Virtual sports betting products have been around for a couple of decades now online. In fact, many of these games started appearing online not long after the first online betting sites started appearing in the mid-90s. While not an unpopular product, they were still considered niche. They really gained prominence in the early 2000s, as they offered punters a…
Read More
VR News: By now most people have seen the new Oculus Quest videos and the news about Facebooks ‘infinite office’. With a real-world keyboard (probably a sperate peripheral) you can use hand gestures and other forms of input to produce a pretty great-looking virtual workspace. You can see and read more about this amazing new future here – https://www.designboom.com/technology/facebook-infinite-office-virtual-reality-working-environment-09-17-2020/ My…
Read More
VR News: Police officers were once trained using a real person with a rubber knife and “blank” taser cartridges. Offices would often say that it was not representative enough to a real-world situation. Thanks to VR that has now changed. Omar Mehtab from BBC’s Click reports – https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/technology-54102968 My Thoughts: While this is far from the first time we have…
Read More
VR News: Unless you are living under a rock you would have seen the new Oculus Quest 2 video ad leek (yeah right). It’s not just the outside that has been given a makeover, it is also the insides. With the new Qualcomm Snapdragon XR2 processor, 6GB RAM and apparently 4K resolution. While we wait on price points you can…
Read More
VR News: Thanks to the Belgian company ‘SedaKit’ 60,000+ patients have used VR for digital therapy, or as they call it “Therapeutic Sedation”. Using simple VR devices like the Gear VR they are helping to relax the patients pre-surgery and lower their anxiety levels. The other good news is that this company has done so well it has received a…
Read More
VR News: This news story has come from a paper written by Facebook developers about a 3D printed exoskeleton data glove which is designed to be as low-cost as possible. While there is a lot more technology to it than just the 3D printing it could be a good way for people to repair a much more professionally made product.…
Read More
In a world where large crowds and close sitting are not suggested one form of gambling that is a long way away from being opened again is, of course, poker tournaments. We have already seen various ways that VR is a game-changer in gambling, but I want to look at just poker tournaments and how it could easily be done…
Read More
VR News: As we all start to come out of lockdown more and more estate agents are opening back up again, but it seems a lot more of them are using VR to show people houses rather than going to the house itself. So could VR really be the future of house viewing? It seems it is better than you…
Read More
VR News: Based in Vermont, USA is a company called OVR Technology and the ‘O’ stands for olfactory (which is your sense of smell). Apparently it is a “mix of art and science” according to one person who works there. Jack Thurston for NECN finds out more – https://www.necn.com/news/local/smell-o-vr-vt-company-aims-to-make-virtual-reality-more-realistic-through-scent/2304139/ My Thoughts: At the end of the day this is not…
Read More
VR News: OK, here is the bad news, Facebook announced that they will no longer be selling the Oculus Go (most people thought that they had already). But the keynote to take something positive away is this “If you own an Oculus Go headset, you’ll still be able to use it even after sales of Oculus Go end.” here is…
Read More