AllThingsVR

JUNE 21, 2016

Weekly Funding Roundup: Vrse/Within Raises $12.65M, Felix & Paul Studios Raise $6.8M & Samsung Acquires Joyent 1) Vrse , a startup building technology for delivering virtual reality video across platforms, is announcing today that it has raised $12.56M and that it’s taking on a new name: Within. Andreessen Horowitz led the round.

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VRWorld

FEBRUARY 10, 2018

Samsung Gear VR (with controller). Photo by Samsung. from Samsung. COMPATIBILITY: The 2017 edition of Samsung’s Gear VR is only compatible with Samsung smartphones, specifically these devices: Galaxy S8, Galaxy S8+, Galaxy S7, Galaxy S7 Edge, Note 5, Galaxy S6, Galaxy S6 Edge, and Galaxy S6 Edge. from Amazon.

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Road to VR

JUNE 24, 2019

Following months of steep discounts, most of the Windows VR headsets have vanished from Microsoft’s online store and are showing limited or no stock at other retailers. Microsoft has yet to offer an explanation, but signs are pointing toward discontinuation of some headsets. Image captured by Road to VR.

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EnterpriseWear

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Read on for a recap of the major developments that took place in 2018: Enterprises that made the news for using wearables: In 2018, major retailers got more serious about XR in hopes of competing with Amazon and improving the shopping experience. Walmart was very active, beginning with its acquisition of VR startup Spatialand in February.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 1, 2019

More info (Best Black Friday deals) More info (Cyber Monday VR deals) More info (Sales on Oculus Quest games) More info (Other sales on Oculus Quest games) More info (Rift S discounted on Amazon?—?affiliate affiliate link) More info (Quest on Amazon?—?affiliate affiliate link) More info (Pimax 5K+ on Amazon?—?affiliate

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Road to VR

MARCH 10, 2020

Image courtesy Microsoft. Samsung Odyssey. Samsung Odyssey+. Most USB cables are a bit short to work with a VR headset, but they can be combined with an extender; we have had success with these options on Amazon: Anker 10ft USB 3.0 VR Headsets Compatible with Half-Life: Alyx. Vive (original). Acer WMR headset (AH101).

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

This trend will continue in 2021 : the new LiDAR sensor, which is rumored to be installed in all future iPhones, will for sure be copied also by Android phones (Samsung?) Didn’t work (Image by Microsoft). pic.twitter.com/6yFD2FfHta — TikTokComms (@TikTokComms) January 6, 2021. Sounded good.

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VRWorld

OCTOBER 20, 2016

And this system, configured “as is” – costs as much as one of those “AMD announces, but you can’t actually buy” CyberPower $499 VR Ready computers paired with an Microsoft Xbox One or Sony PlayStation 4. Predictably, the kind of performance that Intel packs into this NUC doesn’t come cheap.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Samsung starts off the month debuting its VR Internet browser for Gear VR, becoming the first to offer a VR browser. Oculus and HTC had been holding details surrounding Rift and Vive launch windows close to the chest, probably because they had delays to announce and need to nail down new plans. December 2015. January 2016.

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VRWorld

APRIL 30, 2017

“ HTC Vive ecosystem expands with eye tracking. The module is called the aGlass and it will be available for “limited pre-order sales” next month, according to HTC. While other major tech companies like Google , Facebook and Microsoft have raced into the VR/AR markets, Apple has been biding its time.”

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 15, 2019

We plan to go online with it on Amazon or Netflix and present it like that, and then have it be an additional thing that maybe Netflix or Amazon has on their platform in the Oculus or HTC. But unfortunately, Samsung and a lot of these big TV players have kind of pulled out. In our age of Amazon, that's certainly helpful.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

I think the three-degrees-of-freedom [3Dof] sets — like the Go and the Samsung Gear VR before it — are very well-suited for video viewing, that sort of thing. They’re much more distributable than the standard Oculus Rift or HTC Vive, which has to be hooked up to a PC. We have a number of reports available.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

I think the three-degrees-of-freedom [3Dof] sets — like the Go and the Samsung Gear VR before it — are very well-suited for video viewing, that sort of thing. They’re much more distributable than the standard Oculus Rift or HTC Vive, which has to be hooked up to a PC. We have a number of reports available.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

I think the three-degrees-of-freedom [3Dof] sets -- like the Go and the Samsung Gear VR before it -- are very well-suited for video viewing, that sort of thing. They're much more distributable than the standard Oculus Rift or HTC Vive, which has to be hooked up to a PC. We have a number of reports available.

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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. HTC VIVE LAUNCHES VIVE STUDIOS. HTC Vive is helping the big issue of the state of virtual reality today: lack of content.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Microsoft and Samsung may be partnering for an AR device. According to Korean media, Samsung Electronics is working with Microsoft on a new augmented/mixed reality project “involving HoloLens”. Samsung is one of the most famous suppliers of components for electronic devices (e.g. Samsung Odyssey+).

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 25, 2022

If developers of PC games want to invest more time to create a VR version of them (like it happened for No Man’s Sky, or Microsoft Flight Simulator, for instance), this could help a lot the PCVR market. Another brand I’m very curious about is Samsung : sooner or later, it should announce something, either in VR or in AR.

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