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Full Body VR Controller AXIS Launches Kickstarter

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Several months ago we covered Virtual Taekwondo , a captivating mixed reality experience from Singapore-based tech company Refract Technologies that allows competitors to battle each other in hand-to-hand combat using the company’s full-body motion capture system AXIS. Image Credit: Refract Technologies.

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Sword Art Online VR Event Immerses You In The Hit Anime

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In celebration of the event, Sony Music Solutions is hosting a “mini-live performance” on March 6th at 2pm JST that will feature a mixed reality performance by ReoNa brought to life using a combination of motion capture technology and a virtual camera system referred to as “jeannedarc.”

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AXIS Full-Body Controller Makes Motion Capture Easy

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Refract Technologies’ easy-to-use full-body tracking system can be used for VR, gaming, and animation. Singapore-based technology company Refract is working to bring motion capture to everyone, regardless of your experience with technology. Image Credit: Refract Technologies. Image Credit: Refract Technologies.

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Sandbox is Building an SDK so Anyone Can Create for Its VR Attraction Platform

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Sandbox operates a number of VR locations in major cities across North America as well as Hong Kong, Singapore, Macau, and Jakarta. Sandbox’s locations make use of a few technologies that developers likely don’t have, such as the company’s haptic guns and its multi-camera motion capture system.

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Feel Wind and Heat in VR With This Headset Add-On

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The Oculus Rift and HTC Vive have allowed us to view the virtual world, the Nosulus Rift and OhRoma give us the ability to smell the virtual world and thanks to the efforts of Professor Nimesha Ranasinghe and his team at the National University of Singapore, we’ll soon be able to feel part of the virtual world as well.

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Refract raises $8.5M SGD funding, announces new game development division 

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Refract , a Singapore-based extended reality (XR) startup, announced today it has closed approximately $8.5million SGD (approximately $6million) Series A led by Sea Limited along with international family offices and individual investors. billion gamers through its games and technology, such as the wearable AXIS. .

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New HTC CEO Vows Continued Focus on Vive and XR

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HTC says she will focus on future technologies that both align with the company’s portfolio and vision of Vive Reality. At Orange, Yves served as EVP of consumer equipment and partnerships, overseeing Orange’s connected technology strategy and business.

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