XR Today - Virtual Reality

AUGUST 15, 2023

With major technology firms like Meta, Google, and Microsoft investing millions into the emerging space, enterprise end-users are already feeling the innovative presence of genAI – and there is more to come. Generative AI is here to stay.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MAY 2, 2017

TV and movie streaming service Netflix has already dipped its toes into the VR waters with apps on Gear VR and Google Daydream, but now the company behind it is looking towards mixed reality too. A company spokesperson also confirmed that “support in a basic way” was coming to the device. No date yet, however.

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ARVR

JULY 9, 2020

Google launched Google Glass , and Microsoft launched HoloLens , a head-mounted display (Krevelen, 2010)(Jaimini, 2016). 2010s : Companies are investing in the potential of this area like Google with ARCore and Apple with ARKit (Papagiannis, 2017). Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments , 6(4):355–385, 1997.

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ARPost

MARCH 12, 2021

The exciting news is that we have started a new tech cycle, with the combination of augmented reality , virtual reality , and artificial intelligence. Many leading technology companies such as Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, and Google are investing billions into developing these technologies. The Beginnings of a New Tech Cycle.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Bigscreen , the social VR app which lets users connect in a virtual environment while retaining the ability to use (and share) their own PC desktop content, now supports Microsoft’s ‘Windows Mixed Reality’ VR headsets. The app continues to be free, as it has been since launch.

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VRScout

AUGUST 21, 2016

You can enjoy the full audio recording below: In this week’s VRScout Report, we discuss Microsoft and Intel teaming up to influence the development of VR/AR with mixed reality headset Project Alloy. MICROSOFT AND INTEL’S NEW BABY: PROJECT ALLOY. Whatever we’re calling it today. Also, hey Angelenos – Intel is moving in.

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ARVR

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

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. link] AR DEVELOPMENT FOR ANDROID DEVICES: ARCORE In an effort to stay competitive, Google has pushed ARCore far to remain one of the most versatile AR development platforms in the world.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 24, 2023

People can also view YouTube 360 videos, Google Street View, as well as the enterprise’s bespoke 360 web browser. This platform uses Microsoft Teams for calls, Microsoft Office apps like Powerpoint, Miro, Alleo, Power BI, and many others.

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Bernard Marr

AUGUST 22, 2022

Satya Nadella , Microsoft MSFT -1.4%. Microsoft’s CEO understands that the metaverse concept will impact every part of the way we do business. Eric Schmidt , Google. Whether it will be Meta, Microsoft, or his own company that defines the way we use it, is up in the air.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 7, 2023

For instance: Microsoft: A pioneer in metaverse spatial computing and XR technologies, Microsoft is one of the market leaders aligning the XR and spatial technology spaces. The company’s HoloLens headsets, Microsoft Mesh , and other emerging tools provide companies with various ways to explore the benefits of immersive interactions.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

You can enjoy the full audio recording below: Episode 28 of the VRScout Report, we got new 360 toys on iOS, Hololens is helping elevator technicians, VR might help you control your dreams, Apple CEO Tim Cook on augmented reality, VR/AR industry funding wrapup, and more… iOS NOW CAN TAKE 360 PHOTOS WITH GOOGLE CARDBOARD CAMERA, TOO.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 6, 2022

In her 2020 article, she quoted Ryan Gill, Co-Founder and CEO of Crucible , who explained how Direct-to-Avatar (D2A) business models sold goods and products directly to avatars to bypass supply chain management, namely in “social or competitive virtual environments like games or open worlds where consumers project themselves as an avatar.”

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Trenzi VR

JANUARY 10, 2024

Google, Microsoft, Nvidia and Qualcomm followed the steps and invested billions of dollars in that concept. With the use of gloves, vests and full-body tracking suits, it will become possible to enable more lifelike interaction in the virtual environment. This has created a bullish prediction on the Metaverse economy.

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Trenzi VR

JANUARY 10, 2024

Google, Microsoft, Nvidia and Qualcomm followed the steps and invested billions of dollars in that concept. With the use of gloves, vests and full-body tracking suits, it will become possible to enable more lifelike interaction in the virtual environment. This has created a bullish prediction on the Metaverse economy.

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ARVR

MARCH 5, 2021

Furthermore, my involvement is primarily confined to one particular social VR platform, AltspaceVR, owned by Microsoft, making most of my experience the product of a niche within a niche within a niche. Microsoft has been very active in this area for years and their video on the history of flight simulation is a good introduction.

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Immersive Authority

JUNE 30, 2016

Everyone probably has a good idea of what Virtual Reality is all about. It’s the immersion of a user into a fully virtual environment, by means of a VR headset. The Google Glass (now discontinued) was one famous example of an Augmented Reality solution. This is one of the cons of the solution.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Anyway, the door is not closed completely: he added to the interview “ I think we might get there [eventually], But yeah, that’s not where our focus is.” Sony’s Shuhei Yoshida has just burnt completely Microsoft tweeting “we oftentimes work hard to make things that no customers are asking for them ”. Google announces The Relightables.

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InstaVR

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Virtual Reality (VR), by contrast, can be published across a wide range of devices (headsets like Oculus Go/Quest and Gear VR, phones, Google Cardboard, WebVR, and much more), is completely immersive, and doesn’t necessarily require a real-time data connection (ie can be run offline).

