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Meta Wants to Beat Google at its Own Game with Horizon OS

Road to VR

This puts Meta in an entirely new position as a platform holder, as it now seems the company is trying to beat Google at its own game. Apple vs. Google. Google: Keep on Daydreaming After having abandoned its ill-fated standalone XR platform Daydream in 2019, Google took a giant step back from VR that it never quite recovered from.

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Avantis Education Launches VR Learning Platform

XR Today - Virtual Reality

Students can access educational content in Eduverse learning spaces from a “secure and controlled environment.” The service also supports Avantis Education’s purpose-built headset, as well as Google Expeditions kit, and is designed for classroom adoption.

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Turn Any Stationary Bike Into A VR Fitness Machine With This $100 Sensor

VRScout

VirZOOM is back with a more affordable option for exercising in virtual reality. The $100 device is compatible with most mainstream headsets including the HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and PSVR, with support for mobile VR options such as Samsung’s Gear VR and Google DayDream on the way.

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Mental Health Awareness Month in XR

ARPost

We kind of thought about a mashup of futuristic exercises and a mid-century style gym.”. Modeled after a physical gym for your body, the Mind Gym is composed of over 60 different mental exercises, arranged from warm-ups, to “special equipment,” to cool-downs. Tend to Mind and Body With VZfit. Mental Health Is for All of Us.

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The Best Apps and Games to Get Seniors Into VR

ARPost

Even if you already knew all of the controls that this little app takes you through, the dance game and target practice games are both embarrassingly fun – even for this VR veteran. The app uses content from Wikipedia and Google Earth to create interactive and educational self-guided tours of just about anywhere. Wander (Quest).

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Does the VirZOOM Exercise Bike Solve the VR Locomotion Problem?

Road to VR

VR on exercise bikes like VirZOOM is going to be AMAZING… for some people, and I may not be one of those people. While I don’t think that VirZOOM can claim to have completely solved the VR locomotion problem, I was pleased to see that some VR locomotion schemes were indeed more comfortable than using a Xbox controller alone.

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How Watson, IBM’s Artificial Intelligence, Is Powering Audio-Interactive VR/AR Environments

VRScout

This will include query based voice interactions for a new level of digital agency, and even the ability to interact with and control digital environments through conversation. How do astronauts exercise in space? It was a trust exercise. This type of game-play will also change as audio plays a larger role in game controls.

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