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

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Although virtual reality technology is not that new, it is being used in education since relatively recently. There are several reasons for the spread of virtual reality technology in education: Reduced price of technical equipment. The rapid growth of software for virtual reality. billion per year.

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The Vive Focus 3 On The International Space Station Is Now Being Used For Exercise Too

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The VR headset on the International Space Station is now being used for exercise as well as mental health. In November HTC sent a Vive Focus 3 to the International Space Station on a SpaceX Cargo Dragon autonomous spacecraft launched to resupply the station as part of NASA's Commercial Resupply Services program.

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HTC’s VIVE Focus 3 is Being Used in Space

XR Today - Virtual Reality

HTC’s VIVE Focus 3 has expanded its utility aboard the International Space Station (ISS) as it is being used to support physical and mental health. The VIVE Focus 3 is operating as part of vital exercise routines by astronauts in conjunction with a FERGO exercise bike and a VR experience created by the Danish Aerospace Company.

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China shows its masterplan to lead Virtual Reality in 2025

The Ghost Howls

We all know that China is a country that is betting big on Virtual Reality. Some days ago, the Chinese government has released a document that states how China really wants to commit to VR , how wants the ecosystem to grow well and fast and how also wants to lead the world for what concerns virtual reality. Introduction.

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

ARPost

Although virtual reality technology is not that new, it is being used in education since relatively recently. There are several reasons for the spread of virtual reality technology in education: Reduced price of technical equipment. The rapid growth of software for virtual reality. billion per year.

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HTC R&D department shows that VR can already benefit various sectors of our lives

The Ghost Howls

During my Chinese adventure, in the period that I was leaving Shanghai to go to Chengdu to watch pandas, I had the opportunity to interview via WeChat Qiyong Chen, one of the people leading the Virtual Reality R&D experiments at HTC. Who are you and what do you do in HTC? Here you are the transcript of the interview.

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Why we should care about ergonomics in virtual reality

The Ghost Howls

These are all real responses on a virtual reality forum after posters have asked: “Which headset is best?”…only Historically, virtual reality systems were prohibitively expensive and were limited to being used in controlled conditions by a small number of researchers, scientists, and groups like astronauts.