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The metaverse is in a bit of a slump right now. Meta announced recently that their flagship metaverse product; Horizon Worlds, is shutting down. This comes after the company invested over $80 Billion in the project alongside the whole brand shift from “Facebook” to “Meta”, signaling their intent in spearheading the future of VR/AR/XR and the metaverse. Unfortunately, things didn’t pan out as well as they wanted to. Firstly, Horizon Worlds only had 10,000 monthly users, which is incredibly low for a concurrent player base that even a basic steam game can achieve. Secondly, their bet on XR being the next big thing in tech hasn’t manifested yet, with most of its current earnings and company focus shifting to the hot new thing; AI.

Immersive virtual reality technologies rely on locomotion and perception. This study explores how rotational distortion and cognitive load influence spatial disorientation.

Psycophysics is a research field that seeks to understand psychological reactions and perceptions to stimuli. As our understanding of psychology and the human brain further developed, we came to the realisation that our psychological reactions and perceptions from our senses can be influenced by many different factors.

User interfaces have become crucial in the use of computers. They are the primary medium in which we interact with computational devices, yet we spend very little time thinking of about them. This is of course, by design.

Combining HoloLens 2 with ROS2 to create a unified, modular system for human-robot interaction using holographic buttons, voice commands, hand gestures, and a hand-based directional joystick.