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Chicago, Shops at North Bridge. North Carolina. San Antonio, North Star Mall. Haven’t been able to make it to any of the big gaming expos (or you don’t know anyone with the $3,000 AR headset)? Microsoft Stores across the US and Canada are now hosting free HoloLens demos, so you can finally see what the hubbub is all about. MORE
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. An ongoing partnership between Pokémon GO developer Niantic and the community investment program of the John S. and James L. MORE
Produced in collaboration with immersive streaming company Supersphere — the same team behind the Billie Eilish and Tenacious D live streams, among many others — users on either Oculus Go or Oculus Quest headsets can log into Oculus Venues October 18th at 5pm PT/8pm ET to catch a VR180 live stream of Malone’s stop in Raleigh, North Carolina as part of his ongoing “Runaway Tour.” . Catch the rapper, singer-songwriter live in VR October 17th on Oculus Quest and Go. MORE
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. That’s all well and good for now, but it’s really not the most immersive way of getting around in large virtual spaces. The company’s titular device includes nine axis IMUs for each foot, haptic motors, and Qi wireless charging. MORE
I moderated a discussion with VR pioneers Fred Brooks & Henry Fuchs at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts’ Future of Reality. Podcast Archive MORE
Advances in Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality are reshaping the way we learn and interact with our world. Workers with access to real-time contextual information, displayed when and where they need it will reshape the workplace and dramatically improve the efficiency, productivity, and safety of the average worker. The future is here, with EON Reality’s Augmented Virtual Reality (AVR) technology. CONTACT US. Name *. First. Job Title * Email *. MORE
70s : Group of researchers at different organizations, such as NASA, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the University of North Carolina, continued research in computer graphics and virtual reality (Krevelen, 2010). Source AR 101?—?A A brief summary (Part 1) What is Augmented Reality? What are its features basic? What are some of Augmented Reality problems and challenges? Augmented Reality?—?Definition, MORE
During a recent test at the Center for Security Forces (CENSECFOR) in North Carolina, TRACER was used to train troops in the US Navy in multiple areas, such as security force fundamentals, code of conduct, anti-terrorism, and expeditionary warfare training. The Magic Leap One AR headset enters the US Military training program. A new AR training tool developed by Magic Leap Horizons will use Magic Leap One AR headset to deliver various AR military training scenarios to the US Navy. MORE
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. While both games failed to spark commercial interest, leading to the closure of Boss Key, the studio head and former Gears of War lead designer Cliff Bleszinski took to Twitter in a cathartic post-mortem where he showed off a few VR games the studio had considered before its demise. MORE
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. Paraplegics are learning to walk again with virtual reality The chances of recovery for paraplegic patients were once considered nearly nil. But in 2014, 29-year-old Juliano Pinto, who faced complete paralysis below the chest, literally kicked off the opening match at the FIFA World Cup. MORE
Now, the US Navy is also delving into the AR space at the Center for Security Forces Detachment in Currituck County, North Carolina. In recent years, the US military has been utilizing augmented reality as a training tool, giving officers and soldiers an opportunity to train and hone their decision-making, tactical efforts, and weapons accuracy via virtual scenarios. MORE
Nike and Snapchat, having already reigned triumphant with its viral augmented reality ad featuring Lebron James, are teaming up with another basketball legend at NBA All-Star Weekend This year's site for the league's annual star-studded event, which takes place on Saturday and Sunday, is Charlotte, North Carolina, the current home of Charlotte Hornets owner and perhaps the greatest basketball player of all time, Michael Jordan. MORE
Over the past few months we’ve hit several major milestones in the development of Project North Star. But the most surprising developments come from North Carolina, where a 19-year-old AR enthusiast has built multiple North Star headsets and several new demos. Graham Atlee is a sophomore at High Point University in North Carolina, majoring in entrepreneurship with a minor in computer science. MORE
Note: This is a sponsored content post from the University University of North Carolina School of the Arts The Media + Emerging Technology Lab (METL). Podcast Archive MORE
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. Thanks to VR I’ve had my hands turn into claws, paws, hooks, swords and guns, but none of these transformations were half as striking as a simple change in color. MORE
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. MORE
In 2016, a heavily armed North Carolina man barged into a Washington, DC-area pizza joint, intending to investigate a baseless conspiracy theory that it was secretly torturing children in a basement it didn’t actually have. MORE
From North Carolina, he’s an expert hunter and tracker having served his country as a marksman in an elite military division. First Contact Entertainment’s team-based, first-person shooter (FPS) Firewall Zero Hour has been exclusively available for PlayStation VR for just over a year now, and in that time the developer has released a constant stream of updates. MORE
