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Virtual Reality in Senior Care Communities: What Are the Benefits?

ARPost

New virtual reality headsets such as the Oculus Rift, Samsung Gear VR, and Google Daydream have barely scratched the surface of the technology’s potential. Studies show that loneliness is associated with cognitive decline. Soon, they’d find out that virtual worlds are exciting for people of all ages.

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METAVERSE: THE FUTURE OF THE E-COMMERCE

ARVR

Then, let’s be realistic, if we’re building replicas of the physical world in the metaverse, why would some of the basic customer reactions change in that virtual world too? Samsung , Coca-Cola , Gucci , Nike and many more. Doesn’t it sound like the replica of your life? e-commerce and retail giants, if they don’t adapt.

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How and Why Brand Engagement Is Driving XR Development

ARPost

This summer, 8th Wall released their 17th major platform update , which expands world effects with a focus on AR portals. These portals open up new virtual worlds for users to walk through or otherwise interact with. Once a portal has been opened, the user needs only to walk through it to enter a 360-degree virtual environment.

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The XR Week Peek (2024.05.14): New rumors on the Vision Pro 2, Ultraleap Hyperion, and much more!

The Ghost Howls

Chinese manufacturers BOE and SeeYA may provide cheaper displays in higher quantities than Sony is doing now, while Samsung may be supplying the DRAM components. Go to SideQuest Sponsored Area Do you need a virtual world? It seems that most of the rumors are aligning on the launch of an Apple Vision Pro 2 in 2026–2027.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

VRScout

SAMSUNG AT VIDCON: BIG ANNOUNCEMENTS. Samsung solidified its commitment to the virtual reality space with some big announcements that essentially add up to an end-to-end consumer VR solution. They are rebranding Milk VR to Samsung VR, and opening up the content platform to users.

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Virtual Reality Takes On the VideoconferenceWith equipment for.

AllThingsVR

Some of virtual reality’s potential as a meeting and collaboration tool is suggested in a video recently recorded at the NYU Media Research Lab. In the video, lab researchers strap on Samsung Gear VR headsets with antler-like sensors attached to the goggles. Read more here.

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The other DWI: Driving while immersed

TechCrunch VR

Because the companies have figured out how to track a person’s body movement independently of the car’s motion, passengers and drivers will be able to wear VR headsets to simultaneously see the road and digital content or be totally immersed in a virtual world. I believe that putting virtual reality headsets in cars will kill people.