VRScout

JANUARY 25, 2018

It may be hard to believe but its been four years since Samsung and Oculus first announced their smartphone-powered Gear VR headset. In darker times, the best 360° videos we had access too were grainy, nauseating clips of GoPro stunts and claustrophobic concerts. I’m not sure which impresses me more. Let’s get lost.

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VRScout

MAY 7, 2017

Chief Scientist of Oculus Research Michael Abrash described his vision of a mixed reality future: a world, 20-30 years from now, where we will wear stylish AR glasses instead of sporting stylish phones. For many, the 360 ° video of his daughter’s first steps was the first 360 ° video they ever watched.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

(Image by Microsoft). According to Reuters, Microsoft’s executive vice president Harry Shum took the stage at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai and said that the HoloLens 2 will be released sometime in September of this year. There are both 360 video experiences and interactive CGI ones.

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VRScout

MAY 25, 2017

Watch YouTube in VR with your friends, Google pours resources into shared social VR experiences, upcoming standalone headsets will be wireless, the Snapchat vs. Facebook continues, the investment & funding wrapup, and more… You can enjoy the full audio recording below: WATCH YOUTUBE IN VR… WITH YOUR FRIENDS! WEIRD OR AWESOME?

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 16, 2020

And while this is anyway a good result for a startup (developing an AR headsets means spending billions in R&D), targeting the consumer market has been a suicide move , that let Microsoft get full control of the profitable enterprise market. Valve Index and Oculus Quest were on sale again. Image by Oculus). Who knows….

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

Pixvana , a cloud-based VR video company, today announced their much awaited solution for publishing and streaming 360 video, a platform that promises to deliver up to 10K resolution streaming playback from the cloud to your VR devices. Even 4K video spread across a 360-degree sphere leaves much to imagination. .”

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VRScout

JUNE 21, 2017

Teaming up with Oculus and ESL, Intel declared the world’s first virtual reality eSports league — with a prize pool of $200K. One big name that was notably missing from the VR news at E3 was Microsoft—who, contrary to many predictions, did not announce anything VR-related for Xbox. BRAND NAME GAMES COME TO VR: E3 HIGHLIGHTS.

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Cats and VR

JUNE 29, 2016

With over one million active monthly users of the Samsung GearVR, millions of Google Cardboard units and high-end Oculus Rift and HTC Vive pre-orders, Smithson believes that brands that are early to develop unique and engaging content for VR and will have a huge advantage over their competition.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 16, 2022

video editors) use Apple computers, and for sure Apple will launch its device with a lot of functionalities for prosumers and professionals … so it has established partnerships to announce a similar type of content before Apple itself, to beat it in time. Partnership with Microsoft. Other productivity applications.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 13, 2016

When the first consumer version of the Oculus Rift was launched in the spring, it was disappointingly bundled with a Microsoft Xbox controller – and we’ve eagerly been awaiting the native Touch Controllers. GOOGLE DAYDREAM SCORES NETFLIX AND HBO APPS. valuation) from huge names like Google, Alibaba, and Andreeson Horowitz.

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VRScout

JANUARY 24, 2017

Recapping the top stories covered on the VRScout Report , a weekly live video show and podcast discussing the best in VR, hosted by Malia Probst. …and more… AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE IS NOW TESTING THE MICROSOFT HOLOLENS. MICROSOFT: WINDOWS 10 HOLOGRAPHIC. GOOGLE DAYDREAM ON SALE / DISAPPOINTING SALES?

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Recapping the top stories covered on the VRScout Report , a weekly live video show and podcast discussing the best in VR, hosted by Malia Probst. GOOGLE EARTH IN VR IS A RUSH. Made from high-res satellite imagery, aerial photography, and Street View data, Google Earth VR is surprisingly meditative when alone and fun when with a group.

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VRScout

MARCH 24, 2018

You can explore the VR series now through the Inception app, available for download on the Oculus Rift , HTC Vive , Microsoft , Gear VR , Google Daydream , Sony Playstation , iOS and Android. “VR provides a new avenue for Refinery29 to reach their large vast network base of young women,” said Inception CEO Benny Arbel.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

HP has fixed many of the visual problems of the headse t, and Microsoft has just released a patch on Windows 10 that aims at solving many visual issues of all WMR headsets (like Chromatic aberration). But honestly, I expected a bit more … it’s a bit weird that Microsoft hasn’t solved its biggest pain point yet. Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

Oculus Quest 2. The biggest announcement of the event has been for sure the Oculus Quest 2, that Facebook has not only revealed but also launched. Oculus Quest 2 is a great piece of technology. Then Oculus will move the whole experience to 90Hz. The magic of the Oculus Quest 2 (Image by Facebook). Specifications.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 1, 2017

I tried a Microsoft prototype VR headset at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco and got the first public look at the company’s vision for mixed reality beyond Hololens. I was among a handful of journalists invited to see the internal Microsoft prototype, though I was told photos or videos for my demo would not be allowed.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 30, 2020

The same day of the launch of Half-Life: Alyx, Hewlett-Packard has announced its new virtual reality headset, the Reverb G2 , made in collaboration with Microsoft and Valve. Valve could provide some audio-visual improvements, while Microsoft its WMR platform, with inside-out tracking of controllers. HP announces the Reverb G2.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 20, 2021

The Oculus Quest 2 is selling incredibly well because it offers the right combination of affordable price, good hardware, and a good software ecosystem. Not to mention the millions spent on marketing , especially in the US (Oculus was one of the sponsors of NBA, for instance). The Quest will still be the king.

