Road to VR

MARCH 12, 2024

Apple’s significant impact on the market tends to draw attention from companies that might not have otherwise entered a specific product category—aka “The Apple Effect.” Now, Vision Pro users can download the myMako app , which lets surgeons visualize and review surgical plans in an immersive way.

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VRScout

JULY 31, 2021

As was the case with last year’s event, attendees can once again enjoy a wide range of VR content remotely thanks to a partnership with Oculus and Viveport. Split into several categories, Venice VR Expanded will feature 37 projects from 21 countries around the world. Image Credit: La Biennale di Venezia. MYCELIA SHELTER.

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ARPost

MAY 19, 2023

Mindway is a VR app that promotes mindfulness – both in virtual worlds of unearthly peace and through lessons that you can carry with you when you put the headset down. I gave the app a test run by incorporating it into my own stressful work week. The app doesn’t currently have a comfort rating.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Converse, for one, first offered this shopping experience back in 2010 through The Sampler iPhone app which leveraged augmented reality. Leveraging advanced AR and VR technology, virtual try-on presents an effective solution to this problem. Not all brands have virtual try-on apps. The Future of Shopping Is More Exciting.

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ARPost

MARCH 7, 2023

However, despite some new categories, the overall category list was shorter this year as a number of previous awards were combined. That includes some new categories reflecting the advancement of immersive technology even over the last few months. The third Annual Polys WebXR Awards took place this weekend.

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ARPost

JULY 22, 2021

The Academy of International Extended Reality has held the VR Awards for the last four years and the fifth annual event is scheduled to take place in VR on November 18. VR Healthcare of the Year. The VR Healthcare of the Year award is awarded to “projects that are changing the landscape of healthcare industries for good.”

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Road to VR

AUGUST 5, 2022

Meta this week released a new demo app called First Hand to showcase the kind of experiences that developers can build with the company’s controllerless hand-tracking tools. Although the demo is largely designed to showcase hand-tracking capabilities to developers, First Hand is available for anyone to download for free from App Lab.

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ARPost

APRIL 14, 2020

The Auggie Awards is the AWE’s AR and VR awards show, so, with AWE moving online , so are the Auggies. Categories and Past Winners. The Auggies recognize XR technology in 15 categories: Best Art or Film. Best Consumer App. You probably already know that the annual Augmented World Expo (AWE) is going online this year.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

The main ceremony took place last Wednesday evening, but the awards for Best in Show VR, Best in Show AR, and the Awesome Award were awarded at the AWE closing ceremony on Thursday. HP Global Head of VR for Go-To-Market, Joanna Popper, presented the award for Best Collaboration Tool to ShapesXR by Tvori. Best Consumer App.

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Road to VR

JUNE 2, 2022

TRIPP, a developer creating VR meditation experiences, announced it’s secured $11.2 million funding round which it says will be used to expand so it can meet growing global demand for mental wellbeing apps accessible through AR, VR and mobile platforms. The app is priced at either $5 per month, or $35 for lifetime access.

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AR Insider

JANUARY 30, 2020

VR continues to show early-stage characteristics, including erratic interest and investment. AR Insider’s research arm ARtillery Intelligence has quantified the revenue position and outlook, resulting in the fourth and latest wave of its Global VR Forecast. At a high level, the firm projects VR revenues to grow from $3.9

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VRScout

JUNE 3, 2021

During Facebook’s F8 Developer Conference, the company announced that it will be launching a new category of AR (augmented reality) experiences that will help transform standard video calls into fun interactive AR parties using its new Multipeer API. . That being said, AR effects aren’t new for Facebook’s messaging apps.

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VRScout

APRIL 24, 2020

This past year the popular indie marketplace has served as a breeding ground for innovative VR content, allowing developers to publish full games and experimental tech demos deemed too rough for the Oculus Store and gain valuable feedback from early access players. Improved UX across the user dashboard and when browsing apps.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

The company says in a blog post that it’s aimed at both new and existing app developers on the platform, with the revenue share program starting from November 1st and going through the end of 2020. The post Viveport is Giving Developers 100% of Their App’s Revenue Through the End of 2020 appeared first on Road to VR.

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ARPost

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

We are witnessing the evolution of AR/VR in the supply chain. The Current State of AR/VR in the Supply Chain. A survey published by Statista indicates a significant growth in the investments these companies make in AR/VR technologies: 8% in 2017, 23% in 2018, and 34% in 2019. What Is the Outlook of AR/VR in the Supply Chain?

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ARVR

AUGUST 10, 2022

TL;DR The term Metaverse refers to an app or website, that allows people to interact with each other through the use of the internet and Extended Reality (XR) technology. XR refers to Augmented Reality (AR), Mixed Reality (MR) and Virtual Reality (VR). In this post, I’ll help explain what this new buzzword is and what it means.

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ARVR

OCTOBER 1, 2022

So far, this has been most prominent in business verticals and product categories such as footwear and furniture. Like the above product categories, it’s all about qualifying big buying decisions. It launched an app that consumers can use to visualize accessories during or after the car-buying process.

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ARPost

JANUARY 31, 2023

The social VR community was shocked and devastated to learn that AltspaceVR is shutting its doors. For example, the live VR comedy show Failed to Rende r began in AltspaceVR but also has a home in Horizon Worlds and VRChat. Somnium Space is in a similar category. Mona is in a similar category. Where will they go?

