
Meanwhile, human-computer interaction researcher Pedro Lopes, a doctoral student at the Hasso Plattner Institute, University of Potsdam, is using electrical muscle stimulation to allow VR users to feel solid objects, including the weight and resistance of a virtual object they are holding.įurthermore, BBC News recently suggested that 2017 will be the year of VR movie making, and Rolling Stone featured an article about efforts at the University of Southern California’s Institute for Creative Technologies to use the technology to treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The request for information suggests that the technology could aid strategic, operational and tactical decision making. The friends can view the world through Facebook 360 video, hold virtual objects and display photos in a VR slideshow.Īlso in April, industry faced a deadline for responding to a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency ( DARPA) request for information on VR, gaming, war gaming and modeling and simulation. In April, for example, Facebook unveiled Facebook Spaces, a VR app that allows users to design mini-me avatars and hang out with friends in virtual locations. Greenlight Insights, a VR research firm, projects that the global market will reach $7.2 billion by year’s end and nearly $75 billion by 2021.Īdvances and new commercial or government endeavors in VR routinely make the news. Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Sony PlayStation VR, Google Cardboard, Microsoft HoloLens, One Plus and Jaunt are competing in a rapidly growing field. The virtual reality (VR) marketplace is exploding. Introduction to Global Mobilization Update 1.4As virtual reality technology becomes less expensive and delivers a more realistic, immersive experience, some national security experts warn that it is only a matter of time before terrorists use it for recruiting, training and plotting attacks. SeptemGLOBAL MOBILIZATION DLC UPDATE 1.4 IS NOW LIVEĮxpand your long-range warfare capabilities (and lay bridges over rivers) with the 8 additional vehicles in Global Mobilization’s latest update.ĪugOPREP - GLOBAL MOBILIZATION UPDATE 1.4 SeptemARMA 3 8TH ANNIVERSARY SALE & LIVE STREAMĬelebrate 8 years of Arma 3 with a Steam Weekend Sale and The Splendid™ Squad live stream. Prairie Fire 1.1 UpdateĬreator DLC, Live Ops Status, Update 2.06 Preview Run missions in a new terrain and play as the US Navy SEALs with the free 1.1 Update for the S.O.G.

Game Update 2.06 (Modded Keybindings, Zeus Compositions, Scripting Support)

NovemARMA 3 CREATOR DLC: WESTERN SAHARA IS COMING SOONĪrma 3's next Creator DLC will take you to the desert dunes of Sefrou-Ramal, bring back Arma's "ION Services" PMC faction, and introduce new vehicle variants, weapons, equipment, single and multiplayer scenarios, and more.

Enjoy this new issue of the COMRAD for a recap of some of the best stuff that happened in the Arma 3 community.
