Hypergrid Business

AUGUST 6, 2021

Earlier this summer, Google shut down yet another virtual reality app , the 3D objects library called Poly. Google Expeditions also had five virtual tours of major league baseball stadiums and a tour of the International Space Station. Another major Google virtual reality app is the 3D painting tool Tilt Brush.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 20, 2020

(Image by Oculus). Oculus could be starting the production of a new Quest at the end of July. Multiple reports seem to confirm that Oculus is actually starting the production of a new Oculus Quest headset, with an expected release date in 2021. of units more produced annually. Other relevant news. Image by Pico).

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VRScout

MAY 16, 2016

Samsung has sold over 300,000 Gear VR headsets in Europe this year. Continuing on the record pre-order sales in Europe for the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge, Samsung has announced an exclusive Gear VR content package for new Galaxy S7 customers. Both numbers are milestones for Samsung, Oculus and mobile VR in general.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Though it’s Facebook’s newest headset, Oculus Quest may be the company’s most popular so far, at least as far as search volume is concerned. Released earlier this year, Oculus Quest has entered the fray and made a big splash. US search volume, Black Friday weekend 2019 | Data courtesy Google.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 11, 2016

But it still believes that consumer VR software could grow from $407 million in revenue in 2016 to $14 billion by 2020. Oculus will hit 355,000; HTC Vive will be 420,000, and the Samsung Gear VR on mobile will be 2.3 By 2020, that percentage will fall to about 41 percent as enterprise, media, and other categories rise.

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VRScout

AUGUST 24, 2016

billion in 2016 to more than $162 billion in 2020. As VR hardware continues to compress in price and powerful smartphone based systems like Samsung’s Gear VR and Google’s mobile VR Daydream platform gain steam, it’s expected that 50% of worldwide revenues will be generated by VR/AR hardware sales according to the report.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 25, 2020

OMG, it’s almost 3 years that I write these roundups… the first week peek was exclusive for my blog subscribers and it featured as best news the release of Google Blocks and in the other news something about Samsung Gear VR… how much time has passed since then! Image by Oculus). The Oculus Quest is now one year old.

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VRScout

JULY 25, 2017

In March 2014 Facebook bought Oculus and the current wave of interest in VR and AR was reborn. So three years and several months later, halfway to 2020, how has adoption of VR/AR in education progressed? of teachers are using VR/AR in their classroom, despite widespread access to inexpensive devices such as the Google Cardboard.

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AR Insider

MARCH 23, 2021

This traces back to Facebook’s Oculus acquisition in early 2014 that kicked off the current wave of excitement….including That excitement culminated in 2016 after the Oculus acquisition had time to set off a chain reaction of startup activity, tech-giant investment, and VC inflows for the “next computing platform.”

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

billion and in 2020 it has been predicted to achieve $22.9 As virtual reality technology gained prominence, the use of VR devices like the Samsung Gear VR, Oculus VR, and HTC Vive, have also become popular. See Also: A Comprehensive Review of 2019 and 2020 VR Headsets. billion, the next year it increased to $3.6

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AllThingsVR

JUNE 1, 2016

52 Million VR Headsets by 2020? Analysts are saying there could be as many as 52 million headsets sold by 2020, made up mostly of the recently released HTC Vive and the Oculus Rift. Curiously, it leaves out Google Cardboard because it is a throwaway product.) Are you ready? Get ready to take some Tylenol VR , folks.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Remember that Oculus is going to release Infinite Office and an AR SDK , so Valve had better replying to this move. It is not without some little problems, though: the game doesn’t support VR motion controllers , and this is very weird for a VR game in 2020; the skyboxes look blurry; the game has big problems to run on Index for some users.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Some months ago, we all read that letter where Zuckerberg claimed wanting to get complete control of the hardware and software stack so that Facebook shouldn’t depend on external companies, like Google or Apple for the SO, or phone manufacturers for the hardware. Oculus releases hands tracking SDK, official Link cable for Quest and more.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2020

Someone found confirmation on this rumor by the fact that the invitation to WWDC 2020 shows a Memoji with a person wearing glasses. Oculus Link now works with USB 2.0. Very Silently, Oculus has changed the specifications of Oculus Link , which now doesn’t require anymore a USB 3.0 I find this pretty funny.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

While Oculus is getting all the glory for the Quest, its competitors are not sleeping. Huawei has upgraded its sleek VR glasses and now they support 6DOF movement and 6DOF controllers that are very similar to the Oculus Touch. Notwithstanding all this hate, the Oculus Quest 2 is selling very well. Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 3, 2019

This year we saw the launch of: Oculus Go ; Lenovo Mirage Solo ; Vive Focus ; Pico Neo / G2 ; S hadow VR; and the announcement of the Oculus Quest. Samsung has also teased to be interested in releasing a new AR/VR standalone device. Oculus Quest and controllers inside a stand. You just turn them on and they work.

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InstaVR

OCTOBER 17, 2019

After a relatively quiet summer — outside of the Oculus Quest release ! First off, some of the early major players like Google, Apple, and Samsung seem to be taking a step back. First off, some of the early major players like Google, Apple, and Samsung seem to be taking a step back.

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Hypergrid Business

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Oculus Quest 2 (Image courtesy Oculus.). 2020 has been a challenging year and nobody could be blamed if they were looking for a little reprieve from reality. Oculus Rift S PC-Powered VR Gaming Headset. Oculus Rift S (Image courtesy Oculus.). Oculus Quest All-in-one VR Gaming Headset. Oculus Quest 2.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

But Samsung isn’t stopping there… THE NEXT GENERATION OF GEAR VR MAY COME WITH CONTROLLER. Although not yet officially confirmed by the Korean company, a recent FCC filing indicates that the next version of the Samsung Gear VR will boast its own controller. OCULUS RIFT ARRIVES TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 16, 2021

At CES 2020, Panasonic showcased new VR glasses with a pretty cool steampunk look that went immediately viral. Google AR Cloud Streaming. Google has partnered with FCA (Fiat Chrysler Automobiles… do you know that Fiat is from my city in Italy?) Read more about this news on Google Blog. Panasonic VR glasses.

