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Bizarre Interactive VR Performance ‘Scarecrow’ Makes VRChat Debut

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Earlier this year while attending the Sundance Film Festival , I had the chance to experience Scarecrow , an immersive theater experience that combines motion capture technology with temperature effects to deliver a one-of-a-kind interactive performance unlike anything available on Broadway at the moment. Image Credit: TAHI.

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Sword Art Online VR Event Immerses You In The Hit Anime

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Starting tomorrow fans of the critically-acclaimed animated series Sword Art Online (SAO) can log into Sword Art Online -EX-CHRONICLE- Online Edition and explore a sprawling virtual world featuring memorable locations from the show. The Japanese singer has sung many SAO-related songs in the past.

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‘Ready Player One’ Actors Filmed OASIS Scenes In VR

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Set in a dystopian 2044, Ready Player One follows Wade Watts as he leads an army of VR users in a battle to save the OASIS, a virtual world that allows them to escape their dreary reality. Some of these virtual locations are absolutely jaw-dropping and include features that more often than not bend the laws of physics.

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FitXR: Leading the Path Toward Immersive, Personalized VR Fitness

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See Also: I Played BoxVR In The Oculus Quest And Didn’t Trip Once. This involved changing the way we approached our motion capture sessions to eliminate lower body movement. These additions are designed to make VR fitness experiences more tailored to members’ specific needs and include the following: Meta Avatars.

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Cast of Stranger Things Freak Out in New VR Experience

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The young cast was gathered in a hotel ballroom where they took turns donning an Oculus Rift headset fitted with motion-capture sensors. Even a flashlight and telephone were outfitted with markers that brought the real-life objects into the virtual world. With flashlight in hand, will you pick up that phone?

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Racing a Real Tricycle in Virtual Reality is Badass

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The same VR studio that brought us free roaming motion-captured Gear VR games back in May , spent two months developing this latest experience dubbed VReal Trike. The “racetrack” was surrounded by 22 motion-capture cameras that tracked the movement of the tricycle, steering and your head.

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HaptX Launches True-Contact Haptic Gloves For VR And Robotics

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HaptX also employs the use of magnetic motion tracking, a proprietary motion capture system featuring sub-millimeter precision, 30 DoF (degrees of freedom) per hand, and no latency or occlusion. Together this creates an individualized, physically-accurate VR hand model and renders a full-body avatar for enhanced immersion.

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