A poor black bear has been spotted in Asheville, North Carolina, donning a Trump 2020 sticker on its collar. bears deserve better north carolina politics bearsWhat irony, indeed. Read more. MORE
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. MORE
North Carolina State University, USA. North Metropolitan TAFE, Australia. VR First , the global initiative to seed academic institutions with VR/AR hardware and software, today announced that it’s nearly doubling the number of its VR labs in universities and science parks across the globe by the end of 2017. With currently 26 labs operating in the United States, Europe, Asia and Oceania, VR First is bringing the number to 40 labs by the end of year. MORE
The clinic, which is based in North Carolina, is often swamped with protesters who read Bible passages and chant about sin in an effort to intimidate patients seeking reproductive care. Sometimes you need to fight fire with fire — or fire with "WAP" lyrics. MORE
There was no modulation of brain activity,” Dr. Miguel Nicolelis, the lead researcher from Duke University in North Carolina, In the study, paraplegic patients were placed in a VR environment wearing an Oculus Rift, where they were given tasks to learn to use brain activity to control an avatar version of themselves and make it walk around a soccer field. Virtual Reality is in the press for Games, Demos, and VR movies. However, there are many more potential applications of VR. MORE
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. MORE
The election board of North Carolina issued new guidance this week essentially giving voters a second chance if they screw up filling out their absentee ballot. MORE
100 According to Bloomberg , 11 Apple stores located in Arizona, Florida, North Carolina, and South Carolina are once again temporarily shuttering due to the virus. Despite what you may think with so many parts of the U.S. reopening, the coronavirus pandemic is far from over. Case in point: Apple is now closing some of the very stores it had recently reopened due to new spikes in COVID-19 cases. MORE
The Spectrum Hunter prototype was recently showcased this past July at the Fight the Naval Force Forward Advanced Naval Technology Exercise East at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, during which experts from over 35 government agencies, industry, and academia were able to provide valuable insight on the project in its current state. US military employs hands-free AR to detect RF waves during combat. . MORE
president encouraged voters in North Carolina to take actions on election day that could land them in legal trouble, Twitter responded. Trump's tweet effectively encouraged North Carolina voters to vote twice, which is an illegal act. MORE
Released in an August 12th update, Google has added a new menu function that lets you activate Monday’s total solar eclipse, which can be seen as it passed through 14 US states: Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Wyoming. MORE
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. MORE
The North Carolina Zoo is partnering with Looking Glass to enhance their offering of exotic animals by giving visitors a chance to go on a virtual expedition in Africa. Looking Glass is a North Carolina-based company that specializes in delivering VR content for businesses. The North Carolina Zoo has a wealth of habitats for different animals, including a few from Africa. MORE
The pilot launches today in Fayetteville, North Carolina, using drones from Israeli startup Flytrex to deliver select grocery and household items from neighboring Walmart stores. Walmart is now testing a flying drone delivery service it hopes will speed up shipments. MORE
At the 2018 edition of the Nordic VR Forum, EON Reality Norway didn’t just attend Hamar’s distinguished virtual reality conference but also presented the “ Jesper on Wheels ” project to an eager crowd. With hundreds of attendees from 10 different nations and even more viewers following along with the event’s livestreams online, the annual event proved successful in every way. MORE
At Duke University in North Carolina, 8 paralyzed people have regained some use of their limbs thanks to brain-controlled robotic system training. Recapping the top stories covered on the VRScout Report , a weekly live video show and podcast discussing the best in VR, hosted by Malia Probst. MORE
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. MORE
At EON Reality, we are working at lightning speed to help classrooms around the world transition safely and effectively to an online classroom. As we shift towards preparing for tomorrow it is now more important than ever to build resilience into our online classrooms. How is it possible to do it at scale? . MORE
Side note : Karl Guttag, chief science officer of AR company RAVN and all around AR expert, notes in a previous demo at CES 2018 that LetinAR appears to be following in the footsteps of research done at the University of North Carolina that produced a similar ‘pinlight’ optic for wide FOV augmented reality. MORE
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. They also donated cardboard goggles and earbuds to 16,000 students across 21 North Carolina high schools, allowing them to use the VR experience to tour campuses. VR is giving prospective students a glimpse of college life without having to travel across the country. MORE
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UploadVR
MAY 20, 2019
The North Carolina Zoo is partnering with Looking Glass to enhance their offering of exotic animals by giving visitors a chance to go on a virtual expedition in Africa. Looking Glass is a North Carolina-based company that specializes in delivering VR content for businesses. The North Carolina Zoo has a wealth of habitats for different animals, including a few from Africa.
