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Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR)

• by Refresh Science
• November 6, 2021 January 6, 2022

The rapid development in technology in recent years has brought people closer to what digital devices can offer in our imagination: turning everything into digital their digital versions, including reality. Thanks to that, now there are two technological inventions that can make that happens. Those inventions are called Virtual Reality, which is often abbreviated as VR, and Augmented Reality, which is often abbreviated as AR.

What is virtual and augmented reality?

Since ancient times, people usually give name to their inventions based on what those inventions do or represent. It is the same with virtual reality and augmented reality. As their names suggest, they both have something to do with creating a new reality. However, the differences in their names, which are the noun adjectives in their names that both explain the same noun: reality, indicate that although both inventions have something to do with creating a new reality, they surely have different methods in the processes.

To put it simple, virtual reality is a technology where a VR device creates a new reality from scratch and brings the device user to the reality while almost cutting him/her from the real world. On the other hand, augmented reality is a technology where an AR device, which can be in the form of our regular smartphones, creates a new reality from materials taken from the real world, which are usually taken using a phone camera.

However, AR is not like VR, which almost cuts the user from the real world due to the use of a pair of headsets and the VR device itself that completely blocks the user’s vision, because AR does not require the user to put a pair of headsets and the device, which is usually a smartphone or tablet, does not completely blocks the user’s vision at all.

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Why vr is better than ar.

Based on the explanation above, it can be said that virtual reality creates a completely different reality for the user while augmented reality only does half of the job or even less. So, it is safe to assume that VR is much better than AR in terms of creating a new reality and bringing the user to it.

However, if the user does not want to really separate him/herself from the real world due to certain reasons, then AR is the more suitable option for him/her. So, the decision to use VR or AR depends on the interests and needs of the user, but still, in terms of technology, VR is absolutely better than AR.

What is the future of AR and VR?

If we talk about the potentials of augmented reality and virtual reality in the future, it can be said that both technologies have promising futures. Slowly but surely, both technologies have become more and more common in our daily life, especially AR because AR uses devices like our regular smartphones. It is just like how smartphones were first introduced to the public.

Smartphones were quite expensive, sophisticated, and considered to be far superior compared to feature phones back then. However, now smartphones have become quite common in our society and can be bought starting from a very affordable price.

What are some applications of AR and VR?

Every time a new technology appears, it has to have its application in real life. In fact, most of new technologies appear due to problems that demand solutions from the new technologies. Both augmented reality and virtual reality appear due to the demands of making a digital reality for many purposes. So, it should not be too hard to find the applications of AR and VR in real life.

Even, many people may not notice that the features in their smartphones that they use every day are categorized as AR. One of the applications of AR that we can find in our daily life is photo or video filter. By using photo or video filters, we have altered or augmented the reality that has been take by our smartphone camera, so that the result of the filtered photo or video deserves to be called an AR. Such filters are now quite common in our society because anyone who accesses social media can use the filters.

Of course, that is not the only application of AR and VR. There are many other significant applications of AR and VR besides photo or video filters. Those applications include the applications in video games, medical exams, engineering, such as simulation of a building construction, project explanation, and so on.

Virtual reality and augmented reality in education

Many people may still think that both augmented reality and virtual reality are only for gaming needs due to the many uses of the technologies in that field. However, in fact, AR and VR have been widely used in education. There are several examples of the uses of the technologies in education, such as the use of AR technology in a microbiology class to see and explain the physical forms of cells and other parts of organisms.

This is quite helpful because if we just use a microscope to observe cells, then we can only see the cells that are being observed and we have to go through the trouble of taking the cells and setting the microscope every time we want to observe them.

Meanwhile, if we use AR technology in the microbiology class, we can see the cells that are being explained in more details in 3D. Not only that, we can also see many kinds of cells from various organisms and we do not have to go through the trouble of preparing the cells and microscope for that.

As for virtual reality, it can even give a better vision to students than what augmented reality can give regarding the materials being studied. However, it seems that only high-budget schools or colleges that have applied VR in education due to the relatively expensive price of a VR device.

That is only one example of VR and AR in education, so that there are many other examples out there, such as the use in explaining our solar system in an astronomy class, the use in explaining atoms in chemistry class, and so on.

What is Google’s AR and VR?

As one of the leading companies in technology, Google has launched its new product called Google’s AR and VR. As explained above, augmented reality and virtual reality create new reality to help and ease our life with their implementation. So, Google uses the new technologies to help bridge digital world and physical world.

Google AR and VR utilizes the camera of the user’s smartphone and provide the user with information he/she needs, such as the name of the street, navigation, simulation, and so on. So, by using Google’s AR and VR, its user will be able to obtain information that can be very helpful for him/her.

How to Use VR to Improve Your Company Presentations

How to Use VR for a Company Presentation

This past week, the UK Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport released their long-awaited “ Culture is Digital ” report. They did something unique to promote their findings — they created a 360 WebVR presentation using InstaVR.

Check out that 360 VR Presentation here .

This innovative use of InstaVR and the VR medium reminded us how the technology can be used to add visual and auditory flair to what used to be fairly standard presentations.

Let’s be honest: PowerPoint is starting to get a little boring. So we’re seeing more and more companies turning to VR. It helps presentations come alive, incorporating video and CGI, and makes for a unique and memorable viewer experience.

So this week we’re doing a deep dive on how to incorporate InstaVR-created apps into your internal and external presentations.

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• Why Use VR for Company Presentations?
• Begin With a Goal in Mind
• How to Distribute Your VR Presentation
• Authoring Your VR Presentation
• Using Hotspots to Augment Your VR Presentation
• Publishing Your VR Presentation

Virtual Reality (VR) has a number of unique advantages over printed or PowerPoint materials:

• It’s exciting , incorporating  the visual (images & videos) and auditory senses. A picture is worth 1,000 words. But a 360 image or video — particularly a stereoscopic one — is worth way more than 1,000 words.
• It’s immersive , capturing the full attention of the user if they’re in a VR headset. This leads to greater recall and a stronger impression on the viewer of the experience.
• It’s interactive , if you add Navigation or Hotspot overlays to your presentation. This allows your audience to Navigate to the info or media they want, as well as enabling you to augment it with informative or entertaining image/video-based hotspots.
• It’s easily accessible , both for you in terms of making the experience using InstaVR, but also to your employees, partners, and clients. You can create an iOS/Android app that the user can pull up easily on their phone anytime they want.

