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Human VR Motion Simulators Are Apparently A Thing in Thailand [Video]

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New York Times Uses AR To Tell Story Of Thailand Cave Rescue

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The New York Times visualizes the extremely dangerous conditions Thailand Cave rescuers dealt with during the rescue of the Wild Boars soccer team using AR. The Wild Boars soccer team and their coach had been trapped in the Tham Luang Cave’s in Thailand for 18 days. The post New York Times Uses AR To Tell Story Of Thailand Cave Rescue appeared first on VRScout.

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EON Reality and KMITL Establish New Educational VR and AR Center in Thailand

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EON Reality, the global leader in Augmented and Virtual Reality-based knowledge and skills transfer for industry and education, announces that King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang (KMITL) in Thailand will be the site of the newest Interactive Digital Center.

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EON Reality and Cho Thavee Public Company Limited Expand Knowledge Metaverse into Thailand

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This partnership also marks the formal launch of EON Reality’s support for Thailand’s groundbreaking Infinitland project. This partnership with EON Reality is pivotal and strategic to our Infinitland project and for knowledge transfer and education in Thailand and Laos.

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EON Reality and KMITL Inaugurate Brand New Interactive Digital Center in Thailand

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The inauguration also made one of Thailand’s top research and educational institutions into one of its leaders in the XR industry as well. The post EON Reality and KMITL Inaugurate Brand New Interactive Digital Center in Thailand appeared first on EON Reality.

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200,000 Buddhists Gathered on a Giant Screen Via Zoom to Celebrate One of Their Holiest Holidays

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zoom magha puja public holidays in thailand religion dhammakaya tradition religion belief buddhism videotelephony public holidays in sri lanka wat phra dhammakaya buddhism in thailandThere’s no doubt that pandemic fatigue is high. I get it. Heck, my area has restrictions right now.

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U.S. Orders Omicron-Specific Covid-19 Vaccine Shipment for Big Fall Push

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In Neon's Memoria Trailer, Tilda Swinton Lives With a Sound She Can't Explain

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tilda swinton memoria entertainment culture cannes english language films british films academy award pseudoscience it cinema of thailand apichatpong weerasethakul films parasite jessica holland creative works trepanning la tempestad“It’s like a rumble from the core of the Earth.”

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Luxury Brands Embrace the E-Commerce Metaverse With Virtual Stores

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Immersive commerce platform ByondXR has recently launched virtual stores for Armani Skincare and YSL Beauty Thailand. In Thailand, YSL Beauty also stepped into the metaverse era, launching its own virtual store just this month. The metaverse just got more luxurious.

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Horrified Scientists Watch Snakes Feasting on the Organs of Living Toads

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Biologists in Thailand have documented a behavior never seen before in snakes, in which the limbless reptiles eviscerated and consumed the organs of living toads.

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The New York Times’ Famous Crossword Puzzle Now Available In AR

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This includes an AR schematic breaking down the 2018 Thailand Cave Rescue , a holographic experience featuring Ashley Graham, and a 360-degree series spotlighting Hollywood’s best actors just to name a few.

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Newly Discovered Tarantula Lurks Inside Bamboo

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Researchers have described a new species and genus of tarantula in Thailand. The jumbo spiders nest inside of bamboo stalks, in a behavior never documented before in tarantulas. Read more.

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Stunning View Synthesis Algorithm Could Have Huge Implications for VR Capture

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Research from Thailand’s Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology shows a stunning view synthesis algorithm that significantly boosts realism by handling such lighting effects accurately.

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Sword Art Online VR Event Immerses You In The Hit Anime

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Sword Art Online -EX-CHRONICLE- Online Edition kicks-off Tuesday, February 22nd at 1:00pm JST and ends Friday, March 11th at 4:59pm JST and will be available in Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom, and the United States.

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Featured 360: Disney, Khao Luang Cave, and Star Wars Rogue One

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For this second installment of Featured 360°, you can join the Kakamora Orchestra from Disney’s upcoming animation Moana, become an X-wing pilot flying for the Rebellion, and explore the breathtaking Khao Luang Cave in Thailand. . We’re excited to show you Thailand in a completely new way with our first-ever immersive 360° virtual reality mini film series! FindYourJourney is an beautiful 360 series that will let you explore Thailand’s wonders.

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Meta to Launch Avatar Store Front

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Meta is distributing the Avatars Store in the coming weeks in the United States, Canada, Thailand, and Mexico, with other release regions unconfirmed.

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ARPost’s 22 Most-Read XR and Metaverse Articles of 2022

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Shopify of the Metaverse,” ByondXR, has teamed up with luxury brands L’Oreal Luxe for Armani Beauty and YSL Beauty Thailand to enhance the e-commerce experience with virtual stores.

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A Man Chopped Off His Penis With Scissors in a Fit of Cannabis-Induced Psychosis, Doctors Say

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A man in Thailand’s bong session went disastrously wrong, according to his doctors. In a new case report, they describe how he “completely amputated his penis” using scissors, apparently due to a rare episode of cannabis-induced psychosis.

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VAR LIVE Combines Wind, Smell, And Haptics For Next-Level Location-Based VR

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This impressive lineup of immersive adventures can be found in 20 different locations across the United States, Canada, China, Taiwan, Japan, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Pakistan, Malaysia, and Thailand.

