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VR is the Face of Future Entertainment at a Major San Jose Cinemark Theater

Road to VR

Cinemark, a major US movie theater chain, this week welcomes the SPACES VR attraction to its Century 20 Oakridge theater in San Jose, CA. In the pre-mission setup phase, players are outfitted with a VR backpack PC, haptic vest, hand and foot trackers, and a VR gun peripheral. Photo by Road to VR.

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Adding Haptic Feedback through Inaudible Bass with SubPac

Road to VR

It was on a San Jose sidewalk in 2015 that I first tried the SubPac and felt like I was immediately transported into a dance club standing in front of giant subwoofers with the soundwaves of bass rippling through my body, but yet no one around me could hear a thing. LISTEN TO THE VOICES OF VR PODCAST. Support Voices of VR.

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NVIDIA to Present Latest Foveated Rendering Research at GTC 2017 in May

Road to VR

Held from May 8-11th in Silicon Valley at the San Jose Convention Center, NVIDIA’s GTC 2017 session schedule is chock full of deep tech talks that we’re looking forward to.

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The LBVR shootout: The Void vs. Spaces VR (report from opening night at first Silicon Valley location)

Robert Scoble

Opening night at Spaces VR in San Jose, California. Opening night in San Jose for this amazing VR experience. The haptic gun was awesome, I think it was a little nicer than the one I used in Void, but it didn’t matter that much to overall experience in either place. Just got out of @VRSpaces.

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Hands-On: Oculus Quest Hand Tracking Feels Great, But It’s Not Perfect

VRScout

During Oculus Connect 6 in San Jose, CA, Mark Zuckerberg unveiled that the Oculus Quest would allow for hand and finger tracking without the need of any hand controllers, and of course, I couldn’t wait to try it. Quest hand tracking is perfect for slower experiences with light interaction.

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Applications Now Open for Oculus Connect 4 Developer Conference

Road to VR

Oculus’ annual developer conference is back—Connect 4 will be hosted on October 11th and 12th in San Jose, California at the McEnery Convention Center. Future: From optics and haptics to AI and emerging applications, speculate on VR’s third wave with research and thought leadership at the bleeding edge.

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On the XR Beat, with VentureBeat’s Dean Takahashi

XR for Business Podcast

I was at the San Jose newspaper at the time. Dean: I’ve tried some haptics gloves. I was at the San Jose newspaper at the time. Alan: And it’s interesting that you say that, because I actually did the Sixth Sense demo a couple years ago, of the catheter thing. And that was with controllers.