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SIGGRAPH 2019 Conference Will Feature Four World-Premiere VR/AR Experiences

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Project Jua – Project Jua is an interactive VR experience that raises awareness of the impact of not having easy access to electricity, taking the player to a rural farm in Kenya to experience firsthand the challenges of living off the grid to discover an African solar power solution that is improving lives.

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Why Smells Are So Difficult To Simulate For Virtual Reality

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Using your nose in VR might sound slightly unnecessary, superfluous even – an optional extra once visuals, audio and haptics have been perfected. Takamichi Nakamoto, head of the lab at the Tokyo Institute of Technology which created the device, says a “huge amount of data are required to establish odor components [of different smells].