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How does Virtual Reality Work? The Ultimate Guide

XR Today - Virtual Reality

Have you ever wondered, “How does virtual reality work?” What components does a “virtual reality” experience need to be truly immersive? In recent years, the “virtual reality” world has evolved drastically. So, how does virtual reality work, and why is it such a significant tech evolution?

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6 Reasons to Buy Virtual Reality Headsets in 2024

XR Today - Virtual Reality

Virtual reality headsets have taken the world by storm in recent years. Manufacturing, healthcare, and even retail brands now use virtual reality to design products at speed, deliver excellent customer service, and empower collaboration. Initially, many headset vendors focused on the consumer landscape.

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Stanford Designs ‘Breakthrough’ Lightweight VR Headset

XR Today - Virtual Reality

Stanford University has designed a lightweight virtual reality (VR) headset that could mark the end of users complaining about comfort levels. A virtual reality device creates complex light patterns to enable the headset to determine how the light will intersect with the metafsurface, which then adjusts the image on display.

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Which Wearables Enhance Connectivity for XR Tech?

XR Today - Virtual Reality

As it grows, the need for a seamless experience drives the demand for better connectivity between devices, producing numerous wearable products that can aid in immersive experiences. XR Today takes a closer look at eight of the world’s top immersive wearable solutions. Meta’s Wrist-Based Wearable (Under Development).

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Vive Trackers Experiments – Part 2: Setup, Props, and Full Body Virtual Reality

The Ghost Howls

For example, the calibration data of a single sensor is this one: model Points [ -0.00322245085, -0.0423639342, 0.110276416 ]. If the Tracker is turned, sensors become occluded, causing the data to change in real time. The data is sent wirelessly back to the host PC through a USB-mounted Vive “Dongle”. Image by Rob Cole).

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The New Frontier In Workplace Safety: Data Analytics And AI

Bernard Marr

Data and artificial intelligence (AI) are driving progress in virtually every part of HR and people management, and these technologies present remarkable opportunities for improving safety conditions, too. These devices offer real-time data on workplace safety and employee activities. Clearly, a proactive change is necessary.

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Stanford Research Shows VR Users Can Be Identified Using Only 5 Minutes of Motion Data

Road to VR

Using a pool of 511 participants, their system is said to be capable of identifying 95% of users correctly “when trained on less than 5 min of tracking data per person.” “With the rise of virtual reality, body tracking data has never been more accurate and more plentiful.

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