VR isn’t just the future of presentations — it’s the present. In fact, a VR company late last year did their entire pitch to Venture Capitalists in virtual reality. And it worked! Don’t underestimate the power of VR to leave a good impression on your audience.

(Image from “ Culture is Digital ” 360 VR Presentation)

The first step in creating a compelling VR presentation is deciding what the goal is. Once you have the goal, it will inform other questions like how to author the application and how to distribute it. It will even help determine which type of 360 media you want to use — images, video or CGI.

Do you want your presentation to educate the user?

This is the main goal of the UK Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. They wanted to take the information found in the “Culture is Digital” report, and have it come alive with an interesting visual presentation. They mainly did this through Hotspots they overlaid in the 360 space, that users could interact with to get more facts.

You can also see this done excellently in client Mimacom’s VR application . Their office tour is augmented throughout with informational Hotspots informing you about facts concerning the company. So in the presentation, you not only get to see the office and the workers, you get to learn something.

Do you want your presentation to transport the user?

One of the huge benefits of VR is the ability to transport users immersively to a new location. So when we spoke with Charles Jordan of Nestle , it wasn’t surprising to hear they’re planning to use VR to get employees excited for a move to a new office in St. Louis. A company can use 360 videos to transport users immersively across the country, or across the world.

Do you want your presentation to energize the user?

VR is a great way to energize others — be it clients, partners, or employees. For instance, for their annual sales meeting, our client Premise LED put together a compelling before & after VR experience to showcase how their lighting has improved car dealerships. This type of application will later be used by the sales associates themselves. But the introduction of the new technology as part of their presentation at the sales event was a nice departure from the typical PowerPoint that you might see at these types of meetings.

Once you’ve determined what your goal is, you can start creating the media to author in the InstaVR platform. If you’re trying to educate, you may have to spend a bit more time in Photoshop creating innovate Hotspots. If you want to transport users, you may have to fly to a different location to take 360 video (or you can do like TUI Group, and mail Nikon KeyMissions to your other offices ). But the first step is always determining what you want your users to feel once they take off their VR headset.

(Image courtesy of Premise LED )

3. How to Distribute Your VR Presentation

It may seem odd to start with distribution… this is usually the last step in your VR creation process. But which headset — or mobile device, tablet, or web screen — your audieence plans on using to access your VR presentation will affect your approach to creating it. So it’s best to go in knowing exactly how you plan to distribute. We’ll discuss the Pro/Cons of each of the major platforms for Presentation distribution.

WebVR — Either on Mobile Phone or Laptop

Pros — Widest distribution possible. All you have to do is either link to your VR hosted on our InstaVR CDN or embed your experience into your web page. Thus, you could theoretically easily send to all your employees through email, Slack, Intranet, etc. Also, you can utilize our Call-to-Action functionality to allow users to click through to relevant non-VR web pages.

Cons — Not as immersive. Also, WebVR is not as good for 360 video, something we’ve discussed more in depth here . But if you’re just going to be doing an image-based VR experience, and are not as concerned about the user experience, the positives of easy distribution (like with the “Culture is Digital” project ) is important.

Low-Cost Mobile VR Headset — Google Cardboard or a Generic Plastic iOS or Android Headset

Pros — Low cost, so you can purchase many of them if you need it for a company event. You can also brand Google Cardboards, making the VR presentation even more memorable. User will have your app on their phone until they delete it.

Cons — Not nearly as immersive as the other headsets. So if your presentation is for say an important client, it’s probably best to invest in a more heavy-duty, larger Field of View VR headset such as Gear VR or Google Daydream.

Higher-End Mobile VR Headset — Samsung Gear VR, Google Daydream, or (soon) Oculus Go

Pros — Easy to carry or ship for presentations at other offices, including clients and partners. Nicely immersive and can also be enabled for long-form VR, if necessary.

Cons — Can be fairly expensive (each phone + Gear VR will cost you about $800 USD) or lack phone compatibility (Daydream still limited to only a handful of phones).

Higher-End Tethered VR Headset — HTC Vive or Oculus Rift

Pros — Can do very detailed, high-resolution, long-form VR. No chance of overheating (as sometimes happens with Gear VR, if used for too long).

Cons — Can be expensive, as you need a higher-end computer and graphics cards to run these. Because most companies will purchase only one or two of these, only 1-2 people can experience your VR presentation at a time.

Picking the right distribution model is important. It also informs what kind of VR you create — image vs. video, short-form vs. long-form, passive vs. interactive. Definitely consider distribution model on your VR presentation before you actually even start the 360 filming or CGI creation process. 

We already have a couple of tools for helping you to author your VR application, including:

• Our “ Comprehensive Guide on How to Author a VR App Using InstaVR “
• The Interactive Tutorial, which you can access directly in your Console (or watch on video)
• Live training every Thursday at 10am EDT at https://join.me/instavrandrew

So we’ll use this section to discuss some of the questions you’ll have to answer while Authoring your VR presentation.

How long should I make the VR experience?

Those new to VR might be tempted to make a fairly long VR presentation. When using standard video, it’s not uncommon to have 4, 5 or more minutes of video. But VR is a little different. Being immersed in a VR headset is pretty intense, and for some headsets (ie HTC Vive), can get uncomfortable if worn for too long.

There’s no perfect length for a VR presentation. But you can make a strong impact, with lasting memories, with 2 minutes or less of 360 video. If you overshoot and overproduce, you get diminishing returns.

Should I Make the VR Passive or Interactive?

Passive VR is when a user can sit back and just watch a 360 video. Interactive VR is when the user can engage with the material they’re watching — either by choosing the next scene, engaging with Hotspots, opening web pages from the VR, etc.

Generally, if you’re presenting to a large group or those completely new to 360 media, passive VR might be easier. It requires less activity by the watcher. Whereas in a smaller group — like if you’re doing a sales presentation or showing your VR on a Vive or Rift — making it interactive makes more sense. Interactive VR is by nature more memorable, as the user’s brain has to be engaged, so it’s definitely advantageous if used with the proper audience.

