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StretchSense built an actually comfortable hand-motion capture glove

TechCrunch VR

New Zealand-based StretchSense, a maker of hand motion capture technology, believes virtual and augmented reality are going to replace the smartphone as the dominant way we interact with digital worlds and each other. In fact, it was recently used to make Snoop Dogg’s ‘ Crip Ya Enthusiasm ‘ music video.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

VRScout

Researchers at the National University of Singapore first showed us how face electrodes can simulate food in virtual reality– and now they are bringing wind and heat to your virtual world. Birthed in New Zealand and raised in Los Angeles, CA, volumetric capture company 8i has announced a Series B round of $27M.

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What is a Virtual Tour in 2021? Types, Feature­­s, Development

ARVR

No crowds or limitations Most of the time, a virtual tour will be an independent experience, so you can get away from crowds, noise, and pressure, focusing only on what you see. This experience can happen at any time and anywhere, as long as you have access to the necessary hardware and software.

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What is 5D/7D Cinema?

Steki Amusement

The seats can make the audience feel ups and downs, flying up and down, walking through the mountains and ridges in the virtual world of the movie, and experiencing the excitement of speeding through the lofty mountains indoors. Other auxiliary equipment: control software, stereo glasses, connecting pipelines, hangers, etc.

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The Ghost Howls’s VR Week Peek (2019.10.27): Quest sales are not taking off, Minecraft Earth launches in Early Access and much more!

The Ghost Howls

The two lucky countries are New Zealand and Iceland. Equipped with a backpack, a VR headset and other sensors, the user can walk in the streets safely following a path from point A to point B while following a similar path in the VR world he is in.

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The Ghost Howls’s VR Week Peek (2019.11.11): Cardboard becomes opensource, HoloLens 2 and nreal shipping and much more!

The Ghost Howls

Some time ago, it had already released the public specifications for the headset , and so many 3rd party vendors had been able to design and sell their viewers, but now even all the software has been released on GitHub. That is, all the software layer of Cardboard is public domain now. A very smart idea.

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OpenSim land area hits new high of 88,000 regions

Hypergrid Business

OpenSim is a free, open source virtual world platform that’s compatible with the Oculus Rift. It allows people with no technical skills to quickly and cheaply create virtual worlds, and then teleport to other virtual worlds. This is up by 339 from last month.