Mashable VR
SEPTEMBER 9, 2020
The pilot launches today in Fayetteville, North Carolina, using drones from Israeli startup Flytrex to deliver select grocery and household items from neighboring Walmart stores. Walmart is now testing a flying drone delivery service it hopes will speed up shipments.
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GizModo VR
SEPTEMBER 27, 2020
The election board of North Carolina issued new guidance this week essentially giving voters a second chance if they screw up filling out their absentee ballot.
GizModo VR
AUGUST 3, 2020
A poor black bear has been spotted in Asheville, North Carolina, donning a Trump 2020 sticker on its collar. bears deserve better north carolina politics bearsWhat irony, indeed. Read more.
Voices of VR
DECEMBER 17, 2019
Note: This is a sponsored content post from the University University of North Carolina School of the Arts The Media + Emerging Technology Lab (METL). Podcast Archive
Next Reality AR
JULY 29, 2019
Now, the US Navy is also delving into the AR space at the Center for Security Forces Detachment in Currituck County, North Carolina. In recent years, the US military has been utilizing augmented reality as a training tool, giving officers and soldiers an opportunity to train and hone their decision-making, tactical efforts, and weapons accuracy via virtual scenarios.
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GizModo VR
AUGUST 22, 2020
In 2016, a heavily armed North Carolina man barged into a Washington, DC-area pizza joint, intending to investigate a baseless conspiracy theory that it was secretly torturing children in a basement it didn’t actually have.
Voices of VR
DECEMBER 10, 2018
I moderated a discussion with VR pioneers Fred Brooks & Henry Fuchs at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts’ Future of Reality. Podcast Archive
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. An ongoing partnership between Pokémon GO developer Niantic and the community investment program of the John S. and James L.
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. They also donated cardboard goggles and earbuds to 16,000 students across 21 North Carolina high schools, allowing them to use the VR experience to tour campuses. VR is giving prospective students a glimpse of college life without having to travel across the country.
VRScout
OCTOBER 3, 2019
Produced in collaboration with immersive streaming company Supersphere — the same team behind the Billie Eilish and Tenacious D live streams, among many others — users on either Oculus Go or Oculus Quest headsets can log into Oculus Venues October 18th at 5pm PT/8pm ET to catch a VR180 live stream of Malone’s stop in Raleigh, North Carolina as part of his ongoing “Runaway Tour.” . Catch the rapper, singer-songwriter live in VR October 17th on Oculus Quest and Go.
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Mashable VR
SEPTEMBER 11, 2020
The clinic, which is based in North Carolina, is often swamped with protesters who read Bible passages and chant about sin in an effort to intimidate patients seeking reproductive care. Sometimes you need to fight fire with fire — or fire with "WAP" lyrics.
VRScout
AUGUST 26, 2019
The Spectrum Hunter prototype was recently showcased this past July at the Fight the Naval Force Forward Advanced Naval Technology Exercise East at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, during which experts from over 35 government agencies, industry, and academia were able to provide valuable insight on the project in its current state. US military employs hands-free AR to detect RF waves during combat. .
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. That’s all well and good for now, but it’s really not the most immersive way of getting around in large virtual spaces. The company’s titular device includes nine axis IMUs for each foot, haptic motors, and Qi wireless charging.
VRScout
AUGUST 4, 2019
During a recent test at the Center for Security Forces (CENSECFOR) in North Carolina, TRACER was used to train troops in the US Navy in multiple areas, such as security force fundamentals, code of conduct, anti-terrorism, and expeditionary warfare training. The Magic Leap One AR headset enters the US Military training program. A new AR training tool developed by Magic Leap Horizons will use Magic Leap One AR headset to deliver various AR military training scenarios to the US Navy.
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.
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.
Mashable VR
JUNE 19, 2020
According to Bloomberg , 11 Apple stores located in Arizona, Florida, North Carolina, and South Carolina are once again temporarily shuttering due to the virus. Despite what you may think with so many parts of the U.S. reopening, the coronavirus pandemic is far from over. Case in point: Apple is now closing some of the very stores it had recently reopened due to new spikes in COVID-19 cases.
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.
Mashable VR
SEPTEMBER 12, 2020
president encouraged voters in North Carolina to take actions on election day that could land them in legal trouble, Twitter responded. Trump's tweet effectively encouraged North Carolina voters to vote twice, which is an illegal act.
