XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 31, 2024

Once again, you must use a web browser to access Spotify. The massive price tag on the headset and its focus on “enterprise metaverse” experiences may mean that standard “entertainment” apps aren’t as important as productivity options.

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JANUARY 16, 2017

2016 rounded off with a string of major announcements for the standard, which allows VR experiences to run in web browsers and giving you instant access to them. It is used to squash down data on complex 3D models, making them faster to download and easier to display in a browser using significantly less bandwidth.

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DECEMBER 12, 2016

Oculus revealed its very own VR web browser, Carmel , back at Oculus Connect 3 in October. As the name suggests, the current release is designed for those looking to create VR experiences that are viewed through the browser using the WebVR API, and won’t have much to offer other users. Tagged with: Carmel , oculus , webvr.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

The surprisingly sleek and powerful consumer glasses with a $500 price tag was a welcome announcement, but a release date wasn’t included. Let’s play catch up with Nreal over the past two years quickly, just in case. The China-based company announced the Nreal Light smart glasses in May of 2019.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2017

The tech giant today is releasing a stable build of WebVR support in the Chrome browser for Daydream compatible phones and headsets. While there’s still years of development ahead, eventually WebVR should grow to be a widely-available feature on a range of browsers and headsets.

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VRScout

JANUARY 6, 2017

Search + Discovery for Virtual Reality (SVRF) has launched SVRF Tabs, which lets you experience VR/360 content natively in your browser via Chrome extension. The SVRF web platform will allow users to “surf” across all types of VR content based on what’s trending, category, keyword, tags, or computer vision algorithms.

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JANUARY 7, 2017

We realized some of the most under-utilized, ‘immersive’ real-estate is within browser tabs (a big, bright screen that takes up an entire view, that people spend most of their day staring at), so we thought ‘Why not put beautiful 360 content in every tab?”

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 14, 2016

First, Oculus launched a developer preview of its own VR web browser, Carmel, and now Google is finally bringing beta integration to Chrome on Android. This will allow them to enable WebVR on the Chrome version of their pages, and anyone using the browser on a smartphone can take a look at it. Tagged with: Daydream , google , webvr.

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ARPost

APRIL 27, 2021

The browser-based VR remote collaboration experience can be entered with a headset, but it also works with WASD controls on a laptop or desktop, or with touch controls on a smart device. “In Each user’s avatar gets its own color, but voice, tags, and the posture and gestures of individual users do the most to show who is who.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 9, 2017

You can also watch in browser by dragging your mouse around or by tilting your smartphone. Tagged with: 360 video , Vimeo , Vimeo 360. As you’d expect, the launch comes with support for a smartphone app so you can watch content on Gear VR and Daydream headsets along with others.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Rather than downloading dedicated apps, users can experience AR directly through their browser windows at the click of a button. More accurately, many ARSDKs like Niantic’s Lightship also contain deep geo-tagging tools to connect WebAR content to a real-world location. Accessible WebAR Content Creation.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Previously, unless you were using apps like BigScreen , you’d have to remove the headset and return to the real world when accessing your browsers, music, or movies but creators are regularly creating applications that bring a lot of your PC content into virtual space. Tagged with: matrix , Plever , Plex VR , VR.

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AllThingsVR

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

SVRFing The Web: The Best Way to Search and Discover Virtual Reality (VR) Content on the Internet SVRF enables the discovery of VR content right from your desktop or mobile web browser. We’ve built a tagging algorithm to tag and categorize all of the VR content on the web, so just type in your keyword and hit enter. Just search.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 29, 2017

” Lastly, the new home will also feature an integrated web browser for the very first time. Tagged with: oculus , samsung , samsung gear vr Facebook Twitter Reddit More. ” Oculus head of mobile product, Max Cohen explained during an interview that Web VR features will be coming to Gear VR in due time as well.

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Mashable VR

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

You've got three types of warning tags to choose from. So if you want to, say, stick a spoiler-y movie clip behind a content warning, the lack of a "spoiler" tag doesn't mean any of the others is the "wrong" choice. Alt text is used by screen readers to help those who may not be able to see the media you're sharing know what's there.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

For those concerned about the hefty price tag , there’s also a chance a cheaper alternative may be on the horizon. Safari browsers will be available to view on a massive display. With such a hefty price tag, this device is set to be one of Apple’s most expensive products ever produced.

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Upload VR

JANUARY 12, 2024

The Escape Artist, a web XR experience playable through the Quest browser, received an optimization halving the initial download. Laser Limbo , an AR laser tag experience, is aiming to release a home version in February. Novelab released a new Demeter: The Asklepios Chronicles sneak peak.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

APRIL 26, 2017

Then, he just had to slide his way into the Switch’s web browser , pull it up on YouTube, and he was good to go. Tagged with: Nintendo Switch Facebook Twitter Reddit More. It’s not ideal by any means. Is the resolution issue and size of the screen too much of a problem, or could Nintendo work around it?

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Hypergrid Business

MARCH 22, 2023

Not initially planned as a web viewer Unity does work in browsers, but the Crystal Frost viewers is not initially intended to be a web-based way to access virtual worlds. “The water prims, for example, use an override tag,” she said. She will also add a water-hole override tag to the viewer.

