“Don a headset which places a sensor on the back of your head, and it’ll detect your brainwaves which can then be translated into digital actions,” writes Engadget. VentureBeat reports that NextMind “has started shipping its real-time brain computer interface Dev Kit for $399.”
The device translates brain signals into digital commands, allowing you to control computers, AR/VR headsets, and IoT devices…
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Facebook Will Release Its First AR Glasses in 2021
During Facebook Connect — the replacement for the AR/VR event previously known as Oculus Connect — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said today that the company is planning to release its first pair of augmented reality glasses in 2021. From a report: While the company’s Oculus unit has become a leading provider of VR headsets, Facebook has touted AR as the next…
Facebook Begins Ghosting the ‘Oculus’ Moniker In Its VR Division
Sam Machkovech writes via Ars Technica: Our “Facebookening of Oculus” series continues today with the announcement of the Facebook Connect conference as a free, live-streamed event on September 16. You may remember years of “Oculus Connect” conferences, which focused on the company’s efforts in virtual reality and other “mixed reality” mediums. That conference is dead. It’s Facebook Connect now. In a…
Prone to motion sickness? Your sex, diet and shoe size may be to blame
We are finally solving the mystery of why motion can make us queasy – just in time to help us deal with nausea-inducing VR headsets, driverless cars and space tourism Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24732961-000-prone-to-motion-sickness-your-sex-diet-and-shoe-size-may-be-to-blame/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Developer Warns VR Headset Damaged Eyesight
Software developer Danny Bittman tweeted about how he’s convinced that his eyesight was damaged from wearing a VR headset for hours a day. The BBC reports: Danny Bittman, who has worked as a virtual reality developer for four years, suggested it could have affected his eyesight. “Just had my first eye doctor visit in three years. Now I’m very worried about…