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Microsoft Files Patent To Bring Real-World Objects To VR

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The patent, entitled “Transitioning into a VR environment and warning HMD users of real-world physical obstacles,” details a system capable of generating virtual representations of real-world objects that come within a certain range of the head-mounted display (HMD).

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Documenting the Evolution of VR Headsets with Zenka’s Sculptures

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The artist Zenka has been documenting the evolution of virtual reality by making raku sculptures of VR headsets. Here’s a video of some of Zenka’s recent AR installations: Here’s a picture from the 2014 IEEE VR conference of a collection of head-mounted displays curated by NASA’s Stephen Ellis.

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Apple’s Latest VR Patent Describes a Compact VR Headset with Eye Tracking

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Spotted by Patently Apple , Apple’s patent titled Optical System for Head-mounted Display makes it clear up front that this particular design is aimed at creating a VR headset that’s more compact, specifically by redesigning the optical system.

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Set-up Instructions for Vrui with HTC Vive Head-mounted Display

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The Vrui VR development toolkit is distributed as tarballs ( gzip -compressed tar archives) containing source code, documentation, other resources, and build scripts. Installing Vrui. OpenVRHost: Tracked device with serial number LHR-CCB9BBDB is now connected.

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Report: Apple Acquires VR & AR Eye-tracking Company SMI

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The company has demonstrated its eye-tracking solution in the HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Gear VR, and other head-mounted displays. SMI’s eye-tracking tech built into a Rift DK2 | Photo by Road to VR. MacRumors reports that the company was quietly acquired by Apple sometime between May 2nd and July 26th, 2017.

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Taqtile Launches Manifest v2.8 ahead of Augmented Enterprise Summit

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the software platform will provide upgrades across supported hardware devices, allowing: Spatially-anchored faults on equipment via head-mounted displays (HMDs), iPads, and other compatible mobile devices like AR smart glasses to rapidly and easily locate faults detected in equipment and infrastructure.

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Most Popular Spatial Audio Reviews 2022

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The Magic Leap Developer Suite combines powerful high-quality graphics with spatial audio technology, comprehensive documentation and guidance, and learning resources. Mesh from Microsoft provides companies and innovators with multi-device support for all kinds of head-mounted displays, VR headsets, desktops and more.