Fri.Mar 02, 2018

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Chinese Courtroom Uses VR to Revisit Crime Scene

VRScout

Courtroom visual aids are getting an immersive upgrade. Virtual reality can help us explore the Nile river , paint in a 3D space , or even get a quick workout from home. Now VR may also help us in one more area that actually makes a ton of sense—the courtroom. When it comes to showing a judge, jury, or witness what it’s like to be at the scene of an accident or crime—to see the incident as accurately as possible—VR may be just what legal professionals have been looking for.

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Oculus Rift Surpasses HTC Vive in Steam Majority Market Share for the First Time

Road to VR

According to Valve’s February Steam hardware and software survey, the Oculus Rift is now the most used VR headset on the Steam platform, taking the market share of VR headsets on Steam with a near 2% lead over its competitor HTC Vive. This is the first time Rift has surpassed Vive in Valve’s monthly survey. Each month, Valve runs the survey among Steam users to determine some baseline statistics about what kind of hardware and software is used by the user population, and to see h

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Creators of ‘Myst’ & ‘Obduction’ Announce VR Steampunk Adventure ‘Firmament’

Road to VR

Cyan, the studio behind Myst (1993) and Obduction (2017) , announced they’re working on a new steampunk adventure game called Firmament. The studio is keeping specifics under wraps for now, including target headset, launch date, etc. Cyan calls it a “resplendent, magical, journey — a monumental voyage through four diverse and curious realms, working in concert with an ever-present, clockwork companion, and the support and instruction of a long-dead, ethereal mentor.” While it

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