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ARPost

DECEMBER 15, 2020

VR can make Christmas shopping less stressful and a whole lot safer, especially amid the global health crisis. Instead of browsing the product categories of retail websites, shoppers can explore virtual versions of brick-and-mortar stores. From the app, shoppers can explore the mall and buy from 46 stores.

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Road to VR

APRIL 6, 2021

The Unity Cube is an experiment from developer Tony “SkarredGhost” Vitillo to test the limits of what Oculus will allow into the App Lab program. Oculus App Lab is an alternative path for developers to publish applications on Quest. But could it make it onto App Lab? To Vitillo’s surprise, the answer was yes.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 24, 2023

:O Top news of the week (Image from an Apple event) Apple headset to run iOS apps The rumored launch of the Apple headset is getting closer, so the rumors about it are intensifying. Freeform collaboration app : will let users work on virtual whiteboards together while in mixed reality. Camera app : can take pictures from the headset.

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Road to VR

APRIL 24, 2017

This year’s 2017 Google Play Awards include new categories for top VR and AR apps, to which Google has nominated five apps each. Among 12 categories, the company had added two new ‘Best Experience’ categories for AR and VR to the Google Play Awards 2017. Mekorama VR – Martin Magni.

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ARPost

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Pico announced their next-generation VR headsets, Pico 4 and Pico 4 Pro, at a hybrid event in Berlin and streamed live last Thursday, September 22. As well as the completely redesigned headsets and controllers, the event showcased news software including an updated operating system, launch titles, apps and integrations, and more.

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ARPost

JANUARY 10, 2022

Immersive technology has two main categories with varying levels of immersive experiences – virtual reality and augmented reality. VR offers full immersion by cutting out the physical world, while AR offers partial immersion by overlaying virtual elements in a real-world setting. Furthermore, VR can aid in employee training.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 15, 2020

Not only will participants have direct access to Magic Leap’s developer relation team for support, but they will also receive priority listing when it comes to publishing their work in the Magic Leap app store. . Caraeff adds, “Developers can access commercial potential in these categories with the right application.”.

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ARPost

JULY 15, 2020

For instance, online communities such as Twitter have already needed to combat hateful language and manipulative content, and the VR community is grappling with player-to-player harassment in immersive games. Big ideas in computing often become even bigger when they become interconnected and turn social.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

OCTOBER 12, 2023

VR, AR, and MR are growing in influence across the business world; whether in training or branded customer experiences use cases, wider technology adoption is felt, and as the market reaches more business use cases, clients are trying their best to understand how XR can drive positive outcomes. The first one would be training and simulation.”

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

” Image courtesy Meta Zuckerberg highlights Quest’s strength when it comes to playing room-scale games, social VR applications, and fitness apps, but also mentions the headset’s overall comfort, which despite custom in-store fittings, has been a sticking point for some Vision Pro users. “Now, look.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Walt Disney Animation, Qualcomm, ILMxLAB are just a few of the winners announced during the 2020 VR Awards. The Academy of International Extended Reality (AIXR) has been celebrating momentous accomplishments in VR since 2017 with their annual VR Awards. Here are a few of the standout winners from this year’s VR Awards!

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VRScout

APRIL 7, 2020

Step into the world of French illusionist and film director Georges Mélíès in AR, VR, or standard video. In addition to being the first ever Doodle to take the form of a 360-degree film, the project was also nominated for an Emmy in the Outstanding Original Interactive Program category. Image Credit: Google.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 5, 2023

This makes VR more human and less isolating for the people that are with us : if someone is around you, the headset displays your eyes in an optical-correct way, so these people can have a more human relationship with you. Use Cases This is instead the category in which I expected something more from the launch. It would be too slow.

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ARVR

AUGUST 29, 2022

This is one of mobile AR’s top revenue categories. That’s opposed to self-distributed AR marketing, such as brands that launch AR marketing in their own apps or websites. Paid placement also leads the above spending categories as brands increasingly see the benefit of sponsored lenses such as product try-ons. billion in 2026.

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VRScout

MARCH 20, 2021

Could this wearable device solve the headache that is typing in VR? You can do some pretty amazing things in VR. Currently, entering your password and username or typing out a message in VR means awkwardly selecting keys using your motion controllers. This ensures more accurate tracking while in VR.

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Road to VR

MARCH 6, 2018

Last year marked HTC’s very first Vive Developer Awards (VDAs), which saw tens of thousands of dollars go to VR app developers across a number of categories. HTC has established 5 categories for this year’s VDAs including entertainment, education, arts & culture, enterprise and arcade. Bartender VR Simulator.

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ARVR

MARCH 17, 2023

VR traction over the past few years has been slower than many had anticipated. Known as VR Usage & Consumer Attitudes, Wave VI , it follows similar reports over the past few years. Among the topics tackled: How is VR resonating with everyday consumers? And for those who aren’t interested in VR… why not?

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VRScout

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Over the course of four months (August 3rd to November 9th), applicants from nine different countries submitted a total of 145 works (59 in AR and 86 in VR) to the 2020 NEWVIEW Awards. This week event organizers The 2020 NEWVIEW Awards has listed their 25 finalists for immersive technology innovation; seven in AR and the remaining 18 in VR.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Sense Arena, a VR sports training provider based out of the Czech Republic, is one such company working to modernize the world of sports training through the use of immersive technology. We are excited to welcome a category leader like Sense Arena into the LA Kings family,” said Kelly Cheeseman, chief operating officer, AEG Sports.

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