For those who ordered early, the long-awaited Oculus Rift starts shipping today, the HTC Vive is expected to officially ship April 5, and Sony’s Playstation VR is slated to arrive in October. Virtual reality headsets aimed at the consumer/gamer market are finally becoming a reality.
The rapid growth of the mobile sector has had an unexpected dividend — by bringing down the costs and improving the quality of motion sensors, screens, and processors it has helped usher in a new era of virtual reality technology. Systems previously available only to largest manufacturers or to the military can now be put …
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The leading unified communications (UC) vendors are taking a hard look at the opportunities for virtual reality in the conference room or the boardroom. For example, there are a number of enterprise-friendly virtual world platforms that are already or soon will be compatible with the Oculus Rift and other virtual reality devices. These are business-safe …
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Browser-based environments are the easiest to get started with, and are a good way to find out if an immersive environment will work for your company. They run in the browser, so users don’t have to download separate software to access them, though a plug-in of some kind is typically required. See full slideshow at …
The U.S. Army is not new to using simulated virtual environments for training. In fact, almost all soldiers have used virtual simulations, according to Douglas Maxwell, the science and technology manager for virtual world strategic applications at the Army’s Simulation & Training Technology Center in Orlando. The problem is that, for the most part, each …
More companies are using virtual worlds for training and gatherings while new technology aims to make them a mainstream reality. Accountant, CEO and executive director of the Maryland Association of CPAs, Tom Hood might not look like the kind of guy who spends a lot of time in an imaginary world. But he does–at work. …
