ARPost

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Although gaming is certainly a great use case and example of what immersive VR experiences can deliver, the possibilities are endless,” said Vindevogel. He gave examples of some applications of VR that have nothing to do with gaming, such as house tours, and meetings. ” He expects Meta to continue pushing the narrative for VR.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Still, nCoV-2019 Tracker serves as an excellent example of VR’s potential as a data visualization tool. To experience the magic in VR or AR, visit the same link via a WebVR compatible headset, such as the Oculus Quest, or a dedicated AR headset like the Microsoft HoloLens 2 or Magic Leap One.

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VRScout

MAY 8, 2021

Unlike existing enterprise-focused headsets like the Microsoft HoloLens 2 , the Pro 3e smart glasses are designed for use by consumers as a PC gaming and entertainment device. Similar to existing VR headsets like the Oculus Quest, the Pro 3e allows you to adjust the lenses to fit your personal IPD measurements. Image Credit: NuEyes.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 26, 2018

While hardware advancements such as the HTC Vive Pro and Oculus Rift have solidified at-home VR as a viable option, those looking for next-level immersion will still find the most success with location-based VR installations. LOCATION-BASED VR. Of course we can’t talk about standalone VR without bringing up the HTC Vive Focus.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 21, 2019

Original image from Oculus). Oculus Rift and Gear VR have sold 10M units. At the beginning of the week, Jack McCauley, one of the founders of the Oculus startup, had claimed in an interview with CNBC that Facebook VR will never succeed. Of course, he was not only talking about Oculus but about VR in general.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 12, 2021

Here you are my massive video review of the HoloLens 2 (featuring almost 1 hour of content) with many examples of interactions and mixed reality videos! For instance, in the box I’ve found a cleaning cloth for an Oculus device… and I don’t think it actually comes with a Microsoft HoloLens! Specifications.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Image by Microsoft). Microsoft to tighten safety measures in Altspace VR. After a similar announcement performed by Meta last week, this week Microsoft has announced the tightening of the safety measures inside its social VR platform Altspace VR. Removing them removes lots of potential problems from Microsoft.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 29, 2022

The Mixed Reality Toolkit (MRTK) by Microsoft is an open-source toolkit that has been around since the HoloLens was first released in 2016. Microsoft-driven MRTK-Unity is a suite of components and capabilities used to speed the creation of cross-platform MR applications in Unity. Oculus (Unity 2019.3

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Productivity for Meta means in particular making the job done, that is giving the tools to professionals to do work on the headset. Meta has partnered with other two tech giants: Adobe and Autodesk, to bring their professional tools to Quest Pro. Partnership with Microsoft. Adobe and Autodesk. Other productivity applications.

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ARVR

OCTOBER 8, 2021

As an example, in procedural VR training, it is important to bring hand and finger-interaction as close as possible to reality to increase realism and immersion of the trainee! It sounds simple, but it is extremely helpful in a lot of immersive experiences, from the most basic ones to the most elaborate. Don’t forget to give us your ??

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 14, 2024

The Potential of Meta Horizon OS: What it Means for XR Meta says its Horizon OS solution will give creators and developers access to a comprehensive suite of tools and frameworks for conveniently building mixed reality experiences. Microsoft is also partnering with Meta to develop a limited-edition Quest headset for the Xbox.

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AR Insider

MAY 27, 2020

AR is a good example of this. Change cannot be achieved gradually, and the pain was obviously not big enough to replace existing tools, even though the problems were known (difficult to understand instructions for complex tasks, wasted time searching for information, unnecessary travel costs for experts, etc.). .”

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2024

We can say the new cycle started with the announcement of the Apple Vision Pro , because that has been a disruptive moment for our market: Road To VR’s Ben Lang says that it has been the most important moment for virtual reality after Facebook’s acquisition of Oculus , and I agree. Photoshop is doing the same.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 3, 2017

Microsoft’s Windows Holographic VR headsets are going to run the gamut of specs like input, field of view, and resolution. Lenovo’s headset looks very similar to the white device here seen at Microsoft’s announcement last year. Tagged with: CES , lenovo , microsoft , VR , Windows Holographic.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

BISim’s technology portfolio encompasses desktop training, simulation host, image generation, terrain editing and management, AI, and software development tools. VR, for example, allowed some of our customers to focus on pilot training to start to train flying in formations which was not possible with previously used displaying hardware (i.e.,

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

References found in the Oculus Quest 2 firmware by users Reggy04 and Basti564 highlight how the Quest 2 Pro should have: Eyes tracking Facial expressions tracking Eye relief knob Granular IPD adjustment External charging station. VR animation tool Quill has proved to be an interesting tool for creators these years.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 28, 2019

Oculus Quest and controllers (Image by Oculus). Oculus is updating its Rift S and Quest offering. This has been an interesting week of news and updates for Oculus’s flagship devices. And finally, Oculus has deployed a new update to remove the annoying “Static Flash” bug that was taunting Rift S users.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 18, 2023

However, following a lacklustre push towards workplace XR by way of the Pro headset, Meta is revamping its XR portfolio as an inclusive tool for harnessing the much-hype industrial Metaverse. The firm also offers services like Microsoft Office and ShapesXR via its headset lineup, and Meta still supports its Pro headset for businesses.

