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How VR Is Changing College Tours

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The North Carolina college system launched a new VR app that allows prospective students and parents to take a 360-degree campus tour of all 16 of their universities. They also donated cardboard goggles and earbuds to 16,000 students across 21 North Carolina high schools, allowing them to use the VR experience to tour campuses.

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‘Google Earth VR’ Lets You Experience the Total Solar Eclipse Right Now

Road to VR

Whether or not you’re in the narrow band of ‘solar eclipse totality’ that’s making its way across the continental United States on Monday, August 21st, Google Earth VR has seen a recent update that will let you experience the rare event from the comfort of your own HTC Vive or Oculus Rift. image courtesy NASA.

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Where is VR/AR and Education Now?

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Research studies conducted by North Carolina State University show “significant improvement” in children’s (sixth to eighth grade) learning after using zSpace’s VR platform. #2 of teachers are using VR/AR in their classroom, despite widespread access to inexpensive devices such as the Google Cardboard.

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Hands-on: LetinAR Brings a Larger FOV & Depth of Field to AR with ‘Pinhole Effect’ Optics

Road to VR

Side note : Karl Guttag, chief science officer of AR company RAVN and all around AR expert, notes in a previous demo at CES 2018 that LetinAR appears to be following in the footsteps of research done at the University of North Carolina that produced a similar ‘pinlight’ optic for wide FOV augmented reality.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

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At Duke University in North Carolina, 8 paralyzed people have regained some use of their limbs thanks to brain-controlled robotic system training. The company has offices in Dubai as well, and has already been working with the Times on experiential projects for big brands like Coca-Cola, Google, Nike, and Twitter.

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AR 101?—?A brief summary (Part 1)

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70s : Group of researchers at different organizations, such as NASA, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the University of North Carolina, continued research in computer graphics and virtual reality (Krevelen, 2010). 2000s : First outdoor mobile AR game ARQuake.

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We Showed VR To An ANIME CONVENTION!!! Animazement 2022!

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HOTEL AUDIO WARNING LOL: We were sent to Animazement in Raleigh North Carolina to a big Anime Convention! Every Friday we release FULL PODCASTS on all Your Favorite major platforms: Spotify, Apple, Google. Every Friday we release FULL PODCASTS on all Your Favorite major platforms: Spotify, Apple, Google. APPLE: [link].