (HMDs) that I promised to address a while back. Of course, our brains don’t “know” geometry or triangulation, per se. Figure 4: A pair of eyes looking at a virtual object in a head-mounted display.

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WorldViz VR solutions help university research

Hypergrid Business

Huge Immersive Virtual Environment (HIVE) of Miami University is a 1,000 square meters virtual reality environment, and is used for the university’s research work such as spatial cognition and medical training simulations in nursing programs. Pre-Board Lab at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Running NextGen Simulation.

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