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Researchers Say Head-mounted Haptics Can Combat Smooth Locomotion Discomfort in VR

Road to VR

Researchers from the National Taiwan University, National Chengchi University, and Texas A&M University say that haptic feedback delivered to the head right from a VR headset can significantly reduce discomfort related to smooth locomotion in VR. Many VR games with artificial locomotion accommodate seated and standing players.

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Win $80,000 In Prizes With MSI VR JAM

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

Virtual reality is still in need of great experiences to bring to the masses, and MSI wants to help make them with its latest game jam. Judges include MSI Marketing Director, Sam Chern, Futuretown CEO, Johan Yang, Unity Evangelist Kelvin Lo, and WEARVR COO, Andrew Douthwaite. But what, you ask, is actually up for grabs?

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Win $80,000 In Prizes With MSI’s Leading VR Experience Jam

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

Virtual reality is still in need of great experiences to bring to the masses, and MSI wants to help make them with its latest game jam. Judges include MSI Marketing Director, Sam Chern, Futuretown CEO, Johan Yang, Unity Evangelist Kelvin Lo, and WEARVR COO, Andrew Douthwaite. But what, you ask, is actually up for grabs?

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The XR Week Peek (2022.11.14): Meta lays off 11,000 people, Apple works on some sort of “metaverse”, and more!

The Ghost Howls

According to the news outlet DigiTimes, Apple will use Taiwan-based Pegatron as its sole assembly manufacturer for it, and mass production of the device is set to begin “at the end of the first quarter of 2023”. All the YouTubers and VR magazines talked about it, and it seems that the game is very fun. Some news on content.

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HTC VIVE Debuts Mars CamTrack at SIGGRAPH 2022

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

VIVE Mars CamTrack is open for purchase in the United States, Canada, and Europe, with plans to launch in China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and Australia over the next few months. With the solution, users can leverage the following tools: FreeD plug-and-play capabilities for Epic Games’ Unreal Engine.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.11.09): PS5 doesn’t improve PSVR, VRChat reaches 24,000 concurrent users, and more!

The Ghost Howls

And both the journalists of Road To VR and Upload VR agree on the fact tha t it doesn’t represent an improvement for VR gaming yet. The PS5 is a big step forward for console gaming , and being paired with a next-gen controller like the DualSense, that provides realistic haptic sensations, it can give its players countless hours of fun.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.06.13): Magic Leap exploring a sale, events are going virtual and more!

The Ghost Howls

Otherwise, now the situation is more or less like before, with the exception of some places where there are still some Oculus devices in stock (for instance in Japan and Taiwan). A research project from Facebook (not to be released anytime soon) used “super-resolution” to reduce the computational power needed by games running on Quest.