Virtual Reality
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Virtual reality (VR), something to only dream about or experience in major movies not too long ago! Now you can go to a local store, or online, and pick up a VR headset within minutes, with prices ranging from anywhere between $5 to $1500 the quality and performance of your device will be very much
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Q&A with Thad Starner, director/founder of Georgia Tech’s Contextual Computing Group What is your vision for how technology will benefit humanity? We work on intelligence augmentation in my group at Georgia Tech. We are trying to make intelligent assistants that are so fast to access and so conv...
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Is 2017 the year for Virtual Reality (VR)? You don’t have to look far to see researchers, analysts, and bloggers sharing their ideas and forecasts for VR in 2017 and beyond. In fact, it is likely to see Virtual – Augmented – Mixed Reality (VAMR) become part of our everyday landscap...
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Over the last decade demand has grown rapidly for innovative digital technologies and behavioral healthcare researchers and providers have not overlooked the opportunities these technologies, such as virtual reality (VR) afford. In fact, Clinical VR got started in the early-to-mid 90’s as clin...
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Aristotle explained Eudaimonia to be the practice that defines human wellbeing as the highest virtue for a society. The term translates roughly as “flourishing”, and involves conscious contemplation on ethical considerations that help define how individuals wish to live within a society. Today, IEEE...
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At the 2013 SXSW Interactive Festival, IEEE presented the “Omnipresent: When Virtual Meets Reality” panel where industry experts discussed Virtual and Augmented Reality. When the “virtual overlay” meets everyday life, everything changes, from the way we shop to the way...
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Expanding beyond its traditional strong base in information technologies, communications, and power and energy, IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA) is emphasizing its role in the development of standards and related activities for new and emerging technologies. One new area is in serious games and ...
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My inaugural visit to South by Southwest (SXSW) was two plus weeks ago, and I may still be recovering. SXSW is basically a small city of creative people moving into a small city of welcoming and open-minded residents for a couple of weeks. The trip turned out to be a whirlwind of conversations wit...