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HTC is Sending a VR Headset to the ISS to Support Astronaut Mental Health

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Virtual reality is already being used on the ground to help prepare astronauts for the rigors of space, although now HTC says it’s sending its standalone VR headset Vive Focus 3 to the International Space Station (ISS) to help support the mental health of astronauts during their mission.

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Big XR News from Snap, Meta, HTC VIVE, Apple Vision Pro

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.” The firm has seen sales success with its current versions of the Ray-Ban Stories product, which are currently available in the US, Canada, UK, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Spain, and Sweden. The XR Elite was previously $1,099 but has since been reduced to $899.

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Oculus Acquires Eye-Tracking Company The Eye Tribe

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The Eye Tribe , a Denmark-based eye-tracking startup, today confirmed they’ll be joining the ranks of Facebook’s Oculus VR. million government-supported project to bring eye control to the mass market together with LEGO, Serious Games, IT University of Copenhagen, and Technical University of Denmark. The interesting part?

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Pre-orders for TPCast Wireless VR Add-on Now Available in Europe

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TPCast, the wireless streaming device that lets HTC Vive owners play VR games cable-free, is now available for pre-order in most of continental Europe starting at €349 (or the regional equivalent). ” TPCAST has already been available for pre-order via HTC’s Chinese Vive online store since November last year.

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Laurie Anderson’s Dark VR Art Makes You ‘Fly Through Stories’

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” Various rooms will present activities ranging from creating 3D dimensional sounds to drawing and sculpting with the HTC Vive’s controllers. It debuted this August at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Humlebæk, Denmark. . “I wanted to see what it would be like to travel through stories.” and Europe.

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HTC’s VIVE Focus 3 is Being Used in Space

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” Andreas can choose from five different cycling routes filmed in his home country of Denmark, including Loekken, Svanninge Bakker, Silkeborg, Odense Aasti, and the Copenhagen Lakes. I love that and it’s something I miss.” ” As Wang points out, the VIVE Focus 3 is not exclusively used by the ISS.

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Crytek-Incubated ‘VR First’ Program to Double Number of Academic VR/AR Labs in 2017

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Development is divided evenly across the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift platforms, each accounting for 31% of projects created, with other major VR platforms such as Samsung Gear VR, OSVR, and Daydream rounding out the bottom numbers. Aalborg University Copenhagen, Denmark. Dania Academy of Higher Education, Denmark.

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