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Holovis Uses Giant Robot Arms for Intense VR Motion Simulated Experiences

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Of course, the beauty of real-time VR rendering combined with a multi-axis robot arm means that its potential applications are almost endless and can be improved over time; initially designed for the attractions industry, the same software can be used to safely simulate high-risk scenarios for training purposes.

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New VR Glove Uses Muscle-Like Chambers To Simulate Touch

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In theory, the gloves could paired with other technologies like a Leap Motion sensor to simulate a wide range of activities. Of course, they will remain separate pieces of gear for now, at least until engineers or developers figure out a way to create one, seamless outfit or suit.

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These Gloves Let You Play Piano in VR—and Feel It

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Combining three discrete technologies, researchers at UC San Diego have created a glove that simulates real-life force in virtual worlds. 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.

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Varjo XR-4 hands-on preview: high resolution and raytracing are an explosive mix in VR

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This is especially a big relief for universities, for which allocating this annual year was a huge bureaucratic mess The Varjo Focal edition is mostly used in simulations, where the customer wants to see reality with great accuracy. This is of course not required for the Secure edition It is possible to add Ultraleap hand tracking for +499€.

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10 Projects That Have Us Excited About the Next Generation of VR & AR

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Leap Motion North Star. Image courtesy Leap Motion. Not wanting to wait for the future to one day show up, Leap Motion has designed its own prototype AR headset which is made to give developers a development platform which represents the input and output experience that future AR headsets will hopefully one day provide.

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VR Flight Simulator Lets You Explore the World and the Web

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This week, Daniel Church achieved lift-off with a successful Kickstarter campaign for his virtual reality flight simulator. FlyInside FSX is a plugin for Microsoft Flight Simulator and Prepar3D that brings you inside a completely realistic airplane flight deck. Want to reach into a VR cockpit that’s a little closer to Earth?

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Moving Virtual Objects Like a Jedi

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And of course this is all much more likely to happen in the most inconvenient and crucial moments of a demo or experience. Dynamically mapping rich features of input gestures to properties of physics-based simulation made the interface controllable in most cases.

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