Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

The legendary developer, who for several years held the role of Oculus CTO but now maintains a less formal “consulting CTO” arrangement, says that his keynote presentation at last year’s Facebook Connect conference foreshadowed some of the announcements that can be expected at the event next week. Image courtesy Oculus.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 26, 2021

After I have written my post on how to handle unwanted permissions in Unity , many Oculus Quest developers asked me to make another tutorial to solve another common problem: Facebook showing a warning for 32-bit builds submitted to App Lab. Method 2 – The Oculus Way. And guess what? Your Ghost is here to tell you how!

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AR Insider

APRIL 27, 2020

Oculus Quest has been the accelerant that the VR industry needs. Demand is be attributed to Quest’s quality architecture and content library. But perhaps a more telling metric goes straight to the source: Oculus Quest Store data. Oculus Quest Store is a good proxy for that. Header Image Credit: Facebook/Oculus.

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ARPost

JUNE 19, 2020

OVR Technology, a virtual reality startup, recently introduced the Architecture of Scent platform. In creating Architecture of Scent, they sought to bring out the positive real-world benefits of VR. Moreover, it’s compatible with HTC Vive , Oculus Rift , and Windows Mixed Reality. Scentware ION. It also fits most HMDs.

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Road to VR

MARCH 28, 2018

Oculus’ PC SDK version 1.19 This week, Oculus announced the addition of LMS to their PC SDK 1.19. LMS relies on GPUs based on NVIDIA’s Pascal architecture (GTX 1060 and Quadro P4000, and above). The post Oculus PC SDK Adds NVIDIA Lens Matched Shading to Boost Performance appeared first on Road to VR.

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Peter Graham

MARCH 17, 2020

Tomorrow at 4pm GMT / 5pm CET, PS5 lead system architect Mark Cerny provides a deep dive into PS5’s system architecture and how it will shape the future of games. Competitor Xbox Series X has already been well documented and soon it’ll be PlayStation 5’s turn with the company confirming that more details will be released tomorrow.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Today at Oculus Connect 6, CTO John Carmack dove into the work the company has done on Oculus Link, the Quest feature which will soon allow the headset to tether to PC to play Rift games. Some of that could be further improved, he said, especially if Oculus can get lower level access to the headset’s underlying hardware.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 2, 2019

Red Matter (2018), the sci-fi puzzle-adventure from Vertical Robot , is slated to launch on Oculus Quest on August 15th. The post Sci-fi Adventure ‘Red Matter’ Coming to Oculus Quest in August appeared first on Road to VR. In the meantime, check out why we gave Red Matter a solid [8.3/10]

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Road to VR

AUGUST 24, 2017

Release in June, FORM is a VR puzzle game which has received top marks for its imposing, dream-like architecture and geometric puzzles. Now the game is available for Oculus Rift via both SteamVR and the Oculus store with a discount for the next week. Form launched initially on SteamVR in June supporting the HTC Vive.

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Road to VR

MAY 2, 2018

At Facebook’s F8 developer conference, Oculus today announced it’s both overhauling and rebranding React VR, the company’s open-source JavaScript library that lets developers create cross-platform WebVR experiences. Image courtesy Oculus. “That said, React VR has very real limitations.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

OCTOBER 5, 2022

The company offers access to one of the most affordable and flexible VR headsets on the market in the form of the Oculus Quest, allowing all businesses, large or small to explore virtual reality. Meta recently announced the arrival of a popular architectural tool “ Unity Reflect ” in the Meta Quest environment for 2022.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 12, 2019

The time for my Oculus Quest review has come. The Quest has a nice packaging , as all Oculus products. I really love opening Oculus products , since usually they are packaged really well, and the Quest is no exception. Oculus Quest box content (Image by Oculus). Front view of the Oculus Quest.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Image courtesy Oculus. This is an area where I clearly undershot,” he said, noting that Oculus’ own Half Dome prototype shown earlier this year had already met two of these specifications (140 degree FOV and variable focus), and that display panels matching the predicted resolution have already been shown publicly.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Although his original background is in architecture, his current work in VR spans from indie games like Cubism to enterprise software for architects and engineers like Resolve. If you’re planning on developing on the Oculus platform, I also highly recommend joining their Oculus Start program.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Oculus announced last month that Quest will soon be able to play Oculus games on PC via a new feature called Oculus Link. Though Oculus Link will immediately add big boost in value to existing Quest headsets, perhaps even more interesting is what this announcement tells us about next-gen Oculus headsets.

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Oculus

JULY 27, 2022

Architectural tool Unity Reflect Review comes to Meta Quest 2 today, enabling people to walk around and truly experience what it’s like being inside a.

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VRScout

MAY 19, 2021

You’ll see homes and buildings transform into beautiful architecture as flowers begin to bloom on the walls and in the yards, allowing you to explore colors with each brushstroke. Pollinator Park will launch on World Bee Day (May 20th) on the Oculus Quest and Oculus Rift. Image Credit: EU Environment via YouTube.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Kilograph brings Michael Graves’ unrealized architectural designs to life in VR. Using an Oculus Rift/Rift S VR headset in combination with Leap Motion’s hand-tracking technology, you can teleport throughout different areas of the resort and use your own two hands to add color to interactive outlines of various buildings.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Available now on Oculus Rift/Rift S and Oculus Quest for $14.99, Mighty Coconut’s Walkabout Mini Golf VR offers a unique VR putt-putt experience complete with a wide range of uniquely crafted courses, tight putting controls, 5-player multiplayer functionality, and a heap of hidden collectibles to discover.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Announced back in October, Oculus is launching the Rift Core 2.0 You can download it and give it a go for yourself by opting in to the Public Test Channel through the Oculus desktop application ( see instructions here ), it may take some time to roll out to everyone. Oculus Home. Image courtesy Oculus. The Rift Core 2.0

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

These include at least smart retail, tourism, and architecture. LaValle, who was also an early founder and head scientist of Oculus VR. Fourthly, there are certain key application areas or industry vertical-specific solutions that Finnish companies should pay more attention to.