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ARPost

JUNE 8, 2020

As a result, the conference itself was used as an example of a whole cluster of use cases for XR. People were moving towards being interested in VR meetings even before the pandemic,” MeetinVR co-founder and CEO Cristian Emanuel Anton said in a panel discussion on VR Collaboration Tools. This is definitely VR’s potential killer moment.

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ARPost

APRIL 22, 2022

The XRA is an industry organization founded by Google , HTC VIVE , Microsoft , Oculus , and Sony Interactive Entertainment. For example, the last time we covered one of their reports it was an industry survey with Perkins Coie. About the “Thinking Ahead About XR” Report. Equity and Inclusion. “XR

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 28, 2017

In the middle of August 2012 I wrote my first article about Oculus. I’d previously seen some expensive VR installations, like those used by Disney , but my view inside the Oculus Rift — and the interviews I conducted with researchers at Stanford and USC — convinced me VR had a good chance of actually going mainstream.

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AR Insider

MARCH 16, 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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VRScout

JUNE 19, 2017

It’s a Helsinki-based company (“varjo” is “shadow” in Finnish) that’s been in stealth until now, working to develop a 70 megapixel solution for XR (by comparison, Oculus Rift and HTC Vive run about 1.2 Comparison shot of Varjo Bionic display and Oculus Rift display. Comparison shot of Varjo Bionic display and Oculus Rift display.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Small startups can’t compete with big companies, so usually, startups produce expensive headsets at a smaller scale to survive : see VRgineers or Varjo as an example. While Oculus is getting all the glory for the Quest, its competitors are not sleeping. Notwithstanding all this hate, the Oculus Quest 2 is selling very well.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

AUGUST 5, 2022

Some of the very first mainstream examples of augmented and virtual reality were delivered directly to the entertainment world, and many were met with significant levels of demand. Even now, in a world where XR is becoming a tool for a multitude of professional tasks, gaming still stands as a major area.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Let me make an example with another company coming out of the blue some years ago: Varjo. In the meanwhile, the community is still rioting about the Facebook login , and /r/Oculus should now be called /r/FacebookBannedMyAccount because this is the only topic people are talking about. Anyway, the message to Zuck has been sent.

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AR Insider

JUNE 4, 2020

This timing prompted Spatial to launch on Oculus Quest and make its PRO tier free. Starting at the beginning, the Spatial user experience (UX) is the first thing you’ll notice when entering the app (I accessed via Oculus Quest). Oculus Quest support likewise follows the device’s growth , especially for shelter-in-place use.

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Road to VR

JUNE 13, 2016

As HoloLens filters its way into more developers’ hands, we’re beginning to see some of the true potential in Microsoft’s ‘Holographic’ augmented reality headset. So what if there was a tool which allowed an SFX artists to build his effects and try them out, in real time, overlaid into reality?

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 25, 2022

I can’t guarantee that these predictions will come out to be true (I always joke about the fact that I miss many of the predictions about Meta/Oculus), but I think they will be worth reading anyway to understand what can be the trends to look for in this new year. Me wearing my branded Oculus Quest 2. So… let’s start!

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 27, 2020

The Oculus Quest 2 has been leaked. The famous leaker WalkingCat did it again, leaking this time a new model of the Oculus Quest , in the beginning with some renders, and then with true pictures of a pre-production device (that had been originally shared by redditor CallThePlumber). Top news of the week. Image by WalkingCat).

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AR Insider

MAY 6, 2020

The Lowe‘s Holoroom is being used to let customers test drive power tools and other home renovation equipment so that they feel comfortable not just buying it but also using it when they get home. A good example of this in virtual reality can be seen in a recent campaign by The Coca-Cola Company on the Advrty platform.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 7, 2021

It doesn’t seem to be on par with the Oculus Quest 2, but as a first device by Nolo, it is not that bad. A decent budget for Microsoft and Facebook… but something impossible for companies like HTC or Magic Leap (do you remember when we all thought that $2.5B It looks like a refreshed Vive Focus Plus. was a lot of money?).

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ARVR

JANUARY 6, 2023

Users can use HMD devices such as Google Cardboard, Oculus Quest, Rift or HTC Vive to experience an imaginary environment. Pokemon Go is the best example for an augmented reality game. Microsoft Hololens is a key player in the MR market. Pokemon Go is a popular example that uses location-based AR.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 20, 2021

First, they acquired Oculus and said that nothing would have changed for the startup, and they promised Palmer that no Oculus Rift would have required a Facebook account. Then they slowly kicked away all the previous executives from Oculus and took control of the company. Then they absorbed Oculus into Facebook.

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Tech Trends VR

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

As researchers continue to push the boundaries of what is possible and companies like Microsoft prototype new haptic devices, we can probably look forward to a near-future where the virtual world will not only look realistic, but also feel real to all our senses. The Louvre, for example, has been using AR as early as 2015. Healthcare.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 30, 2020

You can already use Valve’s tools to create custom maps for the game. 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. Oculus Quest is available again in some countries. HP announces the Reverb G2.

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VRScout

MARCH 14, 2018

Sinespace is compatible with a majority of 3D models and game design tools. Sinespace also includes several unique building tools as well. However, this vetting system doesn’t mean you’ll be restricted in your customization by any means.

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