Looking Glass Virtual Reality News & Technology
Prisoners are using Virtual Reality to ‘Escape’ Prisons
This month we explore the prison system and how prisoners are using virtual reality to escape by reducing recidivism, education, job training, lower aggression, virtual visitation and more!
Why a VR Headset Storage Cabinet is Important
Looking Glass XR had the opportunity to attend the AWE 2023 in San Jose, California. Since COVID the last few years have been rough and we did not know what to expect. But our fears were put to rest as soon as we walked in the doors. AWE is back! The focus this year was on AR and virtual reality training and simulations.
Looking Glass XR is at AWE 2023
Looking Glass XR had the opportunity to attend the AWE 2023 in San Jose, California. Since COVID the last few years have been rough and we did not know what to expect. But our fears were put to rest as soon as we walked in the doors. AWE is back! The focus this year was on AR and virtual reality training and simulations.
HBCU in North Carolina Launches Virtual Reality for Nursing Students
Winston Salem State University, a historically black college and university, has become the first in the state to offer virtual reality training to nursing students. Teamed up with the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, WSSU is experiencing the shift to...
Partnership with MACE Virtual Labs
Here at Looking Glass XR, we have partnered with MACE Virtual Labs to promote the hygiene and safe-keeping of XR equipment. Most storage solutions for XR have a single purpose: to store the devices. However, the LGXR PowerCart™ is a storage solution that effectively...
Sleep Through Your Next Surgery in Virtual Reality
“Could there be a way to reduce anxiety while also using less sedative? With Virtual Reality, this may be possible!”
Storage for Virtual Reality Headsets
When you deploy VR at scale, there are more factors to consider beyond whatever you want to teach or train. Factors like space, maintenance, and safety all come into play. In this article, we will explore the often neglected details of Virtual Reality and how our PowerCart is an excellent solution as part of your deployment strategy.
Deploying VR at Scale
A Guide On How to Set Up & Manage Enterprise XR Are you curious about, or struggling to, deploy virtual reality (VR) in your business or classroom? To understand why this deployment process is so important, I'd like to discuss how VR has revolutionized how...
Looking Glass XR at the 2022 National Coalition of Advanced Technology Centers – NCATC
We would first like to thank Jim Lorentz from AVR Connect for inviting us to share their booth at this year's 2022 NCATC Conference in Concord/Kannapolis, NC September 21-23. The National Coalition of Advanced Technology Centers (NCATC) is an Affiliated Council of the...
Looking Glass XR’s Booth at the 6th Annual Virtual Reality and Healthcare Global Symposium, the IVRHA Conference, in Nashville, TN
Looking Glass had a booth at the 2022 IVRHA Conference hosted this year in beautiful Nashville, TN. This year's speakers list included Dr. Skip Rizzo from the University of Southern California, Dr. Heather Benz from Johnson & Johnson, Dr. Risa Weisberg from...
VR Headset Storage
Storing and charging a virtual reality headset safely when not in use is necessary in order to make sure the equipment continues to function properly. There are only a few options available that offer a way to store your vr headset both securely and attractively....
Using Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality in Immersive Learning
Immersive learning is a recently developed learning technique that incorporates technology into the lesson that activates more of your senses than what might be used during a more traditional lecture. Most students fall under the four basic learning styles: visual...
3M’s New VR Headset Reference
3M and Pegatron are working together to develop a new Virtual Reality reference design headset with a unique folded optics lens. This new curved lens uses 3M's proprietary reflective polarizer to deliver high resolution, high transmission and a wide field of view...
Looking Glass featured in the Winston Salem Journal: ‘A local animation studio and a virtual reality developer find their footing during the COVID-19 situation ‘
“We are getting interest that I don’t think we would have gotten without COVID,” McBride said. One of the company’s biggest projects last year was building a VR African safari for the North Carolina Zoo. McBride said the zoo renewed the project for this year, but when...
Virtual Reality Surfing Experience for White Claw Hard Seltzer
Have you ever wanted to know what it’s like to ride the perfect wave? To feel the surfboard moving beneath your feet as you gaze out at the horizon? Don’t own a board? Don’t know how to swim? No worries with a VR Surfing Simulator. Looking Glass partnered...
Expedition Africa VR Safari at The North Carolina Zoo
Looking Glass Virtual Reality Services is proud to be a part of Expedition Africa VR Safari coming to the North Carolina Zoo in the summer of 2019! The VR Safari will enhance patron enjoyment of one of NC's top tourist destinations. The North Carolina Zoo is the...
