{"id":8718,"date":"2018-08-24T07:08:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-24T07:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/cel\/?p=8718"},"modified":"2018-08-23T07:10:07","modified_gmt":"2018-08-23T07:10:07","slug":"blurring-the-lines-between-virtual-and-reality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/flie\/2018\/08\/24\/blurring-the-lines-between-virtual-and-reality\/","title":{"rendered":"Blurring the lines between virtual and reality"},"content":{"rendered":"<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-8719\" src=\"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/flie\/files\/2018\/08\/video-game-696x294-300x127.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"307\" height=\"127\" \/>\n<p>An\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.techexplorist.com\/tag\/epfl\/\">EPFL<\/a>\u00a0student\u00a0Hugo Hueber from\u00a0computer science faculty has developed\u00a0a virtual reality game that can be used in any environment, allowing for the same level of interaction with virtual 3D objects as with a real table.<\/p>\n<p>While playing this\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.techexplorist.com\/tag\/video-game\/\">game<\/a>,\u00a0you will be able to manipulate objects that you see in the headset \u2013 objects that don\u2019t exist, of course, but also objects that do, like a table or chair. You\u2019ll be able to touch and move real-world objects just like their virtual counterparts. And if you look down, you\u2019ll see your fingers; your virtual hands will reproduce even the slightest movement. This kind of unparalleled immersive experience is exactly what Hugo Hueber.<\/p>\n<p>Hueber said, \u201cMy goal was to develop a video game that combines the latest technology with the 3D interactive research we\u2019re carrying out at the lab. That will let video gamers interact physically with a virtual environment that can be transferred to any location \u2013 a living room, office or even classroom \u2013 instantly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techexplorist.com\/blurring-lines-between-virtual-and-reality\/16417\/\">Read more here &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An\u00a0EPFL\u00a0student\u00a0Hugo Hueber from\u00a0computer science faculty has developed\u00a0a virtual reality game that can be used in any environment, allowing for the same level of interaction with virtual 3D objects as with a real table. While playing this\u00a0game,\u00a0you will be able to manipulate objects that you see in the headset \u2013 objects that don\u2019t exist, of course,&#8230;  <a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/flie\/2018\/08\/24\/blurring-the-lines-between-virtual-and-reality\/\">Read more &raquo;<span class=\"sr-only\"> about Blurring the lines between virtual and reality<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":525,"featured_media":8719,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[688],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-virtual-reality"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/flie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/flie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/flie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/flie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/525"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/flie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8718"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/flie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8718\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8720,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/flie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8718\/revisions\/8720"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/flie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/flie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/flie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/flie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}