This VR System Is Designed For The Car, For Some Reason
A new type of VR is coming and it is specifically designed to be used inside a moving vehicle. Thankfully, this is not meant to be worn by the driver. Instead, a VR headset can be worn by passengers to provide an interesting way to pass the time during a drive. Even more useful, when autonomous vehicles become common, a VR system that can be used in the car without creating motion sickness could make long commutes less monotonous.
The concept of virtual reality being used in a vehicle is not new, but augmented reality has made bigger strides into the automotive industry thus far. In the near future, cars with heads-up displays projected on the windshield will provide speedometer readings, turn-by-turn directions, and highlight businesses and points of interest along the route. The company behind this new VR system for the car is called Holoride and with the majority of funding from Audi, Holoride has been working on refining in-car VR since 2019.
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Holoride recently announced that it is partnering with HTC, picking the lightweight Vive Flow headset for its VR system that's optimized for travel. What makes this solution unique is that the movement of the vehicle is represented in games by the headset. By synchronizing the appearance of movement within the virtual environment to the actual speed and direction of the vehicle as it drives along the road, motion sickness can be prevented, a common complaint when playing VR games that involves rapid movement.
HTC's Vive Flow headset is available now at $499. It's a bit different than most VR headsets since it doesn't come with game controllers. Instead, it uses a connected phone as a controller. Demonstrations
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