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Students Hack Positional Tracking onto Gear VR with SteamVR Tracking

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In a reverse engineering exercise, two students at Utah State University have hacked positional tracking onto a Gear VR headset using SteamVR Tracking technology. Mobile VR solutions like Samsung’s Gear VR currently employ rotational tracking only.

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7 Practical AR Uses In Healthcare

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In Utah, Orca Health has experimented with a medical AR app called EyeDecide, which allows eye doctors to visually demonstrate to patients how cataracts can affect the eye. That’s where products like Google Glass come in. During consultations, patients can use AR to better understanding their conditions.

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Researchers Transform Real Soccer Matches into Tabletop AR Reconstructions

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The FIFA World Cup finals are nearly here, and while we still live in a time where most everyone interested in the France vs. Croatia match will be glued to a TV set, researchers from the University of Washington, Facebook, and Google just gave us a prescient look at what an AR soccer match could look like in the near future.

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Digital Frontier: Where Brain-computer Interfaces & AR/VR Could One Day Meet

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Adam Marblestone, a research scientist at Google DeepMind and PhD in biophysics from Harvard, isn’t so starry-eyed about the initial launch of Neuralink’s N1 tech though. “They are climbing Everest with bigger team/better gear (engineering).

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Actress Elizabeth Banks Brings Pedigree To VR Animation ASTEROIDS!

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Cheez is voiced by Banks and will add to a film that is an official selection for the Sundance Film Festival that takes place in Park City, Utah from January 19th to the 29th. A sneak peak at the film is available on Samsung Gear, Google Daydream, and the Oculus storefront starting today.

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‘The Lawnmower Man’ is Coming Back in VR

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As the Sundance Film Festival kicks off today in Park City, Utah, Jaunt has revealed the development of five new original scripted VR series — one of which is based on the 1992 cult classic feature, The Lawnmower Man. Jaunt unveils their 2017 VR scripted slate at Sundance. Heading over to Sundance Film Festival?

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The VRScout Report – Altspace Shuts Down & Disney Resorts Get The Void

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Teaming up with The VOID from Utah, the team behind the Ghostbusters immersive activation in Time Square, Disney is bringing us immersive Star Wars experiences to similar high-foot traffic areas. WILL GOOGLE LET YOU ANIMATE YOUR SCENES MADE WITH BLOCKS SOON? CREATORS OF AMERICAN IDOL LAUNCH MIXED REALITY TV SHOW IN NORWAY.