Tag: VR headsets

Apple Vision Pro headsets are being returned by early adopters

Sam Lambert
Vision Pro - Image of a Person returnin a package

Fans of the brand who were the first to buy are returning the devices for a number of reasons. As excited as many people were to purchase the Apple Vision Pro virtual reality headset, many have decided that this gadget isn’t for them and are returning it. Apple’s purchase agreement says that the headsets can be returned within 14 days of purchase. Though there are certainly people who are keeping their Vision Pro headsets, there are enough people returning them to get the $3,500 back that they spent on their…

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Full body tracking virtual reality takes HTC to a new level

John Montgallo
Virtual Reality - Fully Body Tech

The company developed the technology to be embedded into VR headsets instead of body equipment. HTC has announced a new tech development in virtual reality that allows headsets to provide full body tracking with the Vive Ultimate Trackers. The technology would make it possible to eliminate the need for those weird legless avatars. Tracking technology has been some of the most important advancements in virtual reality. It provides a measurement of movement of the head as well as other parts of the body, typically the hands. The addition of tracking…

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Augmented and virtual reality technologies provide new teaching opportunities

Sam Lambert
Virtual reality - Teaching in class

Teachers are using the metaverse to discover new ways to reach and inspire their students. Teachers have been using everything from calculators to computers to help enhance the education experience for their students, and now augmented and virtual reality tools are entering the classroom as well. Metaverse technologies including VR headsets and AR glasses can help inspire students to learn. Augmented and virtual reality can be combined into mixed reality technologies that combine components of the real world with those that are entirely digital, providing the user with an entirely…

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Insurance claims related to virtual reality technology spiked last year

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Virtual Reality Technology - Person playing game with VR

According to an insurer in the United Kingdom, filings related to VR rose 31 percent in 2021. As virtual reality technology takes off, so have the number of insurance claims related to the use of VR tech. Though the specifics of how many VR headsets have been sold aren’t known, they’re rising fast. The Reality Labs VR division at Meta hasn’t disclosed how many Quest 2 headsets have been sold so far, but what is known is that their popularity has never been higher. The Oculus app reached the top…

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Mozilla announces virtual reality Firefox’ retirement

Jorge Gonzalez
Virutal Reality & Augmented Reality Tech

The company has announced that it will be bringing its VR and AR web browsers to an end. Mozilla has announced that it is retiring both its augmented and virtual reality web browsers, Firefox Reality. Mozilla has instead chosen to relaunch this experience under a new name using an external team. Igalia, a free software consultancy, is the outside team that is working on developing an augmented and virtual reality browser. The team will use the Firefox Reality’s underlying source code. Their goal is to launch a comparable AR/VR browser…

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