Where virtual reality can be used

The Consumer Electronics Show serves as an excellent platform for manufacturers and developers to show off their latest products. CES 2019 hasn’t failed to impress on the Virtual Reality front with several impressive products on display.After some in-depth research, we’ve managed to draw a list of the best VR products on display at CES 2019:1. Vive Pro EyeClose Vive Pro Eye is integrated with Tobii eye-tracking technology. This premium headset is engineered to create a more immersive VR experience. It allows users to perform functions and navigate menus using their gaze. It can also make workspace collaboration easier using Vive Studio and Ovation. related news Anand Mahindra says entering commuter 2-wheeler space was a mistake All you should know about BMW'S electric motorcycle 2020 Hyundai Creta spied: What has changed? 2. Nordictrack VR BikeThe Nordictrack VR bike will be bundled with the HTC Vive Focus VR headset and a one-year membership to iFit. The headset … [Read more...] about Virtual Reality at CES 2019: These five products could be VR’s last saving grace

VR TroopersThe future is closer than ever before. Or, at least, its coming, thanks to Sonys recently announced Project Morpheus virtual reality headset and Facebooks surprising purchase of the Oculus Rift. Numerous companies have been fine-tuning the VR experience for over a year now, and the potential of the technology looks to be coming soon for gamers with Rift and Morpheus, and in a (hopefully) affordable package. We could soon be living in the future that early 90s films like Lawnmower Man promised.Though retail headsets may not actually launch in the next year, my mind is already racing with ideas. Are developers already working on VR titles? Will the technology become popular or even standard on PS4? Will Nintendo and Microsoft be forced to jump on the VR bandwagon? There are dozens more questions to be answered, but in the end it all comes down to what youre playing, and there are eight franchises that are deserving of the VR treatment ASAP.BattlefieldThough most first-person … [Read more...] about 8 franchises that would be amazing with Virtual Reality

The James Beard House is a circa-1844 townhouse in the West Village, its creaky floors filled with oil paintings and homages to the greatness of the culinary center's namesake food writer and cook, who once lived there. The historic setting, where chefs from all over the country come to prepare their finest cuisine, is an unlikely yet fitting place for a futuristic, trippy art-meets-dining meal. Through Dec. 29, the Beard House is hosting Aerobanquets RMX, a virtual reality experience wherein diners don headgear that transports them to a Dali-esque landscape, where they encounter food in ways that feel stranger than Alice in Wonderland stumbling across a tea party. The exhibit, by Italian artist Mattia Casalegno in partnership with restaurateur Roni Mazumdar and chef Chintan Pandya of New York restaurants Rahi and Adda, raises questions that linger long after you experience it: Was that a meal or performance art? Is this the future of dining out? And an even more fundamental one: What … [Read more...] about This virtual reality dining experience is trippy – and might be the future of restaurants

January 21, 2016 - 10:28 GMT Chloe Best Buckingham Palace has opened its doors for a virtual reality tour on Google Ever fancied an access all areas glimpse at the Queen's residence Buckingham Palace? While the royal palace is typically the preserve of guests and paying visitors, now anyone can get a peek inside the landmark from the comfort of their own home with Google's new virtual tour.The online virtual reality experience takes viewers into some of the palace's lavishly decorated rooms including the state rooms, which provide the setting for ceremonial occasions, and the ballroom, where investiture ceremonies are carried out by the Queen and other senior royals. CLICK TO VIEW FULL GALLERY The tour begins at Buckingham Palace's Grand Staircase Starting at the Grand Staircase, the tour gives an insight into the history of the palace, as well as offering a 360⁰ view of the landmark's ornate décor and incredible artwork. The tour … [Read more...] about Buckingham Palace: Get an access all areas virtual tour of the Queen’s residence

Advertisement The consumer VR space is mid-way through product cycles, so our expectations from IFA this year were low. But still, we expected a bit more than what we found.Oculus was notably absent from the show, as was HTC, which is a shame given that their Wi-Gig based wireless adaptor for the Vive goes up for preorder on September 5th. I was expecting at least that to be demoed along with the Vive Pro, but I guess they couldn’t afford to make it to the show.Instead, we saw an endless sea of mobile VR cases, which we won’t bore you with–except for an innovative Star Wars thing that turned your mobile into an augmented reality headset (scroll down for more on that).So here’s the extensive list of what was shown at IFA 2018 in the Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality sectors.Acer: OJO 500 Windows Mixed Reality HeadsetThe OJO 500 (pronounced with a soft J, like “oh-ho”), brings Acer’s Mixed Reality offering up to date, with a 1440 x … [Read more...] about Virtual and Augmented Reality at IFA 2018 Was Missing In Action