VRScout

APRIL 17, 2018

The omnidirectional treadmill is one of a handful of locomotion methods shown in Ready Player One’s future world, but are any of these actually possible? How is modern technology setting us up to move around the virtual worlds of the future? Driving and Flight Simulators. Free Roaming Areas.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 4, 2017

Today at CES 2017 HTC announced the Vive Tracker, a standalone tracking module that’s designed to attach to anything to become tracked in the virtual world. At the accessory’s reveal today, HTC showed how it could be integrated into a wide range of third-party products.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

The Ambiotherm brings a whole new level of immersion to virtual reality with realistic weather simulations. Two rotating fans placed in front of the user’s face simulate the sensation of wind, while a temperature module placed on the user’s neck heats up or cools down depending on the virtual experience or environment.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Combining spatial computing with the Internet, the Metaverse seeks to seamlessly connect the digital and physical worlds and transform online interactions. Evan Gappelberg, Chief Executive and Founder of Nextech AR , said in an interview with XR Today that metaverse solutions would “bridge virtual, hybrid, and in-person experiences.”

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ARPost

MARCH 31, 2023

The hardware consisted of blue HTC Vive Pros connected to the gaming PCs above. The HTC Vive Pros were tethered, so there was no latency but the game did have a peculiar dense, dreamlike aspect to it, which often stems from lower refresh rates. UFO-shaped VR simulator (FuninVR) It’s a massive UFO-shaped VR simulator.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Of all of the various forms of extended reality (XR), virtual reality (VR), is the most familiar. The technology allows people to create ‘virtual’ landscapes and environments that simulate the real world. Meta, Pico, HTC VIVE, and Varjo headsets all incorporate this new technology. The History of VR.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Varjo hopes these hyper realistic environments will serve as the perfect tool for fields such as architecture, construction, engineering, industry design, training simulations, and other industries where accuracy is paramount. To design in virtual reality, we need the high resolution of the Varjo device.

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APRIL 5, 2017

One year ago HTC Vive started arriving for buyers. These boxes disappear when wearing the headset and you find yourself with the freedom to walk several steps around a virtual world and use your hands to interact with it. “That removed the guesswork for them.”. The Future of VR.

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ARPost

JANUARY 6, 2022

XR gaming brings real-world elements and virtual elements together to create interactive 3D experiences. It encompasses all immersive technologies that bring the physical and virtual worlds together. It covers everything from virtual reality and augmented reality to mixed reality.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Flagship products such as the Meta Quest Pro, Pico 4 and Pico 4 Enterprise, and HTC VIVE Focus 3 and Flow devices have recently hit shelves, sparking interest in the emerging technology. Virtual Reality Guides: Case Studies. VR in training and educational experiences simulate real-life situations without risk. Enhanced Headsets.

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VRScout

JANUARY 26, 2021

This tactile feedback physically displaces your skin up to 2mm, simulating the feeling of touching real objects. According to HaptX, Gloves DK2 is designed specifically for training and simulation as well as industrial design and robotics.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

For example, when speaking with Jon Favreau about his latest VR demo experience, Gnomes & Goblins , that just hit the Steam VR store earlier this month, his developers were mindful of the ability to scale virtual worlds to a variety of users — big and small. The post Kid Friendly VR Games For HTC VIVE appeared first on VRScout.

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ARVR

JANUARY 10, 2023

In the novel, the metaverse is a virtual world where users can interact with each other and with virtual objects in real time. In the 1980s and 1990s, researchers and companies began to develop virtual reality systems that used headsets and gloves to immerse users in a computer-generated environment.

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ARPost

APRIL 11, 2023

VR-Enabled Online Shopping Experiences VR creates an immersive visual environment, including 360-degree videos, photos, product demos, and complex experiences using devices such as the HTC Vive or Oculus Quest. Hands-On Review Unlike AR, VR is entirely simulated and disconnected from the physical world.

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VRScout

MARCH 3, 2018

Allowing users to interact with the virtual world using their own two hands is a key component in truly selling an experience and immersing participants. That’s why Microsoft is currently in development on a solution that would actually link two standard VR motion controllers together to simulate realistic tension and pressure.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

One effective way to achieve this is with mixed reality, a combination of capture techniques that merge footage of the real world with the virtual world. Valve’s introduction video to SteamVR at the launch of the HTC Vive last year remains a superb illustration of the impact of presenting VR in this way.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 23, 2023

The criminals stole Meta Quest, Pico, and HTC VIVE headsets, tablets, smartphones, controllers, and other devices. VR simulations allow patients with limited mobility to enter virtual worlds to fly, swim with dolphins, and space travel, among others.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 17, 2023

So, how does virtual reality work, and why is it such a significant tech evolution? How Does Virtual Reality Work? An Introduction Virtual reality creates an end-to-end mechanism that replaces our natural “real-world” environment with an immersive simulation. Driving simulators are perhaps the best example of this.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 10, 2022

It is working on some form of virtual currency, that has been internally named “Zuck Buck” (I love this name, actually). It should not be based on cryptocurrency like Libra, but just be virtual money similar to Robux in Roblox, and we can expect it to be used in virtual worlds. Learn more. Some XR fun. Funny link.

