Virtual reality experiences can help ease severe pain
Playing virtual reality games or relaxing in a virtual nature setting might help ease chronic pain, particularly when symptoms are severe, a new experiment suggests.
Playing virtual reality games or relaxing in a virtual nature setting might help ease chronic pain, particularly when symptoms are severe, a new experiment suggests.
Fonterra has engaged engineering consultancy Beca to develop a virtual reality based health and safety training system that, it says, will let new employees navigate its manufacturing and distribution sites without the need to set foot on site and will help substantially reduce onboarding times.
The New Zealand VR/AR Association (NZVRARA) and Massey University School of Design have formed a strategic partnership to support New Zealand’s virtual and mixed reality sector.
New Zealand VR/AR Association (NZVRARA) study says the term cross reality (XR) is increasingly being used to refer to the virtual-to-reality continuum of immersive technologies including augmented and mixed reality.
Magic Leap, a highly funded and secretive startup that has promised breakthrough augmented reality technology, is seeking to raise up to US$1 billion
The New Zealand VR/AR Association (NZVRARA) and Wellington-based virtual reality company, Blackeye VR, have teamed to promote the VR/AR sector and accelerate adoption of VR and AR techniques by New Zealand organisations.
Facebook Inc plans to release a new virtual reality headset that does not require a separate computer to operate, allowing more mobile uses than the company's existing Oculus Rift product, Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said on Wednesday.
The minister of economic development Simon Bridges as officially opened Wellington’s virtual and mixed reality centre, Projectr, announced last September.
The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra has released a fully immersive VR experience of the 90-member orchestra in performance, made by New Zealand content creation company Wrestler.
Work is evolving. Virtual reality, once a technology relegated to science fiction lore, is poised to change not only how telecommuting is done, but the future of work in general as well.
PwC has released its 18th annual Global Entertainment and Media Outlook 2017-2021 saying that entertainment and media companies accustomed to competing and creating differentiation through content and distribution must focus more intensely on user experience (UX).
Auckland-based creative agency, Method, has launched a specialist augmented and virtual reality arm, M Theory, saying it will enable the company to keep up with client demand for AR and VR content.
The Media Design School in Auckland claims to have become the first tertiary education provider in New Zealand to offer a qualification with a stream dedicated to virtual reality and augmented reality.
A number of New Zealand companies active in virtual and augmented reality have bandied together to form the New Zealand VR/AR Association to represent and promote New Zealand’s virtual, augmented and mixed reality sectors nationally and internationally.
Sony has introduced PlayStation VR, a virtual reality add-on for the PlayStation4, into New Zealand concurrent with the global launch.