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Peacock arrives on Meta Quest with plans to bring IP on Horizon Worlds later this year Virtual Reality

Peacock arrives on Meta Quest with plans to bring IP on Horizon Worlds later this year

At Meta Connect 2022, the tech giant announced a three-year partnership with NBCUniversal that would bring Peacock to the Meta Quest virtual reality headset. Today, the streaming app is now available on Meta Quest 2 and Meta Quest Pro devices. Subscribers can get Peacock in the Meta Store and stream…
bubmag
April 12, 2023
Researchers Want You to Walk Around in VR by Acting Like You Really Have to Pee Virtual Reality

Researchers Want You to Walk Around in VR by Acting Like You Really Have to Pee

Virtual reality headsets now come close enough to fooling your eyes into believing you’re someplace else, but the experience doesn’t translate as well to the rest of your body. Researchers from South Korea’s Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology want VR to be a whole body experience, and have created…
bubmag
April 11, 2023
Virtual reality games can be used as a tool in personnel assessment Virtual Reality

Virtual reality games can be used as a tool in personnel assessment

Virtual reality gamers (VR game) who finished it faster than their fellow gamers also have higher levels of general intelligence and processing capacity. This was the result of a study conducted by the University of Cologne, the University of Liechtenstein and Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences. The results also indicate…
bubmag
March 9, 2023
‘Gran Turismo 7’ and ‘Resident Evil Village’ are gloriously immersive on PS VR2 Virtual Reality

‘Gran Turismo 7’ and ‘Resident Evil Village’ are gloriously immersive on PS VR2

There's no visible ray tracing while you're playing in virtual reality, but you still get an eye-full of that realistic lighting during replays, which are projected on the PS VR2's simulated 2D screen. You can also get an up-close look at the cars in your garage, which use ray tracing…
bubmag
March 6, 2023