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Upload VR

JANUARY 4, 2024

It inherits all the advantages of the base XR2 Gen 2 architecture, including the hardware acceleration for camera passthrough that is said to reduce end-to-end latency to around 12 milliseconds. But that inherited architecture also means that while its GPU and CPU have a higher maximum clockspeed, their performance per watt is identical.

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VR Bites

MAY 26, 2016

Alan Yates, a developer at Valve, calls the technology behind the Oculus Rift directly derived from Valve own research program. ” He cites a number of small differences between Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, but claims that the Oculus Rift is a copy. Both Oculus Rift as HTC Vive are now available.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 14, 2022

That is, an application built for the Oculus runtime can also run for the Valve Index on SteamVR. Since I use Quest+Link, I have added Oculus Touch Controller Profile. This means that if you are using OpenXR to build for Quest, you can’t use the functionalities of the Oculus Utilities package. And that’s it!

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Peter Graham

JANUARY 30, 2020

One of which is The Wild, a platform specifically designed to help architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) firms coordinate more effectively. Today, the company has announced an update to its building information modelling (BIM) toolset, adding three new tools.

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Road to VR

MARCH 22, 2018

Qualcomm’s latest reference headset supports Vive Wave, HTC Vive Focus international launch, Oculus talks about their 2018 ecosystem, announces ‘Positional Timewarp’, reveals new Oculus Go details, and Unreal Engine’s real-time ray-tracing demo. Inside Oculus 2018’ session: ‘Positional Timewarp’ announced.

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VRScout

JUNE 7, 2019

If you’re unfamiliar with the concept behind Vaporwave, it can best be described as a retrofuturistic subgenre of music, art, clothing, and architecture designed to induce a sense of nostalgia and surrealism. Take a joyride down Neon Highway in this Tachyon-powered retrofuturistic universe. Image Credit: Hollon Reed.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

ARM implementer 65 architecture 8 variant 1 part 3341 revision 0. It was only last year HTC unveiled Vive Focus Plus for enterprise users, the company’s second 6DOF standalone headset sporting a Snapdragon 835 (also the processor used in Oculus Quest). Operating System. Android 10. HTC Vive Focus(XR2). Motherboard. ARM Qualcomm.

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VRScout

MARCH 11, 2019

Every day, over 30,000 visitors flock to the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris to tour the exquisite architecture made even more famous by Victor Hugo’s Hunchback of Notre Dame. Take a closer look at one of histories most treasured cathedrals in this stereoscopic 360-degree experience. the Cathedral maintains an air of mystery and awe.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 5, 2016

Oculus Touch is out tomorrow and we finally get to test just how well the optical ‘Constellation’ tracking system handles itself, all the way from rug scale to beyond roomscale. Oculus Touch launches officially tomorrow worldwide. But how does the same technology scale to enable a more free-roaming room sized VR experience?

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Cats and VR

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

Both Oculus Rift and HTC Vive owners will have the extra benefit of experiencing Lantern in VR. Enjoy four beautiful East Asian-inspired worlds, each with a different theme, nature and architecture. The whole family can enjoy its landscapes, rich with colors and ambient East Asian Soundtrack.

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Peter Graham

JULY 16, 2019

The Wild is a collaboration platform for architecture and design teams which has just launched support for Oculus Quest. Adding support for Oculus Quest, designers don’t need to be next to their PC to view their work, either finding a quiet corner of the office as well as being able to take the device to customers.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Announced at Oculus Connect 6 this week was a new title from Stress Level Zero, the studio behind Hover Junkers (2016) and Duck Season (2017). The game, which is said to arrive on Oculus Quest sometime next year, is slated to take place in the same universe as the studio’s upcoming physics-based adventure Boneworks.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

launch comes with a massive update that introduces a new lineup of towering architecture that spans two floors of the VR museum, fresh artwork from a handful of new creators, improved wayfinding in navigation which makes it easier to find new art and meet up with friends, and a slew of new social controls and avatar customizations. .

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ARPost

APRIL 7, 2021

Oculus was acquired by Facebook, showing the possibility of integrated VR within the social platform. VR and AR technology have been working together to bring out the best in both, and one of the best examples of this merger is architecture. Online Collaboration (VR Becomes a Social Norm). Mixed Reality Headsets (AR and VR in One).

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Voices of VR

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The core center of gravity of Asgard's Wrath 2 is active presence with the rich embodied melee gameplay along with a secondary focus on environmental presence with exquisite environmental design and vast architectural spaces, and the third quality of mental and social presence with the god-scale puzzle solving, RPG strategy, and lots of backstory of (..)

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ARVR

OCTOBER 27, 2021

This is the case of e-FRAME , a new Modular prefabricated system, designed by Italian architect Aristide Terenzi , already winner of architectural competitions, and advocate of a systemic approach to Architecture. Inglobe has partnered with Arch. e-FRAME is specifically designed with this need in mind.

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