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ARPost

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Shaun: We first started working with AR five or six years ago and had the opportunity to test the first version of the Oculus alongside our 8K IMAX technology with the widest lenses possible. Shaun: Looking toward 2020, there are a variety of projects we are currently working on. February 2020.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Oculus Quest 2 gets a huge update. Oculus has just started rolling out the update to the Quest runtime v23 , that introduces a lot of new features and improvements to this device: All the applications in the headset can now run at 90 Hz (including the passthrough vision); Oculus Link upgrades to 90Hz as well and finally exits from beta.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 19, 2020

This has been the week of the launch of the Oculus Quest 2, and this event has been so big that basically, it will take half of this roundup to describe. Facebook releases the Oculus Quest 2. Even if with the Quest 1 was possible to play Oculus Go games, this support has been abandoned on the Quest 2. Top news of the week.

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VRScout

JANUARY 26, 2018

The VR Olympics is being delivered exclusively through the NBC Sports VR app on Samsung Gear VR, Google Daydream, Windows, Android and iOS devices. STRIVR primarily uses an Oculus Rift for their training, as well as Samsung Gear VR for the times when the team is on the road.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

revenues in 2021 , up from $1.14B in 2020, with a 2x growth over one year period. These are huge numbers for VR: if you look at the most recent SteamVR survey, you get that Oculus headsets are now at 67% of the whole PCVR market. Oculus support at its best Funny link. And there are good news and bad news. Reality Labs had $2.3B

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Peter Graham

JANUARY 28, 2020

This column previously covered the 2018 BETT show and how VR was immerging as a possible EdTech trend – but with BETT 2020 the event cemented this movement, with a vast array of new developments and applications for this technology, and growth of previous early adopters. Another exhibitor using Beat Saber and the Oculus Rift S was Nutanix.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 12, 2016

. • VR was “the biggest loser” in sales this year, PSVR sales forecast greatly lowered – SuperData. • The holiday season seems to have given virtual reality a reality check. • Despite slow 2016, VR is still forecast to hit $14 billion in consumer software sales in 2020. Facebook – Oculus Rift. Samsung – Gear VR.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

As a long-time AR enthusiast, and one of the first to have tried Google Glass in Italy, I have to admit that I will consider AR mainstream only when it will be on glasses that we will wear all day , when we’ll live in a completely shared mixed reality world (the AR Cloud). Or is it just a talk about glasses?

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TechCrunch VR

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Facebook has talked about its long-term potential to launch smartglasses, but in 2020, its primary presence in the AR market is as a mobile AR platform (note: Facebook is also a VR market leader with Oculus ). Apple ARKit, Google ARCore ). Let’s see what this could mean for the future of AR. Facebook: The messaging play.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 4, 2018

I expected a lot of AR/VR news from there, like the announcement of the price of the Vive Pro or the release of the Oculus Go by Xiaomi and Facebook… but actually I’ve been disappointed by everyone. Samsung S9. Samsung has released its new flagship phone: the Samsung Galaxy S9. It has a 5.8-inch

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AllThingsVR

MAY 26, 2016

Apple is Playing The Long Game With VR – And It May Work Opinion: Slow and Steady Might Win the Race A lot of VR fans may be focused on the big guns, like the HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, and Playstation VR, but the real pioneer in marketing virtual and augmented reality to the masses is mobile VR, such as the Samsung Gear VR headset.

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ARVR

MARCH 29, 2021

This traces back to Facebook’s Oculus acquisition in early 2014 that kicked off the current wave of excitement….including That excitement culminated in 2016 after the Oculus acquisition had time to set off a chain reaction of startup activity, tech-giant investment, and VC inflows for the “next computing platform.”

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 2, 2019

In my opinion, Apple will wait until the technology will be ready for some kind of mainstream adoption: the launch will probably be from 2020 on. Samsung itself has stated that it is very interested in developing a future headset that is able to deliver both AR and VR. Google Maps in AR). See you in 2020! Surprises.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

With the trend of Gaming entrepreneurs, for example, Samsung, HTC, Sony, and Oculus transferred from games to virtual reality and we started to keep eye on the VR area. Since Meta made the acquisition and took over Oculus, VRTUOLUO began to write original and in-depth articles on the XR industry.

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InstaVR

MARCH 15, 2020

San Francisco, CA – March 16, 2020 – InstaVR Inc ( www.instavr.co ), the leading web-based virtual reality (VR) authoring, publishing, and analysis company, today launched organization-wide Academic pricing to give universities a more cost-effective way of utilizing VR across all departments. Learn More. Learn More.

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VRScout

JULY 19, 2016

On March 25th, 2014, many people were left scratching their heads: why did Facebook spend 2 billion dollars to acquire a Kickstarter funded virtual reality company called Oculus. Oculus has sold an estimated 250k Rifts. Samsung Gear VR expected 3.5 As of January 2016, Google Cardboard has shipped over 5 million units.

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InstaVR

MARCH 15, 2020

San Francisco, CA – March 16, 2020 – InstaVR Inc ( www.instavr.co ), the leading web-based virtual reality (VR) authoring, publishing, and analysis company, today launched organization-wide Academic pricing to give universities a more cost-effective way of utilizing VR across all departments. Learn More. Learn More.

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