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SIGGRAPH 2017: Optitrack Reveals Tracking Puck For Full-Body VR Immersion

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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. Even the gun you hold becomes part of the immersive experience as it transforms in VR into part of your proton pack for catching ghosts.

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VR Interface Design and the Future of Hybrid Reality

Leapmotion

This week, motion designer Mike Alger released an 18-minute video that digs into the cutting edge of VR interface design using the Leap Motion Controller and Oculus Rift. Alongside this will be the immersive storytelling, compelling experiences, and discussions of human bodily transcendence by way of technological augmentation.

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Enterprise VR: How VRgineers is Creating the Ultimate HMD for Simulation

Peter Graham

It’s not easy convincing the public of spending £400+ on a device that straps to their face for immersive entertainment. Depending on application companies have a range of head-mounted displays (HMD) to choose from, with only an elite few competing in the upper echelons, one of which is VRgineers’ XTAL headset.

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Experiential Technology Event Shows How Far VR Has To Go

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I attended the Experiential Technology Conference (XTech) in San Francisco this week to hear talks about creating virtual experiences that truly immerse you in another world. We have 3D sound as well, but we need more than that to achieve real immersion, said Tal Blevins, head of media at UploadVR, in a panel at XTech.

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The High-end VR Room of the Future Looks Like This

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Side note that AR will be much bigger than VR, in both the diversity of use cases and market size (analysts predict $30B for VR versus $90B for AR by 2020), but I still believe that most homes will have a dedicated VR space for total immersion. Body movement. Let’s start from the ground up. Squishier objects will have more give.

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Best VR Headsets in 2018

VeeR VR

A step up from an Oculus Go for those that want more power, much better tracking for immersive games and experiences. IDEALENS plans to partner with the leading human-computer interaction technology company Leap Motion to embed its next generation hand tracking technology in IDEALENS K3-E headset. Oculus Rift ($599.99).

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OSVR Roadmap: Creating an Ecosystem of Interoperable VR Hardware and Software

VRGuy

Since the OSVR launch in January this year, nearly 250 organizations including Intel, NVIDIA, Xilinx, Ubisoft, Leap Motion, and many others have joined the OSVR ecosystem. Concurrent with the expansion of the OSVR community, the capabilities of the software platform have grown by leaps and bounds.