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‘MyLab’ on HoloLens Brings an Interactive Periodic Table to the Chemistry Classroom

Education is widely expected to be an area where AR and VR will see major play, but we can't start at zero and immediately arrive at a world of immersive, transformed education. It takes stepping stones. MyLab is one such...

HypeVR Captures Ultra-High Def 360 Degree, Depth-Mapped Video Using a 14 x ‘Red Dragons’ and LiDAR

The 360 VR video market is rapidly getting busier. With companies like NextVR and Jaunt racing to develop technologies and deliver content which result in compelling, immersive video for virtual reality, things are moving fast. Now a new company...
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Trinity VR’s ‘DiamondFX’ Batting Simulator is Made for the Major Leagues

We speak to Trinity VR about their Vive Tracker powered Diamond FX project which aims to provide realistic virtual reality simulations for major league baseball teams, all powered by years of real pitching statistics. One of the more off-beat uses...

Watch Bethesda’s E3 Livestream Here @9PM PST, Expecting ‘Fallout 4’ VR and ‘Doom VR’

E3 is here, and Bethesda, the makers of the Fallout and Elder Scrolls series, may be announcing updates to their first ever public VR offerings at tonight's E3 keynote. Watch the livestream right here. Since VR versions of both Fallout 4 (2015)...
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It Was Only a Matter of Time: The Star Wars Mod for ‘Robo Recall’ is Here

We all saw this one coming, and yet it still looks like a blast. Robo Recall now has an unofficial Star Wars mod that dresses up the game with a fresh coat of paint and new weapons. With official modding support,...

‘Alice VR’ Review

Virtual reality is a fitting medium for adventure games. When the atmosphere is right and the scene is set, you start to think about the world in a way that taps deep into your reptilian brain, the same one...

Sensics is Building a VR Headset Specially Made for Arcades and Theme Parks

OSVR co-founder and long-time HMD maker Sensics is building a new 'Goggles for Public VR' headset which is designed for the unique needs of the Out-of-Home market. While the same consumer-facing headsets that you'll find on a shelf at Best...
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Microsoft Research Demonstrates VR Controller Prototypes With Unique Haptic Technology

Microsoft Research has devised two novel methods for more realistic haptic feedback on virtual reality controllers. They call it NormalTouch and TextureTouch. Haptic feedback in general-purpose controllers has been limited to vibration feedback since the introduction of the Rumble Pak...
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Review: ‘Dead Secret’ is one of the Early Great Successes in VR Thrillers

Relying on jumpscares in VR to make a game frightening is fundamentally lazy. There's no finesse, no building terror that creeps inside you, just the looming possibility that a ghoul can flash in front of your face, thereby activating whatever...

Exclusive: Homido Launches VR Smartphone Adapter and Sleek App for VR Video with Web Browser on...

Today Homido is launching a new VR smartphone adapter along with a sleek app designed to play 360 degree, cylindrical, 3D, and 2D videos in a virtual reality format on iOS and Android smartphones. The Homido VR smartphone adapter is...
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This Interactive & Immersive Graphic Novel is Built From the Ground Up for VR

The Spiraloid Workshop Company (headed by Bay Raitt, former Valve employee, and known as the creator of the facial animation system for the character Gollum in Lord of the Rings) has created the VR comic Nanite Fulcrum, which the...

Augmented Reality Welding Mask Provides 100 Million to 1 Contrast Ratio in 3D for Precision Welding...

What you see above is not an alien visitor but rather a normal human wearing a prototype augmented reality welding mask. This system, dubbed 'MannVis welding helmet' by its creators, allows welders to see their work with an incredible level of...

‘Trackmania Turbo’ Receives Free VR Update for PlayStation VR, Rift and Vive

Ubisoft today rolled out free VR support for Trackmania Turbo, the latest installment in the online multiplayer arcade racer series. The update is now available for owners of the game on PlayStation VR, Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. A total of 40 tracks...
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‘HoloLems’ Makes Your Room into a ‘Lemmings’ Level with HoloLens

Canadian technology company Globacore have created an AR homage to video game classic Lemmings (1991), now for Microsoft HoloLens. HoloLems, which is free on the Microsoft Store, uses HoloLens’ spatial mapping technology to generate an obstacle course from the player’s...

NextVR Livestreams US Open Golf Tournament in VR, App Coming to “All VR Devices”

NextVR and FOX Sports have recently partnered to bring live streaming VR to the 2015 U.S. Open golf tournament. Live VR broadcasts of the event were available onsite and across select North American cities via Gear VR headsets. NextVR, a company focused...
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