Should I Use 360 Images or Videos (or CGI)?

The CGI question is easy if that is your primary use case for VR, as is often the case for companies in the architecture or engineering space. But even if you’re planning to use a 360 camera, you can augment your application with “computer enhanced” imagery using a program like Photoshop or Adobe Premiere Pro . The UK Government Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport clearly spent some time and effort to make their 360 experience pop , using exclusively CGI graphics.

The question of 360 images or video really depends on the use case. Images are static and not as engaging, but you can enhance the overall experience using InstaVR by adding mp3 voiceover or music. Videos have a greater recall, but will take you longer to film and are best experienced in a VR headset. If you’re presenting information, 360 images might be better. If you’re trying to evoke a feeling through your presentation, you may be better off using video.

Authoring a VR experience is relatively simple with InstaVR’s drag-and-drop interface. If you haven’t read it already, our intro guide on app authoring can help you get started. You’ll have to answer some important questions though before starting — such as length of VR experience, passive or interactive, and image or video.

5. Using Hotspots to Augment Your VR Presentation

We’ll talk a little more in-depth about one particular part of using InstaVR to make your experience interactive: Hotspots . These are 2D images (png/jpg) or videos (mp4) that can overlaid directly on top of the 360 media. For non-WebVR apps, we also enable clients to customize the Hotspot appearance, via time-based Hotspots and auto-playing Hotspots. (Without utilizing those advanced features, the Hotspots can be triggered by users while immersed in a scene by gazing/clicking/using a hand controller).

For presentations, Hotspots can be used for:

Giving A Close-Up View or Video of an Object in the Scene

For presentations, you’re often virtually transporting a user to a new location. Within the scene, a user may have an interest in learning more about a particular object within the 360 scene. That’s where a Hotspot can be particularly valuable — a user can initiate a Hotspot and get a more close-up view or video of the particular item.

Providing Additional Information

Though Hotspot images have to be .jpg or .png, it doesn’t mean they have to be traditional camera images. Using a program like Photoshop, you can use Hotspots as an information delivery method to your users. For instance, if I’m looking at a presentation of a proposed building from a construction firm, the Hotspot could convey information on building materials, expected completion date, square feet, etc.

Entertaining

Not all presentations are meant exclusively for conveying information. In some presentations, you’re just looking to entertain or energize the viewer. If you’re showcasing your company in VR for a recruiting presentation, you can add Hotspots to showcase employees having fun outside of the office, for instance.

Hotspots in InstaVR allow you to augment your VR presentation. If you’ve decided to go the interactive route with your VR app, there’s no reason to not utilize Hotspots. Use them for practical purposes (close-ups), informational purposes (adding text information), or entertainment purposes (to add additional 2D video to your scene)

6. Publishing Your VR Presentation

We discussed a bit earlier in this post the potential VR outputs. Hopefully after reading that, you’ve selected your distribution method for your presentation. Below, we’ll get into the specific mechanics of distribution.

iOS/Android/Google Cardboard

InstaVR Pro offers the ability to publish to iTunes or Google Play. But since most presentations are for in-house or client/partner purposes, we’ll focus exclusively on in-house here.

Android is a very open platform, with Google allowing you to freely distribute the white-labelled InstaVR-generated .apk file. That means you could host the .apk on your company website, in a file sharing program like Google Drive or Dropbox, accessible via download through the InstaVR website, or through an InstaVR-created QR code. It’s simple!

Apple wants a little more control over in-house app distribution. So the main way to currently download this type of file, outside of the iTunes Store, is by sending an email invite for your users to download the application. That being said, you can create a generic username and password on InstaVR for the invite, and distribute that along with the link. So it’s not quite as easy as Android, but not too difficult either.

Samsung Gear VR / Google Daydream

Samsung Gear VR is a very popular headset for presentations, as it’s mobile and immersive. We cover the distribution methods towards the bottom of this article on publishing Gear VR apps . Using the InstaVR DeviceID app , you can easily collect phone IDs, create Oculus Signature Files, and publish a single app that will run on all the intended Samsung phones.

Google Daydream publishing is actually even a little simpler than Gear VR, as the DeviceIDs are not needed. Like with Android, you simply create an .apk file specific to Daydream-compatible phones, and sideload them to run in conjunction with the headset.

HTC Vive / Oculus Rift

The output file here is a .exe. So you just need to get that .exe loaded on the computer that is tethered to the Vive or Rift headset. Super easy!

You have two options with WebVR: utilize our CDN or embed on your web site using the InstaVR files. With the UK Government Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, they use our CDN. They simply link to the presentation on their public web site and in press releases touting the presentation. Other companies would rather host it on internal-only sites, in which case the Zip File (self-host) approach makes sense. Self-hosting also allows you to provide additional context to the WebVR, meaning your VR could be incorporated as part of a larger presentation page.

Distributing your VR is made simple using InstaVR. Obviously publishing to the right VR headset, tablet or web is important. But distributing the VR is also important, to make sure your intended audience sees the VR presentation you spent time making.

6. Conclusion

Presentations are no longer boring. PowerPoint and paper handouts are a thing of the past. With 360/VR technology available to everyone, companies have to up their presentation game if they want to stand out.

Creating immersive, interactive, memorable VR is as simple as buying a 360 camera, a VR headset, and InstaVR Pro.

There are many things to consider when crafting a VR presentation. We’ve covered much of that above. But we look forward to helping you as you author your VR application. Don’t hesitate to reach out to us via email, Live Chat (business hours GMT on weekdays), or attend our live weekly training at 10am EDT on Thursdays.

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Practice is essential for a successful presentation. Dr. Jill Bolte-Taylor, the speaker whose  TED Talk  has been viewed over 20 million times, rehearsed  200 times  before she delivered it in front of the TED audience.

Steve Jobs would rehearse on stage for many hours, over many weeks, prior to the launch presentation of a major product. Many of us assume well-known speakers are naturally gifted and don’t need much practice, however they still spend hours preparing.

