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Rendever Announces Addition of EnvisionHome Solution to VR Experience Platform

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The hardware that Rendever uses to offer VR experiences has also gone through some changes. With the recent discontinuation of Go, Rendever is switching to Pico , finding 3-DoF hardware to be the best for their needs. As a result, the VR experiences are navigable through more user-friendly touch screens.

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How Do Virtual Reality Healthcare Clinics Work?

XR Today - Virtual Reality

For example, the industry relies on the following technology components: VR hardware – Medical practitioners and patients can use VR headsets, controllers, trackers, and other hardware solutions to interface with real and immersive environments.

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MIT Researchers Test Autonomous Drones Using VR Training Grounds

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Thankfully, a handful of brilliant minds over at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have begun developing a new process of VR-based testing that could save manufacturers hundreds of thousands in shattered hardware.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.08.22): VRChat Android alpha released, Kinect For Azure discontinued, and more!

The Ghost Howls

I guess the reasons for discontinuation are that the current bad economic conditions are forcing the tech giants to cut all the non-essential projects, and for sure Kinect is not the hardware bringing the most revenues to Microsoft. It’s a pity that the teams working on this topic will have difficulties in finding their needed hardware.

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The Knight Foundation launches $750,000 initiative for immersive technology for the arts

TechCrunch VR

ConcertCue – Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); MIT Center for Art, Science & Technology. Project lead: Eran Egozy | Cambridge, Massachusetts | @EEgozy , @MIT , @ArtsatMIT , @MIT_SHASS. Feedback Loop – Newport Art Museum, in collaboration with Work-Shop Design Studio.

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Man Loses Over 50 Pounds Using A Virtual Reality Bicycle

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A man in Cambridge, Massachusetts has lost over 50 pounds through the use of a virtual reality bicycle. VirZoom has created a combined hardware/software product that syncs virtual reality experiences to your efforts on a stationary bicycle. William Brierly is 36-years-old.

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AR 101?—?A brief summary (Part 1)

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70s : Group of researchers at different organizations, such as NASA, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the University of North Carolina, continued research in computer graphics and virtual reality (Krevelen, 2010). 2000s : First outdoor mobile AR game ARQuake. Basic features of Augmented Reality by fernanda rodríguez.

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