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Laval Virtual 2022: Unternehmenslösungen für 3DoF- und 6DoF-VR-Headsets

Pico Interactive wird an der VR-Messe Laval Virtual 2022 mit Entwicklungspartnern ein breites Spektrum an VR-Lösungen vorstellen.

Gemeinsam mit wichtigen VR-Entwicklern wird Pico Interactive an der VR-Messe Laval Virtual 2022 ein breites Spektrum an VR-Lösungen für die Bereiche Medizin, Schulung und Bildung sowie Design und Prototyping vorstellen
Dazu gehören eine Reihe von Qualcomm-Chips und andere Technologien von Tobii und Ultraleap.
In Fortsetzung der auf dem MWC angekündigten Partnerschaft wird HP das Geräteverwaltungssystem Extend XR vorführen.

Pico Interactive, ein Unternehmen von ByteDance und ein Entwickler neuartiger VR (Virtual Reality) -Unternehmenslösungen, wird auf der größten VR-Messe Laval Virtual (12.4. bis 14.4.2022 in Laval, Frankreich) nicht nur VR-Anwendungen in Medizin, Schulung & Ausbildung, Design & Prototyping sowie 360°-Videos und Dokumentarfilme präsentieren. Das Unternehmen kündigt auch einige Neuigkeiten an. Partner und Entwickler wie HypnoVR, Wild Immersion, RiVR, HP, Ultraleap, Tobii, Impersive, Daimler und World of VR stellen am Stand A28 VR-Lösungen vor, die mit den VR-HMDs von Pico zusammenspielen. Außerdem wird Pico am letzten Messetag (14.4.2022) einen neuen Ansatz für VR vorstellen.

3DoF- und 6DoF-Headsets für VR-Anwendungen in Unternehmen: Pico G2 4K- und Neo 3 Pro-Familie

Mit den 3 DoF- und 6 DoF-Headset-Familien deckt Pico für Unternehmen, die über die Implementierung von VR nachdenken, ein umfangreiches Spektrum an Formaten und Preispunkten ab. Das benutzerzentrierte Design bedeutet, dass alle Pico HMDs einfach zu verwenden und zu entwickeln sind. Zudem unterstützt Pico eine Reihe von modernen VR-Technologiestandards und Spiel-Engines, darunter Unity, Unreal, Openxr, Tobii, Ultraleap, CloudXR, und Direct Mode.

Auf der Suche nach Skalierbarkeit ist die Pico G2 4K das optimale Gerät; für spezielle Hygiene und höhere Leistung ist die die Pico G2 4K Enterprise geeignet. Unter den 6 DoF-Geräten bietet die Neo 3 Pro das beste Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis und umfasst eine B2B-Bibliothek mit über 50 APKs aus dem Store und 100 weiteren direkt von ISVs. Außerdem ermöglicht das DisplayPort-Kabel Zugang zu PCVR-Inhalten, die für Unternehmen erstellt wurden. Die Neo 3 Pro Eye ist in Kombination mit Ultraleap-Handtracking, HP-Gerätemanagement und integriertem Tobii-Augentracking (erweiterte Analytik ist eine zusätzliche Option) ein zukunftssicheres Modell.

Laval Virtual: VR-Szenarien mit Pico VR-Headsets

HypnoVR – Schmerztherapie: HypnoVR ist Entwickler und Anbieter von zertifizierten digitalen Therapien zum Abbau von Schmerzen, Stress und Angst. Die Lösungen bieten eine sichere und effektive, nicht-medikamentöse Behandlungsalternative.

Wild Immersion – virtuelles Naturschutzgebiet: Wild Immersion ist das erste virtuelle Naturschutzgebiet der Welt. Durch die VR-Produktion und den pädagogischen Ansatz versucht Wild Immersion, die Öffentlichkeit für die Herausforderungen des Naturschutzes zu sensibilisieren.

