Meta’s Goal: Automated Room Scanning for Mixed Reality
It seems that Meta’s goal is to develop technology that can automatically scan a room and create a 3D model of it for use in mixed-reality applications. This would allow virtual objects to interact with the physical environment in a more realistic way, without requiring the user to m
SportAbility Park Event #1 Recap
Our first event was a huge success! We showcased ‘SportsAbility Park’ a Virtual Reality nature-inspired park, in which participants meet up, learn and have fun. Promoting mental health, helping fight feelings of loneliness, mental depression, and much more.
Announcing a new Elderly Care program at Covalent
Noticeable results and relatively inexpensive and easy to maintain, some virtual tools are beginning to prove benefits for many elderly care residents' health and well-being. Covalent is actively researching opportunities in the space to provide premium virtual services for aging adults.
Virtual reality park helps people in Big Bend rebound from pandemic
Virtual park connecting people across Florida TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) — Virtual reality is helping people across the Big Bend rebound from the pandemic. SportsAbility Park is a new, virtual experience helping people with disabilities get active and break free from the pressure and isol
Sportsability Alliance, Covalent launches new virtual reality program for kids with disabilities
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - Stepping into a new world at the touch of a button, Sportsability Alliance is launching a new virtual reality program for kids with disabilities. The alliance helps provide recreational activities to people of all abilities. This week, it’s launching its new v
A Brief Intro to Social VR
Here’s a quick intro to some of our projects we are developing for Social VR. A lot of people still think of VR as something you do alone, this just isn’t true. We’ll show you how someone from outside the virtual experience can interact with someone inside it. Check it ou
Getting to know the Oculus Quest 2 : Intro and Overview
In part one of our series, we would like to briefly discuss some of the new interesting aspects regarding the latest headset from Oculus. We also will present some of the history we had in getting here and discuss some of the amazing experiences on the horizon.
MagLab 2020 Open House Showcase
Every year, the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (MagLab) located in Tallahassee, Florida holds a free open house, available to the public. We wanted this year -- MagLab's 25th anniversary -- to be special, so we worked hard to capture as much of this amazing event as we could.
Covalent Bonding #1 : Playing Games at Hangar 38
On 2/1/2020, the Covalent team met up to kick-off our first team outing of the year at Hangar 38, a local 3-n-1 sports and game bar in Tallahassee, FL. Our videographer came up with the great idea of turning this recap into a video game trailer parody of....can you guess?
XR Connections Podcast Episode #12 with Thomas Jackson
Episode 012 presents an overview of leading-edge XR tech and hardware as seen at MIT Reality Hack 2020 in an interview with Thomas Jackson, founder of XR design and development firm Covalent Reality. A volunteer at this year’s MIT XR Hackathon, Jackson discusses the Human Bionic Disp