virtual reality

Virtual Reality
Virtual reality or virtual realities (VR), also known as immersive multimedia or computer-simulated reality, is a computer technology that replicates an environment, real or imagined, and simulates a user's physical presence and environment in a way that allows the user to interact with it. Virtual realities artificially create sensory experience, which can include sight, touch, hearing, and smell.
Most up-to-date virtual realities are displayed either on a computer screen or with a special virtual reality headset (also called head mounted display), and some simulations include additional sensory information and focus on real sound through speakers or headphones targeted towards VR users. Some advanced haptic systems now include tactile information, generally known as force feedback in medical, gaming and military applications. Furthermore, virtual reality covers remote communication environments which provide virtual presence of users with the concepts of telepresence and telexistence or a virtual artifact (VA) either through the use of standard input devices such as a keyboard and mouse, or through multimodal devices such as a wired glove or omnidirectional treadmills. The immersive environment can be similar to the real world in order to create a lifelike experience—for example, in simulations for pilot or combat training—or it can differ significantly from reality, such as in VR games.

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  1. Nivek TT

    Assassin's Creed Nexus VR

    Reviews are dropping and it looks good... https://www.ign.com/articles/assassins-creed-nexus-vr-review Hope we see it come to Steam VR.
  2. G

    Share your VR gaming experience in a research study

    Hi everyone, I'm a Computer Games lecturer and researcher at Manchester Met University, UK, and I'm conducting a study to better understand the experience of VR game players (and the factors that influence it). If you play VR games and have 10 minutes to spare, please contribute by completing...
  3. CALJO

    Meta Quest User Names

    I couldn’t see a dedicated thread for this. The world of VR is great, but it’s arguably much better when gaming with friends. 🤗 I thought it would be useful to create a thread for sharing Quest user names. If you’d like to share yours with other like-minded VR enthusiasts then please add...
  4. kepha

    VR home cinema screen

    Not sure if this is the place for this - apologies. In my house I have an 83” lg g2 with M&k speakers and I’ve been very happy with the setup. I went with the tv over a projector for a number of reasons: room lighting, space, image quality and practicality. Recently I’ve been experimenting with...
  5. kenshingintoki

    Sneaky Oculus pricing

    Just to give everyone a heads up, the Quest 3 is a fantastic headset but make sure not to make your total price of entry creep up. For a top tier wireless experience, you'll be needing a Wifi 6 router. VD reccomend a 6E router. These are £140-£200. So, the typical Q3 owner might end up doing...
  6. D

    A question about the NETGEAR WiFi 6E Router, running WIFI PCVR.

    Hi. I wonder if anyone can help please. I am looking at the NETGEAR Nighthawk WiFi 6E Router (RAXE300) | AXE7800. Amazon link. 100% safe Amazon UK. To be used to plug directly into the motherboard of my PC. VR ready gaming desktop. For use with "Virtual Desktop," <- purchased from the...
  7. kenshingintoki

    Quest reccomendations games wise

    I have a day at my girlfriends tommorow where she is working so I'm at her place, nothing to do. Thought I'd take the Quest 3. I normally PCVR stream. Any reccomendations of good experiences on Q3 which will keep me entertained for a few hours? I do like story driven stuff but anything...
  8. kenshingintoki

    Recommended VR gaming experiences list 'but VR has no games'

    So, I wanted to make a list for PCVR and Quest VR which clearly documents the excellent experiences available as there is a fair bit of rubbish. Trying to sift through VR mods etc can be tough for PCVR. I'm separating them into the following categories: Quest specific VR games (standalone)...
  9. T

    Can I use vr headset to view my thermal/iR camera on my android mobile phone?

    Hello, I've just bought a new phone with an IR and a thermal sensor. Phone running android 12. Can I use a mobile phones cameras and thermal in combination with a cheap mobile phone headset. Why? Because I think it would be really f-ing cool to walk the dog at night and view the world in...
  10. V

    Academic research survey looking for people with disabilities who use VR

    Hey everyone, My name is Kate Clark and I’m part of a team of researchers from the University of Sydney. We are researching accessibility barriers that are created by virtual reality and augmented reality technology. The goal of our research is to figure out how we can make VR and AR hardware...
  11. Nivek TT

    Pico 4S

    Controller images have leaked, appear to be ringless ala Quest 3... https://www.uploadvr.com/apparent-pico-5-controller-images/ As linked from the article though, Bytedance appear to be all in on hand tracking... https://www.uploadvr.com/pico-hand-tracking-tiktok/
  12. vrgamerno1

    Question Have you ever tried Football in VR?

    Hello everyone! I'm working on a project about the "Application of Virtual Reality in FOOTBALL". You can participate if you're are either a football fan or a VR fan or both!! Your valuable response is greatly appreciated. Thank you! https://forms.office.com/e/dZwu2xwrXv
  13. MikeKay1976

    Meta broke oculus Link :(

    4 or 5 days ago I tried my quest pro in assetto Corsa. it was incredible I had friends around yesterday and it flatly refused to work. my pc could see the quest pro was connected but in the headset it was not seen at all. wireless worked fine but the image quality is not as good I faffed about...
  14. T

    Looks Like We're Going To See A LOT Less Unity VR Games In The Future!

    For some reason known only to themselves, Unity have decided on a bizarre change to their pricing plan. They must have been drunk or high when they came up with this VERY 💩 idea! 🥴😲😂 What they've decided to do is this: 1) If a developer or publisher sells over $200,000 worth of software and...
  15. P

    Can I get my old Oculus games back?

    It's no big deal - I haven't touched VR for years. I thought my Index was broken but tried it again recently and it works fine. I was going to try that compatibility thing - I can't remember what it's called - that lets you play your Oculus games on an Index. I went to log into Oculus with my...
  16. MikeKay1976

    annoying quest pro software issue

    hi. this is a weird one. I just set up my 1st game of walkabout golf with my lad on my quest pro i set up the room and it popped up a setting window to accept or deny the game access to my microphone. but for some reason I could not interact with it. if it were windows it was like I was tabbed...
  17. B

    Buying two PS5 VR2 headsets or not?

    Hello, Would it be good to buy two PS5 VR2 headsets or not? I mean, are there enough games that provide you playing with someone else in the same room using both a VR2 headset? Thanks in advance, greetings,
  18. J

    Panasonic GT60 plasma killed by VR session. Replacement needed.

    My son has killed my Panasonic GT60 plasma in the front room with his VR. I was really due an upgrade but held out because the picture was still great. The plan was always to get a 65 inch oled but now I am reluctant. My son will still be playing on his VR in this room. The chances of it...
  19. N

    2 New Issues with much loved HP Reverb G2

    After a faltering start I have grown to love my HP Reverb G2, and after recently pairing it with a 4090 GPU, Open Composite and 140% render resolution in OpenXR Tools for Mixed Reality, I’m astounded by quite how sharper and clear an image it produces (AMS2 / iRacing / HLA). So I’m a little...
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