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Snapchat Lays Up Lens Studio Experience for Nike's Jordan Brand at NBA All-Star Weekend
Next Reality AR
FEBRUARY 15, 2019
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Niantic Partners with City Governments to Turn Pokémon GO into a Tool for Community Engagement
Next Reality AR
JULY 3, 2018
Four of the studied cities — Akron, Ohio; Charlotte, North Carolina; Philadelphia. A new study published by American University demonstrates how Pokémon GO and other augmented reality games can help city governments bring communities closer together.
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How VR Is Changing College Tours
VRScout
DECEMBER 4, 2018
The North Carolina college system launched a new VR app that allows prospective students and parents to take a 360-degree campus tour of all 16 of their universities. VR is giving prospective students a glimpse of college life without having to travel across the country.
‘Brilliant Sole’ Wants to Put a VR Controller in Your Shoes
Road to VR
DECEMBER 18, 2018
Enter Brilliant Sole , a North Carolina-based VR startup working to bring VR controllers to the soles of your feet. Moving around in VR environments usually means you’ll need to press down on a thumbstick or a touchpad.
Ubisoft Pushes ‘Star Trek: Bridge Crew’ Release to March 2017
Road to VR
OCTOBER 26, 2016
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.
‘Gears of War’ Creator Cliff Bleszinski Reveals VR Concept Titles Amidst Studio Shutdown
Road to VR
MAY 18, 2018
Boss Key Productions, the North Carolina-based developer behind the unfortunately ill-received first-person shooters LawBreakers (2017) and Radical Heights (2018) , is out of business.
Paraplegics are learning to walk again with virtual realityThe.
AllThingsVR
AUGUST 18, 2016
There was no modulation of brain activity,” Dr. Miguel Nicolelis, the lead researcher from Duke University in North Carolina, said in a Scientific Reports call on Aug.
This VR Arcade Is Now Hosting Free Demo Days Every Month
UploadVR
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
The North American VR arcade chain this week announced a new initiative to raise awareness of VR tech. Every first Wednesday of the month the company’s US and Canadian locations including arcades in New Jersey and North Carolina will offer free 20 minute demos to new customers. Many predict that VR arcades will be a key means of revenue for the industry in these early days, but how do you get people in to try it in the first place? Ctrl V thinks it has the answer.
Paraplegics Learn To Walk Again With Help From Virtual Reality
VRCircle
AUGUST 19, 2016
Virtual Reality is in the press for Games, Demos, and VR movies. However, there are many more potential applications of VR. The nonprofit group The Walk Again Project (WAP) have successfully applied VR to help Paraplegics regain some level of control. According to a study published Aug.
‘Google Earth VR’ Lets You Experience the Total Solar Eclipse Right Now
Road to VR
AUGUST 20, 2017
From a much greater, space-bound vantage point, you can also get a chance to see the ominous dark spot meander across North America in a way otherwise impractical outside of VR.
Where is VR/AR and Education Now?
VRScout
JULY 25, 2017
Research studies conducted by North Carolina State University show “significant improvement” in children’s (sixth to eighth grade) learning after using zSpace’s VR platform. #2 In March 2014 Facebook bought Oculus and the current wave of interest in VR and AR was reborn.
Crytek-Incubated ‘VR First’ Program to Double Number of Academic VR/AR Labs in 2017
Road to VR
APRIL 13, 2017
North Carolina State University, USA. North Metropolitan TAFE, Australia.
How Can We Support Kids in Learning More Than One Language?
UploadVR
DECEMBER 20, 2017
A recent study in North Carolina again supported the general positive achievement outcomes for TWI for different groups of students. Not surprisingly, other states than North Carolina are looking to these and similar programs to support the achievement of all students. This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. There is little doubt that knowing more than one language carries tremendous advantages.
NVIDIA Research At SIGGRAPH Aims To Fix VR Headset Limits
UploadVR
JULY 27, 2017
The second demonstration, Membrane VR, a collaboration between University of North Carolina, NVIDIA, Saarland University, and the Max-Planck Institutes, uses a deformable membrane mirror for each eye that, in a commercial system, could be adjusted based on where a gaze tracker detects a user is looking. Current VR headsets can certainly make you believe you’re in a virtual world, but consumer devices can’t yet reproduce the exact way your eyes see the real world.
I Am A Man Is A Powerful Living Museum For The Civil Rights Movement
UploadVR
MARCH 6, 2018
Ham, an Assistant Professor of Graphic Design at the North Carolina State College of Design, told me he’d been interested in telling a Civil Rights story when he discovered Oculus’ Launch Pad program, which funded the piece last year.
A Study Claims To Power Wearable Devices Through Body Heat
Infinityleap Wearables
SEPTEMBER 14, 2016
At time, when wearable technology remains the talk of the town, researchers from the North Carolina State University or NCSU have come up with a stunning new wearable prototype which uses body heat to generate electricity. The technology developed by NCSU researchers is highly comfortable, truly lightweight and way too productive when compared to existing thermoelectric generators.
Exclusive: How NVIDIA Research is Reinventing the Display Pipeline for the Future of VR, Part 2
Road to VR
NOVEMBER 30, 2017
Here’s another varifocal prototype, this one created in collaboration with researchers at the University of North Carolina, the Max Planck Institute, and Saarland University. In Part 1 of this article we explored the current state of CGI, game, and contemporary VR systems.
The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review
VRScout
AUGUST 21, 2016
At Duke University in North Carolina, 8 paralyzed people have regained some use of their limbs thanks to brain-controlled robotic system training.
Apple Previews iOS 11.3 With New Animoji
UploadVR
JANUARY 26, 2018
UNC Health Care – Chapel Hill, North Carolina. In a rare step likely forced by the iPhone-slowing battery debacle , Apple today offered a public “preview” of the spring release of iOS 11.3 , including a new battery health monitor and other features. Notably, the battery health functionality will come in “a later iOS 11.3 beta release” rather than the initial beta, which is scheduled to be released today.
VR & Exoskeletons Reinstate Sensation In Paraplegic Patients
Infinityleap
AUGUST 14, 2016
A new study carried out by the researchers at Duke University, North Carolina, the United States, claims that Paraplegic Patients have experienced partial recovery in terms of regaining some sort of sensation and muscle control with the assistance of a robotic exoskeleton and virtual reality.
How Augmented Reality Can Make Aviation Safer and Better
UploadVR
MAY 13, 2017
Heading from New York City to Charlotte, North Carolina, the plane experienced a bird strike just 3 minutes after take off which took out both the engines. Let’s face it, we all have daydreamed of sitting in a cockpit and roaming the wild, blue yonder.
Exoskeletons Get Real: The Ultimate Wearable Technology?
EnterpriseWear
SEPTEMBER 14, 2018
Boeing mechanics in North Carolina have actually gone through training on the EksoVest, as Boeing hopes to roll out the tech to more workers in 2019. Exoskeletons are nothing new and far from science fiction; in fact, researchers began developing exoskeletons for military use as early as the 1960s. For the last decade, engineers have been exploring exoskeletons designed to augment human strength and other abilities for military, medical and industrial purposes.
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