Posts Tagged ‘immersive’

VR in Assisted-Living Facilities

Virtual Reality Brings Joy to People in Assisted-Living Facilities

Studies show improved emotional health among residents who watch VR images

https://www.wsj.com/articles/virtual-reality-brings-joy-to-people-in-assisted-living-facilities-11616760002

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https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=virtual+reality

Verizon 5G Dreamscape

Verizon taps Dreamscape Immersive for VR content for 5G

Verizon taps Dreamscape Immersive for VR content for 5G

Verizon and Dreamscape Learn will form a 5G innovation lab to develop immersive VR learning experiences for various education levels and environments. And as part of the partnership, Verizon Ventures has taken an equity stake in Dreamscape.

Tami Erwin, the CEO of Verizon Business, said in a statement that Dreamscape shows that innovation on top of 5G can lead to powerful and complex VR experiences and simulations using lower-cost, tetherless VR hardware. Before the pandemic, Dreamscape operated five VR entertainment centers in Los Angeles and elsewhere, and I went through a VR experience for How to Train Your Dragon.

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https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=immersive

Niantic AR goggles

Niantic CEO shares teaser image of AR glasses device

 

Niantic has been a fairly active investor in the augmented reality hardware space, so there is also the possibility that they’ve done a branding partnership with a startup on a project, but this cryptic image crop is certainly making it look like they’re showcasing a device with first-party branding. There’s also the potential that this is a product in the “smart glasses” category that doesn’t include a display but focuses on building audio or camera functionality into a pair of glasses. Niantic has previously announced that they’ve been working with Qualcomm to help define their reference design for their XR hardware platform.

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Facebook, Apple and Niantic Bet People Are Ready for Augmented-Reality Glasses

https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-apple-and-niantic-bet-people-are-ready-for-augmented-reality-glasses-11617713387

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more on AR in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=%22augmented+reality%22

working in VR

I spent two weeks working in VR and now I’m not sure what’s real

From scribbling on whiteboards on a beach to replying to emails in outer space, could a VR headset be the answer to WFH woes?

An app called Work in VR promises to rescue me with an ingenious solution that uses a webcam to overlay a real-time video of my keyboard into the virtual world.

Steam’s Bigscreen — an app that mirrors your desktop while letting you collaborate and play games with virtual friends (or their 3D avatars, to be more precise), in real time. Bigscreen

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