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Meta Wants to Beat Google at its Own Game with Horizon OS

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This puts Meta in an entirely new position as a platform holder, as it now seems the company is trying to beat Google at its own game. Google announced early last year it was providing software to Samsung to make a Vision Pro competitor, although we haven’t heard anything about it, or its Android XR platform since.

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‘Vi’ Wants You to Build Muscle with XR Gloves & (eventually) Its Fitness-first Headset

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Image courtesy Vi, Cix Liv You may recognize the startup’s founder Cix Liv from his other three-lettered ventures YUR, REK, and LIV, the latter of which helped popularize many VR games by letting content creators record themselves playing in the third-person. Here’s why: Hardware is very hard, but it’s also a moat. Not happening.

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Meta Rebranding Quest Software Horizon OS, Will Run On New Headsets From ASUS, Lenovo, More

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Two third-party companies have currently publicly announced they are building entirely new headsets running Meta Horizon OS: A "performance gaming headset" from ASUS under its Republic of Gamers (ROG) brand. A headset "fully optimized for gaming with support for all kinds of different peripherals and haptics."

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Oculus’ John Carmack Got ‘Minecraft’ Working on Quest, But the Project Was Abandoned

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Unfortunate wording aside, it sounds like internal conflict back-burnered any chance of the block-based sandbox game from arriving on the 6DOF standalone. It’s a pity, considering even the now largely obsolete Samsung Gear VR has its own bespoke version of the game , which was released in the 2016 heyday of the 3DOF mobile VR headset.

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Immersive Technology for Education: How Virtual Reality Will Change the Learning Process

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Giants such as Oculus, HTC, Sony, Microsoft, Samsung, Walmart, and many others have been implementing their technologies in this field for a long time. Virtual reality has long ceased to be just a game story and is actively being implemented in all areas of human activity. 5 Reasons to Use Virtual Reality in Education Today.

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Turn Any Stationary Bike Into A VR Fitness Machine With This $100 Sensor

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VirZOOM is back with a more affordable option for exercising in virtual reality. The intuitive peripheral was also responsible for a game developer pedaling off an incredible 50 pounds. The intuitive peripheral was also responsible for a game developer pedaling off an incredible 50 pounds.

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Oculus VR fitness data will soon be accessible in Apple Health

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The updates include a new Oculus Move mobile app for iOS and Android, where workout data like calories burned and minutes spent exercising in VR can be seen on your phone. SEE ALSO: The best VR games and apps that make working out fun. Previously, this data could only be accessed in the Oculus Move app on the headset.

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