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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

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I’ve been a big fan of the cute little Samsung Gear 360 camera since its first unveiling in the spring of 2016, and always recommend it to people inquiring about the best consumer-friendly 360 cameras out there. Air New Zealand is one airlines provider that is testing how the Microsoft Hololens can help improve in-flight customer service.

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Sketchfab Hosts 1 Million Online Scenes While Matterport Posts 250K Virtual Spaces

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Founded in 2011, Matterport is an immersive technology company built on mapping real places as 3D models. Matterport’s 3D camera has been used to map a vast collection of places, from a Maori village in New Zealand to a huge lava tube in Hawaii. ” Charles Singletary contributed to this report.

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‘Morgan Lives in a Rocket House in VR’ Gives Us a Peek into a Kid-friendly VR Future

Road to VR

Nowadays you’re sooner to park your rugrat in front of a TV or iPad than give carte blanche with your precious VR headset, but as headset prices go down and the technology becomes more suited to the brains of little ones, this will invariably change. image courtesy Oculus.

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Over 20 Use Cases of Smart Glasses, VR Headsets, and Smartwatches at Airports

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The pressure is on for airports to invest in new technologies that improve the efficiency of airport processes and reduce service disruptions; thereby allowing passengers to spend less time in queues and more time enjoying airport facilities.

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Virtual Winery: Meet the VR Tours Cuvee

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It is a definite fact that this technology is moving to the mainstream. The likes of Audi, Coca-Cola and even The New York Times are all using VR for visual marketing, but what about matching Virtual Reality and the reality itself? Today, we can see many positive externalities happening in different spheres.

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If ‘Ready Player One’ Doesn’t Suck, It Stands to Positively Impact the VR Industry

Road to VR

While basically none of the technology portrayed in Ready Player One reflects the current state of VR devices or software, leaving a clear gap in its ‘advertised’ benefits and the reality of the experience available to VR users today, it still has the potential to be a significant factor in VR adoption.

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FOVE Launches Pre-Orders For Eye-Tracking VR Headset FOVE 0, Starting at $549

Road to VR

Yuka Kojima, co-founder and CEO at FOVE says “We believe that eye-tracking capability is the next big milestone in the VR industry and we’re excited to be at the forefront of that technology.” FOVE however is all about the eye-tracking, and with its 120fps infrared eye-tracking system, it proves to be extremely accurate.

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