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China shows its masterplan to lead Virtual Reality in 2025

The Ghost Howls

We all know that China is a country that is betting big on Virtual Reality. Some days ago, the Chinese government has released a document that states how China really wants to commit to VR , how wants the ecosystem to grow well and fast and how also wants to lead the world for what concerns virtual reality. Introduction.

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Cix Liv talks about YUR and the competition with Facebook

The Ghost Howls

Before him, there was Darshan Shankar, the CEO of Bigscreen VR , because his company must compete with Facebook’s own movie rental service and Cix Liv , the previous CEO of YUR, a software that Facebook has copied in its new Oculus Move service. It’s limited on muscle gaining and various more “serious” exercises.

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Why we should care about ergonomics in virtual reality

The Ghost Howls

These are all real responses on a virtual reality forum after posters have asked: “Which headset is best?”…only Historically, virtual reality systems were prohibitively expensive and were limited to being used in controlled conditions by a small number of researchers, scientists, and groups like astronauts.

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Rendever makes the lives of seniors better using VR

The Ghost Howls

I have had the pleasure of speaking with Tom Neumann, CTO of Rendever , about his work in making the life of the elderly better through virtual reality. Rendever is overcoming social isolation through the power of virtual reality and shared experiences. Rendever helps seniors through virtual reality (Image by Rendever).

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VR Fencing Trainer Combines a Real Sword with Virtual Instruction

Road to VR

Easily joining my list of ‘things I didn’t foresee VR being used for’, Fencer is a virtual reality fencing trainer which uses a real fencing sword attached to an Oculus Quest controller to help would-be fencers learn the underlying strategies and movements.

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New VR Fitness App VZfit Helps Stay at Home People Stay in Shape

ARPost

The gym is closed, but you want to keep exercising and stay in top shape. What they need is an exciting and motivating virtual environment, which replicates the outside world where they go cycling and jogging. Especially in a time when none of us can travel in reality, it already has our community completely hooked.”.

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Playing ‘Beat Saber’ Could Burn the Same Number of Calories as Tennis

Road to VR

According to recent testing by the Virtual Reality Institute of Health and Exercise , Beat Saber (2018) may be more than just a fun way to spend an evening in. Images courtesy Virtual Reality Institute of Health and Exercise. kcals to 9.86

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