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Lenovo Pilots VR As An Alternative To General Anesthesia For Kids

Posted in Games, Hardware, Medicine on 10th Nov, 2019
by Alex Muller

Lenovo and the Starlight Children’s Foundation have been pilot testing virtual reality headsets as an alternative to general anesthetics for kids, alleviating panic and pain by distracting critically ill pediatric patients from what’s actually happening around them.

June Steam Hardware Survey: The Rift-Vive Gap Shrinks … Sort Of

Posted in Games, Hardware on 7th Jul, 2019
by Alex Muller

The Oculus Rift still leads the charge with 44.12% of the overall VR headset use on Steam. Pairing the 40.76% share that HTC Vive has with the 1.66% share of the Vive Pro, HTC is at 42.42%. That’s a difference of just 1.7% between the two headsets.

At 10, Minecraft Hits 176 Million Sales And Announces AR Game For IOS And Android

Posted in Games on 18th May, 2019
by Alex Muller

Developer Mojang is working on a new game in the beloved franchise. No, it’s not Minecraft 2. But it has the potential to be bigger than that.

PTN Interviews Steve Dann: Chairman Of Medical Realities, Founder Of Amplified Robot

Posted in Business, Games, Hardware, Interviews on 12th May, 2019
by Alex Muller

An acknowledged leading expert in Augmented & Virtual Reality, Steve is also the founder and organizer of the Augmenting Reality Meetup Group, which meets to discuss, view and demonstrate the latest innovations in both AR and VR.

High-end VR Grew 60% In 2018, Users Have Smartwatch-level Satisfaction

Posted in Business, Games, Hardware on 12th May, 2019
by Alex Muller

Multi-user VR appears to be a major potential selling point for headsets