Looking Glass Services Presents Virtual Reality at The Sawtooth Center
Looking Glass would like to thank everyone who attended our Virtual Reality presentation at The Sawtooth Center for Visual Arts last Saturday, October 27th, 2018. Great questions and discussion! Good turn out and lots of enthusiasm. Looking Glass CEO, John...
Matterport Virtual Tours Now Work in Google Street View
Now your Matterport Virtual Tours work in Google Streetview. You have always been able to share your Matterport Virtual Tours of your business online. You can embed them on your websites, share them on social media, or even by simply sending a link. But now Google and Matterport have announced a new partnership that will dramatically increase your 360 property scans level of exposure and make them even easier to share!
May 2018 Triad Virtual Reality Meetup:
Thank you to everyone who came out last night it was great to see you! Virtual Reality News: This month in our May 2018 rendition of : "Joei Does the News" we talked a lot about future endeavors that are finally possible due to some very talented...
March 2018 Triad Virtual Reality Meetup: Google Light-fields, Street Fighter AR, Magic Leap Developers Kit and more…
Thank you to everyone who came out last night it was great to see you! Virtual Reality News: This month in our March 2018 rendition of : "Joei Does the News" we talked a lot about future endeavors that are finally possible due to some very talented...
Canada’s First VR Arena
London, Ontario has historically been a central hub of education and research. The city brings a large number of musical acts, artistic exhibits, and festivals to Ontario ear after year. Aside from being the regional center of education and health care London, Ontario...
Looking Glass’ VIP Dinner Night was a success!
Looking Glass unveiled our new studio location on Trade street in style last night. The newly renovated location finally was able to open their doors to VIP guests, during a celebration dinner. The night featured live demonstrations, hands on experience...
Looking Glass Services, Inc. is at IAAPA 2017
“The VRcade Arena and custom-tailored attractions, such as Terminal 17, provide an unprecedented, fully immersive VR experience that offers an exciting, VR attraction to complement LBE businesses." I.A.A.P.A. - The International Association of...
Looking Glass Services, Inc. is at the 2017 ABC Carolina’s Construction Safety and HR Conference
We had the opportunity to attend the 2017 ABC Carolina's Construction Safety and HR Conference. After some bad traffic, the team arrived at the Great Wolf Lodge, right outside of Concord, NC. The vendor focus here was on programs, equipment, and...
PTC is Expanding Vuforia Project Chalk
PTC announced at the end of last month during the Augmented World Expo that their platform, Vuforia, will be expanding to include new features including a remote presence capability. This addition is targeted for developers, businesses, and the general...
Using Virtual Reality For On the Job Training
United States based corporate conglomerate, Walmart, is now backing and supporting virtual reality for on the job training. Walmart hopes that virtual reality will improve employee training techniques, and provide a more realistic training experience at...
Apple In VR/AR
As the initial hype over the 21st century revival of virtual reality begins to fade, a new contender steps into the ring; Apple. Even with their latest announcements of additional augmented reality support, SteamVR being supported on Mac's, and a whole new...
VR Studios Is Coming To Winston Salem
Looking Glass is thrilled to announce our latest venture into out-of-home virtual reality. Looking Glass has teamed up with VR Studios to open Winston Salem's first and only virtual reality arcade and studio. The Looking Glass Studio is the product of over...
Realtor.com partners up with Matterport
Realtor.com®, one of the largest online real estate services announced today they will be adding Matterport 3D virtual tours on for sale and for rent listings on the Realtor.com® iOS real estate app. This app features the largest and most comprehensive...
2016 was year of trials, errors, victories, and products going up in smoke
2016 is finally behind us, which means that the end results of the race to Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality that occurred in 2016 is finally available. "VR will be big, AR will be bigger and take longer" That quote, from two years ago, was...
Looking Glass Featured on FOX News: Jefferson Middle School Gets into Virtual Reality
Jefferson Middle School in Winston Salem is setting the standards for virtual reality's use and applications in education. The school's math and science instructor, Mike McDowell, is no stranger to technology. Looking Glass Services, Inc. worked with...
360 Virtual Campus Tour Blamed for Record Breaking Enrollment Numbers
The results are in, and they point to a very promising future with 360 virtual campus tours. Indiana University Bloomington is experiencing record breaking enrollment numbers following their brand new 360 virtual campus tour being shared with prospective students. IU...
