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Looking at VR in Senior Living Communities for Alzheimer’s Awareness Month

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However, a novel deployment case recently rolled out in a community in North Carolina – not a senior living community, just a community. The company rolled out their EnvisionHome solution to turn the lens into the facility, letting family members who couldn’t visit experience senior living facilities remotely.

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‘Google Earth VR’ Lets You Experience the Total Solar Eclipse Right Now

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Whether or not you’re in the narrow band of ‘solar eclipse totality’ that’s making its way across the continental United States on Monday, August 21st, Google Earth VR has seen a recent update that will let you experience the rare event from the comfort of your own HTC Vive or Oculus Rift. image courtesy NASA.

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Ubisoft Pushes ‘Star Trek: Bridge Crew’ Release to March 2017

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Ubisoft recently released Eagle Flight exclusively on Oculus Rift from their Montreal studio, with Werewolves Within and Star Trek: Bridge Crew to follow from their North Carolina-based subsidiary Red Storm Entertainment. Star Trek: Bridge Crew is slated for a simultaneous release on Rift, Vive and PSVR.

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Crytek-Incubated ‘VR First’ Program to Double Number of Academic VR/AR Labs in 2017

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Development is divided evenly across the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift platforms, each accounting for 31% of projects created, with other major VR platforms such as Samsung Gear VR, OSVR, and Daydream rounding out the bottom numbers. North Carolina State University, USA. North Metropolitan TAFE, Australia.

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