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‘Google Earth VR’ Lets You Experience the Total Solar Eclipse Right Now

Road to VR

Whether or not you’re in the narrow band of ‘solar eclipse totality’ that’s making its way across the continental United States on Monday, August 21st, Google Earth VR has seen a recent update that will let you experience the rare event from the comfort of your own HTC Vive or Oculus Rift. image courtesy NASA.

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Where is VR/AR and Education Now?

VRScout

1 VR/AR is proving to be an effective learning tool. Research studies conducted by North Carolina State University show “significant improvement” in children’s (sixth to eighth grade) learning after using zSpace’s VR platform. #2 Here’s a brief overview of the current state in VR/AR education. #1

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AR 101?—?A brief summary (Part 1)

ARVR

Advantages AR’s advantages are the tools it provides for various tasks in scientific, industrial, and entertainment areas (Peddie, 2017). Google launched Google Glass , and Microsoft launched HoloLens , a head-mounted display (Krevelen, 2010)(Jaimini, 2016). Read more here: AR 101?—?Augmented

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Lenovo Reveals ThinkReality VRX at IGS Europe 2022

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Jason McGuigan, Head of Commercial for Virtual Reality , announced the news at his speech at the premier event in Madeira Island, Portugal’s Savoy Palace, which joined some of the world’s largest tech firms, including Google, Qualcomm, EndeavorXR, Varjo Technologies, and many others.

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How Is Virtual Reality in Online Education Used?

ARVR

Examples of the former include Oculus Rift and Valve Index , while the latter include Gear VR and Google Cardboard. If the VR device is phone-based, then the software is developed for the Android or iOS application marketplaces (Google Play or App Store). Software The software that runs on these platforms can come from several sources.

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Digital Twins: XR Today Expert Roundtable

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Moreover, digital twins are an incredibly valuable tool for training scenarios. Orlando’s digital twin could be viewed as a more in-depth version of Google Maps that allows decision-makers to experience a “flyover” of the region with overlays of relevant data points. Canada, and Mexico.

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Getting — and Keeping — Your Attention in XR, with LumiereVR COO Alexander Haque

XR for Business Podcast

And to your point, by the way, what you mentioned — Google expeditions for the classroom — they started off by tackling that problem of bringing VR and synchronizing it across headsets. So the Dolby Atmos tool kit, or the Facebook 360 tool kit; all that spatial audio stuff. Alex: Oh, yeah, positional audio, right?