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What’s The Deal With The HTC Vive Air?

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The breathable and quick-drying fabrics improve ventilation in the heated exercise. The innovative lightweight structure allows users to forget the presence of the head-mounted display to focus on virtual content. The quick-release design allows the removal of ergonomic soft components for washing.”

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Update: Fitness-focused ‘HTC Vive Air’ Is Just a Concept

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The breathable and quick-drying fabrics improve ventilation in the heated exercise. The innovative lightweight structure allows users to forget the presence of the head-mounted display to focus on virtual content. The quick-release design allows the removal of ergonomic soft components for washing.

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Palmer Luckey's Anduril Is Taking Over The US Army IVAS Program, Replacing HoloLens

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While there are currently no publicly announced details of Anduril's IVAS hardware, Luckey signed off the announcement by telling the world to multiply "by ten and then do it again" their expectations, describing himself as "the best head-mounted-display designer in the world". "I

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How Much is Facebook Investing in Spatial Computing?

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Compared to the above exercise, there are fewer assumptions required for the portion of the ramp-up that’s attributable to spatial. Even fewer assumptions are required in evaluating the fact that the majority of those 169 filings are in the ‘Heads-Up Displays’ sub-category — a catch all for headworn AR and VR hardware.

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How Virtual Reality Can Assist the Elderly

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Most premium handsets are the compatible device for head-mounted displays as they offer powerful features that enable high-definition VR apps to run. VR For Exercising. Virtual reality doesn’t only offer brain exercise, but also helps them become motivated to exercise.

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Why we should care about ergonomics in virtual reality

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Examples of head measurements (Image by Rob Cole). Other examples are scuba diving masks or full-face motorcycle helmets, although neither of these have the added complication of housing a head-mounted display that relies on a good fit for the correct optical presentation of the display to the eyes.

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Apple Revives AR Smart Glasses Push with New Patent

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According to filings with the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPO) last week, the Cupertino-based firm has outlined plans for a head-mounted display (HMD). With it, the company could use its digital crown feature to display notifications and images, listen to music, and others.

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