VRCircle
AUGUST 19, 2016
There was no modulation of brain activity,” Dr. Miguel Nicolelis, the lead researcher from Duke University in North Carolina, In the study, paraplegic patients were placed in a VR environment wearing an Oculus Rift, where they were given tasks to learn to use brain activity to control an avatar version of themselves and make it walk around a soccer field. Virtual Reality is in the press for Games, Demos, and VR movies. However, there are many more potential applications of VR.
Road to VR
JULY 15, 2018
Chicago, Shops at North Bridge. North Carolina. San Antonio, North Star Mall. Haven’t been able to make it to any of the big gaming expos (or you don’t know anyone with the $3,000 AR headset)? Microsoft Stores across the US and Canada are now hosting free HoloLens demos, so you can finally see what the hubbub is all about.
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.
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. Paraplegics are learning to walk again with virtual reality The chances of recovery for paraplegic patients were once considered nearly nil. But in 2014, 29-year-old Juliano Pinto, who faced complete paralysis below the chest, literally kicked off the opening match at the FIFA World Cup.
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. While both games failed to spark commercial interest, leading to the closure of Boss Key, the studio head and former Gears of War lead designer Cliff Bleszinski took to Twitter in a cathartic post-mortem where he showed off a few VR games the studio had considered before its demise.
Road to VR
FEBRUARY 27, 2019
Side note : Karl Guttag, chief science officer of AR company RAVN and all around AR expert, notes in a previous demo at CES 2018 that LetinAR appears to be following in the footsteps of research done at the University of North Carolina that produced a similar ‘pinlight’ optic for wide FOV augmented reality.
Leapmotion
FEBRUARY 27, 2019
Over the past few months we’ve hit several major milestones in the development of Project North Star. But the most surprising developments come from North Carolina, where a 19-year-old AR enthusiast has built multiple North Star headsets and several new demos. Graham Atlee is a sophomore at High Point University in North Carolina, majoring in entrepreneurship with a minor in computer science.
EON Reality
OCTOBER 29, 2018
At the 2018 edition of the Nordic VR Forum, EON Reality Norway didn’t just attend Hamar’s distinguished virtual reality conference but also presented the “ Jesper on Wheels ” project to an eager crowd. With hundreds of attendees from 10 different nations and even more viewers following along with the event’s livestreams online, the annual event proved successful in every way.
Peter Graham
OCTOBER 21, 2019
From North Carolina, he’s an expert hunter and tracker having served his country as a marksman in an elite military division. First Contact Entertainment’s team-based, first-person shooter (FPS) Firewall Zero Hour has been exclusively available for PlayStation VR for just over a year now, and in that time the developer has released a constant stream of updates.
Road to VR
AUGUST 20, 2017
Released in an August 12th update, Google has added a new menu function that lets you activate Monday’s total solar eclipse, which can be seen as it passed through 14 US states: Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Wyoming.
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. Recapping the top stories covered on the VRScout Report , a weekly live video show and podcast discussing the best in VR, hosted by Malia Probst.
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. Thanks to VR I’ve had my hands turn into claws, paws, hooks, swords and guns, but none of these transformations were half as striking as a simple change in color.
Digital Promise
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.
Road to VR
APRIL 13, 2017
North Carolina State University, USA. North Metropolitan TAFE, Australia. VR First , the global initiative to seed academic institutions with VR/AR hardware and software, today announced that it’s nearly doubling the number of its VR labs in universities and science parks across the globe by the end of 2017. With currently 26 labs operating in the United States, Europe, Asia and Oceania, VR First is bringing the number to 40 labs by the end of year.
EON Reality
MAY 28, 2020
At EON Reality, we are working at lightning speed to help classrooms around the world transition safely and effectively to an online classroom. As we shift towards preparing for tomorrow it is now more important than ever to build resilience into our online classrooms. How is it possible to do it at scale? .
ARVR
JULY 9, 2020
70s : Group of researchers at different organizations, such as NASA, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the University of North Carolina, continued research in computer graphics and virtual reality (Krevelen, 2010). Source AR 101?—?A A brief summary (Part 1) What is Augmented Reality? What are its features basic? What are some of Augmented Reality problems and challenges? Augmented Reality?—?Definition,
EON Reality
JULY 13, 2016
Advances in Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality are reshaping the way we learn and interact with our world. Workers with access to real-time contextual information, displayed when and where they need it will reshape the workplace and dramatically improve the efficiency, productivity, and safety of the average worker. The future is here, with EON Reality’s Augmented Virtual Reality (AVR) technology. CONTACT US. Name *. First. Job Title * Email *.
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