RIVR – CSI: Crime Scene Investigation – Sandbox Solution ist eine neue Generation von immersiven Trainingserfahrungen, die in Zusammenarbeit mit sieben Experten für Tatortanalysen, Akkreditierung, amtierenden Polizisten und Wissenschaftlern entstand. Die Pico Neo 3 Pro ist das erste autonome VR-Headset mit genügend Rechenleistung, um eine vollständige fotorealistische Tatortumgebung nachzubilden.

Ultraleap – Hand-Tracking: Die Hand-Tracking-Lösung von Ultraleap in Kombination mit der Pico Neo 3 Pro ist optimal für komplexe Interaktionen oder schwierige Umgebungen geeignet. Die Software eignet sich für ortsbezogene VR, Verfahrensschulungen sowie Design- und Kollaborationsanwendungen.

Invelon – Aurora VR: Industrielles Metaversum zur Interaktion mit 3D-Projekten in der virtuellen Realität.

Impersive: Immersive Inhalte für die virtuelle Realität mit einer neuartigen Kreativtechnik: 360 – 3D – POV – dynamic, eine End-to-End-Lösung, die in mehr als 400 VR-Projekten in der Mode-, Sport- und vielen anderen Branchen entwickelt wurde.

World of VR: Mehr als 150 Geschäftskunden und mehr als eine Million Endnutzer sollen von XR-Anwendungen profitieren.

Tobii: Anbieter im Bereich Eye Tracking und Pionier des Attention Computing. Tobii Eye Tracking ermöglicht leistungsfähigere XR-Headsets, immersive Erlebnisse und umsetzbare Erkenntnisse.

Métiers360: Métiers 360 ist ein Service zur Erkundung von Berufsbildern. Mit Hilfe von immersiven Lerntechniken und einer mobilen Anwendung bietet er eine breite Palette von Erfahrungen.

HP: Virtual Reality skalieren. Mit HP Extend XR haben Anwender die Kontrolle über die AiO-Headset-Flotte. Dazu dienen Tools, die das Einrichten von Geräten beschleunigen und die Bereitstellung und Aktualisierung von Inhalten vereinfachen.

VirtualX / Team Malizia: Wie testet man ein Boot während seiner Konstruktion? VRtual X hilft dem Team Malizia, sein nächstes Segelboot in der virtuellen Realität zu entwerfen, zu testen und zu präsentieren, um Ressourcen zu sparen und optimale Leistungen zu erzielen.

Daimler/ Mercedes Benz: Realitätsnahes VR-Training für Fahrzeuglackierer in einer didaktisch aufbereiteten Lernanwendung.

Weitere Informationen unter: https://www.pico-interactive.com/

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Laval Virtual 2022: Unternehmenslösungen für 3DoF- und 6DoF-VR-Headsets

7. April 2022 0 comment

Knowledge Research

The Degrees of Freedom for Learning in Virtual Reality

Virtual reality (VR) tools have added popular new ways for educators and learners to experience the world. Indeed, the New York Times recently published a new framework for teaching in VR, and Forbes shared a two part series on how VR will revolutionize both work and the education sector more broadly. What are these early adopters finding effective in the classroom, and how do they feel about the overall experience so far? I wanted to dig deeper about how educators are using VR, to understand where future potential lies.

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Getting Started with VR: 360-Degree Images and Videos

When using VR in the classroom, most teachers with VR experience have primarily worked with 360-degree videos—one of the easiest ways to use off-the-shelf applications. However, as the technology becomes smaller, faster, and more accessible, the possibility for more robust, deep learning experiences can be revealed.

360-degree videos are a great way for anyone to begin to bring VR into the classroom. They are simple, effective, often free, and can be used with a minimum amount of investment. Educators can use the familiar frameworks for receptive based video learning to structure these. Start with a pre-task to focus learners on what will be seen in the videos. Then, place students in the 360-degree video to watch and interact with the experience. After the experience, discuss or write about what you learned, how you felt, and what this experience can teach you about a place, a moment in history, or the views of others.

