GigaomHands on with the HTC Valve Vive virtual reality headset
When people put on a virtual reality headset for the first time, they almost always try to do two things: look at their hands and walk around. It’s a natural impulse,… Read more »
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Signe covers emerging science and technology, with a focus on 3D printing, robotics, material science, medicine and space. She graduated in 2012 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she studied science writing and served as the editor in chief of the Badger Herald. She split the next year between reporting on particle physics at CERN for Symmetry Magazine and a fellowship at Wired. She joined Gigaom’s San Francisco office in June 2013.
When people put on a virtual reality headset for the first time, they almost always try to do two things: look at their hands and walk around. It’s a natural impulse,… Read more »
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