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The Five Most Interesting VR Haptic Technologies I’ve Seen in the Last Five Years

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While it might be difficult to imagine how some haptic technologies could feasibly fit into a standard pair of VR controllers, the force-feedback joystick from Foldaway Haptics looks like a prime candidate. A Joystick that Pushes Back. Photo by Road to VR. That’s thanks to three things: Latency.

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‘Decentraland’ – Using Ethereum Blockchain ICO to Sell Virtual Real Estate

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Decentraland is a virtual world that is using the Ethereum Blockchain to sell plots of virtual reality real estate. They hope to create a virtual city with different thematic districts that will help with content discovery. Support Voices of VR. Subscribe on iTunes. Donate to the Voices of VR Podcast Patreon.

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Jack Daniel’s, IW Group Honour Hip Hop with Spatial Metaverse

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The cutting-edge immersive experience will celebrate the heritage of Black and diverse artists, creators, and musicians using a host of emerging technologies. It will also offer a showstopping performance from critically acclaimed fusion band Phony Ppl, using a host of emerging technologies.

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Valve Psychologist to Explore Brain-Computer Interface Research at GDC

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Ambinder says that BCI is still “speculative technology,” but could play an important role in the way players interact with the games of the future. And while early, there’s exciting potential for the technology to transform the way we interact with computers, and how computers interact (and react) to us.

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Social VR Platform ‘High Fidelity’ Announces Its First VR Festival

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Users will also have the opportunity to take home some cash in the $1,000 Best Avatar contest, as well as the $700 Best Domain (virtual world) competition. . Those located in San Francisco can also visit the companies VR Studio in-person where they can log-in to all the action using VR headsets provided by High Fidelity. .

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HTC’s Old CEO Looks To Develop ‘Social Reality’ Platform, Announces World’s First 5G Headset

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XRSpace’s Peter Chou believes 5G will usher in “the social reality of the future” Peter Chou, ex-CEO and co-founder of Taiwanese consumer electronics company HTC, has some bold opinions regarding the future of VR technology. “There is a chance that 5G will make the experience of VR much more relevant to consumers. .”

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VR Headsets: XR Today Expert Roundtable

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Over the last year, VR headsets are gaining reaction thanks to many technological innovations, such as hand-tracking, eye-tracking, and wireless streaming, which benefit business and consumer end-users. MR-integrated immersive wearables allow a user to combine their surrounding real and virtual worlds.