Microsoft starts shipping HoloLens and announces a big Windows 10 update — from money.cnn.com by Heather Kelly
Microsoft’s take on virtual reality is one step closer to becoming a real product.
Excerpt:
The developer version of the HoloLens augmented reality headset starts shipping today, Microsoft (MSFT, Tech30) announced at its developers’ conference in San Francisco.
The company also unveiled a Windows 10 update that includes new powers for virtual assistant Cortana, expanded security features, and new support for styluses.
11 incredible headsets that are making the virtual a reality — from digitaltrends.com by Simon Hill
The latest VR headsets offer more than a mere doorway into wire-frame worlds. We are finally about to lay our hands on the decent VR headset we’ve all be waiting for. Here are the top contenders, from Oculus to PlayStation VR, vying for the title.
Along these lines, also see:
- http://www.wareable.com/headgear/the-best-ar-and-vr-headsets
- https://unimersiv.com/post/virtual-reality-headsets-are-roaring-in-2016-what-s-your-pick-344/
- http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/132945-best-vr-headsets-to-buy-in-2016-whatever-your-budget
“My name is Sidra”: how virtual reality could combat compassion fatigue — from newstatesman.com by
We look away from the suffering in humanitarian crises because it’s so vast. Virtual reality invites us to look at individuals’ experiences again.
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The aim of these films is to make us care about these crises on a deep, personal level. We know instinctively that it’s easier to emote with a single person than a faceless crowd of thousands, and this tactic takes that idea to its extreme: VR places you next to the person you could help with your donations, and allows you to directly engage by “walking” around the film yourself. The near-banality of Sidra’s film is its strength: the balance of dark and light in her life is easier to understand than a montage of outright misery, because it more closely mirrors our own.
UK cancer surgery to be live-streamed via virtual reality technology — from theguardian.com by Ben Quinn
Excerpt:
An operation on a British cancer patient is to be live-streamed around the world using virtual reality technology designed to make viewers feel as if they are in the operating theatre.
It will be performed by Shafi Ahmed, a London surgeon who has been at the forefront of pioneering virtual reality technology in surgery, and who described next month’s operation as a gamechanger for healthcare innovation and education.
Addendums:
- Virtual Reality & Augmented Reality market expected to grow a staggering 2,500% by 2020 — from ir.net
. - This is the camera that will lead the VR revolution — from futurism.com
