XR Today - Virtual Reality

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Developers and hardware solution providers have been working together over the past few decades to build VR headsets capable of hosting immersive experiences. Some of the leading companies like Meta Platforms, Pico Interactive, HTC VIVE, Lenovo, and Varjo Technologies, among others, have been leading global markets with their devices.

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VRScout

JUNE 23, 2016

It has been over a year since we first experienced The VOID’s VR theme park in Utah. In the city of Orem, Utah, a VR arcade has just opened for business, maybe giving us a first glimpse at what these arcades may look like in malls around the country. You can pick from a range of HTC Vive experiences to play at this VR arcade.

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JULY 31, 2017

When I tried the latest installation of The VOID earlier this year in Utah I encountered what I think is likely the pinnacle of immersion possible in 2017, with one major limit. HTC is developing its own tracking puck that’s already been distributed to developers that could perform many of these same functions.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2017

The experience is a product of The Void, a Utah-based startup. While the approach allowed The Void to deploy the Ghostbusters: Dimension experience relatively early, it came online as Oculus and HTC started shipping improved consumer hardware. This allowed the system to be deployed in a large area.

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Road to VR

MARCH 8, 2017

In a reverse engineering exercise, two students at Utah State University have hacked positional tracking onto a Gear VR headset using SteamVR Tracking technology. Since Valve opened SteamVR technology to third parties for free , it has become easier to create tracked peripherals and other hardware.

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VRScout

MARCH 30, 2017

The German auto manufacturer evaluates design features in virtual reality before building prototypes in actual reality, using the famous high-quality physics-based rendering power of Unreal for the game engine and using the HTC Vive for the VR hardware. PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS IN UTAH USE VR FOR TRAINING. THE VOID GOES TO DUBAI.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 10, 2019

Whilst we’re in a day and age where hardware, such as the Oculus Rift, the upcoming Oculus Quest, for example, the HTC Vive, are much more applicable piece of hardware for businesses to buy and use for trade show use cases, for example, where you put a lot of for people going through the same device. Yes, it is the Void.

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