When giving a presentation, it can be beneficial to practice with your own slides. In this article, we discuss using the VirtualSpeech  virtual reality (VR) app  to do just this – you can  load your presentation slides  and practice with them in the same virtual room as you.

This allows you to work on getting the correct slide change timings, pace of delivery and to remind you of the key message of that section.

Demo video of a user changing presentation slides in different virtual rooms within the VirtualSpeech app.

Why use virtual reality?

Virtual reality  can immerse users in the situations they are preparing for, whether that’s a conference, team meeting, networking event, or sales pitch. Once you put on a VR headset, it looks and feels as if you are actually at the event.

A benefit of VR is that it helps recreate the fear and excitement you might experience when giving a presentation in front of an actual audience.

In addition, with virtual reality, we can simulate mobile phones going off, audience members talking to each other, presenting with your slides, and a range of other scenarios which you wouldn’t get without practicing in VR. You’ll therefore be more prepared when presenting at the real event.

Example VR scenarios with imported slides

Here are some  example environments  from the VirtualSpeech app, where users have loaded in their slides to practice with.

Conference presentation

The immersive conference room setting allows you to simulate the pressure and dynamics of a real business meeting. Upload your slides and practice engaging your audience, addressing their concerns, and effectively conveying the value of your product or service.

Meeting room presentation

Collaboration and effective communication are vital in meetings. VirtualSpeech’s slide upload feature allows you to practice delivering presentations within a virtual meeting room, complete with colleagues or clients present.

Boardroom pitch

Presenting in a boardroom requires a different set of skills, as you may be facing senior executives, stakeholders, or decision-makers. By uploading your boardroom presentation slides to the VR app, you can practice articulating your ideas with confidence and clarity.

Lecture hall

For educators and professionals delivering lectures or educational presentations, the slide upload feature provides an opportunity to practice in a virtual lecture hall. Slides are located below and behind the user.

Interview room

Practice answering interview questions while referring to your slides, ensuring that you can showcase your qualifications confidently and persuasively.

Where would this be useful?

Whenever you are required to give a presentation with slides, you can use the VirtualSpeech app to practice with them in a realistic way. Example situations where this might be useful:

• Presenting at a large conference
• Showing progress on a project to your team
• Selling a new product or service to a business
• Showing a new company vision at a townhall event

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Enhancing college campus safety: A virtual reality approach to understanding student emergency response

by Maximum Academic Press

Amid the rise in emergencies on college campuses, including fires, accidents, psychological issues, and cyber threats, there's an urgent need to enhance students' emergency response abilities. Existing research has explored various facets of students' emergency response, from their knowledge and attitudes to physiological reactions under simulated conditions.

Factors like psychological status, gender, age, and exposure to emergency drills have been highlighted as crucial to students' emergency response effectiveness. However, challenges remain in accurately simulating emergency situations and analyzing data to reflect real-world scenarios.

Emergency Management Science and Technology has published research entitled " Experimental research on college students' emergency ability and its influencing factors in virtual emergency situations ."

This paper proposes the use of virtual reality and physiological metrics to understand further how these factors affect students' physiological responses in emergencies, aiming to refine the assessment of their readiness and improve educational approaches accordingly.

In this study, researchers utilized a virtual reality system and Physiolab multi-guide equipment to simulate fire and earthquake scenarios to assess the emergency response abilities of college students. The study involved 100 re-studying undergraduates and postgraduates, employing both physiological measurements and questionnaires to assess psychological symptoms, emergency knowledge, and skills.

The findings revealed significant physiological changes in response to the virtual emergencies, indicating increased sympathetic nervous system activity, as evidenced by increases in heart rate , skin conductivity, and respiratory rate. Additionally, the study explored various influencing factors on emergency response, such as family background, professional knowledge, participation in emergency drills, and interest in emergency knowledge, and found nuanced effects on physiological responses.

In conclusion, this research underscores the critical role of physiological assessments in understanding students' emergency response capabilities, highlights significant variations related to personal and experiential factors, and provides a multidimensional view of students' readiness and areas for improvement.

This study not only advances academic understanding of emergency response mechanisms but also serves as a practical blueprint for improving safety and resilience among college populations, suggesting a path for future applications in emergency readiness education.

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Virtual reality offers a chilling 3d look inside venezuela's spiraling prison.

A person standing near Times Square in New York City wears a virtual reality headset screening an immersive experience of the conditions at Venezuela's El Helicoide prison, on Sept. 19, 2023. Protesters gathered to demand the release of political prisoners and the closure of the detention center over allegations of torture. Stefan Jeremiah/AP hide caption

A person standing near Times Square in New York City wears a virtual reality headset screening an immersive experience of the conditions at Venezuela's El Helicoide prison, on Sept. 19, 2023. Protesters gathered to demand the release of political prisoners and the closure of the detention center over allegations of torture.

BOGOTÁ, Colombia — After being tortured and brutalized during 129 days at El Helicoide, Venezuela's most notorious jail for dissidents, human rights activist Víctor Navarro was determined to expose its horrors to the world.

He wrote a book, but it didn't capture the true madness of El Helicoide — which is Spanish for helicoid, named for its helix design.

But then Navarro took a virtual reality tour of the house of Holocaust victim Anne Frank. Although viewing it in Argentina, it made him feel like he was right in the secret annex in Amsterdam where Frank hid from the Nazis for 25 months before she was captured and sent to a concentration camp, where she died of typhus.

Víctor Navarro, a Venezuelan former political prisoner and developer of the "Helicoide Reality" project, shows the virtual reality tour simulating the conditions in which the prisoners live in the prison, during an interview with AFP in Buenos Aires on July 27, 2023. Luis Robayo/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

Víctor Navarro, a Venezuelan former political prisoner and developer of the "Helicoide Reality" project, shows the virtual reality tour simulating the conditions in which the prisoners live in the prison, during an interview with AFP in Buenos Aires on July 27, 2023.

"It was really moving," Navarro tells NPR. "So, I decided: This is what I'm going to do."

After working with 3D graphic designers and interviewing 30 former Venezuelan political prisoners, Navarro put together a virtual reality tour of El Helicoide. Then, he hit the road, VR headsets in hand, to educate audiences in the U.S, Europe and Latin America about the growing repression of Venezuela's authoritarian regime.

