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The XR Week Peek (2021.01.18): CES brings XR news, Boz says we have to trust Facebook, and more!

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Anyway, he confirmed that the first smart glasses that will be released this year won’t have true AR and said that now Oculus wants to expand beyond the gaming ecosystem. Finally, next month’s update of the Oculus Quest 2 will bring with it the possibility of using multiple accounts on the same device. News worth a mention.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.12.06): Upload VR Showcase, Apple headset rumors, and more!

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Called Cities: VR, it will bring the city-building and management simulation to Oculus Quest 2 in Spring 2022; Polyarc has confirmed that is working on Book 2 for Moss and expects to release it for PSVR in Spring 2022. Oculus Quest and Vive Focus 3 get interesting updates. News worth a mention. Image by HTC).

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Using virtual reality experiences to treat severe pain

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According to a new study, therapeutic virtual reality can be used to reduce severe pain in hospitalized patients. Previous studies testing the intervention in hospitalized patients have been limited by short intervention times and lack of randomization. on a Samsung Gear Oculus headset.

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Visit the Ancient Rome in VR with Rome Reborn

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Students and teachers of Ancient History, Classical Studies, and Roman Civilization will also find Rome Reborn® an exciting new learning resource. 7,000 building models making up the city simulation would have been enormous. For his dissertation, Mueller developed a simulation of Manhattan. The task of cleaning up the ca.

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KLM’s Chris Koomen teaches us how to use AR/VR in the civil aviation sector

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In 2018 we did a case study where people were invited to use virtual reality in a BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) fashion. A total of 43 persons (39 passengers and 4 cabin crew) participated in the tests in KLM’s motion base cabin simulator. For 360 video we use Oculus Go, because a Vive Index would be an overkill.

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Looking Back at Virtual Reality Over the Last 5 Years

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I was a first-year at Stockholm University, studying game development, and had found out that we could actually make the faculty order us cool s**t if we just asked. And then the Oculus Kickstarter happened. And Oculus did hold on to that exclusivity for quite a while. I mean, using computers with MIND CONTROL!? VR was here.

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My predictions for virtual reality in 2022

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I can’t guarantee that these predictions will come out to be true (I always joke about the fact that I miss many of the predictions about Meta/Oculus), but I think they will be worth reading anyway to understand what can be the trends to look for in this new year. Me wearing my branded Oculus Quest 2. So… let’s start!