360 Live Events : Wedding
It's the big week. Every detail has been meticulously planned for more than a year. The cake, centerpieces and catering are all running smoothly. Then the calls start flooding in, Grandma Dolores has fallen, broken her hip, and won't be able to attend the wedding....
Looking Glass Lighthouse Tour
Looking Glass was recently invited to go down to the Sunshine State last week to complete one of our most exciting ventures to date. The Loxahatchee River Historical Society reached out to Looking Glass in hopes that we could assist with providing a new service for...
Tarheel VR SCAM? – Is Tarheel VR a Real Company?
Looking Glass would like to ensure that all of our customers are aware that we are not affiliated with Tarheel VR. Earlier this month we had a notification that our site had been duplicated. We couldn't believe it, this went beyond the typical stealing of a few lines...
360 Streaming Video
What is 360 streaming video? 360 streaming video is a new format to watch live events where you are able to see a 360 degree view of the event as it is being live streamed. An event filmed or streamed in a 360 degree format allows the viewers to feel as though they...
July 2016 TVR Meetup Summary
July was quite a busy month for TVR. We started this month off by having a very successful collaborative meetup with the Triad Art & Tech Meetup group based out of Greensboro. Triad Art & Tech hosted the meeting and John Moore, a co-founder of the group,...
Close Faster with 360 Real Estate Tours
What is a 360 Real Estate Tour? A 360 real estate tour is fast becoming the go to way of showcasing a property to potential home buyers. While a new form of technology proven to increase real estate closings is fantastic news, what is a 360 real estate tour exactly?...
What is a Local Matterport Service Provider?
A Local Matterport Service Provider is a person or business officially endorsed and supported by Matterport. Matterport provides cutting edge technology that Looking Glass utilizes to create breathtaking 360 virtual tours. Being a Local...
How to Use Your 360 Virtual Tour to Sell More Properties
One of the most common questions we receive from our clients after completing a Looking Glass 3D Virtual Tour property scan is "Now what?". After only a few hours of processing and stitching, the 360 virtual tours are completed and ready for viewing. In this article...
May 2016 Triad Virtual Reality Meet Up Summary
Thank you to everyone who came out to our May 2016 Triad Virtual Reality Meetup last night (technically June 2nd - because of Holiday)!! If you missed the meetup, you missed out on some great fun, but don't worry we are in the process of setting up another meeting for...
3D Tour of The Wake Forest BB&T Football Stadium, Field House, and the Exclusive Deacon Tower
Originally built way back in 1968, Wake Forest’s BB&T Field is the home of the renowned Demon Deacon football team. With a field capacity of 31,500+ fans plus several thousand more behind the endzones, BB&T Field offers an intimate setting putting fans right on top of all the action.
The HTC VIVE: An Honest Enthusiast’s Review
Virtual reality enthusiast Walter Wade has allowed Looking Glass to post his honest review of the newly released, and highly anticipated HTC Vive. As a teenager growing up through the 90s, virtual reality was something that really intrigued me. With movies like...
360 Video Tours of Greensboro
Greensboro, or Greensborough as it was originally named, was founded in 1808 and boasts the third highest populated city in North Carolina. The Gate City is the hometown to fictional character G.I. Joe, Author Orson Scott Card, and American Idol contestant Chris...
360 Real Estate : A Case Study
While using technology to create 360 real estate tours has been around for the past decade; it is not until recently that the technology behind this venture has been truly able to meet our expectations. What started with hand stitched panoramic photographs, hours of...
Spice Up Your Listing With a Virtual Real Estate Tour
Presentation is everything when it comes to selling a home. From the photography, to the decor, and the open houses; showing a house is nothing short of a small scale production. Just one small error can be the difference between a prospective buyer contacting you,...
3D Video Tour – Exploring the Unseen
Google's New 3D Video Tour As of March 24th you can take a 3D video tour of one of the most secure buildings in the world. With security clearance limited to a small handful of employees, Google's Oregon Data Center has a security system that rivals most military...
360 Video Tour Use Examples in Pop Culture and Politics
The technology behind virtual reality has very literally exploded over the past year. While early applications of virtual reality technology has often come across as being a gimmick or not having any real world applicability, recent ventures have begun pointing to the...
Wall Street Journal Article Discusses the Future of Movies and VR
It doesn't take a cinephile to see that the relationship between you and your movies is starting to change. Virtual reality is on the way to rebooting the way movies are viewed. Virtual reality technology has been around for over 60 years, but the biggest developments...