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AR Insider

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

The greatest difference between Web AR and app-based AR is that Web AR is accessed through your phone’s mobile web browser rather than through an application. Using Web AR, brands can engage customers in-store using QR Codes to interact with a product, poster, flyer, receipt, or tag. Click To Tweet. What is Web AR?

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AR Insider

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

The greatest difference between Web AR and app-based AR is that Web AR is accessed through your phone’s mobile web browser rather than through an application. Using Web AR, brands can engage customers in-store using QR Codes to interact with a product, poster, flyer, receipt, or tag. Click To Tweet. What is Web AR?

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Road to VR

AUGUST 5, 2021

While there’s a handful of hand-tracking games available on the headset, the entire Quest menu, including the Oculus browser, can be controlled completely by your hands. Otherwise you can browse to the app’s store page outside of your headset—for example, Gorilla Tag —and click the button to install it to your headset.

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MARCH 13, 2017

Follow these two steps to heck it out: Open this hiro marker image in your desktop browser. Open this augmented reality web app in your phone browser, and point it to your screen. Tagged with: Ar.js , javascript. Safari doesn’t support WebRTC but Apple is currently working on it. You are done!

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

World Browser – Y ou can now access a brand new “World Browser” from your dash, which provides cleaner listing of public worlds in Neos, but more importantly also searching. You can search by tags (e.g. You can also check out the list of some of the major features in the 0.8 update below.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Double Fine also has a new 3D 360 video screenshot for the game, which you can check out on PSVR itself using the YouTube app, or watch on a smartphone or browser. Tagged with: PSVR , psychonauts , release date.

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DECEMBER 1, 2016

There are various ways to watch the video, as it can be viewed within your browser, on Google Cardboard viewing devices, as well as on the Rift, Gear VR, and HTC Vive. Tagged with: american heroes channel , civil war , Discovery , discoveryvr.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The price tag seems astronomical compared to other consumer-grade headsets on the market; however, reports also suggest that Apple is already working on a cheaper device. Users can access productivity and collaboration applications, such as the Safari browser, on a large display, and FaceTime will also be available on the headset.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 22, 2023

You might have trouble clicking a specific button on a virtual website browser. However, it is one of the most impressive options on the market for its price tag. The headset is pretty effective at picking up the movement of your hands, but the finger-tracking system is a little shaky for more subtle, intricate actions.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

OCTOBER 18, 2023

According to the report, strings of code tagged ‘iris’ showed that users could long-press a part of the device’s right temple to activate the Google Assistant. This could replace the “Hey Google” command prompt commonly used on smartphones and Chrome browsers.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 7, 2017

We wanted to make it even easier for people to view Facebook within Home, since people were already visiting Facebook in the new Oculus Browser. Tagged with: facebook , gear vr , Oculus Home Facebook Twitter Reddit More. According to an Oculus spokesperson: “We are beginning to test a Facebook tab for Oculus Home on Gear VR.

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Tech Trends VR

AUGUST 8, 2018

The problem with that is that while we all love games, if you’re marketing this as a consumer entertainment device, the current price tag is much too steep, by a very long way. Whereas the HoloLens was crystal clear about its focus on building industry/corporate partnerships, Magic Leap seems to be primarily focusing on the gaming market.

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DECEMBER 12, 2016

“We have cabinets inside the world where we emulate a web browser and inject HTML 5 content, so the screen of the cabinet basically emulates a browser,” says Tomic. Tagged with: alea , alexandre tomic , casino , gambling , slotsmillion , VR. Basically, it’s like a giant virtual iPad.

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Delight XR

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

add meta tag option <meta name=”x-dl8-no-save-quality”> to disable saving of quality selection. add meta tag option <meta name=”x-dl8-no-save-quality”> to disable saving of quality selection. Fix issue with spatial audio initialization in VR browsers. Delight XR Changelog. 2020-02-26).

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ARVR

OCTOBER 28, 2021

The anchor image can also contain a QR code to let the consumers access the experience faster, by removing the need to type in the link into their browser. Then, web-based AR (WebAR) appeared as a game-changer, allowing users to click on a link and enjoy the experience directly on the web browser.

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JANUARY 11, 2017

These can be published to public URLs and played back on the Gear VR through Oculus Social framework, as well as additional mobile HMDs devices through the Samsung Internet WebVR browser.” ” Tagged with: cloud , development , Octane , orbx , otoy , unity.

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DECEMBER 1, 2016

You can watch part 2 of the feature on Youtube here or via your browser where all three clips are in the same virtual space here , clicking and dragging like a YouTube video. Tagged with: 360 degree , Child abuse , Jehovah's Witness , Journalism , reporting , VR. It has a VR option in the bottom right corner.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 24, 2023

Spatial’s Unity Creator Toolkit allows immersive content developers to design games and immersive content for browsers, VR headsets, and mobile devices. Spatial is working with significant cooperations such as Adidas, Vogue, Ready Player Me, OpenSea, Polygon Studios, and Samsung to generate interest in branded Web3 content.

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