VRScout

MARCH 27, 2021

By employing a unique combination of haptic technology and hardware-agnostic software, Fundamental Surgery is able to deliver a genuine sense of touch when performing key surgical actions, interacting with specific medical tools, and operating on different tissue variants. Together, they provide a more powerful education platform.

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VRScout

JULY 18, 2021

Titles like Kingspray Graffiti VR and SculptVR allow you to try your hand at more unique forms of modern art, while more recent experiences, such as Painting VR on Oculus Quest, offer hyper-realistic simulations of more widely-accepted genres. Feature Image Credit: Sunset Division.

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VRScout

MAY 21, 2019

What’s on deck for the Oculus Quest? After what feels like eons of waiting, the Oculus Quest standalone VR headset is finally available to the public, along with over 50 immersive launch titles. Let’s take a look at five ambitious VR experiences coming soon to your Oculus Quest: Vacation Simulator. The Under Presents.

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VRScout

MAY 9, 2019

The Oculus Quest is a near-perfect combination of the Oculus Rift’s powerful 6DoF tracking and the Oculus Go’s comfort and portability. Karuna’s software uses virtual reality to create neuroplastic changes by placing the patient in an environment where they increase movement while blocking pain signals.”.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Military simulations are one of the fields where virtual reality has always been an important technology , even before that VR had its new renaissance in 2012. Can you be so kind as to also introduce Bohemia Interactive Simulations? Today, we’ve grown to around 300 staff, about two-thirds of whom are software developers. .

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

Precision OS, a Vancouver-based company creating VR surgery simulation software, announced that it has secured $2.3 Precision OS builds VR software that lets surgeons perform orthopedic medical procedures in a VR environment, providing metric feedback to help practitioners improve their techniques. million in Series A financing.

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VRScout

MAY 26, 2021

One such device is the Cybershoes, a slipper-like accessory that simulates movement in VR by having you shuffle your feet from a seated position, turning games like Half-Life: Alyx, Rec Room, The Walking Dead: Saints and Sinners, Skyrim VR, and other compatible software into more physically-engaging immersive experiences.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

One of the ongoing challenges in market sizing is to piece together clues to extrapolate things like unit sales and software revenues. For example, last week we estimated holiday Oculus Quest sales, and did a similar cumulative sales estimate in September. For an indexed collection of data and reports, subscribe to ARtillery Pro.

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Road to VR

JULY 15, 2017

“Anyone could put a VR headset on the end of a robotic arm, but it is our proprietary Interact software that makes this experience successful”, says Stuart Hetherington, CEO of Holovis. The real-time VR world needs to synchronise perfectly with the motion and gesture interactivity, so we’ve developed specialist software to achieve this.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 4, 2016

Dominic Brennan gets his hands on ESI Group’s latest iteration of IC.IDO , their automotive visualisation tool that uses CAD-accurate data to generate extremely realistic VR simulations which let you take apart (or fix) your own virtual car. Most CAD mock up tools will not live simulate the collisions possible during assembly”.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

You may ask yourself: “why would I want to simulate driving an old bus at the top speed of 45 miles an hour through a depopulated desert road for 8 hours straight?” The new VR version was brought to life by Borderlands developers Gearbox Software , making it their first VR production. image courtesy Gearbox Software.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 26, 2016

Senso is a new virtual reality glove input device that offers per-finger haptic feedback and the ability to simulate differences in temperature – all tracked via a camera-less IMU-based system. The post Senso is a VR Input Glove With Per-finger Haptics and Simulated Temperature appeared first on Road to VR.

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Road to VR

MAY 3, 2017

As one of the first game genres to embrace VR, sim racing has been successfully transitioning from the ‘very early adopter’ stage (using Oculus development kits) to the ‘early adopter’ stage (the first-generation consumer headsets). The HTC Vive launched on April 5th 2016, a week after the consumer Oculus Rift. Assetto Corsa.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2017

There is a cheaper version for just Oculus Rift and HTC Vive: the ‘earliest bird’ version going to the first 150 backers for $50. The post Wind Simulation Accessory for VR Headsets Hits $30k Crowdfunding Goal on Day One appeared first on Road to VR.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 6, 2016

The Oculus Touch motion controllers arrive December 6th and pre-orders begin October 10th. Oculus’ biggest event of the year, Oculus Connect 3 , kicked off Thursday morning with an opening keynote that revealed what’s next for the Facebook owned Oculus platform, as well as new content playable with Oculus Touch motion controllers.

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AUGUST 10, 2017

Oculus Connect 4, the company’s fourth annual developer conference, is set for October 11th and 12th in San Jose, California. There, Oculus will share with developers some of its latest research and developments, including what’s coming to the company’s VR Audio SDK.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2020

VR adoption is accelerating thanks to the Oculus Quest. We’ve seen over 100 VR titles break $1 million in revenue, growing the total VR software market by 3x in 2019. He has looked at over 5,000 companies in the space and has invested in 35, including the makers of hit VR games like Beat Saber , Rec Room , and Job Simulator.

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VRScout

AUGUST 23, 2020

on Oculus Rift , Oculus Quest , and Steam VR , this hyper-realistic DJ simulator offers you the chance to upload and mix your personal music collection using a virtual deck that mimics the setup used in nightclubs around the world. Kicking things off we have Tribe XR by Tribe XR Inc. Available for $39.99 ELECTRONAUTS.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 3, 2020

Some time ago, the most important companies of the XR ecosystem (HTC, Oculus, Microsoft, etc…) joined the Khronos Group to discuss a standard to end the fragmentation of the XR space. T his standard, dubbed OpenXR, was about the interoperability of different VR hardware and software together. Image by Oculus).

