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This AR Go-Kart Experience Is Basically Real-Life ‘Mario Kart’

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Back in 2017, Nintendo partnered with VR Zone Shinjuku to create Mario Kart GP VR , a location-based VR port of its 2005 arcade racing game, Mario Kart GP. Using custom trackers mounted to their wrists, players are able to physically throw red and blue shells at fellow racers while controlling their kart using a unique motion simulator.

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AI Murder Machine Kicks Air Force Pilot's Ass in DARPA's Simulated Dogfight Contest

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Anyone remember the 2005 sci-fi movie Stealth ? As far as I can remember, it involves a secret, artificially intelligent U.S. Air Force fighter plane that rebels against its creators when it is struck by lightning. It was not very good. Read more.

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Nintendo Enters VR With ‘Mario Kart GP VR’

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An official VR remake of the 2005 arcade classic, Mario Kart GP, the experience has players sit in a metal rig similar to a go-kart wearing not only an HTC Vive headset, but two Vive trackers strapped to each wrist. However the most exciting of the VR experiences being offered has to be Mario Kart GP VR.

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Holo-BLSD is a powerful AR tool to teach first-aid procedures and save lives

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We also simulate dialogues with a bystander and a full telephone call with the emergency medical service. To this end, AR guarantees users much higher confidence compared to VR in using their actual walking for navigating the environment and interacting with the real objects that are part of the simulation.

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How VR Saves Lives in the OR

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This article will focus exclusively on the applications of VR—fully replacing the world with a realistic digital simulation of patient-specific anatomy and pathology. The Global Virtual Patient Simulation Market is poised to grow at a CAGR of around 19.6% The dental simulators feature real instruments and robotic feedback.

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PSVR’s Psychonauts Launches February 21st, PS4 Pro Support Confirmed

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This isn’t the long-awaited sequel to the 2005 game (though that is on the way), but instead a VR-exclusive story set right after those events. The San Francisco-based company recently announced that Psychonauts in the Rhombus of Ruin will be launching on PlayStation VR (PSVR) on February 21st.

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How VR is Changing the Way We Think About Therapy

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Research regarding VR simulations to treat specific phobias was around as early as the nineties, but the technology simply wasn’t advanced enough for such treatment to be feasible. Virtual Iraq VRET was developed from 2005-2007 as an answer to the military’s problem at USC’s Institute for Creative Technologies.

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