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Oculus VR fitness data will soon be accessible in Apple Health

Mashable VR

The updates include a new Oculus Move mobile app for iOS and Android, where workout data like calories burned and minutes spent exercising in VR can be seen on your phone. Previously, this data could only be accessed in the Oculus Move app on the headset. SEE ALSO: The best VR games and apps that make working out fun.

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Students Hack Positional Tracking onto Gear VR with SteamVR Tracking

Road to VR

In a reverse engineering exercise, two students at Utah State University have hacked positional tracking onto a Gear VR headset using SteamVR Tracking technology. Mobile VR solutions like Samsung’s Gear VR currently employ rotational tracking only. A detailed breakdown of the project and its inner workings is available here.

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The XR Week Peek (2024.03.04): Meta and LG confirm their partnerships, Meta to unveil some AR glasses at Connect, and more!

The Ghost Howls

It is not the first time Meta partnered with an external company for a new device and in most cases this choice paid off: both the Gear VR (Samsung) and the Oculus Go (Xiaomi) were pretty good products. But will it be enough now to beat Apple?

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5 Important Health And Fitness Tech Trends For 2023

Bernard Marr

Wearables becoming more sophisticated and powerful Fitness trackers such as the Fitbit wristbands, as well as smartwatches like Apple, Pixel, and Samsung models with inbuilt fitness tracking capabilities, have been with us for a while.

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This Man Actually Cycled The Entire Length Of The UK In VR

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

To do this, he was using an inexpensive bluetooth cadence monitor paired with his exercise bike and Samsung’s Gear VR, running his own app named CycleVR. Tagged with: Aaron Puzey , CycleVR , cycling , exercise , gear vr. Now, Puzey says he has actually done it. Floating cubes lined the path he needed to follow.

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Lessons in Founding, Running & Selling a Startup

AR Insider

That led to Dekko and Samsung — the former he founded and admits was early to AR. could help them build the AR functionality they need to enhance a user experience or gather data. It needed to map hosts’ homes to have more comprehensive data on their spaces and amenities. Early Mover. That company was Airbnb.

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What are Colleges & Universities Using VR For?

InstaVR

Top Client Examples: German University in Cairo – Architecture students capture the majesty of historical Cairo buildings and present them via VR in headsets like Google Cardboard and Samsung Gear VR. A great way to help visualize the amazing architectural feats of centuries past in an immersive way.

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