Dr. Kimberly Hieftje discusses her expectations of integrating VR in the classroom based on her experience with Invite Only VR.
Virtual Reality
The Opioid Prevention Game: A VR Prototype About Highs and Lows
The Opioid Prevention Game: A VR Prototype About Highs and Lows
Curious about the effects of an opioid addiction on your everyday life? Check out this video about The Opioid Addiction Game, in which you get to play through the process of getting addicted to pain killers and deal with the consequences.
Watch us Present Invite Only VR on a Virtual Stage
Watch us Present Invite Only VR on a Virtual Stage
Ready to get meta? Watch our founder Bernard François present Invite Only VR – a virtual reality prototype – alongside Dr. Kim Hieftje in virtual reality for The ENDGAME.
PATRONUS: Prototype Treats Anxiety with Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy
PATRONUS: Prototype Treats Anxiety with Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy
All about VR Exposure Therapy and how we used it in PATRONUS, an imec.icon project.
smokeSCREEN VR Update With play4REAL Lab
smokeSCREEN VR Update With play4REAL Lab
Excited to share an update on smokeSCREEN VR with a guest post on the website of the play4REAL Lab!
smokeSCREEN VR: A Serious Game Project with Yale and Oculus
smokeSCREEN VR: A Serious Game Project with Yale and Oculus
We’re working with Yale’s play4REAL lab on the Oculus-funded smokeSCREEN VR–a research simulation of real-life social pressures teens experience around e-cigarettes and vaping.
4 Highlights from Oculus Connect 4
4 Highlights from Oculus Connect 4
Check out these highlights from Oculus Connect 4, including details on Oculus Go, Oculus Santa Cruz, updates to Facebook Spaces, and more.
Working Smart and Safe with Virtual Reality Forklift Training
Working Smart and Safe with Virtual Reality Forklift Training
We developed a prototype of a forklift operator simulation for Human Condition Safety in New York that allows trainees to experience the behind-the-wheel hazards, as well as the complexity of shifting a load. Check it out!
Rowing A Boat Through Hades in Journey for Elysium
Rowing A Boat Through Hades in Journey for Elysium
In the Journey for Elysium prototype, the power of virtual reality combined with hand controls means you pick up the oar and start rolling down the river, just like you would in a real boat. See it in action in the video we posted today.
Hands-On: Acer Windows Mixed Reality Headset
Hands-On: Acer Windows Mixed Reality Headset
The Acer Mixed Reality Headset was sold out in no time, but we were lucky to find it in our mail. Here’s our first hands-on experience…
Mirror Therapy, Reinvented: PreviewLabs at De Krook
Mirror Therapy, Reinvented: PreviewLabs at De Krook
The Shapes and Rhythm prototype, part of the wE-Move research project, unveiled on our blog for the first time. The premise: mirror therapy as a VR game.
Oculus Connect Keynote Highlights
Oculus Connect Keynote Highlights
Today, Oculus has unveiled its plans for virtual reality Oculus Connect in San Jose, California, and PreviewLabs was there. Here is what we feel is worth being excited about.
Making Child Rehabilitation More Fun With Oculus Rift
Making Child Rehabilitation More Fun With Oculus Rift
PreviewLabs has always shown interest in virtual reality headsets, so when we got the chance to use the Oculus Rift in a research project to make child rehabilitation less demanding, we didn’t have to think twice to jump on board.
Would a 4K Resolution Oculus Rift be Possible?
Would a 4K Resolution Oculus Rift be Possible?
Oculus Rift has a lot going for it, but currently screen resolution isn’t one of those things. Incited by the remark of a client, we set out on a mathematical journey to find out whether Oculus theoretically could develop a 4K resolution headset considering present technological boundaries.