VRScout

OCTOBER 10, 2020

With an unrivalled price point, the ZapBox kit includes controllers, two phone camera adaptors, world anchors, a content library of both pre-released and original experiences, and a Unity plugin for developers.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 24, 2022

Image by Google). Project Iris is the codename of Google’s AR glasses. According to a report on The Verge, Google is working on AR glasses. The operating system should be Android, but it seems that Google is also building an operating system specific for XR. Samsung Exynos 2200 introduces ray tracing on mobile.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

As I said a few months ago , we are in the middle of a paradigm change: the cycle that started with the Quest is arriving at an end, and a new cycle driven by new technologies (mixed reality headsets) and new players (Apple, Google) is starting. Google and Samsung Prototype of the Samsung XR headset.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

APRIL 17, 2023

Da Vinci Eye is an AR smartphone application for artists, amateurs, and professionals that leverages immersive visualisations to project guides onto real-world surfaces allowing users to trace or copy images. The application also comes with Mural Maker, an immersive solution which allows iOS users to design giant-sized artworks.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

More info (Sam Altman returns as CEO of OpenAI) More info (The Q* algorithm could be the reason why Altman was fired) News worth a mention Samsung trademarks “Samsung Glasses” Samsung has filed a trademark for “Samsung Glasses” in the UK. Thanks to Davy Demeyer for the tip!)

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 1, 2017

When we last heard from OTOY , the company revealed it was bringing light field baking and more to its Unity integration. On display at Unity’s booth is the first light field video created in OTOY’s Octane renderer using the engine. Items captured could be turned into a Unity asset to be brought into VR or MR experiences.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

This year alone, we’ve seen major announcements from Google and Firefox , as well as the continued growth of independent WebVR communities, such as JanusVR: This is just the beginning; there will be much, much more from here. Ultimately, it’s these experiences that will drive mass-adoption of immersive technologies. .

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Road to VR

JUNE 12, 2023

Unity engine support is promised but with no plans for motion control support, Apple has cut out any possibility of porting most of the existing or future VR catalog to its platform. Inputs and Haptics are incredibly important to Virtual Reality as a major tenant in reinforcing immersion and tactile interaction with virtual objects.

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ARPost

JULY 29, 2022

See Also: 5 VR Accessories You Need for the Next-Level Immersion. You can create your own world using the Unity SDK. vTime XR is available for download on Google Play, and App Store, and works with Samsung Gear VR, Windows Mixed Reality, Oculus Go, Oculus Quest, and Google Daydream. 8 VR Apps for Socializing.

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Road to VR

MARCH 8, 2017

The popular forms of mobile VR headsets, such as the Samsung Gear VR and Google Daydream View and Cardboard, are currently limited to rotational head tracking, meaning that you can look around comfortably from a single vantage point, but movements of the head through 3D space (like leaning forward or backward) cannot be tracking.

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VRScout

JANUARY 21, 2017

Unfortunately, when it comes to immersive experiences, WebVR sits backstage, while VR headsets from HTC, Oculus, Playstation VR, Google and Samsung soak up all the limelight. Teams are being encouraged to develop in any industry or category of their choosing, with winning teams walking away with a pretty sweet prize.

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VRScout

AUGUST 13, 2017

I spoke with VR Bound co-founder, Daniel Colaianni about what he hopes the VR Awards would achieve for VR technology and he says, “The VR Awards exists to promote growth and achievement throughout the immersive industry by reinvesting in promoting strategic partnerships.” Google – Daydream View. Samsung – Gear VR.

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ARVR

AUGUST 28, 2020

Startups like Osso VR, make it possible to train doctors on highly realistic, immersive VR platforms with hand based interactions. Companies like Tesla and Google are heavily investing in self-driving cars that can completely reduce risks of accidents due to unsafe driving. So, is shutting yourself indoors the only safe alternative?

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VRScout

JUNE 9, 2017

Also noteworthy: Final Cut Pro X will be able to support 360 video editing, Unity and Unreal now have VR support for Macs, and SteamVR is coming to Mac… and although there was a sweet on-stage mixed reality demo using Star Wars assets and an HTC Vive, there was no mention of support for Oculus. America’s largest employer recently spent $2.7B

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ARVR

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

This follows investments in mobile hardware capability, interest in immersive virtual experiences with the metaverse, and rising industry competition. For example, a user could point a camera at areas of their city to see what it looked like ten years ago from an archive of Google Maps. Earlier this year, ARCore v.1.31.0

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 13, 2021

This has been a pretty interesting week for me, having spoken at XR Safety Week and Stereopsia, and having published two cool articles about creating innovative SteamVR controllers and using Application SpaceWarp in Unity to almost double the framerate of your application. Microsoft and Samsung may be partnering for an AR device.

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VRScout

APRIL 13, 2018

Part industry event and part immersive tech festival, VRLA is a place where seasoned veterans can catch up on their latest updates while newcomers experience VR for the first time. For zen and psychedelic experiences, attendees won’t want to miss the Visual Reality Zone, featuring mind-bending immersive digital art installations.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 31, 2023

This made sure investors gained some trust for immersive reality startups again, something that will be beneficial for our whole industry. I think that the upcoming release of Quest 3, and the increasing rumors about Samsung are going to improve our situation even more. First of all, the Web3 VR platform has announced version 3.0

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 20, 2021

On the web, Google has similar behaviors. Try looking at the history that Google has about you for your use of Google Maps: you will discover that in Google servers there is exactly where you have been in every moment of your life , and in what places have you been every day. Even if another company (e.g.

