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VR Fencing Trainer Combines a Real Sword with Virtual Instruction

Road to VR

Easily joining my list of ‘things I didn’t foresee VR being used for’, Fencer is a virtual reality fencing trainer which uses a real fencing sword attached to an Oculus Quest controller to help would-be fencers learn the underlying strategies and movements.

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Early Signs of Quest 2 Traction Materialize

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B y most measures, Oculus Quest 2 is hit. Not to take away from UX execution, one factor at play is Facebook’s long-term VR strategy which lets it sacrifice near-term margins to build a network effect and win early market share. ” Has Oculus Quest Sold One-Million Lifetime Units? So what are those signals?

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Data Dive: Signs of VR Rebound Emerge

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The latter stems from Facebook’s long-term VR strategy that lets it sacrifice margins to build a network effect and win market share. After compiling evidence for Quest 2’s momentum to back up these claims, we’re returning to a similar exercise but for the broader VR market. Spec-Advantaged.

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VirZOOM Partners With AMD to Bring VR Fitness Bikes to Locations Across the Globe

Road to VR

But thanks to virtual reality, there might be an exercise machine coming to your local gym or arcade that promises to gamify what many people not only find to be an existential commentary on their personal failings, but also a painfully boring experience. image courtesy VirZOOM. image courtesy VirZOOM.

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2021 Predictions: VR Continues Slow & Steady Rise

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Notably, when kicking off this thought exercise, we realized that several of the topics look similar to last year. Facebook’s VR strategy is best embodied in its latest hardware: Oculus Quest 2. Its long-term VR strategy lets it sacrifice near-term margins to build a network effect and win early market share.

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Fence in VR with a real sword

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Fencer uses the Oculus Quest headset and controllers attached to a fencing sword, and the app walks users through a set of exercises aimed at improving reacting and attention, as well as for training attacking and defensive strategies.

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How Much is Facebook Investing in Spatial Computing?

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More importantly, this aligns with the timeframe that followed its 2014 Oculus acquisition. billion for a representative baseline of pre-Oculus spending. Where it gets more interesting is panning back to a longer time period in which R&D efforts had time to gear up, including Oculus Reality Labs in Seattle, led by Michael Abrash.