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C|Net: Source says Apple working on powerful AR/VR Headset

The headset, which would straddle the two technologies and tap into Apple’s own chips, is slated for 2020. It’s the biggest sign of Apple’s interest in virtual reality. Apple CEO Tim Cook has nothing but praise for augmented reality, saying it’s a technology that’s potentially as important as the iPhone. It turns out he may […]

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Xbox Co-Founder: VR is pushing gaming in to another ‘Golden Age’

(CNBC.com): Otto Berkes is a pioneer of the gaming industry. In 1998, along with Kevin Bachus, Seamus Blackley and Ted Hase, Berkes founded Microsoft’s Xbox just as video gaming was entering its next phase. It was four years after Sony had released its first PlayStation console and was developing its next generation PlayStation 2. The first Xbox came to market […]

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Paralyzed patients regain muscle control thanks to Virtual Reality

A Paralyzed 32 year old women regained partial use of her legs after 13 years of not being able to do so, as this report from CNN/Money shows: The woman, dubbed “Patient 1,” is part of an ongoing research study that uses a system of brain-controlled robotics and virtual reality to restore neurological and physical […]

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