Navarro, 28, lives in Argentina where he has refugee status. Ex-inmates that he interviewed for the project were mostly inside Venezuela.

It's an intense experience. With Navarro narrating (in Spanish, with an English version also available), viewers are led into Helicoide's dark, cramped, underground cells that are fouled by human feces. Flies buzz, water drips, cockroaches scurry away.

Víctor Navarro shows on his laptop part of the virtual reality tour of Venezuela's El Helicoide prison. Luis Robayo/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

Víctor Navarro shows on his laptop part of the virtual reality tour of Venezuela's El Helicoide prison.

Then comes the accounts of former inmates. One tells of being handcuffed and shoved inside a tiny, isolation cell where he could barely move. Another describes almost suffocating when a guard pulled a plastic bag over his head.

A screen grab from the virtual reality experience created by Venezuelan former political prisoner Víctor Navarro. Víctor Navarro/Screenshot by NPR hide caption

A screen grab from the virtual reality experience created by Venezuelan former political prisoner Víctor Navarro.

"That's when the real torture began," the former inmate says. "I don't know how many times I fainted."

There's even sound, which Navarro says was secretly recorded by another prisoner on his cellphone, of a detainee screaming as guards shock him with electricity.

"The idea of doing something through virtual reality was spectacular," says Antony Vegas, an opposition activist who was detained at the Helicoide for five years and worked on the project with Navarro after he was released. "It's a way to teach what torture at El Helicoide is really like."

One fan is Javier Corrales, a Venezuela expert at Amherst College in Massachusetts who, along with his students, took the VR tour of the Helicoide during Navarro's recent visit to the campus.

"There are plenty of talks and exhibits about human rights violations, political prisoners and torture, but nothing like this," Corrales says. "And there is nothing as portable and as vivid as this technology can produce."

One of Corrales' students, Giulia Miotto, said the experience left her shaking and sweating. In a class paper she wrote: "I truly hope that this virtual reality experience of El Helicoide is able to help drive its closure. In the meantime, it is devastating that these atrocities are ongoing."

The Venezuelan government did not respond to NPR's requests for comment. But in 2022 it "categorically rejected" a U.N. report that described the widespread torture of political prisoners in the country's jails.

Ironically, the Helicoide was once a symbol of Venezuela's progress amid an oil boom.

A view of Venezuela's intelligence police headquarters, known as el Helicoide, in Caracas, Venezuela, 2018. It was the same year that Navarro was brought there. Fernando Llano/AP hide caption

A view of Venezuela's intelligence police headquarters, known as el Helicoide, in Caracas, Venezuela, 2018. It was the same year that Navarro was brought there.

Construction began in the 1950s under dictator Marcos Pérez Jiménez. It was designed to be a luxury shopping mall and convention center. Its spiral design suggests a spaceship and drew praise from artist Salvador Dalí and poet Pablo Neruda.

However, Jiménez was forced out in 1958, and successive governments lost interest in the complex, which remained unfinished. At one point in the 1970s, the building filled up with squatters. Eventually, parts of El Helicoide were occupied by the state intelligence service, which added prison cells in the bottom floors.

Navarro arrived there in 2018 when he was arrested for taking part in massive protests against President Nicolás Maduro, who during 11 years in power has led Venezuela into its worst economic crisis in history. Police officers burst into Navarro's home, put a shotgun to his head, and led him off to El Helicoide.

"That's when the hell began," he says in his NPR interview.

Navarro was slapped, kicked, thrown to the floor. He recalls a guard putting three bullets into his pistol then placing it in Navarro's mouth, though he didn't pull the trigger. But he says it was even worse hearing the screams of fellow prisoners who were being tortured in nearby cells. He had been falsely accused of conspiring against the Maduro regime but after four months behind bars was suddenly released.

He is one of nearly 16,000 dissidents who have been imprisoned in Venezuela since 2014, which may be the highest number of political prisoners in Latin America, says Alfredo Romero, who heads the Caracas human rights group Foro Penal (Spanish for Criminal Forum). Although most have been released, many remain traumatized.

Andreina Baduel (second from right) joins others to protest against the taking of what they call political prisoners outside the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service building known as El Helicoide, in Caracas, Venezuela, Nov 3, 2021. Baduel is the daughter of former Defense Minister Raúl Isaías Baduel, who died in prison in 2021. Ariana Cubillos/AP hide caption

Andreina Baduel (second from right) joins others to protest against the taking of what they call political prisoners outside the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service building known as El Helicoide, in Caracas, Venezuela, Nov 3, 2021. Baduel is the daughter of former Defense Minister Raúl Isaías Baduel, who died in prison in 2021.

"When you get out, you are not the same person," Navarro says.

Behind bars he lost 40 pounds and, once at home in Caracas, had recurring nightmares, couldn't remember people's names, and sensed that he was always being followed. Eventually, he fled Venezuela, put together the VR tour, and hit the road, visiting about 20 countries.

Meanwhile, Vegas, the former detainee who worked with Navarro on the VR tour, is discreetly presenting it to small audiences in Caracas and hoping that he won't be rearrested for doing so. Indeed, as Maduro maneuvers for another six-year term in July's presidential election, his antidemocratic crackdown continues. Romero, of Foro Penal, puts the current number of political prisoners at 264, including 67 in El Helicoide.

That's why Navarro continues to spread the word — through virtual reality.

"We are exposing what the Venezuelan government doesn't want people to see," he says. "It shows the scale of the crimes they are committing."

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The best virtual reality headsets in 2024 are here to blow your mind

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Updated on: March 25, 2024 / 2:07 PM EDT / Essentials

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Ready to escape real life for some virtual reality playtime? The innovative  tech  is more affordable than ever. You can get lost in your favorite TV shows, practically bathe in a terrific game , and even get some work done in the virtual world. 

Maybe you've had your eye on a new game console and want to immerse yourself even further. Or maybe you've heard of the AR that the  Apple Vision Pro  delivers, but want something friendlier toward Steam games. No matter your reason for jumping into virtual reality, there are a variety of headsets, from great wireless options suitable for a general consumer base, like the affordable  Meta Quest 2 to the only console-based virtual reality headset on the market, the PlayStation VR 2 . 