In an article for EdTechTeam, Leticia de la Garza shared her experience using 360-degree videos to allow her students to learn about Ancient Egypt. “I was able to view that 360-degree image through those VR glasses. That was actually my first time experiencing that! Naturally, I thought, ‘WHOA! The kids will LOVE this!’ That was my hook, and how I would engage students to develop questions.” In her classroom, VR was a way to help both her English language learners and the general class participate more deeply with nonfiction text. VR added an engaging element to hook her students into the lesson. This is a great example of how even simple, 360-degree images and videos can be used to excite students about information.

However, exploring 360-degree images is only the first step to applying VR in the classroom. As technology becomes smaller, faster, and more affordable, there are a variety of new opportunities for inviting students with interactive experiences that are not passive, but fully involve students’ critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and creativity in virtual environments. This happens when we begin to work with interactive VR experiences that employ multiple degrees of freedom.

6 Degrees of Freedom to Learn

Degrees of Freedom (DoF) describe two different types of VR devices, 3DoF and 6DoF. The degrees represent how VR utilizes immersion, presence, and interaction on a plane of motion—more like the expanse of space, and less like your living room. For 3DoF experiences, users can see the world around them, move objects, make limited body gestures, and even move items and walk by using a touchpad or joystick on a controller. These devices also incorporate telecommunication controls, allowing you to talk with others while in virtual reality, either in the room or across the planet. Opening up huge opportunities for more appealing virtual experiences, 6DoF takes VR to an entirely new level. The technology allows the use of both hands and features technology that can capture finger movement, facial movement, and total body movement.

These differences offer huge new opportunities for learning. So far, educators have used 3DoF to help learners with autism understand and react appropriately to social gestures in social situations. Also, 6DoF lets learners interact more deeply with content because they can grab it, expand the size, explore in depth with various tools, and dig into questions they want to answer—whether they’re at a museum or riding a comet. Using 6DoF, learners can engage in world building to practice mathematical concepts, or collaborate to move objects, discuss topics, and improve their communication.

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Future Freedom

As virtual reality continues to develop, and applications and devices that allow for robust 6DoF VR experiences become more accessible to educators and learners, the sky is quite literally the limit. 6DoF VR unlocks the full power of language education, allowing teachers to develop and employ interactive task- and problem-based learning across massive distances, while still interacting face-to-face. The opportunities are endless when the classroom is virtual.

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https://www.immerse.online/post/the-degrees-of-freedom-for-learning-in-virtual-reality

28. Dezember 2020 0 comment

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Virtual Reality: a language teaching tool for today and tomorrow

Virtual reality often means different things to different people. It has enchanted gamers around the world for decades, offering varied levels of immersive entertainment – desktop VR, 360 cell phone VR, three degrees of freedom (3DoF) VR, and now 6DoF VR – but it is finally reaching mass adoption by companies and institutions embracing it as an edtech tool.

VR is exploding across multiple sectors from medicine to management training. Understanding the mobility issues caused by Covid-19 that will hinder travel well into 2021, it is critical for leaders in international education to also explore implementing VR as a tool to foster student engagement and social interaction in a prolonged season of severe social distancing.

“Technology will play a vital part in the classroom long after the pandemic has passed”

With the introduction of standalone VR headsets like the Oculus Quest 2, high quality VR has finally become accessible, affordable, and considerably more user-friendly, making it a perfect digital tool for language teaching and learning.

When you put on a VR headset, you instantly immerse yourself in a three-dimensional virtual world where you can interact, touch, and feel the environment around you. Compared to other modes of learning, VR has the unique ability to completely engage the senses enabling users to become fully present and hyper focused in a virtual world.

Imagine being back in the classroom, watching students deep in conversation, working with information to discuss challenges and answer questions, or interviewing others to learn about their lives. Not only is this possible in the virtual world, it is a reality; regardless of whether students are physically side-by-side or separated by five thousand miles.

