Soon, a completely renewed go-kart track will appear in London, which will be equipped with augmented reality systems. As a result, we get karting familiar to everyone with interactive applications and digital solutions. At the moment when the players will fight for the championship and drive around the track, they will have the opportunity to collect weapons and various buns to win. This type of karting is not dangerous, there are no visible obstacles in it and the participants cannot collide with each other. The cars are designed in such a way as to prevent the collision of two go-karts.
The large corporation Inrobics Social Robotics, S.L.L., supported by UC3M, is actively studying the implementation of robotics in the process of improving the health of the population. Systems are being created that can be used to improve the quality of health in rehabilitation centers and health centers. Also, this technique can be easily used at home. The Inrobics system, which was unveiled by the developers of a research university, will be a breakthrough in the field of health. In total, this technology includes several mini developments.
Hyundai Motor Group introduced a new mobile eccentric droid MobED (Mobile Eccentric Droid), an innovative platform for small mobility tools created using advanced robotic technology. This was reported to RB.RU by the automaker's press service. Robot-assistant MobED is characterized as an advanced layout - a flat rectangular body is placed on four large wheels with independent suspension, providing optimal landing and stability, even on rough roads and surfaces with a slope. This solution allows the platform to move in difficult city conditions due to the possibility of flexible adaptation of wheelbase settings and steering angles.
A Chinese startup has shown a prototype of ultra-thin and lightweight VR glasses that can be worn for a long time. EM3, a startup specializing in virtual reality technology, has demonstrated an ultra-thin and lightweight Ether virtual reality headset prototype. It is only 6.8 mm thick and weighs about 37 g. The device looks more like a pair of glasses than a headset. EM3 noted that due to the weight and size of current VR helmets, users feel physiologically uncomfortable after about 20 minutes after they put them on, which is a severe limit in VR games. Other meta-universe scenarios, such as social media, online education, learning, creativity, conferences, and summits, will require a lighter and smaller solution.
Apple is already developing a second-generation mixed reality headset. At the same time, the company has not presented even the first generation and does not comment on its development. Apple's revenues are already in the billions, and the company's share price regularly breaks all records, but new products and solutions did not come out during the last time. The last completely new product was the Apple Watch, introduced in 2015. But now, the corporation plans to release a wearable device. Experts and the media have simplistically called the novelty VR-helmet, but this device would more correctly be called a mixed reality headset. This device allows a person to interact with virtual and augmented reality simultaneously.
HTC is moving physiotherapy, occupational therapy, and methods of pain management into the metaverse. HTC VIVE is collaborating with XRHealth to take health care into the metaverse in the form of a virtual medical office where clients can undergo physiotherapy, occupational therapy, and pain treatments. These virtual centers will be accessible in VR using the VIVE Focus 3 or VIVE Flow headset, whether a doctor or a patient. Announced at CES, this project further strengthens HTC's position as a VR headset developer and as a company with an advanced metaverse, extending its eco-system outside the businesses, leisure, and the creative industries, including medicine through the XRHealth platform and virtual medical clinics.