Virtual Reality for Consumers: What’s New?

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The world is going on about virtual reality and its possibilities, but except for Gearbox, we haven’t seen anything that benefits consumers in any way. Even if research is going on and prototypes are showcased by using mobile app development, most people don’t know how is it already incorporated in few sectors. So here are few projects on virtual reality by famous names in the technology market.

Force Jacket by Disney Research

Force jacket simulates the physical experience through an electric signal given to the controllers embedded in the airbags in the interior of the layer of the jacket. The computer is used to inflate and deflate the bags when a person goes through the virtual experience via a virtual reality headset. The force jacket lets the user experience the pumping in and out of the air as it walks through the virtual path. For an instant, if you are playing a snowball fight, you can feel the impact of snowballs on your body. This force jacket weighs five pounds and has 26 air compartments.

Mario Kart Arcade VR by Bandai Namco licensed by Nintendo at Shinjuku, Japan

Mario is one of the classics and a next level experience of the same always excites users. While Android and iOS app developers made Mario appear on mobile screens, the Virtual reality gaming developers have it covered in Japan with Mario’s parlor game. This is another gem of VR where the only con is that you will have to fly to Japan for the same. The experience of both players is synchronized so players can react to each other. The Arcade opened last year and is a must visit for any gaming enthusiast.

Chrome new version adds the extension for Oculus Rift support

We know some technology is now best used when every device available has the plugin for the same. With the new version of Google, the VR device can make use of WebVR which supports Oculus Rift, which means it can be experienced on Windows 10 as well.

Updated VR hangout app by Facebook

Facebook came up with a hangout app where social media friends could change their appearances in real time and have a fun time. Now, the updated version of this hangout app lets you customize your entire appearance with online friends joining you in the process.

Qualcomm’s Eye tracking VR headset

Qualcomm has come up with a software development kit for developers to use the snapdragan845 VR platform with an eye tracking feature. This is in collaboration with a company called Tobii. The eye tracker is a direct control scheme which is useful for drawing graphics of the display.

First ever book translated into visuals using Virtual Reality

Brandon Sanderson’s book The Way of Kings: Escape the shattered Plains has been translated into a first-ever virtual reality experience. The book as a gameplay is a new concept and can be pretty exciting for fans of the novel series. In this VR experience one can interact with the open environment and explore its flora and fauna.

Alien Zoo in Los Angeles

Alien Zoo is a must go for everyone and highly recommended for people who love the wildlife. It is a virtual Safari where people have a virtual experience of all the wildlife for just $20. The experience can be different every time because it depends on where you look and what your friends experience. A group of six visitors can live this experience together with an outfit which has a head-mounted Virtual reality headset, a backpack containing a computer, and trackers that are slipped in hands and feet. The visitor has to experience it all in a 12 minutes ride to the wildlife.

Google’s virtual reality scenes become more realistic

Google has come up with a rotating ring that can capture a realistic virtual reality scene. Now, the camera is placed in a vertical arc and the arc is placed on a rotating platform which spins in 360 degrees. The scenes captured can be used by mobile app developers in their VR apps to make the user get a more realistic feel through a virtual reality headset.

Conclusion

Virtual Reality has made quite an influence when it comes to user entertainment. Why would one pay to experience the virtual world when they can experience it for free on smartphones with a Virtual reality headset? Well, the answer is simple if you can experience the difference between the virtual world compressed in a phone’s small screen and a space full of virtual nature. Still, besides gaming, virtual reality doesn’t seem to be that useful for consumers yet, nevertheless, the future scope of the whole concept is yet to unfold.

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