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Students Hack Positional Tracking onto Gear VR with SteamVR Tracking

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Mobile VR solutions like Samsung’s Gear VR currently employ rotational tracking only. Positional tracking adds not only comfort but also immersion to virtual reality, and is a feature of all major tethered VR headsets. However, achieving the same on mobile VR has proved challenging.

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Drop of Doom VR Ride Comes To Six Flags

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Open now for a limited time at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, New Jersey, Drop Of Doom VR combines the world’s fastest and tallest drop ride with virtual reality to deliver an amusement park experience you’ll never forget. Once the clock strikes zero, you’re transported into space via full virtual reality.

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Altair Digital Are Bringing the Planetarium Experience to Your Face Using VR

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Altair Digital have announced that they are to bring the wonder of the solar system as historically experienced via your local Planetarium to virtual reality with Fulldome Cinema. The company currently specialises in portable domed projection systems, so this certainly feels like a logical step for the company.

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‘Lost’ From Oculus Story Studio Makes The Jump To Mobile VR As 360 Video

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Today, Oculus is announcing that the groundbreaking virtual reality short film, Lost , is coming to the Samsung Gear VR. For its debut on the less-powerful Gear VR headset, the project has been repurposed as a 360 video rather than a full, PC-powered, VR experience that allows for robust features like positional tracking.

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Jaunt Brings Award-Winning VR Content To PlayStation VR

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Jaunt is a Palo Alto-based company that is currently one of the leading providers of 360-degree virtual reality content. Today, Jaunt has applications on just about every consumer VR platform including the Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Samsung Gear VR and Google Daydream. As of today, however, that exception no longer applies.

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The MR Headsets Market Map for 2023

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Today, we’re looking at some of the top MR headset manufacturers in the industry, to help business leaders track down the right endpoints for their technology stack. The solution turns tracking inside out to reduce setup time, and loosens the hardware restrictions of other devices.

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The Top Mixed Reality Headset Vendors for 2023

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Samsung Technology brand Samsung has been traversing the immersive technology space for some time, with the development of tools designed to take advantage of Samsung smartphones and other computing devices. Plus, a 6-degree-of-freedom camera is built into the system for tracking purposes.