Virtual Reality – Library Emerging & Integrated Technologies – U of I Library

In a completely totally different vein, IKEA just lately released an interactive VR experience called IKEA Place that allows clients to virtually remodel and redecorate their kitchens or dwelling rooms with more than 2,000 furniture objects. The company’s Leader of Digital Transformation, Michael Valdsgaard, explains, “You see the scene as if these objects had been real and you’ll walk around them and work together with them, even depart the room and come back. It’s actually magic to experience.” Users can interact with various configurations of furnishings and different objects as in the event that they had been really standing within the rooms.

It’s true that VR has traditionally been dedicated to gaming, however things are altering. According to a recent survey conducted by Greenlight VR, need for schooling outweighs need for gaming content — 63.9 percent vs. sixty one p.c. Visceral reactions to what we are experiencing are elementary to …

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