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It's been a dream of humans to fly through the sky at least since the time of Leonardo Da Vinci. Although we now have jetpacks and wingsuits, there wasn't a way for us to experience the sensation of flying between skyscrapers until now. This is Birdly, a virtual reality flying simulator that, unlike Red Bull, actually gives you wings. People were seen flapping virtual wings on Birdly at the 2017 SXSW festival on Wednesday. Birdly, the full-body virtual reality flying simulator, combines VR, music, and a wind generator to create the sensation of flying. Users flat their arms on the machine to flap wings in the simulation and generate lift. The idea for Birdly was conceived for a research project at the Zurich University of the Arts in 2013 and it was brought out onto the market in December 2015. How would you like to be free as a bird?
A consumer-ready version of the Oculus Rift VR headset is finally arriving on doorsteps, but it costs a pretty penny at $600. iFixit disassembled the headset to gauge repair costs. The first pleasant surprise comes when removing the built-in headphones which can be unscrewed for easy replacement. There’s a thin plastic cover over the lenses and internals of the Rift, but it’s just held in place by a few easy-to-remove clips. Inside are two displays, each one secured to a lens housing. Each lens assembly can slide left and right so you can adjust for interpupillary distance. The only truly unrepairable part of the Oculus Rift is the head strap, there’s no way to remove it without cutting through the fabric on the headset.
Apple CEO Tim Cook greets first customers as Apple releases its Vision Pro mixed reality headset at the Apple Store on Fifth Avenue, New York City. Vision Pro headset is Apple's first major release since the Apple Watch nine years ago. IMAGES
The brand with the four rings has delivered. At the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Audi announced it would transform its vehicles into an experience platform for virtual reality (VR). Selected models have been “holoride-ready” since the summer. Audi will return to CES Las Vegas to offer media professionals and trade show visitors current content and a new VR game through “experience rides”. Following the launch in Germany, the VR entertainment offering will become available in other European markets next year.Audi is the first car manufacturer in the world to bring virtual reality entertainment by holoride to series production. At CES 2023, visitors can experience rides in the rear of an Audi e-tron and e-tron Sportback. The Audi Hub at the Waldorf Astoria will be their starting point.Behind holoride is a new technology that adapts the virtual content to the car’s driving movements in real time. For example, if the vehicle takes a right turn, the spaceship in the virtual world will also fly to the right. If the car accelerates, the spaceship speeds up, meaning a ride in the car becomes a multimodal gaming event. An added bonus is that by synchronizing the user’s visual and felt experiences, holoride reduces the risk of motion sickness, which many passengers experience when watching movies or other dynamic content in a moving car.
Audi is the first manufacturer worldwide to combine virtual reality and driving experience, thus bringing a completely new entertainment category into the car. Through the integration of holoride, rear-seat passengers are equipped with VR glasses and can experience films, games and other interactive content during the ride.
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