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VR Highlights at San Diego Comic-Con 2017 Include Ready Player One And Marvel

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San Diego Comic-Con is this week and VR is poised to have its strongest presence ever. The Futurism & Tech Pavilion: A number of VR and AR experiences will be on display throughout the week at the Omni San Diego Hotel, Grand Ballroom, 4th Floor. Thursday: Simulated Worlds: Writing for Virtual Reality and Games.

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These Gloves Let You Play Piano in VR—and Feel It

VRScout

Combining three discrete technologies, researchers at UC San Diego have created a glove that simulates real-life force in virtual worlds. Researchers at University of California-San Diego have designed a new lightweight glove that can replicate the feeling of touch, using it to play piano.

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New VR Glove Uses Muscle-Like Chambers To Simulate Touch

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New VR gloves designed by engineers at UC San Diego employ “soft robotics” to deliver tactile feedback to the wearer as they touch and interact with virtual objects. In theory, the gloves could paired with other technologies like a Leap Motion sensor to simulate a wide range of activities.

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The XR Week Peek (2024.02.20): Zuckerberg reviews the Vision Pro, Mozilla Hubs shuts down, and more!

The Ghost Howls

More info (How Puzzling Places was ported to the Apple Vision Pro) New apps get released to the Vision Pro every week : Job Simulator and Vacation Simulator have been announced for it (I teased this on my blog a few weeks ago). For instance, a clinic center in San Diego is experimenting with how to use it for healthcare.

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Job Simulator Devs bringing Rick And Morty to VR.

Cats and VR

Rick and Morty Simulator: Virtual Rick-ality smashes together the absolute VR chaos of the award-winning Job Simulator with the ridiculous, all-out, take-no-prisoners comedy of Rick and Morty. The future is truly here (and it is deeply unsettling). Check Out More Here: [link].

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Rick and Morty VR Coming to Comic-Con

VRScout

The folks over at Owlchemy Labs, the guys who brought us Job Simulator on HTC Vive, have announced today that they’ll soon be releasing a new VR game based on Rick and Morty. Although there is no official release date for the VR simulator, they will be offering demos next week at San Diego Comic-Con.

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The State of XR in Education and Training in 2022

XR Today - Virtual Reality

Already, Penn State University has its own locomotive simulator, while San Diego University uses VR to teach students about astronomy. Real-world simulations: With VR, companies and educational providers can create simulations of real world experiences that are safer and less expensive than training people in-person.

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