{"id":1559,"date":"2016-01-26T04:05:28","date_gmt":"2016-01-25T20:05:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/01\/26\/10-eye-opening-ways-virtual-reality-is-being-used-besides-gaming\/"},"modified":"2016-01-26T04:05:28","modified_gmt":"2016-01-25T20:05:28","slug":"10-eye-opening-ways-virtual-reality-is-being-used-besides-gaming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/01\/26\/10-eye-opening-ways-virtual-reality-is-being-used-besides-gaming\/","title":{"rendered":"10 eye-opening ways virtual reality is being used (besides gaming)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Headset\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.3.mshcdn.com\/media\/ZgkyMDE2LzAxLzI1LzkwL2hlYWRzZXQuODdhM2QuanBnCnAJdGh1bWIJNTc1eDMyMyMKZQlqcGc\/344e1ebd\/d9e\/headset.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;width: 50px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?via=Mashable&amp;text=10+eye-opening+ways+virtual+reality+is+being+used+%28besides+gaming%29&amp;src=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F01%2F25%2Fuses-virtual-reality-tech%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-tw\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-tw-f7c0a094d16b7ee7c91a1e50839a8e00.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F01%2F25%2Fuses-virtual-reality-tech%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;src=sp\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-fb\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-fb-c0a21e8841794479b8086c32c6f24ba1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Gamers and gadget hounds can now get their hands on the hotly anticipated Oculus Rift virtual reality headset: The Facebook-owned company announced the commercial release of its virtual reality device at CES 2016 in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>At a whopping $600, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.livescience.com\/48357-virtual-reality-beach-in-space.html\">Oculus Rift<\/a> may seem expensive for a gaming device, but the technology has come a long way since the company first launched its Kickstarter campaign in 2012. Virtual reality (VR) headsets are now being used in many industries as a way of training people or providing a new way to experience things.<\/p>\n<p><strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"see-also\">SEE ALSO: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.livescience.com\/38188-photos-virtual-reality-puts-adults-in-a-child-s-world.html\">Photos: Virtual reality puts adults in a child&#8217;s world<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/01\/25\/uses-virtual-reality-tech\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>More about <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/gadgets\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Gadgets<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/space\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Space<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/technology\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Technology<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/education\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Education<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/health-care\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Health Care<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Mashable\/~4\/WP3oXDmB0kc\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gamers and gadget hounds can now get their hands on the hotly anticipated Oculus Rift virtual reality headset: The Facebook-owned company announced the commercial release of its virtual reality device at CES 2016 in Las Vegas. At a whopping $600, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/01\/26\/10-eye-opening-ways-virtual-reality-is-being-used-besides-gaming\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":115,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[959,726,1224,958,970],"class_list":["post-1559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other","tag-education","tag-gadgets","tag-health-care","tag-space","tag-technology"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/115"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1559"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1559\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}