The aggressiveness of the move makes it seem likely that Apple will face similar bars on acquiring VR companies to assist its upcoming Apple Headset product …
It has made a slew of VR-related acquisitions, including game development platform Unit 2 Games and Beat Games, the developer behind Beat Saber.
The outlook is getting more complicated for Meta's virtual reality dreams – TechCrunch
For an industry that rarely has major news anymore, this was an awfully big week for virtual reality.
The strangest bit of news was definitely the seemingly unprecedented move for Meta to jack up the prices of the Quest 2 by $100. This is, again, a one-year-old headset that Meta has purportedly been selling at a loss in order to coax more consumers into the market.
'We Met in Virtual Reality' Review: Home Sweet Home - The New York Times
Joe Hunting's "We Met in Virtual Reality" is the rare documentary shot entirely within an online world. It surveys the sort of space — specifically, a platform called VRChat — where people hang out "in person" as avatars of their choice.
Cannily conceived as an observational documentary, the movie tags along with a few regulars and also tracks a couple of relationships. The activities include chatting at a bar, learning belly-dancing or sign language in a class, going on a dinosaur safari, and vibing to music at a club.
Virtual reality boosts students' empathy for nature
VR can complement undergraduate environmental education in meaningful ways—and even offer opportunities and insight that are inaccessible by other means.
Your arms morph into flippers. Your back grows round and hardens. You swim through thick ocean waters, dodging fishing gear and ships that can maim along the way.
Meta Reality Labs lost $2.8 billion in Q2 2022
Facebook parent Meta lost $2.81 billion on $452 million in revenue from its virtual reality division, Reality Labs, during the quarter ending in June as it forecast a second consecutive quarter of declining revenue on Wednesday .
The substantial sum is the latest sign that CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Meta continues to spend heavily to pivot the social media giant to developing virtual reality and augmented reality products and the so-called "metaverse."
Zero Latency virtual reality room to open in West Chester Twp.
WEST CHESTER TWP. — Zero Latency VR will soon open its first Southwest Ohio location in West Chester Twp. The new facility will also be the first Zero Latency location in the United States to use third generation technology. The new location will hold it's soft opening early in August.
Experts clash on where virtual reality sits in the Metaverse
Virtual reality (VR) will eventually have a place within the Metaverse, but not for the foreseeable future given its slow adoption rates, according to experts.
There isn't much that can rival the experience of having one's senses almost immersed in a virtual world — which is why many believe that the technology will have a natural fit for the Metaverse.
Utah Valley University Releases Virtual Reality & Simulations Track - TechBuzz News - Utah ...
By Elainna Ciaramella
Michael Harper is an associate professor in digital media at Utah Valley University (UVU).
VR is a 3D environment generated by computer technology where a user can be fully immersed in a virtual or simulated world through the use of VR headsets, haptic touch, and sometimes even environmental feedback.
VReps Uses Virtual Reality as a Basketball Training Tool
Jalen Williams, the 12th overall pick by the Oklahoma City Thunder in the first round of the 2022 NBA Draft, tests out VReps.
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New School Model Combines Virtual Reality With Classical Education
Classical education is a trusted model of learning. Virtual reality is a new technology still being fully developed. Despite the view of some that the two could be in conflict with each other, Erika Donalds disagrees.
"Classical education … is content-based, and [virtual reality] is the perfect way to deliver that content," says Donalds, president and CEO of the Optima Foundation .
Imagine if all the time, money, and talent being spent on building fake digital worlds like Meta, Virtual Reality,… https://t.co/L2biEqoVWs LeilaniMunter (from Chasing the shadow of the moon) Wed Jul 27 14:43:50 +0000 2022
BREAKING: FTC files injunction against Meta (Facebook) to prevent it from acquiring the Virtual Reality app "Within" MikeIsaac (from Oakland) Wed Jul 27 17:33:51 +0000 2022
The FTC on Wednesday filed to block Meta, formerly known as Facebook, from buying a virtual reality company called… https://t.co/nhhyKu5nxI nytimes (from New York City) Wed Jul 27 18:15:05 +0000 2022
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