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Road to VR

APRIL 13, 2017

Development is divided evenly across the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift platforms, each accounting for 31% of projects created, with other major VR platforms such as Samsung Gear VR, OSVR, and Daydream rounding out the bottom numbers. image courtesy VR First. development at Carleton University, image courtesy VR First.

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VRScout

APRIL 29, 2019

Her first VR creation, Cardboard City , earned an award at the Samsung Gear Indie Milk VR contest in 2016. Impressive. “ [My story] goes way back to theater if we want to go that far, ” Benzing told me over our Google Hangouts call. “ We’re working with Unity on this project. But that wasn’t her first rodeo by a long shot.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The console can also be inserted in a special case (a much improved version of Google Daydream View) to become a VR headset. That would be great for immersion, of course. Samsung is still working on AR glasses and its new internal prototype seems to be called SM-I120. Mindport helps you in building your Unity VR experiences.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Since 2011, they’ve released over a dozen successful mobile games on iTunes and Google Play, but HOVR for Gear VR is their first foray into virtual reality. They’re now keen to see how mobile VR can enhance immersion and engagement for the highly addictive casual games they specialize in making. The real ‘Eureka!’

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Since 2011 they’ve released over a dozen successful mobile games on iTunes and Google Play, but HOVR for Gear VR is their first foray into virtual reality. They’re now keen to see how mobile VR can enhance immersion and engagement for the highly addictive casual games they specialize in making. The real ‘Eureka!’

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

In its upcoming 5-year development plan, there should be measures to favor the growth and the spread of Immersive Realities. Viveport is improving a lot, and now HTC is also launching the Vive XR Suite , which will be distributed thanks to the support of a strong network of partners like HP, NVIDIA, Baidu (the Chinese Google), and Accenture.

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Road to VR

APRIL 26, 2018

The Biggest Immersive Tech Event of the Year Returns May 4-5, Exploring “A New Reality.”. Los Angeles, CA (April 12, 2018) – Experience next generation immersive technologies and explore “A New Reality” at VRLA, the leading virtual and augmented reality expo, May 4-5 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

The New York Times distributes more than 1 million Google Cardboard phone VR viewers to subscribers with the launch of The Displaced , a 360-degree video project focusing on children driven from their homes by war. Eye-tracking startup Eyefluence, which raises $14 million this month, is acquired about a year later by Google.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

As a long-time AR enthusiast, and one of the first to have tried Google Glass in Italy, I have to admit that I will consider AR mainstream only when it will be on glasses that we will wear all day , when we’ll live in a completely shared mixed reality world (the AR Cloud). Or is it just a talk about glasses?

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 1, 2023

Numerous executives and officials have rallied the global tech community to sustain the momentum of a renaissance of immersive technologies. Explaining further, he added, “Not to be outdone, the Google-Samsung-Qualcomm power trio is cooking a comeback of their very famous mega Android partnership with a new XR headset.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Alon Or-bach (Samsung Electronics), Kaye Mason (Google). It’s not often you get both Oculus and Valve together days, let alone Google and Samsung, with bonus helpings of Epic Games, Owlchemy Labs, and Sensics. Stefan Walker (Google), Luca Prasso (Google). Alex Lee (Google). Liz Mercuri (Unity).

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2020

I mean, all UE developers, we Unity developers felt like being in a party where everyone is making out and you’re just there sipping a coke. Samsung terminates its XR services. Samsung is terminating all its XR services and in the next months they will all be closed, exactly as all the Samsung XR accounts.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 2, 2019

Feature comparison between ARCore, ARKit and the Unity Handheld AR SDK (Image by Unity). Samsung itself has stated that it is very interested in developing a future headset that is able to deliver both AR and VR. Google Maps in AR). Probably this new device will see the light in 2019.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

But in China, they are very famous, and now they are also organizing a big event about XR called FBEC with hosts from all the major VR companies (HTC, Unity, Alibaba, Huawei, etc…). The fun thing is that since it is a publication very focused on the Chinese market, outside China almost no one knows them.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

If Apple successfully leverages its product ecosystem alongside its new MR headset, the firm could be in a unique position to offer an immersive device with a launch-ready lineup of compatible and familiar software and hardware – that users may already own – that could push usability and adoption rates. XR Comes to iOS!

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Tech Trends VR

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

And while Portland is by no means a backwater, it’s still not a major tech or immersive content hub like LA or San Francisco either. Microsoft has this great patent portfolio and it would be great to take that amazing secret sauce of the HoloLens and license it out to their existing OEM partners like Dell or Samsung.”.

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VRScout

AUGUST 1, 2016

Unity’s most recent update makes the cross-platform game engine even more equally optimized, so with only one API you can simply build for multiple platforms with hardware-specific tweaks held to a minimum. Already supporting the Oculus Rift, Samsung Gear VR, HTC Vive, and PSVR – Unity will now support Google Daydream.

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VRScout

JULY 25, 2017

LENOVO KEEPS GETTING MORE IMMERSIVE. Unlike the Lucasfilm AR headset, which uses a smartphone to power it (like the Google Daydream or the Samsung Gear VR does), the company says this concept is a standalone, self-powered headset. … and just a few more…. GOOGLE GLASS IS BACK AND READY FOR BUSINESS.

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