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APRIL 22, 2024

A headset "designed for exercise that's extra-light with sweat-wicking materials". Today's news comes just under two months after it was revealed that Google tried to convince Meta to abandon the Quest platform (now Horizon OS) and switch to its upcoming Android XR platform, expected to be announced at Google I/O in three weeks.

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Full Dive Gaming

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

0:00 Intro 0:54 Q&A 1:00 Favorite VR - NOT GAMING 2:26 VR Exercise 3:13 Into the Radius & Red Matter 2 3:31 Worst Product You've Ever Reviewed 6:48 VR News 7:16 Meta Quest Pro Release 11:52 Firewall Ultra coming to PSVR2!!! Each week, we release NEW EPISODES on all Your Favorite major platforms: Spotify, Apple, Google.

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Road to VR

JULY 8, 2016

VR on exercise bikes like VirZOOM is going to be AMAZING… for some people, and I may not be one of those people. But overall, I think that VirZOOM is clearly going to be a popular incentive and motivator for some people to get more exercise. The post Does the VirZOOM Exercise Bike Solve the VR Locomotion Problem?

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ARPost

AUGUST 23, 2022

The popularity of VR fitness has changed the way people approach exercise. Plus, there’s no need to invest in the bulky exercise equipment that takes up a lot of space in your home. Start by downloading FitXR companion app via the App Store or Google Play Store. How to Set Up the FitXR Mobile App.

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AR Insider

APRIL 5, 2021

7% (seven-tenths of one percent) of Google Play app downloads in 2020 included AR. This forms the starting point of our thought exercise. 07% figure applies to Google Play, as noted above. But it’s reasonable to assume for the sake of this exercise that an equivalent share of AR apps exists in the iOS universe.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

That could be wayfinding with Google Live View , or visual search with Google Lens. As you can tell from these examples, Google will have a key stake in this “ Internet of Places.” That forms the basis for its storefront recognition in Google Lens and urban navigation in Live View. Google isn’t alone.

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ARPost

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The app uses content from Wikipedia and Google Earth to create interactive and educational self-guided tours of just about anywhere. Some of the exercises like the boxing exercise or the rhythm game “Flow” might be intense at first, but there are also the more laid-back meditation and stretching activities. Wander (Quest).

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AR Insider

DECEMBER 21, 2020

A fter launching in 2017, Google’s ARCore has been relatively quiet. Google reports this week that ARCore has surpassed one billion installs. This refers to the Google Play Services for AR app in Google’s Play Store. That’s just a thought exercise of course. Google lives on the web after all.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JULY 6, 2022

The service also supports Avantis Education’s purpose-built headset, as well as Google Expeditions kit, and is designed for classroom adoption. The base Eduverse product is free for teachers, who can quickly log in using an active Microsoft or Google account, enabling teachers and students to access Eduverse teaching tools.

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AR Insider

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Where does Google fit in all of this? Besides financial incentive to future-proof its core search business with next-generation visual interfaces — per our ongoing “ follow the money ” exercise — Google’s actual moves triangulate an IoP play. That includes its “search what you see” Google Lens , and Live View 3D navigation.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 27, 2018

Do you know Google Spotlight Stories? It is a small R&D lab on creative projects hosted by Google that is focused on creating original VR storytelling experiences. The 16 experiences developed so far by the Google Spotlight Stories team. Back To The Moon is the first virtual reality doodle of Google’s history.

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AR Insider

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Where does Google fit in all of this? Besides financial incentive to future-proof its core search business with next-generation visual interfaces — per our ongoing “ follow the money ” exercise — Google’s actual moves triangulate an IoP play. These visions often trace back to their core businesses.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

It certainly doesn’t help that I find exercising in a gym boring and time-consuming. The Virtual Reality Institute of Health and Exercise does research on the impact of virtual reality exercise on the human body. VR Health Exercise Tracker. This is the app by the Virtual Reality Institute of Health and Exercise.

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Oculus

APRIL 15, 2021

The latest app from veteran VR fitness team VirZOOM, VZfit (releasing today on Oculus Quest) enables players to explore the world via Google Street View.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Picking up where we left off last week in examining Apple’s hearables strategy, what’s Google’s counterpoint? With Apple out of the way, we’ll now tackle Google (and Bose next week). How is audio AR aligned with Google’s master plan to be the “knowledge layer” for the spatial web?

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AR Insider

JANUARY 18, 2021

Visual search, a la Google Lens , meanwhile lets users identify items with their smartphone camera as a shopping launchpad. Now it’s time to revisit this exercise with the latest data. Google Swirl is a good example of both. This comes in a few flavors.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Google Play Services for AR app is the 8th most downloaded Google Play app in August (9th overall), sitting between Instagram and Snapchat. Google Play Services for AR , previously known as ARCore, is the user-facing version of ARCore. This exercise is a glimpse into our thinking when market sizing. What does this mean?

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ARVR

MAY 26, 2022

Last week, Google teased its latest AR glasses?—?a The first was of course the ill-fated Google Glass which, in fairness, had a fruitful second life in the enterprise. Macro factors have changed, leading Google back to the consumer AR well. But the other factor that’s different about Google’s latest AR tease is focus.