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VRScout

JUNE 10, 2016

With regards to talent, Snapchat has been acquiring there in a big way as well, hiring people from Oculus, Hololens, Qualcomm, as well as a few designers who have created glasses for names like Michael Kors and Lady Gaga. Did Seebright just release the augmented reality equivalent of Google Cardboard?

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ARVR

MARCH 5, 2021

Furthermore, my involvement is primarily confined to one particular social VR platform, AltspaceVR, owned by Microsoft, making most of my experience the product of a niche within a niche within a niche. If you can’t be in a flight simulator, the next best thing would be video. until Google Cardboard showed it didn’t have to be.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

But as Microsoft made very clear when we met, HoloLens is nowhere near a consumer launch yet. ZapBox – a Kickstarter-funded project from UK start-up Zappar – is proposing to leapfrog Microsoft (and everyone else) by making a MR equivalent of Google Cardboard for a hundredth of the HoloLens cost – a mere $30.

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VeeR VR

DECEMBER 26, 2017

In October 2017, Microsoft officially launched Windows Mixed Reality and a line-up of third party headsets for use with Windows 10, which include Acer, Dell, HP and Lenovo, and future products from Asus and Samsung. These immersive headsets are compatible with VR software and applications from Microsoft Store.

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VRWorld

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Pixvana is startup company focused on developing a cloud-based video-processing at the speed of delivery over the Internet. Its founders claim to be a proven team of industry experts from their former senior roles at Apple, Adobe, Microsoft and Lucasfilm.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

And it really cannot be replicated in a vibe or an Oculus Rift or avoid I’m sure spaces is going to do this as well but using haptics and vibration plates and sent machines and spatial audio. I’ve known them for quite a while and they’re more of a distribution platform for VR videos and content. Teppei: Sure yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

And it really cannot be replicated in a vibe or an Oculus Rift or avoid I’m sure spaces is going to do this as well but using haptics and vibration plates and sent machines and spatial audio. I’ve known them for quite a while and they’re more of a distribution platform for VR videos and content. Teppei: Sure yeah.

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VR Playhouse

JUNE 15, 2017

While Sony competed in the home console space with several other companies, such as Sega and later Nintendo and Microsoft, what made the PS2 stand out was its built in DVD player. Meanwhile, other companies like Samsung and Google have created lower-grade headsets that use your smartphone to simulate VR. In 2016, an estimated 1.5

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

And it really cannot be replicated in a vibe or an Oculus Rift or avoid I’m sure spaces is going to do this as well but using haptics and vibration plates and sent machines and spatial audio. I’ve known them for quite a while and they’re more of a distribution platform for VR videos and content. Teppei: Sure yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

Started covering those areas when they were very tied to games, especially when the original Oculus Rift was launched. Oculus Go came out with this $199 headset – this really inexpensive headset — and they sold millions of these units. And being immersed in a 360 video, for example, makes a wonderful training tool.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

Started covering those areas when they were very tied to games, especially when the original Oculus Rift was launched. Oculus Go came out with this $199 headset – this really inexpensive headset — and they sold millions of these units. And being immersed in a 360 video, for example, makes a wonderful training tool.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 13, 2016

Above: The Oculus Touch controls let you navigate independently with each hand in VR. Image Credit: Oculus. With what’s going on from Project Tango and Microsoft, there are definitely big players in this space. But recently both Google and Oculus have gotten behind it, and as a result we’re seeing accelerated adoption of web VR.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

Started covering those areas when they were very tied to games, especially when the original Oculus Rift was launched. Oculus Go came out with this $199 headset – this really inexpensive headset -- and they sold millions of these units. And being immersed in a 360 video, for example, makes a wonderful training tool.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

You can dive in and start building for VR with almost a $300 laptop and an Oculus Go. Alan: There’s VR where you can make the full thing in computer graphics, but there’s also 360 videos; being able to capture a training experience in 360 video, and then add computer graphics on top of that.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

You can dive in and start building for VR with almost a $300 laptop and an Oculus Go. Alan: There’s VR where you can make the full thing in computer graphics, but there’s also 360 videos; being able to capture a training experience in 360 video, and then add computer graphics on top of that.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

You can dive in and start building for VR with almost a $300 laptop and an Oculus Go. Alan: There's VR where you can make the full thing in computer graphics, but there's also 360 videos; being able to capture a training experience in 360 video, and then add computer graphics on top of that.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

I feel like some products, such as Google Cardboard, and some of the lower-end pieces of hardware, have actually done more harm than good to the reputation of virtual reality. People get in it, and they see, "this as a medium-to-low-quality image or video that I'm sitting in," and there's not much interaction if it's a Google Cardboard.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

I feel like some products, such as Google Cardboard, and some of the lower-end pieces of hardware, have actually done more harm than good to the reputation of virtual reality. People get in it, and they see, "this as a medium-to-low-quality image or video that I'm sitting in," and there's not much interaction if it's a Google Cardboard.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Radiant Images hopes to do the same with an investment in 360 video production, and VP Michael Mansouri drops in to explain how. When you walk into a Best Buy’s or you walk into any retailer, they’re selling you the Amazon Echo and they’re selling you the Google Home, where you ask a question, it plays a video.

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