If your own ambitions don't stretch that far, you can still build the VR2GO viewer, which uses iPhones and iPod touch players as the eyepieces, as well as mods for the Oculus Rift developer kit that add stereo cameras or increase the field of view.

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CT2WS succeeded in creating a technology kit capable not only of identifying up to 91 percent of targets during testing with extremely low false-alarm rates, but also widening a warfighter's field of view to 120 degrees when all components of the kit are used in tandem.

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The kit was prepared based on extensive research of existing teaching practices and needs in the field of heritage education and is targeting teachers and students of grades 5 and 6 and is complementary to the national curriculum.

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