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New Feature in ‘Microsoft Flight Simulator’ Boosts VR Performance, Extra Eye-tracking Gains Coming Soon

Road to VR

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 supports PC VR headsets, although you’ll also need a pretty beefy rig to even run it. Of course, a PC VR headset with eye-tracking is required for this, which in similar applications can double performance. You can check out his video below showing off the new performance gains.

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Hands-on: Varjo XR-4 Focal Edition takes passthrough to the next level

The Ghost Howls

My visit to Varjo I’m currently in Helsinki to attend MatchXR and of course, I decided to visit Varjo , since it is based here. At the end of the visit, I was asked if I wanted to play around with a plane simulator that was there in the demo room. The mixed reality simulation was pretty good.

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FundamentalVR Is Offering A Free Ventilator Course For Health Professionals

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The medical simulation company has collaborated with Imperial College to train the skills to ventilate COVID-19 patients. The platform’s data dashboard tracks hundreds of data points to provide a high level of analysis to course directors or trainees. Canada, and U.K. Image Credit: Getty Images / FundamentalVR.

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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!

The Ghost Howls

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. Of course, no. Of course, it works by being connected to the phone via USB.

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‘Microsoft Flight Simulator’ Update 5 to Bring VR Performance Improvements

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Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) includes support for SteamVR headsets, however playing via VR requires some of the most modern (and consequently least available) PC components due to its demanding spec requirement. We’re interested to see just how much update 5 does when it arrives on July 27th.

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US School District to Lease Transfr VR Headsets

XR Today - Virtual Reality

The US school district is look to add 69 headsets to support extended day and summer career experience courses by improving access to VR equipment for all students, including the ‘underrepresented’. A virtual coach will guide students through the educational simulations, offering background context about the career.

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‘Emergence’ is a VR Crowd Simulator That Makes You Question Life, Society & Everything

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First debuted at Sundance 2019, Emergence is a short VR experience from indie studio Universal Everything that, with its unique crowd simulation, raises some interesting questions about life, society and how we connect to it all. You can now download the experience on Steam for free.