Which one should you buy? We've got a can't-miss list of the best virtual reality headsets of 2024 across different categories and budgets. Read on to see our picks for the best VR headsets of 2024. 

Best VR headsets of 2024

• Best VR headset: Meta Quest 3
• Best VR headset for beginners: Meta Quest 2
• Best VR headset for console gamers: PlayStation VR 2
• Best VR headset for PC gamers: Valve Index
• Best premium VR headset: HTC Vive Pro 2

Best VR headset: Meta Quest 3: $480

Take your VR adventures to new heights with the powerhouse Meta Quest 3. As the mightiest Quest to date, it delivers stunning graphics via double the processing power and crisper resolution over its predecessor. 

Ultra-realistic 3D audio and improved Touch Plus controllers help take your gaming experience to the next level with better gesture recognition and navigation. Fully wireless and controller-free, you can move around the room without being tethered to wires -- something so many prior VR headsets did not allow for. 

This bundle sweetens the deal with an exclusive edition of the epic "Asgard's Wrath 2." A $60 value all its own, it's like getting that game for free with your purchase, so even though this new headset is a bit pricey, you do get a game to start you off on the right foot. 

Best VR headset for beginners: Meta Quest 2: $199 (20% off)

The reasonably-priced Meta Quest 2 is the best VR headset for most consumers, and it's also the most versatile.

It's not only cordless, but also compatible with a vast library of games and apps that you can jump into without the need of a powerful PC. It features a resolution of 1832 x 1920 per eye, with a 90Hz refresh rate. 

It's also quite comfortable, with a lengthy battery life and fantastic motion controllers to help you immerse yourself in your favorite games.

If you're curious or only want to spend a few hundred to try out VR, this is your best bet. It's been discounted once more to just $199, making it cheaper than buying a current-gen console like the Xbox Series X or PlayStation 5, so if VR is in your future, this headset is going to be the best entry point that you'll find right now. 

Best VR headset for console gamers: PlayStation VR 2: $550

The PlayStation VR 2 is the only virtual reality headset for consoles right now, but it's so great there doesn't really need to be another. 

This is the newly-refined version of Sony's original PlayStation VR, and it's an improvement in just about every way. It has two impressive 2K OLED HDR screens with 4K resolution, headset haptics, and eye tracking -- goodies that not every headset has.

Granted, you will need a PlayStation 5 to use the headset. And the PlayStation VR 2 is more expensive than the actual console. But barring the standalone experience that the Meta Quest 2 offers, it's the simplest way for PlayStation fans to experience VR. 

It's also the home of familiar PlayStation brands like "Gran Turismo 7," which offer VR content you won't find elsewhere. If you want to enjoy new games and spin-offs from popular PlayStation titles, you'll want to get a PlayStation VR. 

Best VR headset for PC gamers: Valve Index: $999

The Valve Index is anything but affordable, but it's a high-end VR option for PC gamers looking for the utmost quality, especially in terms of controllers. 

It doesn't excel when it comes to resolution, hovering at 1440 x 1600 pixels, but it has a ridiculous refresh rate of 144Hz and a 130-degree field of view, which put it leagues beyond other headsets on the market. Of course, you'll pay for the luxury, as the Index is quite pricey.

It also requires the installation of two sensors ahead of use, and it must remain connected to your PC, which means you should already have a PC that can handle the latest and greatest games if you want to use the Index. 

Still, that's not a bad tradeoff for controllers with excellent finger tracking and a super high refresh rate that can turn your favorite games into seriously amazing immersive sessions.

Best premium VR headset: HTC Vive Pro 2: $1,200 

If price isn't an object and you're mostly concerned with performance and quality, the HTC Vive Pro 2 is your best bet. It's the most premium VR experience you'll get right now, but you need a computer that's up to snuff to power it. 

It boasts a 5K screen with an eye-popping 120Hz refresh rate. But you will be paying for the boost in graphical prowess. Just about everything in this package feels premium, from the comfortable headset itself to the controllers, which are comparable in size and function to the  Meta Quest 2 . This is the best-looking VR headset you'll see on the market right now, and that's no exaggeration.

The complete Vive Pro 2 kit comes with a headset, two SteamVR sensors and controllers. You can buy the headset separately for a hefty discount, but it's still a hefty price here at the time of writing. 

Also, keep in mind that if you want to go wireless, you'll have to buy the separate  Vive wireless adapter .

Brittany Vincent has been covering gaming, tech, and all things entertainment for 16 years for a variety of online and print publications. She's been covering the commerce space for nearly a decade. Follow her on Twitter at @MolotovCupcake.

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) invites the public to register for the virtual public meeting titled “Data and Technology in the New Era of Smarter Food Safety.” The purpose of the public meeting is for FDA and stakeholders to share information and thinking on ways we can leverage data and technology to exponentially advance food safety under the New Era of Smarter Food Safety. 

The New Era of Smarter Food Safety initiative was launched in 2019 to signal a new approach to food safety, leveraging technology and other tools and approaches to create a safer and more digital, traceable food system.  

FDA’s New Era of Smarter Food Safety Blueprint , published in 2020, has been the guiding outline for all work that has been accomplished to date. In the Blueprint we acknowledge that our activities to advance the New Era of Smarter Food Safety will evolve as technologies and the food system evolve. Under the leadership of the Deputy Commissioner for Human Foods, we are looking to focus on those activities that can best leverage data and technology to exponentially advance food safety and achieve better public health outcomes. 

Preliminary Agenda and Format

The morning session of the public meeting will consist of presentations from FDA to explain our current thinking on the potential for new, innovative or different data and technology activities to be leveraged by both government and industry to create a safer food system. The afternoon session will be reserved for public comments to provide an opportunity for stakeholders to share feedback on how and where advances in data and technology can be leveraged to significantly accelerate FDA’s ability to improve public health outcomes.  

