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Virtual reality headset Oculus Rift developer Oculus VR's

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VRFocus - Over the past few months Oculus Rift virtual reality (VR) head-mounted display (HMD) creator Oculus VR has teased that it will start interacting with schools and universities on a widespread scale, hosting talks and workshops on designing for its device and more. While were yet to see the company kick start those plans, its CEO is to make a huge contribution of $31 million USD to the university he attended from 1996 to 1997, the University of Maryland.

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Some researchers study carbon nanotubes -- and then there are these guys. Thomas Wagner and his students from Kaiserslautern University in Germany took an Oculus Rift headset onto a real rollercoaster to transform it into an virtual experience. That's been done before on the sly, but the group teamed up with rollercoaster builder Mack Rides and created several apps for a Rift and laptops. The VR "ride" apps were synced to the coaster's motion by tracking their wheels and using human monitors. They sport various themes like a wacky flying horse chariot ride, a submarine tour and a space shooter complete with a gamepad (see the video, below). It's still a (really fun) experiment, but the coaster maker and researchers are keen to commercialize it at some point. In case you were wondering, the FAQ shows that the headset won't fall off, the Oculus sensors work in extreme g-forces, and no, the VR won't make you barf -- as long as it's in sync with the ride.

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EGMR writes: "A couple of weeks ago, Rhodes University played host to a week-long, live-action game called Humans vs. Zombies. More details can be found on the official website and web logging tool, but the game is basically tag with a few modifications: players turn into zombies permanently when tagged, and humans can stun zombies by throwing socks with them..."

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A new study has suggested that kids who play violent video games might be at a greater risk for depression. The study conducted at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School recorded significantly more depressive symptoms over the course of a year among fifth-graders from three U.S. cities who reported playing high-violence video games for 2 or more hours a day, compared to those who reported playing low-violence video games for less than 2 hours a day.

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Playing video games for a short period each day could have a small but positive impact on child development, a study by Oxford University suggests.

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GamingWorm says: Anh Nguyen and Amy Banic from the Department of computing at the University of WY within the North American country have developed an intelligent thimble' that sits on the top of your finger and interacts together with your pc, sensing its position accurately in three-dimensions. So moving on towards gaming as this technology can take gaming to new extreme level by better interaction pretty like kinect but much better. It's really astonishing to see how FPS and Racing games will work with it may be we even don't need keyboard then for gaming. After the eye sensor mouse this tech looks much better for gamers. It may bring revolution to gaming but it very difficult to make gamers leave mouse so devs have to think alternative ways by adding in game support for 3D touch and via adding new innovations in-game. What we think it will be like Mouse+Kinect for PC gaming.

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Video Games Made Me Do It: "As a medium still in its relative infancy, gaming is under constant scrutiny from those who are studying the effects interactive media may have on the human brain. A breakthrough study conducted out of Eastern Colorado University reaffirms something many have argued over the last two-plus decades: Dragon Ball Z games do in fact cause Super Saiyan behavior."