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NASA Needs Your Help Building A VR Mars Simulator

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Earn money helping NASA build a next-gen simulator for researchers and astronauts. Built using Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 5, the Mars XR Operations Support System is a virtual environment developed by NASA in collaboration with Buendea that simulates life on the planet Mars. ” Credit: HeroX. Image Credit: NASA.

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Researchers Simulate Walking In VR Using Foot Vibrations

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When it comes to simulating movement in VR, you have two primary options: teleportation or free locomotion. According to a recently published paper, Japanese researchers have come up with yet another method for VR locomotion that uses foot vibrations to simulate movement, even while seated. Each group participated in two experiments.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.12.28): Flight Simulator VR released, a new hack lets you use Quest without Facebook, and more!

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Microsoft Flight Simulator releases VR patch. Microsoft Flight Simulator is now compatible with VR headsets : not only the HP Reverb G2 as initially teased but all the headsets that are compatible with OpenXR , so basically all the most famous devices. Virtual Reality may affect the own perception of gender. Image by HP).

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Holotron And The Pursuit Of The Perfect VR Exoskeleton

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Despite the considerable advances in immersive technology these past few years, simulating physical locomotion in a virtual environment remains one of the most difficult aspects of developing interactive VR content. Holotron works by sensing your movements and replicating said actions in VR using “virtual muscles.”

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VR & Robotics Could Be The Future Of Medical Training

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FundamentalVR is partnering with Haply Robotics to provide more realistic VR surgical simulations. “Haply’s haptic devices will enhance FundamentalVR’s developed virtual environment and medical training scenarios through force feedback and sense of touch.”

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LA Hospital Using VR Simulation For Trauma Training

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Using advanced artificial intelligence from AiSolve, students will enter a virtual environment in which virtual patients, virtual medical staff and the program itself will respond to their decisions in real-time. The post LA Hospital Using VR Simulation For Trauma Training appeared first on VRScout.

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Niantic Brings Its Real-World Metaverse To Browsers

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The platform also allows developers to access a 3D mesh of their virtual environment. Through the Lightship Virtual Environments, developers will be able to create and manage their own location-based webAR experiences. They can also remotely simulate their experiences using the 8th Wall platform’s Geo Browser.