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Moving Virtual Objects Like a Jedi

Tech Trends VR

In fact, I’m a bit surprised it took this long, but researchers at Virginia Tech have put their brains to good use and come up with a way for ordinary mortals to replicate the telekinetic powers of a Jedi in Virtual Reality. To test the feature, the team used an Oculus Rift CV1 for display and a Leap Motion was applied for hand tracking.

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Exclusive: First-Ever Impact Reality Summit Announces 2020 Lineup

VRScout

Some of the biggest names in social impact will be in attendance, including: Participant Media, Conservation International, the Rainforest Alliance, Connect for Climate/World Bank, and the Milken Institute, as well as tech companies like Google, Microsoft, and Oculus. ” Tree USA | 2017 | 9 Min | Creator: Milica Zec, Winslow Porter.

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Attending Digital Concerts in XR with The Boolean’s Anne McKinnon

XR for Business Podcast

And yeah, the audiences there, they put the headsets on, the band comes in and plays a couple of sets, and they see these amazing visuals and they feel haptics and temperature and scent. We use everything from haptics. So explain how the haptics are working. So we have our own app on the Oculus store.

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Attending Digital Concerts in XR with The Boolean’s Anne McKinnon

XR for Business Podcast

And yeah, the audiences there, they put the headsets on, the band comes in and plays a couple of sets, and they see these amazing visuals and they feel haptics and temperature and scent. We use everything from haptics. So explain how the haptics are working. So we have our own app on the Oculus store.

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Attending Digital Concerts in XR with The Boolean's Anne McKinnon

XR for Business Podcast

And yeah, the audiences there, they put the headsets on, the band comes in and plays a couple of sets, and they see these amazing visuals and they feel haptics and temperature and scent. We use everything from haptics. So explain how the haptics are working. So we have our own app on the Oculus store. So it's not just VR.

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