XR Today - Virtual Reality
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Mutangiri continued: “The complete feeling of immersion that virtual reality provides means that we can use it as a powerful innovative marketing tool for promoting destination Africa.” TAN is planning to host the world’s biggest consumer VR Travel Show, beginning in Cape Town, South Africa and moving to major cities around the globe.
VRScout
APRIL 18, 2017
It was six months ago when Google launched a VR version of Google Earth for the HTC Vive. Originally launched for free on the HTC Vive, Earth VR is available on the Rift with support for Oculus Touch controllers — and of course it’s still free. VR’s killer app just got a major update. Now Google Earth VR is getting a major update.
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EON Reality
DECEMBER 18, 2018
In an effort to help combat the ever-evolving AIDS epidemic plaguing South Africa, EON Reality Tshwane’s VR Innovation Academy students were tasked by the City of Tshwane Health Department to create an HIV/AIDS awareness VR application. This opened the application up to as many users as possible within the South African market.
Road to VR
NOVEMBER 20, 2019
That’s where South Africa-based EDEN Labs wants to change things up with its enterprise-focused VR headset platform, the Eden Snacker. And let’s face it, most everyone on the planet is a VR newcomer at this point, meaning you’ll need an attendant to handhold users the entire way through.
VRScout
FEBRUARY 21, 2017
Guests come face to face with African Elephants, Dugongs, and other endangered species in ways that would simply be impossible in the wild via HTC Vive headsets. The VRZOO collaboration with Wevr is their latest effort to combine innovative technology with conservation education in a fun, spectacular way.
Road to VR
DECEMBER 12, 2017
Curiscope, the makers of the mixed reality Virtuali-tee educational app, just launched Operation Apex (2017), an underwater exploration and adventure game developed in partnership with HTC Vive Studios. Curiscope created Operation Apex under the guidance of South Africa-based research and conservation organization Oceans Research.
UploadVR Between Realities podcast
FEBRUARY 24, 2017
The Dubai Aquarium & Underwater Zoo now lets visitors go beyond the glass and having an astonishingly intimate encounter with sea life thanks to the HTC Vive. Wevr’s theBlu, one of the first experiences to feature on the SteamVR headset, is one of a handful of VR apps on offer at the site’s new VRZOO.
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