Topics for Consideration

We welcome feedback on which activities FDA should focus efforts under the New Era of Smarter Food Safety to leverage data and technology to exponentially advance food safety. Examples of activities we are considering as part of the continuing New Era work and would like to hear feedback on from stakeholders include:

• Tech-enabled traceability
• Predictive analytics 
• Data sharing
• Whole genome sequencing (i.e., GenomeTrakr)  
• Ways to use technology to monitor and gather data 
• Technological innovation in equipment design, digital tools, and training methods

We also welcome feedback on new and emerging areas of innovation (e.g., use of virtual reality in food safety training) that may not have been addressed in the Blueprint but would fit under continuing New Era work. 

The feedback we receive from this public meeting, and in comments submitted to the accompanying docket, will help FDA identify activities we should prioritize under the New Era of Smarter Food Safety and shape further stakeholder engagement opportunities.

Registration and Key Deadlines

General registration.

The April 24 public meeting is a virtual event. Registration is free and will be open through the day of the meeting. Persons interested in attending the public meeting and receiving related meeting materials in advance of the meeting must register .

When registering you will have the opportunity to submit questions for consideration during the public meeting. These questions must be submitted by April 8, 2024.   Additionally, upon registering you will receive a confirmation email and approximately 24 to 48 hours before the event, registrants will receive an email with the meeting link and a formal calendar invitation.  

Public Comment Registration

During online registration, you may indicate if you wish to make open oral public comment during the public meeting and which topic(s) you would like to address. All requests to make public comment must be received by April 8, 2024.   

NOTE: We will do our best to accommodate requests to make public comment. We are seeking to have a broad representation of ideas and issues presented at the meeting. FDA will determine the amount of time allotted to each commenter for their oral remarks (typically 3 minutes). Registrants will receive confirmation via email when they have been accepted along with the approximate time they will provide comment. Please see the section below on Comment to the Docket for sharing any written or visual materials with the Agency.  

Comment to the Docket

Beginning on April 24, 2024, a Regulations.gov docket will open for 60 days to collect comments related to the event topic. 

Virtual reality offers a chilling 3D look inside Venezuela’s spiraling prison

A person standing near Times Square in New York City wears a virtual reality headset screening an immersive experience of the conditions at Venezuela's El Helicoide prison, on Sept. 19, 2023. Protesters gathered to demand the release of political prisoners and the closure of the detention center over allegations of torture.

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After being tortured and brutalized during 129 days at El Helicoide, Venezuela’s most notorious jail for dissidents, human rights activist Víctor Navarro was determined to expose its horrors to the world.

He wrote a book, but it didn't capture the true madness of El Helicoide — which is Spanish for helicoid, named for its helix design.

But then Navarro took a virtual reality tour of the house of Holocaust victim Anne Frank. Although viewing it in Argentina, it made him feel like he was right in the secret annex in Amsterdam where Frank hid from the Nazis for 25 months before she was captured and sent to a concentration camp, where she died of typhus.

Víctor Navarro, a Venezuelan former political prisoner and developer of the "Helicoide Reality" project, shows the virtual reality tour simulating the conditions in which the prisoners live in the prison, during an interview with AFP in Buenos Aires on July 27, 2023.

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"It was really moving," Navarro tells NPR. "So, I decided: This is what I'm going to do."

After working with 3D graphic designers and interviewing 30 former Venezuelan political prisoners, Navarro put together a virtual reality tour of El Helicoide. Then, he hit the road, VR headsets in hand, to educate audiences in the U.S, Europe and Latin America about the growing repression of Venezuela's authoritarian regime.

Navarro, 28, lives in Argentina where he has refugee status. Ex-inmates that he interviewed for the project were mostly inside Venezuela.

It's an intense experience. With Navarro narrating (in Spanish, with an English version also available), viewers are led into Helicoide's dark, cramped, underground cells that are fouled by human feces. Flies buzz, water drips, cockroaches scurry away.

Víctor Navarro shows on his laptop part of the virtual reality tour of Venezuela's El Helicoide prison.

Then comes the accounts of former inmates. One tells of being handcuffed and shoved inside a tiny, isolation cell where he could barely move. Another describes almost suffocating when a guard pulled a plastic bag over his head.

A screen grab from the virtual reality experience created by Venezuelan former political prisoner Víctor Navarro.

Víctor Navarro/Screenshot by NPR

"That's when the real torture began," the former inmate says. "I don't know how many times I fainted."

There's even sound, which Navarro says was secretly recorded by another prisoner on his cellphone, of a detainee screaming as guards shock him with electricity.

"The idea of doing something through virtual reality was spectacular," says Antony Vegas, an opposition activist who was detained at the Helicoide for five years and worked on the project with Navarro after he was released. "It's a way to teach what torture at El Helicoide is really like."

One fan is Javier Corrales, a Venezuela expert at Amherst College in Massachusetts who, along with his students, took the VR tour of the Helicoide during Navarro's recent visit to the campus.

"There are plenty of talks and exhibits about human rights violations, political prisoners and torture, but nothing like this," Corrales says. "And there is nothing as portable and as vivid as this technology can produce."

One of Corrales' students, Giulia Miotto, said the experience left her shaking and sweating. In a class paper she wrote: "I truly hope that this virtual reality experience of El Helicoide is able to help drive its closure. In the meantime, it is devastating that these atrocities are ongoing."

The Venezuelan government did not respond to NPR's requests for comment. But in 2022 it "categorically rejected" a U.N. report that described the widespread torture of political prisoners in the country's jails.

Ironically, the Helicoide was once a symbol of Venezuela's progress amid an oil boom.

A view of Venezuela's intelligence police headquarters, known as el Helicoide, in Caracas, Venezuela, 2018. It was the same year that Navarro was brought there.

Fernando Llano / AP

Construction began in the 1950s under dictator Marcos Pérez Jiménez. It was designed to be a luxury shopping mall and convention center. Its spiral design suggests a spaceship and drew praise from artist Salvador Dalí and poet Pablo Neruda.

However, Jiménez was forced out in 1958, and successive governments lost interest in the complex, which remained unfinished. At one point in the 1970s, the building filled up with squatters. Eventually, parts of El Helicoide were occupied by the state intelligence service, which added prison cells in the bottom floors.

Navarro arrived there in 2018 when he was arrested for taking part in massive protests against President Nicolás Maduro, who during 11 years in power has led Venezuela into its worst economic crisis in history. Police officers burst into Navarro's home, put a shotgun to his head, and led him off to El Helicoide.

