Given a treasure trove of downloadable cultural heritage models — from ancient castles to dinosaur skulls and hellenistic statues — digital artists were asked to remix these artifacts with contemporary aesthetics.
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Virtual reality brings new life to an existing roller coaster with The Great Lego Race, a Mario Kart-style animated blast through a detailed Lego landscape. The new VR attraction just opened in Legoland, Florida.
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Sotheby's International Realty and its new virtual staging augmented reality app, powered by Rooomy, is called Curate. The app promises to revolutionize both the buying and selling experience for real estate agents and new homeowners alike.
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Grabbing things in virtual reality is a constant reminder that you are not actually interacting with anything. Oculus might be gearing up to change that with a set of gloves described in a pair of patent filings made public.
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Anonymous reports suggest Lytro is looking for a buyer -- and that Google may be interested to the tune of $40 million. The reports have not yet been confirmed and some suggest different buyers.
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Can you promote empathy through virtual reality? That's the goal of Becoming Homeless, a VR experience created by researchers at Stanford University’s Virtual Human Interaction Lab.
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This morning, HTC announced the pricing details for it's new VR headset, the Vive Pro. The upgraded headset will cost $800 when it ships on April 5, with pre-orders starting today. Before you can even get excited, though, we have to ask: Is that way too expensive?
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Startup Fundamental VR wants to change the way that surgeons train by creating virtual reality experiences using state-of-the-art haptic feedback that makes VR surgery feel real.
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Wanting to jump into the fun world of VR? The HTC Vive Pro can be yours now for $799. Is that price too steep? The original Vive headset is now a mere $499. The newer Vive Pro model will officially ship on April 5, 2018.
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The USS Colorado attack submarine is one of the Navy's newest and most advanced weapon platforms. It's a sophisticated, high-tech wonder with all the latest technology, including Xbox game controllers.
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Lenovo officially pulled the wraps off its stand-alone VR headset supporting Google's Daydream platform. Also on the way are two Daydream-branded cameras from Lenovo and YI Technology supporting Google's new VR180 format.
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Google said that it opened its Google Maps doors to developers of mobile augmented reality games, granting access to all that mapped data. This reduces the rendering overhead by allowing developers to transform the current area.
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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR will be making its way to the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive this April through SteamVR. The virtual reality version of the game was previously only available on PlayStation VR
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The latest beta of SteamVR now includes a component that will fine-tune virtual reality experiences to match the performance of your PC's graphics chip. It will lower or raise the resolution beyond the native setting.
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A recent patent filing by Nike indicates that the company is looking to bring new technology to the golf course by creating a head-up display system that can help golfers more accurately read putting greens.
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Google is scheduled to hold a session during Display Week in May to introduce its 18-megapixel OLED display built for virtual reality headsets. It will have a refresh rate of 120Hz and a pixel density of 1,443 pixels per inch.
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Toshiba isn’t the first company that might come to mind when you think of augmented reality, but the company has big plans to take over the space, beating out rivals like Microsoft and Epson.
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The South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin, Texas, has been turned into the OASIS, with immersive Ready Player One virtual reality experiences that bring the world of the blockbuster film to life.
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Bose announced a new augmented reality platform that changes what you hear around you instead of what you see and based on its first prototype, the company has big plans for the technology's future.
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The PlayStation VR has eclipsed even Sony's expectations in its first year, in large part due to the strong lineup of games. From Job Simulator to Resident Evil 7, here's our picks for the 13 best PSVR games so far.
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