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A Smartphone Sensor Can Measure the Heat of Chilis Before You Accidentally Nuke Your Mouth

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Without knowing where a chili is from it’s hard to know how hot it is, so researchers from Thailand … Read more. Popping a random chili into your mouth is the culinary equivalent of playing Russian roulette.

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Sony Hosting an Official ‘Sword Art Online’ Exhibition in VR Through March 10th

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Sword Art Online: EX-Chronicle – Online Edition is officially available in Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom, and the United States. Sony is hosting an official Sword Art Online fan exhibition in VR from today through March 10th.

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Puzzling Places Adds Blue Temple In Free Update On Quest And PSVR

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The Blue Temple marks the latest update for Puzzling Places on Quest and PSVR headsets, introducing a brand new free puzzle based around Thailand’s eye-catching Buddhist temple.

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VR Film Festivals Look To Inspire Fresh New Talent For Hollywood

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This year FIVARS will include films by artists from France, Romania, Netherlands, Italy, Thailand, the US, and many more. Beyond the Frame Festival and FIVARS tease the next generation of media artists.

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Here Are The Nominees For The 2021 VR Awards

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& Eminent Air (Thailand) Co., This years’ VR Awards returns as a red carpet black-tie event alongside a “World Hop Experience” on VR headsets.

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The Knowledge Metaverse Updates

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Together with our partner in Thailand, we have also recently launched InfinitLand , a decentralized community platform where creative minds can gather, express and exchange innovative ideas together.

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Tense 'Thirteen Lives' trailer recreates the incredible Thai cave rescue

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In 2018, 12 boys and the coach of their soccer team were trapped in the Tham Luang caves in Thailand after a sudden rainstorm. In the days that followed, a daring rescue mission traveled through the flooded caves to get them out alive.

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CrowsNest’s Anna is the future of hospitality

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CrowsNest XR is a startup in Shanghai and when Covid hit China the previous Winter, Eloi decided to fly to Thailand to avoid the imminent lockdown and do some business development abroad.

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TIME Immersive AR Experience Shines A Spotlight On The Rapidly Shrinking Amazon Rainforest

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The New York Times used AR last year to take their readers deep into the Thailand Caves, while the Weather Channel is using immersive technology to give viewers a more comprehensive perspective on how dangerous a storm can really be. TIME turns to AR and Jane Goodall to help expose deforestation in Brazil. TIME Turns To AR And Jane Goodall To Explore The Rapidly Shrinking Amazon Rainforest.

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Check Out Your Travel Destination In VR Before You Book

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Current destinations also include Bali, Thailand, the Maldives and destinations in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Fiji and Japan will be added in 2019. Rizort Inc. adds several new locations to its collaborative vacation planning VR app.

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How Virtual Reality Takes Art to New Heights

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They are heading to Bangkok, Thailand, next year to launch Something Nouveau. Many would argue that no drawing, painting, or sculpture is complete until it is shared. That is the very nature of art. It is meant to be shared.

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Apple announces winners of iPhone 13 Pro macro photo challenge

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The winners come from Argentina, Italy, India, Hungary, Thailand, China, and the U.S., In January, Apple launched a new iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro photography challenge , inviting users to send in their best macro shots. Now, the company has revealed the 10 winning photographs.

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Meta Avatars Store Coming ‘Soon’ To VR After Instagram & Facebook

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The storefront should roll out in the coming days in the United States, Canada, Thailand, and Mexico with products from fashion brands Prada, Balenciaga, and Thom Browne, with the promise of more product announcements soon.

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Traveling in Virtual Reality

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Current destinations also include Bali, Thailand, the Maldives and destinations in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Fiji and Japan will be added in 2019. With RizortVR you can virtually check out your travel destinations before arriving at check-in.

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VR Tour App ‘MasterWorks’ Uses Photogrammetry to Bring You to 4 Fully Explorable Heritage Sites

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Spanning over 3000 years of human history, you’ll be able to visit: The historical city of Ayutthaya, Thailand, the second capital of the Siamese Kingdom. MasterWorks: Journey Through History (2018) is a new app for Oculus Rift and Gear VR that takes you on a guided tour through four cultural sites spanning three continents.

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Hidden Dangers Uses VR To Raise Awareness On Clean Water Shortage

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With this experience, the team is using the VR platform to educate children in Thailand about the unseen dangers of polluted water. The application debuted at schools on the Khao Laem River in Thailand, showing the children most directly affected how they can safely filter their water and it will continue to be shown at schools around the world to raise awareness.

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Google Helps Preserve Endangered Historical Sites in VR

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However, the Ananda Ok Kyaung temple is just one of 25 other available sites spanning 18 different countries including the historic city of Ayutthaya in Thailand , the Al Azem Palace in Damascus, Syria, and my personal favorite, the Mesa Verde’s cliff dwellings in Colorado, U.S. . Google assists CyArk in saving our heritage by preserving the wonders of the world in VR.

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NYT Uses AR To Compare The World’s Most Polluted Air With Your City’s

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The paper used an AR experience to help readers visualize the openings rescuers had to swim through during the Thailand Cave Rescue , and even used VR to tell the stories of people displaced from their homes. . NYT app users can view the air pollution levels from their city’s worst day.

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