Virtual Reality is not a Gimmick I do hear from time to time that Virtual Reality is a Gimmick, and I guess sometimes it is a fair assumption after some of the experiences that people get to use for their first time in VR. There are some very Vanilla experiences that look cool and make […]
XR our Seventh Sense XR our Seventh Sense. Firstly, what is XR? XR is simply a term that we use which includes things like Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), Mixed Reality (MR) and also Spatial Computing. It can be a mouthful trying to say all of those so we just call things XR. Right […]
Virtual Reality Sports Training. One of the powerful aspects of using Virtual Reality in training athletes is the powerful visualisation boost it provides. The mental side of sport is extremely important. Things like Confidence and a strong belief in oneself cannot be understated. A lot of what goes on in a game is controlled above […]
Wow, what an event. We were contacted by the team at TECHpalooza to provide some Custom Cardboard VR Headsets for the event with the opportunity to become Silver Sponsor! TECHpalooza is an event put on for educators focusing on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) in our schools. Visitors hailed from locations around Australia and […]
Oculus Quest – Brilliant new headset revealed at Oculus Connect 5 What a massive week just gone. Oculus Connect 5 ran on Thursday/Friday last week and there was loads of news and information to come out from that fantastic event. Firstly, if you are interested in a load of the talks, Keynotes and everything in […]
Training in VR Walmart has just announced a massive rollout of Oculus Go Headsets, 17,000 in fact to all of its stores in the USA. Up until recently, I understand that Walmart was using Virtual Reality (VR) in its Academies of which there are 200 dotted around the USA. The VR experiences in these Academies […]
XR Interview with Ryan Atkins – Inside Out. Had the pleasure of having a long chat with Ryan Atkins from Seattle in the USA last week. We ventured into many different topics regarding XR and more importantly the effect it can have on people. I hope you enjoy it.
Can we help improve AFL goal kicking % with VR? I think we can! It would be my goal to see an increase of 5% overall, this would be huge for the game, the last time we saw a consistent improvement in Goal Kicking % was from pre-1980 to Post 1980. Goal Kicking in the […]
Virtual Reality in Sport Whilst doing research on the merits of using Virtual Reality for Athletes and Sporting teams we came upon something that made my jaw drop. This was Andre Drummond’s amazing transformation as a Free Throw shooter over the space of one offseason. Andre Drummond is a young 6 foot 11 inch centre […]
An insane VR experience at this years San Diego Comic Con (SDCC) with the Jack Ryan VR experience. This is really other level stuff, I mean watch this video and see what happens. I would have been struggling on that plank! All I can say about this is WOW! You must watch this video. I […]