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Take A Virtual Tour Around The Solar System With ‘Overview’

VRScout

After demoing it myself, I was able to get my seven-year-old niece try it, and even though by now she’s a bit of a VR veteran (using your family members as guinea pigs is standard practice in my household), the experience still had her shouting out in excitement, and – most tellingly – incorporating space exploration themes into her play afterward.

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Taking a Virtual Spin Around The Solar System

Tech Trends VR

After demoing it myself, I also got my seven-year-old niece try it, and even though by now she’s a bit of a VR veteran (using your family members as guinea pigs is standard practice in my household), the experience still had her shouting out in excitement, and – most tellingly – incorporating space exploration themes into her play afterward.

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How Immersive Technology Is Advancing Healthcare

ARPost

This is clearly because no one is going to put their hand up to be the guinea pig. The technology could also be used for having virtual meetings with a group of experts regarding results from testing, or simply to have a direct conversation with your doctors regarding minor bloodwork. And they shouldn’t have to.

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John Cusack & Christina Ricci Make Their VR Debut In ?Distorted Reality?

VRScout

We are excited to be one of the only groups facilitating A-list film star debuts in virtual reality, and we hope that others will follow our lead.”. Watching it on the new Oculus Go I really enjoyed the intimate feel of the scenes, where you felt up-close and personal with the actors.

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Research Study Suggests VR Can Have A Huge Impact In The Classroom

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

” To test this theory, the subject of astrophysics was chosen to be a guinea pig of sorts. A class of 40 students was divided into four groups of ten. Each group was given a test on the same subject matter, but the lessons to each group were delivered in different ways.

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Distorting Virtual Reality

Tech Trends VR

We are excited to be one of the only groups facilitating A-list film star debuts in virtual reality, and we hope that others will follow our lead.”. Watching it in the new Oculus Go I really enjoyed the intimacy of the scenes, where you felt really up-close and personal with the actors.

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What’s new in VR for 2019?

InstaVR

2018 was a transition to more and more groups within companies using the technology. Rather than have a small group being the guinea pigs to test the effectiveness of VR, we’ll see whole departments at companies (or the entire companies themselves) adopt the technology to make them more effective.

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