Road to VR

AUGUST 13, 2017

Oculus has added new documentation to their developer knowledge base detailing the ‘buffered haptics’ feature of the Oculus SDK, a method for programming more advanced haptic feedback from the company’s Touch controllers. Here are some examples: 320Hz, full amplitude – [255, 255, 255, 255, …].

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Haptic Controllers Oculus Knowledge Base 230

Tech Trends VR

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

. The healthcare industry is ripe for embracing immersive xR learning technologies in training professionals and informing patients. xR technologies have the potential to improve the quality and quantity of training, to reduce training costs and to enhance patient satisfaction Click To Tweet. Gaining a solid knowledge base (e.g.,

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Healthcare Training Construction Technology 286

Ryan Schultz

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

This afternoon, Linden Lab (the makers of virtual world Second Life) made an announcement : Wouldn’t it be cool if you could animate your avatar in real time? Or imagine if your avatar could reach out and touch something in-world or perform animations? What if you could wave your arm and your avatar could mimic your motions?

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Controllers Virtual World Knowledge Base Data 52

VeeR VR

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

For example, he used an oscillating fan so that the viewer could feel the wind blowing on their face. Unfortunately, due to the primitive state of graphics at this point in time, the full benefit of such systems had yet to be realized: Augmented reality (AR) is a technology that layers virtual enhancements atop our existing reality.

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