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Rift’s new system software, previously known as Rift Core 2.0 , is now rolling out to everyone, bringing with it a number of performance improvements, UI updates, and a more customizable Oculus Home area with support for up to eight people. SEE ALSO HTC Opens Its Viveport VR App Store to Oculus Rift Users. Rift Core 2.0

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 9, 2017

Created by production company Magnum Opus in collaboration with NASA, the European Space Agency, and Canadian Space Agency, Mission: ISS is a simulation giving a window into a world only about 500 people have ever experienced. In Mission: ISS, visitors will get to experience the International Space Station as only astronauts have.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Lead by National Taiwan University PhD student Po-Chen Wu during his internship at Oculus Research, the work presents a low-cost tracking and input solution with many potential applications in virtual and augmented reality. SEE ALSO Oculus Research Reveals "Groundbreaking" Focal Surface Display.

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Road to VR

APRIL 6, 2017

What do you do when you want to push VR racing simulation to the limit of immersion? R-craft Multi-axis Motion Simulator, 6+ axes (circa $20,000). Oculus Rift CV1 ($500). Played with just a headset and a controller, Dirt Rally in VR is a pretty awesome experience. SimXperience Accuforce Pro ($1,748). Simtools 2.1.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Details include a ‘head mounted display for computer simulated reality.’. While the description itself doesn’t explicitly state that the trademark is related to VR, phrases such as “head mounted display for computer simulated reality” and “optical devices,” indicate that immersive technology is more than likely involved.

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ARPost

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Game developers are increasingly writing software that uses the hardware to give players a more immersive in-game experience. Players encounter realistic simulations of events that could never happen in real life. VR Driving Simulations. Virtual reality driving simulations have lots of potential. Virtual Reality Casinos.

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VRScout

JULY 1, 2021

Like the XR-2, the headset is controlled using a pair of motion controllers similar in size and shape to the Oculus Touch controllers. Origin – the entire hardware and software complex will be developed in Russia. Image Credit: Roscosmos.

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VRScout

JUNE 15, 2021

Donkey Kong VR is a fully immersive VR experience built specifically for the Oculus Quest 2 that has you playing the role of Mario as you face off against the giant gorilla in your quest to save Pauline. They come into our lab and we put them inside VR simulations. Image Credit: Paul Nathan.

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VRScout

APRIL 25, 2021

Everyone’s favorite VR ape-simulator Gorilla Tag this week added dozens of new environments courtesy of the Monke Map Loader. Just make sure the “Monkey Map Loader” box is ticked before installing the software. Installing custom maps on the Oculus Quest is slightly more complicated.

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VRScout

AUGUST 9, 2021

Peanut Button (the 3-person studio behind The Secret Of Retropolis ) has overcome impossible odds, launching a game with zero budget in a temporarily converted public bomb shelter in Tel Aviv using free software and marketing tips they learned from YouTube tutorials. The Secret Of Retropolis is out now on Steam and Oculus.

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MARCH 8, 2018

If you haven’t heard, Oculus screwed up pretty badly yesterday when they let a software certification expire, leaving Rift owners without access to any of their games for a full day. SEE ALSO Oculus Rift Surpasses HTC Vive in Steam Majority Market Share for the First Time. $15

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 23, 2021

But if remove all this boring stuff, the software is actually good according to the first reviews, and also introduces some innovative solutions. It’s an effective solution to simulate real writing. The software supports up to 16 users in VR, plus 34 users that can connect with just a webcam , for a total of 50 users.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 5, 2020

Project Stardust is a VR cockpit simulator that puts you in the seat of an X-Wing as you fly missions and engage in battles from iconic moments in the Star Wars universe, such as the Rebel Alliance’s assault on the first Death Star at the Battle of Yavin. Project Stardust. Download Project Stardust for free here. Star Trek: Bridge Crew.

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VRScout

MARCH 1, 2019

Utilizing a combination of interactive elements, including speech recognition, AI, Natural Language Processing (NLP), and narrative branching, Talespin’s virtual character is able to simulate realistic speech patterns, body-language, and mannerisms to simulate lifelike conversations as if speaking to an actual human-being.

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ARPost

MARCH 16, 2020

However, that did not stop the continued development of flight simulators and other stationary uses. Bulky hardware and unsatisfying software experiences stunted the industry up until the mid 2000s, but recent advances on both fronts are reason to be optimistic about the potential for virtual reality in this decade. The Present.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

Considering that Facebook is very smart also in leaking misleading info (as it has happened with the “Monterey” headset ), this can also be a move from Menlo Park to create hype for the upcoming Oculus Connect 6 and the AR glasses that will be teased there. The Oculus Connect 6 is coming! Games on Oculus Quest are selling really well.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

Last week, I traveled to the Houston Area Safety Council in Pasadena, Texas, to put Industrial Training International VR’s new crane simulator through its paces. Simulators will allow networking to support scenarios with multi-crane lifts and integrated training of signal people outfitted with VR hand-trackers.

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JUNE 23, 2021

Moth+Flame, a creator of VR training software, today announced it’s garnered $2.5 With the natural language processing and realistically simulated environments, the company’s VR training tech is said to actively engage users by letting them use their own voice in conversations with human actors.

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