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VRScout

MARCH 5, 2018

We created Canetroller, a haptic cane controller that simulates [assistive] cane interactions, enabling people with visual impairments to navigate a virtual environment by transferring their cane skills into the virtual world.”. The project is paired with the HTC Vive, allowing for the users head motion to be tracked.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 2, 2018

We’ve rounded up a list of 20-something VR games launching in 2018 that we’re excited about, covering all three major VR systems: PSVR, Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. Heavy on nostalgia, the game tosses you into the world of 1989 as Nicola. Vacation Simulator. Ace Combat 7. Platform : PSVR (2018).

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Varjo XR-4 is on sale for enterprises, but the company has also opened up a waiting list for interested consumers (especially simulator fans, I guess). HTC is working on compatibility with other headsets, but nothing has been announced yet. This headset costs €7,990 for the standard version and €13,990 for the focal edition.

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Cats and VR

MAY 10, 2017

They've created award-winning games like Job Simulator and Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality. They have won multiple awards for their gameplay and interaction in Job Simulator, and became one of the most popular VR titles across the many platforms.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2017

With groundbreaking VR headset technology, 360-degree sound and sophisticated room tracking, players will be instantly transported into new virtual worlds that are more realistic than anything imaginable.” The full content list includes John Wick Chronicles, Star Wars: Trials On Tatooine and Knockout League.”

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 12, 2024

Vibrotactile feedback enables other gloves to simulate the feeling of things like touching a surface or clicking a button using actuators in the fingers of the glove. In the corporate landscape, haptic gloves can offer a more immersive experience to users working on prototypes for new products in the virtual world.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

Nevertheless, it’s showing incredible potential to reshape the world as we know it. See Also: Spreading the Love of Classical Music Through Virtual Reality. Using headsets such as Oculus Rift and HTC Vive , artists have been able to produce their creations in a virtual space. One such example is the DSL Collection.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Developed in collaboration with VR director Jake Rowell, Gnomes & Goblins will have you embarking on a fantasy-driven adventure through an enchanted virtual world teeming with magical creatures, interactive mini-games, collectible artifacts, and various other activities in which your decisions have a direct impact on the story.

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Road to VR

JUNE 22, 2018

While the HTC Vive shipped with its wand controllers back in 2016, Valve revealed later that year that it was developing a brand new VR controller, dubbed ‘Knuckles’, which aimed to make VR interactions more intuitive and immersive by rethinking how users should hold and interact with their input device.

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JUNE 23, 2017

HTC’s Vive Tracker presents an elegant solution to the VR peripheral problem. Instead of releasing hundreds upon hundreds of different controllers that replicate real world items, why not just stick a single tracked object onto the real thing to bring it into the virtual world? But challenges lay ahead.

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Road to VR

MARCH 1, 2019

Yes, it surely incorporates what the development team has learned in the intervening years, but from a tech standpoint the studio started with a fresh slate and set out to redefine the fidelity of VR interactions by rooting their game in physical simulation.

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Road to VR

MARCH 27, 2017

HTC’s Vive X accelerator is a $100 million fund for AR/VR companies that the company announced last year. Today HTC is revealing the second batch of companies that will receive investments and mentorship from the program. Invrse Reality aims to fuse physical and virtual reality. 33 seems to be the magic number.

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MARCH 27, 2017

HTC’s Vive X accelerator program is welcoming more than 30 new VR and AR startups to the fold with investments in North America and Asia. ” HTC Vive’s investment group also said it planned to open an accelerator in Israel, joining locations in San Francisco, Beijing, Shenzhen and Taipei.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2017

HTC’s anticipated Tracker peripheral for the HTC Vive is unsurprisingly proving popular with the VR developer community. A few weeks back HTC opened up applications for developer kits for its new device, which is expected to launch fully sometime in Q2 2017. Tagged with: htc , htc vive , vive tracker.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Theys so propose the so-called “Mediated Reality Continuum” VR (Virtual Reality) replaces the real world with a simulated experience (virtual world). AR (Augmented Reality) allows a virtual world to be experienced while also experiencing the real world at the same time.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 12, 2025

In healthcare, medical students can use simulations to practice complex procedures, and receive feedback in real-time. Unfortunately, in the world of hybrid and remote work, it can be difficult to facilitate face-to-face interactions between peers. In the aviation industry, companies are using XR to enhance flight training simulations.

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AR Insider

MAY 8, 2020

This was the consensus of a recent panel moderated by Charlie Fink during HTC’s VIVE Ecosystem Conference, held in VR (video below). “Social aspects of hallway conversations and casual interaction is what drove me to experiment with virtual worlds for these conferences. Header image credit: HTC, YouTube.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Whatever the character, King Kaiju supports the HTC Vive and the Oculus Rift and works with both system’s tracked motion controllers. To move within the virtual world without walking in room-scale, you can teleport, which is point-and-click straightforward. But King Kaiju isn’t a hardcore simulation by any means.

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