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Mechanical Backpack Makes Jumping In VR More Fun

VRScout

.” Pedro Lopes , an Assistant Professor in Computer Science at the University of Chicago who focuses on integrating interfaces with the human body by exploring the interface paradigm that supersedes wearables, wants to make jumping in VR a more enjoyable experience.

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How does Virtual Reality Work? The Ultimate Guide

XR Today - Virtual Reality

So, how does virtual reality work, and why is it such a significant tech evolution? How Does Virtual Reality Work? An Introduction Virtual reality creates an end-to-end mechanism that replaces our natural “real-world” environment with an immersive simulation. How Does Virtual Reality Work for Non-Immersive VR?

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EON Reality Partners with Microtube Technologies to Bring Haptic Experience into Reality

EON Reality

Leveraging EON Reality’s AI-powered extended reality solutions, the partnership aims to enhance the immersive learning experience by providing a sense of touch in the digital world. Its haptic glove allows objective data capture and real-time feedback to the user, building a seamless integration between the physical and virtual worlds.

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The Best VR Gloves in 2024: Harnessing Haptic Feedback

XR Today - Virtual Reality

VR gloves are a wearable XR accessory designed to enhance immersion with spatial computing capabilities and sensory feedback. Vibrotactile feedback enables other gloves to simulate the feeling of things like touching a surface or clicking a button using actuators in the fingers of the glove. What are VR Gloves and How Do They Work?

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Educators make lemonade with Virtual Worlds

Hypergrid Business

Educators are using virtual worlds, but not in the way they had used them in the past, and not in the same numbers. The Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education conference is a good example that showcases this work. Those educators that remain in virtual worlds are leveraging them to create better experiences.

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Comprehensive Glossary of the Most Frequently Used VR Terms

ARPost

An avatar is the 3D representation of the user in the virtual world. Cave Automatic Virtual Environment (CAVE). This is a virtual reality environment, delimited by 3 to 6 walls. To create the VR environment, projectors display the elements of the world on the walls. Computer-Based Headset. Embodied presence.

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HaptX Launches True-Contact Haptic Gloves For VR And Robotics

VRScout

HaptX delivers an intuitive wearable haptic device to meet the demanding quality requirements of enterprise customers. This tactile feedback physically displaces your skin up to 2mm, simulating the feeling of touching real objects. The realistic haptic feedback allows you to practice dangerous tasks with zero risks to your safety.

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