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Reuters Presents HP’s Future Vision for VR (Free!)

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Reuters is holding a free webinar on the topic of the Future of VR with HP. Speakers are: Elias Stephan, Head of Global Virtual Reality Business Development, HP Jeff Marshall, CEO, …

Tags:Gaze Recognition| Virtual Reality

Reinvesting in the Entertainment Landscape

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Stinger Report has an interesting update on a new category (to me) of VR location-based entertainment, ‘Arena-scale’ VR or ‘Free Roaming’ or ‘Walking Attractions’. Players have backpack PCs and VR …

Tags:Location-based Entertainment (LBE)| Virtual Reality

Microsoft starts taking ‘Flight Simulator’ VR beta sign-ups

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Asobo Studios has opened sign-ups for a closed beta test of playing Microsoft’s latest flight simulator program in VR using a Windows Mixed Reality headset like the HP Reverb G2 and …

Tags:Game Playing| Microsoft| Virtual Reality

Google Ends Support for Daydream VR

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Google has officially ended support for the Daydream VR platform, four years after its introduction and there is no guarantee that Android 11 will support compatible headsets. Google ended its sales …

Tags:Google| Virtual Reality

ISTE 2020 Conference Preview

by Len Scrogan

Every year I provide a conference session analysis of this respected conference for our readers, and this year will be no different. By examining the panoply of ISTE 2020 conference sessions (600 in all), …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Covid-19| Education| Virtual Reality

Thinking about Educational VR/AR in the Covidian Age

by Len Scrogan

There’s always something in the air these days. Here in Colorado, it was just another smoky day, the hazy high-altitude air filled with particulates from the many forest fires actively burning in our mountains. …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Covid-19| Education| Virtual Reality

Could VR help universities teach students?

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Virtual labs may change the future of science education. Dangerous subjects can be studied and animations and simulations can be used. What We Think The BBC found the system ‘a bit …

Tags:Education| Virtual Reality