Microsoft HoloLens, HTC Valve Vive, and Samsung Virtual Reality (VR)

     HoloLens / Microsoft HoloLens will enable people to obtain new ways to visualize the world; including sharing, more immersive ways to play, new and novel ways to learn and teach, collaborate with new people, realize previously unfeasible things.

     HTC Valve Vive / HTC unveiled the "Re Vive" virtual reality headset. Although it sounds highly similar to the Facebook sponsored Oculus Rift, the HTC's product has a particular strength, which is the tracking function. This, in different words, means that the users can even embrace their own body into the immersive experience they enjoy through the virtual reality headset. They are also partnering up with Valve, the company behind Steam and many other gaming programs.

     Samsung Virtual Reality (VR): Samsung's new Galaxy phone is offering Virtual reality function to its users now. Their new and coming Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge, and Note 4 will have the virtual reality features.

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This is an assignment from the Immersive Education course that I am taking at Boston College. The course is called Collaborative Computing. For details, visit the immersive BC portal at http://ImmersiveEducation.org/@/bc