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This Guy Is Spending A Full Week In VR, For Science

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To do this, the brave virtual guinea pig is utilizing a variety of VR headsets to fit his various needs. An Oculus Rift, for example, is used during extended seated sessions, while a HTC Vive Focus and its pass-through AR functionality is used for completing household tasks; such as washing dishes, using the bathroom, preparing meals, etc.

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John Cusack & Christina Ricci Make Their VR Debut In ?Distorted Reality?

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The content will also be available in stereo 3D through the Littlstar app on Sony’s Playstation VR, Google Daydream, Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Samsung Gear VR and more. The story stars John Cusack, Christina Ricci and Brendan Fletcher in their virtual reality debuts.

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Taking a Virtual Spin Around The Solar System

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After demoing it myself, I also got my seven-year-old niece try it, and even though by now she’s a bit of a VR veteran (using your family members as guinea pigs is standard practice in my household), the experience still had her shouting out in excitement, and – most tellingly – incorporating space exploration themes into her play afterward.

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Take A Virtual Tour Around The Solar System With ‘Overview’

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Written and directed by up-and-coming French VR Director Paul Mezier, Overview has been available since March on HTC Vive, but has now launched on the Oculus Rift as well. Players are able to fly through a fully accurate model of our solar system, including known planets, moons, asteroids and comets all moving within their accurate orbits.

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Distorting Virtual Reality

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The content will also be available in stereo 3D through the Littlstar app on Sony’s Playstation VR, Google Daydream, Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Samsung Gear VR and more. The story stars John Cusack, Christina Ricci and Brendan Fletcher in their virtual reality debuts.

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‘Affected: The Manor’ Coming to Rift Oculus Rift & Touch this Month, Vive to Follow

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The series’ first commercial release came to the Gear VR in last year in the form of Affected: The Manor , and was well received by our brave and intrepid horror guinea pig Chris Madsen. The original title appeared with Oculus Rift DK1 support back in the day, with support for DK2 coming later.

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Research Study Suggests VR Can Have A Huge Impact In The Classroom

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” To test this theory, the subject of astrophysics was chosen to be a guinea pig of sorts. The first group took the test directly after a VR education course, powered by the HTC Vive. Researchers pulled abstract concepts directly from the sixth chapter of a typical Chinese, high school physics textbook.

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