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VRScout

JUNE 17, 2017

VirZOOM is back with a more affordable option for exercising in virtual reality. The $100 device is compatible with most mainstream headsets including the HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and PSVR, with support for mobile VR options such as Samsung’s Gear VR and Google DayDream on the way.

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Mashable VR

FEBRUARY 5, 2022

Nothing against exercise or even filling up some of my precious house space with a large and expensive stationary bike. But structured, hosted exercise time isn't what I want when I climb on a machine like this. In fact, the report notes that Peloton's video game, Lanebreak , is powered by Google.

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VRScout

JANUARY 23, 2017

Appropriately titled CycleVR , the application uses a bluetooth cadence monitor to track pedal rotations while simultaneously using Google Street View to create a 3D environment. Aaron spoke more about his motivations behind the project stating, “I don’t really like exercise, I find it boring.

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ARVR

OCTOBER 20, 2022

There are legitimate discussions underway as a thought exercise for mapping out our connected future?—?likely One example is visual search, a la Google Lens , where users (especially camera-native gen-Z), hold up their phones up to identify and interact with everything from statues to storefronts.

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VRScout

APRIL 15, 2021

TRIPP uniquely integrates gameplay mechanics, breath visualization, breathing exercises, beautiful visual landscapes, and binaural audio. ” VZfit – “ VZfit is a fitness app that lets you explore the world through Google Street View while getting a full-body cardio workout.

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AR Insider

JANUARY 23, 2020

Visual search is Google’s main flavor of AR. It’s one way Google wants to future proof its core search business. A more visual front end — via Google Lens and Live View navigation — builds on mobile hardware, computer vision, looming 5G connectivity and gen-Z camera affinity. For example, Google Lens — a.k.a.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 5, 2024

Google has great expertise in building operating systems, plus its Google Play store would have let Meta Quest become compatible with all its Android Apps out of the box. This is not just the nth Beat Saber clone More info (Beat The Beats) Other news His Majesty Hugo Swart leaves Qualcomm after having led its XR efforts.

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ARVR

APRIL 14, 2021

7% (seven-tenths of one percent) of Google Play app downloads in 2020 included AR. This forms the starting point of our thought exercise. 07% figure applies to Google Play, as noted above. But it’s reasonable to assume for the sake of this exercise that an equivalent share of AR apps exists in the iOS universe.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Like in our ongoing “ follow the money ” exercise, they’re each building wearables strategies that support or future-proof core businesses where tens of billions in annual revenues are at stake. Specifically, its new Echo Buds are Bluetooth earpieces that compete with Google Pixel Buds and Apple AirPods.

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AR Insider

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Notably, when kicking off this thought exercise, we realized that several of the topics look similar to last year. As shown in the Google Glass era, cultural receptivity and comfort levels for face-worn hardware (with a camera, no less) will be a years-long uphill climb.

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ARPost

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

They can’t imagine life without Apple, Google, and apps, so education must adapt to their new perception patterns. See Also: Developing AR Apps with Google's ARCore. It’s a highly immersive exercise for human anatomy classes that lets children see how they look from inside. Let’s take a look at what AR technology they offer.

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ARPost

MAY 18, 2022

We kind of thought about a mashup of futuristic exercises and a mid-century style gym.”. Modeled after a physical gym for your body, the Mind Gym is composed of over 60 different mental exercises, arranged from warm-ups, to “special equipment,” to cool-downs. Cycling is not just physical health, it’s how I do my meditating.

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Upload VR

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

The XR Headset With Google? In February Samsung officially announced it was working on an XR headset, with Google handling the system software via a new variant of Android and Qualcomm providing the chipset. Samsung could perhaps be preparing to commercialize AR glasses, separately to the XR headset.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Then VR might be an excellent motivation to get more exercise as it is less boring, at least in my opinion. There are subscription-based apps like VZFit or Holofit that give you access to an app and tracker and allow you to bring an exercise bike or even an elliptical into your VR experience. Image courtesy Google.

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ARPost

MAY 27, 2022

The experience uses imagery from Google Street View to allow runners and bikers to change their scenery when working out indoors. The company regularly posts “challenges” for their community, which typically involve using scenery from different parts of the world, encouraging exercisers to explore the planet from wherever they are.

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VRScout

AUGUST 9, 2016

Take in the Google Street View scenery with this custom built Gear VR app. Exercise bikes can be boring. But not for one developer in Scotland who wanted to spice up his daily exercise bike rides by pairing a Gear VR headset with Google Street View imagery data for one unique ride up the length of Britain.

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AR Insider

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Bose is already there with Bose AR, while Google has developed live language translation apps and Apple will enter a bit later, as it often does. On to Google, It’s likewise motivated towards Audio AR as an always-on touch point for users to search and be proactively served content. The second step will be apps. Touch Point.

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AR Insider

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

So predicting AR’s trajectory becomes an exercise in “ following the money.” ” For Google, investments in AR are to drive search (visual search, mapping). Google will be the knowledge layer , just like its web index serves that purpose on the 2D web. For Apple, AR’s job is to sell more hardware.

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VRScout

JUNE 20, 2018

The company is currently valued at more than $6 billion and has raised money from the likes of Google and Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba. ” The eyewear can also track activities such as “eating, taking medication, exercising, or a combination thereof.”

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