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Exploring Virtual Reality Data Visualization with Gear VR
Oculus has done some amazing work setting up tools for developers. For example, to build full-fledged interactive VR apps, one can use two of the most popular game engines (Unity and Unreal). That’s probably the way to go in the long run for VR visualizations since they allow for much more interactivity, but Oculus also has included a very nice little app in the form of Oculus 360 Photos that allows you to view static 360-degree images. “Static” or “non-interactive” are perhaps not great terms here since a static image in VR wraps completely around you.
See the full story here: https://civisanalytics.com/blog/data-science/2015/12/04/exploring-virtual-reality-data-visualization-with-the-gear-vr/