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Gear VR: Samsung may shake the competition with a new helmet stand alone!

sivertime — Thu, 22 Jun 2017 14:17:37 +0000

Samsung plans to design a new standalone virtual reality headset that would make Playstation, Oculus Rift and HTC Vive … rage!
While Apple is launching into virtual reality with MacOS High Sierra , Samsung is moving up a gear in VR. It seems that the South Korean is currently working on a virtual reality helmet with an OLED screen and a high density of pixels and that could work without a smartphone! A rumor that would come to us from a Korean source: Naver , specialist of the industrial news. Another novelty, this new helmet will not feed on a smartphone or console, like its competitors Playstation VR, HTC Vive and Oculus Rift … No, no. It will operate completely independently! If the Gear VR were to be connected to a smartphone, the next Samsung headset will be enough on its own!
The main asset of this helmet, one will have understood: its quality screen, which will offer a sharper image, more piqué, and that will reduce the sickness effect for fewer headaches and nausea! According to Naver, the headset will have a resolution of 2000 dpi, much more than what the competition does and much more than the current Gear VR (529 dpi) already does! Vive and Oculus have a resolution of 455 dpi per eye. For now, we have no information on its price, its release date or its complete technical sheet since it is only a rumor! We keep you informed. And if you like virtual reality, know that Bandai Namco will soon open its arcade venue in Tokyo !

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HTC Vive: Its manufacturer wants to bring more features

sivertime — Mon, 01 May 2017 16:27:23 +0000

The future generation of the virtual reality headset, HTC Vive, is the subject of great attention at its manufacturer. It reveals more about the next features.
The HTC Vive is one of the most successful virtual reality headsets of its generation. The Taiwanese firm is investing heavily in this area and will increase its market in the near future. HTC is currently preparing the U 11 , its next high-end smartphone. Recall that the company changed strategy at the beginning of the year and refocused its activity. Our colleagues from Engadget discussed with Venture Capital Alliance, the manufacturer of HTC Vive. With them, they were able to tackle the future of the virtual reality helmet. And the least we can say is that the next generation of HTC Vive promises!
Indeed, Venture Capital Alliance wants to push the connectivity of its headset by integrating an improved Bluetooth. In other words, the manufacturer would want to link Bluetooth to the multiplayer through a linked adapter. Another point of improvement, the interaction between the different protagonists especially in the broadcasting of messages. The social is the focus of future VR helmets. That’s why Walking Dead, the cult series, has recently become available in virtual reality . Venture Capital Alliance wants to create realistic avatars through selfies capable of interacting without passing through a keyboard. Thus, the firm wants to partner with WeChat to establish an adequate virtual intelligence program. Not to mention the eye-tracking that will be pushed to follow the user’s eyes as best as possible to reduce bad effects such as nausea. Prototypes are in test, for a final product, we will have to wait a little longer.

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Google: Virtual reality porn breaks records at Christmas

magictr — Wed, 28 Dec 2016 21:02:41 +0000

It’s official: the world is increasingly interested in virtual reality. Even more so when it comes to the domain of pornography that breaks records …
Not long ago, virtual reality was not very present in our lives. But since then, the latter is developing more and more and now affects a more than lucrative field: pornography. And it seems that on the occasion of the holiday season, the virtual reality helmets have been greatly used to go to pornographic sites . The firm Google, which unveiled the best Android apps of 2016 , peaked around research keywords pornography and virtual reality during this Christmas weekend. Reason: many lucky had to receive an Oculus Rift or HTC Vive under the tree. First reflex? Mater a porn movie in RV!

More and more people are turning to porn in RV
It was the CEO of one of the pioneers of the porn in RV that unveiled the multiplication of the searches last weekend. Kento Yoshida, president of a studio developing video games in virtual reality, also believes that the future of this area is based on this technology that democratizes more . And while the porn tackles holograms , many specialists worry that technosexualité. Doctor David Levy thinks that by 2050, the marriage between humans and robots will be legalized. A scenario that many consider scary and whose main fear is a withdrawal of self and a dehumanization of society. Meanwhile, users lively HTC or Oculus Rift may continue to blow around porn searches in VR. What do you think ?

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