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Disney announces new virtual reality treadmill called the HoloTile

Julie Campbell
New Virtual Reality Tech - People using VR Gear

The sliding VR floor moves in all directions and can be used by multiple users simultaneously. Disney has unveiled a new virtual reality treadmill technology that it developed for use by multiple users at the same time and that moves in all directions. The unveiling was made via YouTube video by Lanny Smoot, a Disney inventor and engineer. Celebrated Disney inventor and engineer Lanny Smoot was featured in the video that first announced the HoloTile virtual reality floor project from the company’s R&D department. The HoloTile was described as “the…

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Mice wear tiny virtual reality goggles so researchers can learn about them

Julie Campbell
Virtual reality - concept image of lab mice wearing VR headsets

The gadgets allow scientists to develop better experiments so they can better understand them. Researchers have announced that they have developed a way to outfit lab mice with virtual reality goggles that will allow those researchers to learn a considerable amount about the rodents. The technology does sound odd, but it has a range of highly practical applications for research. Scientists plan to use the new virtual reality technology to better understand the way mice respond to things they typically experience in the wild, such as predatory birds. Though this…

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Microsoft surprises no one by laying off its HoloLens, mixed reality, and VR technology staff

Jesse Collins
VR Technology - Layoffs

The tech giant has dumped all the employees in each of those departments following a hiring wave. Microsoft has joined a number of other large tech companies that are laying off mixed reality and VR technology staff following a hiring boom that occurred throughout the pandemic. The employees of those companies are now paying the price of their employer’s rapidly made choices. Several tech giants were too quick in hiring new staff and expanding their offerings during the pandemic. Now, as the economy contracts, those giants are laying off those…

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Toronto’s Rogers Centre uses VR technology to plan roof reno

L. Green
VR technology - Toronto Skyline at night

The newest renovation proposals come from an engineering firm using virtual reality. The latest Rogers Centre roof renovation proposals have come from an engineering firm that has used VR technology to examine some of the different roof types on the stadium famous for being the home of the MLB Toronto Blue Jays team. The stadium was first built in 1989 and was called the SkyDome but changed to the current name in 2005. The Rogers Centre drew the world’s attention as the first stadium in the world to have a…

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Horizon Worlds virtual reality platform users grew by 10 times since December

Jorge Gonzalez
Virtual reality platform - VR experience

Meta’s metaverse and VR space has increased its usership to 300,000 as of the end of February. Meta’s entire company rebranding after having been Facebook is a massive bet on its virtual reality platform and metaverse experience becoming tremendously popular. That said, it hasn’t said all that much about the successes it has seen following the billions it has spent on building both hardware and software outside its traditional social media sphere. At the moment, Meta is placing a massive focus on its Quest headset and social VR called Horizon…

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