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VRScout

MAY 7, 2017

It allows users to create a life-like avatar and hang out with up to three friends in a virtual environment, no matter where they are geographically. Google I/O : May 17-19, 2017. Rachel Franklin, Head of Social VR, came on stage to announced Facebook’s first social VR app, Facebook Spaces , available now in beta on Oculus Rift.

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Peter Graham

JANUARY 28, 2020

The Redbox VR platform supports content such as the 360’ educational virtual trips using the Richo Theta camera. And part of the RiVR Link (“ classroom in a Box ”) offering a turnkey VR solution, and Google Expeditions platforms.

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Bernard Marr

JUNE 28, 2022

Companies like Meta (Formerly Facebook) and Microsoft are definitely optimistic about the metaverse. In other words, there’s no reason to think that a conversation or other interaction that takes place between two people is necessarily any less “meaningful” simply because it takes place in a virtual environment.

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VRWorld

JULY 14, 2016

With the introduction of Google Cardboard and the Daydream VR platform, Oculus and HTC discrete VR headsets and GearVR headsets for even smartphones like the Samsung’s Galaxy S7, the first tentative steps towards virtual reality gaming are being taken. Everything we need to play virtual reality games is available right now.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 30, 2022

Tender Claws and Google ARCore. As extended reality gaming experiences continue to take the world by storm, leading cloud and technology vendors like Google are offering game creators and developers an easy avenue into the ecosystem. RoboRaid and Microsoft HoloLens.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

A volumetric captured Corgan soars through Tilt Brush and Blocks by Google created VR art. Corgan worked in collaboration with Isobar, Viacom Next, and VR artist Danny Bittman to conceive the virtual worlds depicted in the production.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 10, 2023

The solution specifically focuses on overcoming issues of social isolation. → Latest Rendever News MeetinVR One of the better-known tools for immersive collaboration on the marketplace today, MeetInVR supports companies in designing a virtual environment for team interactions.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

This new standard is being rapidly adopted across the ecosystem by HTC, Microsoft, Varjo and dozens more, resulting in faster product development cycles and a flurry of new applications. XR Visual Ecosystem Flowchart. With generative artificial intelligence (AI), the opportunities for XR are limitless.

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Hypergrid Business

APRIL 30, 2020

The headset came out last year , starts at $800, and is hands-down the best VR headset I’ve used to so far, and that includes various incarnations of the Oculus Rift, the Microsoft Hololens, the original HTC Vive, Oculus Go, and dozens of different smartphone-based headsets. VIVE Focus Plus. Image courtesy HTC Vive.).

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 25, 2019

MRTK, not to be confused with VRTK, is the official SDK to develop for Microsoft HoloLens and HoloLens 2. Google releases an opensource library for hand tracking. Google has released opensource a library for tracking your hands on a mobile device. Someone made Google Lens work in VR. has been released.

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Hypergrid Business

DECEMBER 12, 2022

 A single unified metaverse is more of an idea than a reality, but that’s not stopping tech giants like Meta, Microsoft, and Google from pouring big money into it. The current version of the metaverse is made up of many independent metaverses that don’t necessarily interact with each other at all.  A

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AR Insider

MAY 6, 2020

Advrty wants to offer a new avenue of monetization for virtual reality developers which doesn’t involve full field-of-view pop-up ads with a platform aimed at designing and incorporating nonintrusive product placement. While not swapping anything out, Google is attempting to make the world an ad through its visual search app–Google Lens.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 11, 2023

MeetinVR One of the better-known tools for immersive collaboration on the marketplace today, MeetInVR supports companies in designing a virtual environment for team interactions. Party.Space Flexible virtual environment platform, Party.Space was designed to help companies host and create metaverse events.

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TechCrunch VR

MAY 31, 2023

At the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, David Em made strides in the creation of explorable virtual landscapes, while the Ames Research Center iterated on VIEW (Virtual Interactive Environment Workstation). Google revealed Glass the same year the first Oculus prototype hit the scene. They were slick, they were robust.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 2, 2024

Already, countless companies are investing in XR solutions to create digital twins and virtual environments. Many cloud service providers like Microsoft, Amazon, and Google Cloud have already developed AI processors that work with Nvidia chips. By 2030, experts believe the XR market will be worth more than $345.9

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 26, 2019

Co-founder Anand Agarawala sold his previous startup, BumpTop — a 3D physics multi-touch desktop — to Google, and also demoed this in a TED Talk. Co-founder Jinha Lee developed pioneering AR interfaces at MIT, Microsoft, and Samsung and then also showed them at a TED talk.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 26, 2019

Co-founder Anand Agarawala sold his previous startup, BumpTop — a 3D physics multi-touch desktop — to Google, and also demoed this in a TED Talk. Co-founder Jinha Lee developed pioneering AR interfaces at MIT, Microsoft, and Samsung and then also showed them at a TED talk.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 26, 2019

Co-founder Anand Agarawala sold his previous startup, BumpTop -- a 3D physics multi-touch desktop -- to Google, and also demoed this in a TED Talk. Co-founder Jinha Lee developed pioneering AR interfaces at MIT, Microsoft, and Samsung and then also showed them at a TED talk. The founders have deep backgrounds in 3D user interfaces.

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Bernard Marr

OCTOBER 31, 2022

” The vision here is to create an internet that isn’t controlled by huge corporations like Google GOOG and Facebook that set most of the rules about what we can and can’t do online today. The term Web3 covers a number of trends that make up what is sometimes called the “decentralized internet.”

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