In VR you are virtually face-to-face, able to turn to your partner and talk; reach out and pass an object for consideration; engage and interact with peers while working on a project; enjoy the fun of being able to relax, laugh, and get lost in conversation just because you can.

This means language educators can now facilitate the kinds of dynamic learning groups and task based experiences that deliver results.

„The future success of international education will lie in our ability to innovate to address the challenges of our modern era“

The need for social, interactive language learning forms the bedrock of the Immerse Virtual Language Experience Platform. Working with experienced English language professionals, our team crafted a VR tool specifically designed to support, complement, and enhance English language learning.

Inside the VLEP, teachers have complete control of the classroom, are able to position students and bring items to focus, arrange students into virtual break-out teams, or send a quick prompt to help students finish a sentence – all with the push of a button.

This allows educators to quickly set up a task, get groups and pairs together, and step back to let language happen. Virtual reality puts students back at the center of online learning.

The future success of international education will lie in our ability to innovate to address the challenges of our modern era. Technology is now an intrinsic part of education, in every sector.

The future of learning will be inherently digital and technology will play a vital part in the classroom long after the pandemic has passed.

Virtual reality is a new, essential tool in the educator’s toolkit that can replicate and elevate the in-person classroom experience in a way that is radically unique.

Technology will never fully replace the classroom learning experience, but it does offer more powerful tools than ever before. Using all of these tools will ensure our learners’ progress today and in the future.

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Virtual Reality: a language teaching tool for today and tomorrow

16. Dezember 2020 0 comment

Hardware Knowledge

Pico Unveils Neo 2 Standalone Headset with Integrated Eye-tracking – CES2020

Pico Interactive, the company behind a number of enterprise-focused standalone VR headsets, unveiled their newest line of Neo 2 headsets, one of which includes integrated eye-tracking from Tobii.

Neo 2 has been floating around for a few months now in its prototype form, albeit without the newly unveiled addition of eye-tracking. Venture Beat’s Jeremy Horowitz points out that headset made a few public appearances late last year when it was featured using Qualcomm’s Boundless XR streaming tech, which allows content streaming from a VR-ready PC over wireless 2X2 MIMO 802.11ac 5G link with a MIMO 5G router.

Powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 845 processor with Boundless XR, the six degrees of freedom (6DOF) Pico Neo 2 line of standalone headsets includes both the Neo 2 Standard and Neo 2 Eye. Both are said to ship later this year, with Neo 2 Standard priced at $700 and the Neo 2 Eye at $900.

Tobii, the Sweden-based eye-tracking firm, says its integrated eye-tracking in the Neo 2 Eye allows for both improved graphics and longer battery life thanks to its dynamic foveated rendering, which is said to increase framerates “by up to 66% and reduces shading loads by up to 72%.”

Eye-tracking in VR allows for a few other things too outside of foveated rendering though. Knowing where a user is looking can unlock some insights into user behavior, something Tobii says can be used in a variety of use cases such as training and assessment, simulation, knowledge and skills transfer, and customer research. Other uses include eye-based UI input and enhancement of avatars for social VR interaction.

Neo 2 Specs

Resolution – 3,840 × 2,160@75Hz, PPI: 818, 5.5 inch x 1 VR TFT
FOV – 101 degree，Fresnel lenses
IPD – Adaptive, 55mm – 71mm
Tracking – Inside-out 6DOF Head tracking and Guardian System
Controllers – 6DOF haptic controllers
Audio – Integrated Spatial stereo speaker, Dual Mic EC/NR, 3.5mm Jack
Connections – USB-C 3.0 Extendable 3.5mm Power DC Jack
Eye Tracking (Neo 2 Eye) – Gaze data output frequency (binocular), 90Hz refresh

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Pico Unveils Neo 2 Standalone Headset with Integrated Eye-tracking

7. Januar 2020 0 comment