"That's when the hell began," he says in his NPR interview.

Navarro was slapped, kicked, thrown to the floor. He recalls a guard putting three bullets into his pistol then placing it in Navarro's mouth, though he didn't pull the trigger. But he says it was even worse hearing the screams of fellow prisoners who were being tortured in nearby cells. He had been falsely accused of conspiring against the Maduro regime but after four months behind bars was suddenly released.

He is one of nearly 16,000 dissidents who have been imprisoned in Venezuela since 2014, which may be the highest number of political prisoners in Latin America, says Alfredo Romero, who heads the Caracas human rights group Foro Penal (Spanish for Criminal Forum). Although most have been released, many remain traumatized.

Andreina Baduel (second from right) joins others to protest against the taking of what they call political prisoners outside the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service building known as El Helicoide, in Caracas, Venezuela, Nov 3, 2021. Baduel is the daughter of former Defense Minister Raúl Isaías Baduel, who died in prison in 2021.

Ariana Cubillos / AP

"When you get out, you are not the same person," Navarro says.

Behind bars he lost 40 pounds and, once at home in Caracas, had recurring nightmares, couldn't remember people's names, and sensed that he was always being followed. Eventually, he fled Venezuela, put together the VR tour, and hit the road, visiting about 20 countries.

Meanwhile, Vegas, the former detainee who worked with Navarro on the VR tour, is discreetly presenting it to small audiences in Caracas and hoping that he won't be rearrested for doing so. Indeed, as Maduro maneuvers for another six-year term in July's presidential election, his antidemocratic crackdown continues. Romero, of Foro Penal, puts the current number of political prisoners at 264, including 67 in El Helicoide.

That's why Navarro continues to spread the word — through virtual reality.

"We are exposing what the Venezuelan government doesn't want people to see," he says. "It shows the scale of the crimes they are committing."

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Extended-reality workouts usher in an immersive era of virtual fitness on VR headsets

• Extended reality is bringing immersive, personalized workout experiences to the fitness industry.
• Leaders at four fitness brands told BI their extended-reality services helped them reach new users.
• This article is part of " Build IT ," a series about digital tech and innovation trends that are disrupting industries.

In the summer of 2018, Rachel Z., who goes by the alias OtterWorldly online, started streaming herself playing the mixed-reality fitness game "Beat Saber."

Videos showcase her virtual saber skills as she slices digital blocks to the beat of songs such as Blackpink's "Kill This Love."

The gamified, competitive nature of virtual-reality fitness apps "transformed my workout routine," she told Business Insider. "They provide variety, motivation, and the ability to track progress, which keeps me engaged and consistent."

Extended reality is steadily changing exercise and fitness. It involves virtual reality , which immerses users in a computer-generated environment; augmented reality , which overlays digital visuals onto the real world through the use of devices like phones and AR glasses; and mixed reality, which blends real and virtual worlds.

Business Insider spoke with leaders at the fitness brands Puma, Les Mills, FitXR, and Supernatural about leveraging extended reality to provide tech-driven workouts.

Shifting perceptions of fitness technology

Puma this year partnered with Meta Quest 3 to launch immersive mixed-reality workouts in the metaverse. People with a Meta Quest headset can participate in virtual exercises including boxing and Zumba.

"People can actually try different types of workouts that they might not try in the real world because maybe they don't have access to it where they are," Ivan Dashkov, the head of emerging marketing tech at Puma, told BI. "I've never boxed in my life, but in VR, boxing workouts are my favorite."

Some people with so-called gym anxiety or a fear of being secretly recorded and shamed online have leaned into virtual-reality workouts. "People may not think of technology as something you work out in, but VR can break down those barriers," Dashkov said.

Dashkov acknowledged there's a learning curve. "I think a fun challenge in the space is that the general Puma audience might not necessarily have adopted some of these new technologies yet," he said.

He recalled seeing people's perceptions of VR workouts change at a launch event for Puma and Meta Quest's partnership earlier this year. After putting on a headset and working out for about 15 minutes, attendees had an aha moment, Dashkov said. "They didn't expect to be sweating, because they think it's like a video game," he added.

One deterrent, however, is the look and feel of the Meta Quest headset: Its size can make it cumbersome. But Dashkov told BI he expects the headsets to become less bulky and eventually "be like a pair of glasses you're wearing where things will be projected on top of them."

Adapting to consumer needs

Les Mills is also using extended reality to create peer-reviewed, research-led exercise routines, such as strength training and yoga. In December, Les Mills launched a virtual-reality fitness game designed to bring holographic dance professionals into a Meta Quest user's home.

Lisa Edwards, Les Mills' digital innovation director, said the game's development required the company to adapt to connect "a global community of fitness enthusiasts." Three years ago, when Les Mills met with developers, the technology was more rudimentary; putting time and resources into extended-reality services was a risk.

Edwards said the company read customer reviews and analyzed users' activity dashboards to inform business decisions and keep up with "the changing needs of our users."

"We do keep a really close eye on a lot of the data that we get back from both our own developers and Meta," she added.

Engaging a broader audience

Sam Cole, the cofounder and CEO of FitXR, an extended-reality wellness company, told BI the fitness industry needed to focus on reaching people beyond those who are exceedingly active or don't have restricted mobility.

Cole said his experience of dealing with an injury to his Achilles tendon a year ago showed him that "you get to a certain age, and you start to realize the importance of balance in terms of physical and general health."

Cole said FitXR's workouts focus heavily on balance while "taking the core ingredients that make group fitness great" and merging them with "highly immersive, highly engaging visuals" that encourage participation.

Leanne Pedante, the head of fitness at Supernatural , a virtual-reality fitness service, described a person who she said used immersive workouts for mobility.

The person, Pedante said, struggled with their weight and used a wheelchair to get around. She said that taking exercise classes on Supernatural's platform helped them work toward using a walker. "That's the kind of stuff that's happening in VR," she said.

Cole acknowledged that while some people lack enthusiasm for or don't trust VR because it's still a relatively new technology, he believes that "the perceived limitations are more problematic than the actual limitations" and people will have to try VR for themselves to find out.

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