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Varjo XR-4 hands-on preview: high resolution and raytracing are an explosive mix in VR

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This is especially a big relief for universities, for which allocating this annual year was a huge bureaucratic mess The Varjo Focal edition is mostly used in simulations, where the customer wants to see reality with great accuracy. For now, anyway, tracking is already good for simulation use. The XR-4 is no exception to this rule.

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What is MRTK-Unity? – Mixed Reality ToolKit

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The Mixed Reality Toolkit (MRTK) by Microsoft is an open-source toolkit that has been around since the HoloLens was first released in 2016. Microsoft-driven MRTK-Unity is a suite of components and capabilities used to speed the creation of cross-platform MR applications in Unity. Understanding the MRTK-Unity Toolkit for MR Developers.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.06.01): HP Reverb G2 launched, Qualcomm goes bullish on 5G and Wi-fi 6 and more!

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HP and Microsoft have a long track in offering enterprise hardware, so this headset may battle HTC on his own land (B2B). in software, serving 55mm–71mm IPD Refresh Rate ?—?75Hz 6DOF motion controllers, based on sensor fusion of electromagnetic (EM) and inertial measurement unit (IMU). Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 Display ?—?3,840

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The Ghost Howls’s VR Week Peek (2019.09.22): Oculus working on AR glasses with Luxottica, Apple glasses FOV discovered and much more!

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Most probably there won’t be hardware releases (Oculus has just launched the Rift S and the Quest ) but just teases of new devices of the future and a lot of new software releases and showcases (like the one about the game that is being developed by Respawn). This Area 51 VR simulator shows you what the US government is hiding to us!

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Welcome to CadaVR: A Living Cadaver Laboratory on the Web

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Not only does CadaVR let students use their hands and other senses to learn about anatomy, but it also has things that are not available in physical labs, such as a simulation of how the heart beats. (If Get the project on the Leap Motion Developer Gallery ! CadaVR is built on the web, so you can access anywhere, anytime.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.06.04): Apple to launch its headset, Meta unveils Quest 3 and many games, and more!

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I expect the tracking of Quest Plus to improve over time thanks to software updates, though. Quest 2 and Quest Pro are also getting a relevant performance boost (+26% CPU +19% GPU for Quest 2) thanks to a software update. That’s why Quest Touch Pro controllers are better. The launch price is $499 for the 128GB version.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.05.24): Snap releases new Spectacles AR glasses, Quest releases runtime v29, and more!

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The software inside is also very simple: basically, all you can do is look at something and apply it to your vision filters taken from Snapchat. Investments start at $50,000 : if you have a software company about AR, you can consider this interesting opportunity. Microsoft confirms (again) it wants to build consumer HoloLens.

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