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benefits from the booming business. creation. fundamental destruction and starvation. the selling out of the country did don't keep you in the. store september 18th on d.w. . through. virtual reality has been promising new and bigger adventures for years dream trips from the comfort of our homes. exciting fun and thrills galore but what is the reality of virtual reality i want to see if today. in 2018 the global be our revenue was $3200000000.00 euros peanuts compared to
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gaming which made 120000000000 last year still we are technology is making giant strides then you had said new software new games but the stuff is only for hardcore gamers and couch potatoes right wrong you can also used to work up a sweat by boxing for example slip on the headset and go beyond boxing is perfect for me if i get a black eye here i don't get in trouble with my makeup artist. virtual reality boxing training. video are big fights. they can be just as hard as matches with real opponents but without running the risk of injury more and more sports are showing up in b.r. . at the v r institute of health and exercise scientists from san francisco state university are studying the health impact of b. are sports they measure a range of physical functions can calculate how many calories per minute using
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a given game birds so far they tested over 50 of your applications with different headsets to determine their effects. on the treadmill with that the r. headset can definitely get players working up a sweat and burning calories. just like the wii our music application electronic arts where users can become d.j.'s. you can make your own music and how easy is it to forget your exercising when you're dancing. dancing at a virtual festival to my own music pretty sweet i don't need anyone else for that but the up times when i'd like to share the experience with others an all too rare option in b.r. besides the headsets often clunky the cables get in the way and many of the graphics still are pixilated to really work the software needs to respond to my
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actions immediately and right now that's often aleck. an amusement park north of norham burgers offering we are bumper cars. in the world. i went there for a test drive and to find out what technology goes into making the perfect be our experience. ok let's dive in in vietnam looks count resolution and image quality are crucial when it comes to graphics as is field of vision the wind of the field the more intense the experience. another decisive factor is how well heeled real movements are reproduced your figure head tracking is really important for how you move your head and whether going to matches your position and viewing the virtual world in. these bullshits sensors on used in optical tracking the sensors reflect infrared lights in the dark which is picked up
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by cameras is just one of the tracking methods the institute is developing for the . driver in coffee to do with 14 senses and they use his position is tracked by 32 infrared cameras the aim is to minimize latency the delay between real life action representation. oh. it has to feel good when my real movement has to be in sync with what i see if it isn't you get a kind of motion sickness or virtual reality sickness. you feel nauseous. developers are also working on more senses to the virtual reality experience like feeling wind or taste and smell that would make the experience more authentic and of course multi-user absent liven up the actual surroundings.
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i was pretty terrified driving a blind but it was really one of my best experiences and with no leg every movement was perfectly reproduced in the world without. but not this time. researchers want to know how the brain reacts to what happens exactly when i move in virtual reality does my sense of direction work normally for instance. experiences from the. when me physics. brain perceives. reality we see.
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a large part of our brain is dedicated to image processing. it is enough to rely on visuals alone to create a surround. everyone knows there's more to genuine experience. different inputs from our senses to create the whole. when it comes to brain studies with that when the. activity. 60 percent. the more it generates neural firing patterns. brain activity. the rats were placed on the spherical trap which meant they had to balance as a result the rats brains showed similar neural representation of space in the virtual real world we use a lot of sensory clues to navigate have a look. studies show that beyond needs to include. not
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just. your sound taste and touch and missing from the experience the illusion is weakened. even so the brain treats real life and simulation similar. patterns of how the brain responds are similar our brain will process fear in a similar way whether i'm in a real life or of your setting. a similar psychological response. rate increases. conductivity changes. created in the reward center activated we can be scared own awarded in. life. the porn industry is often quick to use new technologies and we are is no exception the point company in north america has a registered over 20000000 downloads from its range since may 28th the gaming
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platform steam also does a large part of its business with offerings but what is virtual 6 like a tester reports system so i'm sitting in a living room like i actually am going to feel as if i were actually inside the felt. like a part of. the. girl sitting on me right now. she's right here you know here. could virtual sex be the next sexual revolution health clip should we be getting with technology. futurologist and internet pioneer. phone sees a time when we will become so united with the tech that there will be a paradigm shift. very where people would prefer sex it referred certainly
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rather were never to be ratified your life. does not mean he was underwhelmed by the experience. it was a part of the action and that's incredible this is a but then again you're also not something like you're moving to touch something with your eyes closed i see things but there's nothing there for you than this and what's really missing is real life emotions. you just can't really feel it some develop as a working hard to make the experience more real but so far it seems very odd doesn't come close but we are goggles are great when it comes to travelling the last time i went on vacation i explored my destination 1st with this model. strictly speaking it was a 360 degree panoramic view and not the are which is usually more interactive but
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tourism industry has shown great interest in the technology to operators in the u.s. state of nevada have tested we are travel advertising with success. on n.p.r. headset and you can be off to a far away land. you can instantly be in nevada it doesn't matter where you were before. there are even apps with which she can book the matching flights from the comfort of your beyond setting g.c. also. making her do it with amazing precisely on time with the want to work for. days you hesitate to travel can experience the world for. paris's. park hosts an installation called while in motion it brings visitors even closer to the wild animals than african safaris without disturbing real animals in their natural habitats. really want to use new technologies so that we can be teleported to be
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among the animals to be in the midst of this wild life in the ocean with chimpanzees see breasts and be amazed that visitors curiosity is a rationalist and they learn by seeing and being with them this is another potential application. is dr bellows 360 degree and. tanks view is all around the gym and unesco world heritage sites what's the. i can travel to various places virtually even interact with them that's an important feature director that inherits is the immersion in this virtual reality if i can interact a bit i've got something i can do and not just be a spectator. what are your thoughts on the r when is it amazing and when could you do without personally i couldn't get enough of the bumper cars but over all the technology still has a long way to go the head says need to be made lyda the cables are
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a nuisance and the technology is still too expensive there are simple vyas as for your smartphone which cost only $1.00 euro but if you want something decent they had said alone costs 199 euros what do you think join our discussion on facebook and on our new you tube channel you also find explainers their information on the latest tech topics gadgets and my full report on the wii our bumper car take care and see your next we need.
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