Varo Lab’s XR-3 mixed reality headset is getting new software that will allow users to trace shapes.
The shapes can then be used as windows into reality for users wearing virtual reality (VR) headsets.
Apple isreportedly planningto release a mixed reality headset next year.
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The headset offers a way to see into the real world using color cameras.
But Varjo’s new software is designed to bring real things into the virtual world.
The software is part of a new platform Varjo calls Reality Cloud for virtual teleportation.
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For users, mixed reality could offer increased safety when wearing VR goggles.
Users will soon have a lot of choices to experiment with in mixed reality.
Nreal recently announced that its $599 augmented reality glasses would beavailable next month through Verizon.
Bloombergreports thatApple’s mixed-reality devicecould launch as early as next year.
This is not the first time Gurman has reported on this mixed reality rig.
The report says that it will have advanced chips, displays, sensors, and avatar-based features.
Theaviation and defense industriesare using mixed reality headsets to keep costs down.
One potential user for mixed reality is in medicine.
For example, inGigXR’s HoloPatienta hologram patientis superimposed onto the actual physical surroundings of the user.
Education is another area where mixed reality could beat the real world.
NASA astronauts arealso using mixed realityin orbit.
The agency recently tested a Microsoft HoloLens mixed reality headset to monitor experiments onboard the space station.
