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Virtual Reality: A Multiplicity of Emerging Hardware

Virtual Reality (VR) is a computer-generated simulation of an environment that users can interact with. It places the user inside an experience through head-mounted displays and other sensory inputs to make them feel fully immersed. VR uses technology to simulate as many senses as possible and transport users to artificial 3D worlds. The future of VR, led by devices like the HTC Vive Pro Eye and Oculus Quest, is unfolding with many companies developing new immersive and usable wearable technologies.

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Virtual Reality: A Multiplicity of Emerging Hardware

Virtual Reality (VR) is a computer-generated simulation of an environment that users can interact with. It places the user inside an experience through head-mounted displays and other sensory inputs to make them feel fully immersed. VR uses technology to simulate as many senses as possible and transport users to artificial 3D worlds. The future of VR, led by devices like the HTC Vive Pro Eye and Oculus Quest, is unfolding with many companies developing new immersive and usable wearable technologies.

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Virtual Reality

Virtual Reality (VR) is the use of computer technology to create a simulated


environment. Unlike traditional user interfaces, VR places the user inside an
experience. Instead of viewing a screen in front of them, users are immersed and able
to interact with 3D worlds. By simulating as many senses as possible, such as vision,
hearing, touch, even smell, the computer is transformed into a gatekeeper to
this artificial world. The only limits to near-real VR experiences are the availability of
content and cheap computing power.

Virtual Reality’s most immediately-recognizable component is the head-mounted display


(HMD). Human beings are visual creatures, and display technology is often the single
biggest difference between immersive Virtual Reality systems and traditional user
interfaces. For instance, CAVE automatic virtual environments actively display virtual
content onto room-sized screens. While they are fun for people in universities and big
labs, consumer and industrial wearables are the wild west.

With a multiplicity of emerging hardware and software options, the future of wearables is


unfolding but yet unknown. Concepts such as the HTC Vive Pro Eye, Oculus Quest and
Playstation VR are leading the way, but there are also players like Google, Apple,
Samsung, Lenovo and others who may surprise the industry with new levels of
immersion and usability. Whomever comes out ahead, the simplicity of buying a helmet-
sized device that can work in a living-room, office, or factory floor has made HMDs
center stage when it comes to Virtual Reality technologies.

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