TVR February (actually met in early March) 2016 MeetUp
Thank you to everyone who came out in support of our latest TVR MeetUp! It was a smashing success with a pretty awesome turn-out. We kicked off this meetup with some AMAZING pizza from Carmine's Italian Restaurant, adult beverages, and sodas catered by Looking Glass...
Home Builders Are Using VR To Sell More Homes
DiMella Shaffer, a company based out of Boston, began using virtual and augmented reality in early 2015, just a year ago. So far they have already seen a drastic change it their business. Some homes have amenities and additions that are hard to see in photographic or...
The State of Virtual Reality Education
Affordable, immersive, Virtual Reality has now become an option that has helped jump start the movement for virtual reality educational tools being used in a classroom setting. Several companies have led the charge with their VR Educational apps, hardware and...
Looking Glass Pre-orders Consumer Version Oculus Rift
Co-founder John McBride placed a pre-order for his Oculus Rift earlier today. Oculus has opened their doors to allow the public to order their consumer version Oculus Rift. What Does It Come With? The price was $599 and included the headset with...
LOOKING GLASS Now Offers Floorplans from 3D Virtual Tours
LOOKING GLASS is excited to offer a new feature available with every 3D VIrtual Tour scan. We are now able to offer floor plans so accurate you can take measurements and help viewers plan their new home down to the square foot. Before this we had only two viewpoints...
Selling Real Estate With Virtual Reality
When tasked with selling your real estate property, there are a plethora of options you can choose from. While the first choice you will make is simple, choose a realtor or list it yourself; the next few things on the list are not as simple. Once you decide to sell...
Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy
What Is Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy? Fear, anxiety, panic attacks, and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. All of these things have the capacity to mentally cripple someone and affect their physical well being. From increased heart rates, cold sweats, to even...
360 Tour vs 360 Virtual Tour
What is The Difference Between a 360 Tour and a 360 Degree Virtual Tour? 360 Tour Apples and Oranges Although the techniques vary, most traditional 360 tours do not allow the viewer to actually move around within the space. At the very most, traditional tours offer 10...
Virtual Reality Headset: A Quick Consumer Guide
**** UPDATED 9/17/2015 **** What is a Virtual Reality Headset? A Virtual Reality Headset is a device that allows a user to view 3D or virtual content. This can vary from simple 360 panoramas to fully immersive virtual landscapes that are able to be traversed by the...
Matterport Winston Salem, Greensboro, and High Point
Matterport for Winston-Salem, Greensboro, High Point After our recent partnership with Matterport was approved, it is with great pleasure that Looking Glass announces our 3D scanning and virtual tour service is now available for the general public. Our current service...
Virtual Reality MMORPG – People will never leave their homes
And so begins the rise of the "VR-MMORPG" or "Virtual Reality - Massive Multi Player Online Roleplaying Game". Since the dawn of video gaming, gamers have dreamed of a virtual world so immersive that the line between the virtual world and reality disappears entirely....
Looking Glass Becomes a Matterport Service Partner
Looking Glass is pleased to announce our newest partnership with the California based 3D technology company Matterport, manufacturers of the 3D Matterport Camera. We have recently been accepted as their partner for servicing the cities of Winston Salem, High Point,...
3D Virtual Tours on Facebook
Exciting announcement Tuesday the 4th about one of the main software tools we use to create our 3D Virtual Tours: EASY FACEBOOK INTEGRATION! The software developers worked directly with Facebook to allow for users to easily add their 3D Virtual Tours right into their...
What is Virtual Reality?
Virtual Reality: The Definition Virtual reality is an artificial environment that is created with software and presented to the user in such a way that the user suspends belief and accepts it as a real environment. On a computer, virtual reality is primarily...
What is Augmented Reality?
Augmented Reality: The Definition Augmented reality (AR) is a live direct or indirect view of a physical, real-world environment whose elements are augmented (or supplemented) by computer-generated sensory input such as sound, video, graphics or GPS data. It is...
Zillow Supports Matterport Virtual Tours
Looking Glass is proud to announce that as of today, Zillow will be featuring 3D Showcases on their property listings. This is a feature that will now be available for both rental and real estate properties. Looking Glass 3D models are a giant step above the current...
Looking Glass Sponsors Local Meetup Group: Triad Virtual Reality
We are thrilled to announce our latest partnership with local VR enthusiast group, TVR - Triad Virtual Reality Group. Looking Glass is the cutting edge in 3D technology in the North Carolina Piedmont-Triad area. Looking Glass combines the latest in bleeding edge...
