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College Students Use Oculus Rift to Improve Online Learning

Penn State University engineering students in the Design Analysis Technology Advancement Laboratory are using the popular Oculus Rift Virtual Reality headset to enhance online learning. The research was funded by the Center for Online Innovation in Learning Research Initiation Grant. According to assistant professor of engineering design and industrial engineering Conrad Tucker, “online learning gives …

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Oculus Rift Headset to Make Its Debut in 2016

In 2016, the Oculus Rift headset hits store shelves for virtual reality enthusiasts everywhere to enjoy. In August 2012, the Oculus Rift began as a Kickstarter project that raised $2.4 million. The project was created by Palmer Luckey who wanted to create a device that would jump-start the virtual reality community. According to Mashable writer Chelsea Stark, …

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Oculus Seeks to Make Virtual Reality a Social Experience

Oculus wants to expand into 3-D animation and 3-D filmmaking as it continues to push the boundaries of virtual reality. According to Engadget.com writer Edgar Alvarez, “Oculus Story Studio, arguably the Pixar of virtual reality, this is the first step in making the medium more social. And it’s using its short film Lost, introduced earlier this year …

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5 Virtual Reality Headsets That Are Available Now for Under $100

In recent years, Virtual Reality has begun to dominate the tech and entertainment industry. For example, Oculus Rift has become a household name when it comes to VR, but it won’t hit shelves until next year. For those who can’t wait, there are cheaper and more accessible VR headsets. Here are a few. Homido Virtual Reality Headset Price: $79 …

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The ‘Father of Modern Gaming’ Insists That the Virtual Reality Takeover Is Finally Here

After years of anticipation and vivid imagination, industry experts are confident that the tech world is finally on the brink of introducing consumers to the kind of virtual reality technology they only dreamed about. The past few years in tech have seen incredible advancements and exponential growth. Cars are able to park themselves. Phones know more about us …

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Virtual Reality Still Just Around the Corner as Developers Try to Eliminate the Final Kinks

For years now virtual reality headsets for gaming and movie-watching have been just around the corner. For years now…. Tech lovers have long been strapping clunky early models of virtual reality sets to their faces and forgetting in the midst of their excitement that their neck is screaming in agony and that a red rectangular …

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