Road to VR

JUNE 20, 2023

But to go beyond flat web pages, Safari on visionOS includes support for WebXR for immersive experriences and the new <model> tag for 3D models. .” Thanks to Safari on visionOS being a fully-featured version of the browser, existing websites should work exactly as expected, the company says.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

As a legendary programmer and one-time spearhead of Meta’s mobile VR hardware, it’s just the sort of thing Carmack typically thinks about when it comes to virtual reality headsets. That’s a fair jump past Quest 2’s $400/$500 price tag, depending on whether you buy the 128 GB or 256 GB version.

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VRScout

JANUARY 22, 2020

In some cases, players taunted friends by tagging them. . Mobile Marketer reported that roughly 1.36 billion individuals around the globe played mobile games in 2019, with 36% of gamers being between the ages of 25 and 36. It’s also being forecasted that mobile gaming will rise by 22.5%.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 23, 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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AR Insider

MAY 4, 2021

Its motivation , beyond wearables’ rising tide, is the same that drove its Android mobile OS: to maintain a mobile touchpoint with consumers to drive its search business. Its Windows Mobile OS licensing model lost share to Android’s more compelling price tag (free) last decade. Vertically Integrated.

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Upload VR

AUGUST 18, 2023

The VRChat mobile alpha brings the social VR experience to new platforms, and it's out now on Android. Mobile users will eventually have a 'Mobile' tag over their heads but for now the current build will probably display 'Quest.' The VRChat mobile alpha is available now on Google Play.

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JUNE 14, 2021

“Our largest challenge is getting those very high-end PC players able to play with those lower-end mobile VR players. No word yet on an official price tag. Image Credit: Vertigo Games. Visually, they’re obviously not going to be the same,” adds technical director Trevor Blom. Feature Image Credit: Vertigo Games.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 11, 2022

. “This means companies that want to provision Meta Quest devices can be confident that the security and management options they expect from PCs and mobile devices will be available in VR,” Meta says.

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Road to VR

JULY 13, 2020

Together with Foxconn Technology, the Taiwan-based contract manufacturer behind many of Apple’s mobile devices, the company is said to have entered the trial production on the AR lens portion of the device. According to a report by The Information , Apple is gearing up to enter a new phase in production on its fabled AR headset.

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VRScout

APRIL 24, 2020

Added the ability to swipe left/right on the banner on mobile. Improved app urls with direct links & social meta tags. Added app pre-approvals with scheduled publishing. Overhauled the search and filter system, new sorting options & device filters. Improved the review system. Fixed a long standing bug in the password reset.

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AR Insider

MARCH 29, 2021

The boom use is being driven by mobile, game consoles, and consumer VR headsets from Oculus and Sony. One-Man VR project ‘Gorilla Tag’ became an instant success with 125K players in the first month. Gorilla tag is a multiplayer social VR tag game made by first-time indie VR developer Kerestell Smith.

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ARPost

JULY 30, 2019

Those that do require a dedicated helmet and come with a hefty price tag. The adapter works by connecting to your mobile device over Bluetooth. The AR technology will also allow users to manage mobile apps through the Argon Transform. The adapter should take fewer than 20 minutes to install, including installing the mobile app.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Anyway, we still don’t have a roadmap (or a price tag) for the Ultralite. That means that you probably won’t buy it from them directly, but from another tech company – probably your mobile phone provider, similar to how Nreal rolled out Light. And, it looks like the glasses will be offered as an OEM. But it’s still thrilling.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Dubbed Oculus Go , the upcoming headset is basically an all-in-one mobile computer. The days of sliding in your mobile device or plugging into a PC may behind us. And with a price tag of $199, Oculus Go not only cuts the cord, but makes VR more accessible to the masses.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

Speaking at Recode’s An Evening With Code Mobile event this week, Bavor stated that the Mate 9 Pro will be “Daydream-ified over a software update soon.” “I’ll just say it, I think CES and Mobile World Congress will be very exciting for VR,” he said later on in the interview.

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ARPost

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

See Also: XONE: Mobile AR Social Network With a Vision to Become Web3’s TikTok. In the case of Flyy, these digital twins allow users to post messages tagged to physical locations. The problem is that right now, most social “metaverse” platforms are in VR – meaning that they can only change our lives while we’re wearing a headset.

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Stuck E. in Augmented Reality

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

As an animator and AR developer, I'm pumped about the ways this tech could revolutionize filmmaking and production, but there's no shying away from its current limitations and hefty tag. Can HDRP's high fidelity be harnessed for mobile AR? Can HDRP's high fidelity be harnessed for mobile AR?

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MAY 24, 2017

The company’s technology uses strips with infrared lights on them that are seen by a small camera you can attach to a mobile VR headset. The tracker is expected to sell for around $100 and seems to offer a nice solution for positional tracking with a mobile VR headset. Tagged with: Antilatency Facebook Twitter Reddit More.

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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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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 3, 2017

Following today’s news about the Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 mobile processor , we learned about more mobile VR and AR developments. Snapdragon 821 provides the cutting-edge visual, audio and interactive technologies required to deliver truly immersive mobile VR experience for leading Android smartphones.”

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MAY 18, 2017

Given processing restraints, mobile VR obviously isn’t able to measure up to the kind of visual fidelity we’d expect on PC, but a new development tool from Google is helping to close the gap a little. According to the company this tool can render “high-fidelity scenes” on mobile VR headsets in real time.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

MSI wants to make virtual reality mobile by taking its new PC and strapping it to your back. In the long-term, we’ll look to standalone headsets like the Santa Cruz prototype from Oculus, and mobile VR solutions like Google’s new Daydream ecosystem , to bring wireless VR to the masses.

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Road to VR

MAY 22, 2020

Facebook says that the Oculus for Business version of Quest works with major mobile device management programs like MobileIron and VMware Workspace ONE, making it easy to manage headsets through existing enterprise systems. Image courtesy Facebook.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

With Oculus placing bets on both PC and mobile VR with Rift and Gear VR, along with plans for a standalone unit that represents the best of both worlds, many have wondered if HTC might try for a strong mobile VR offering as well. According to CNET , HTC will launch a mobile VR device of some sort before the end of the year.

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ARVR

APRIL 16, 2021

Original manufacturing design files are too large for web and mobile. link] Today’s product designers, engineers, and creative directors need a 3D digital twinning content management system (CMS) where they can upload original files and automatically optimize and convert files for use across mobile, web, and AR/VR. No Problem.

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ARVR

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Trend 1: Mobile AR Since 2017, mobile AR has grown immensely. Mobile AR refers to the Augmented Reality experiences that you create through mobile devices, such as smartphones or tablets. Standardizing the SDKs resulted in an increase in mobile AR creators, users and revenues. Apple recently introduced ARKit 4.0

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VRGames

APRIL 20, 2023

Coming to mobile devices in September 2023, you will be able to explore your physical surroundings in search of exotic monsters and tag them using an item called Paintball. Experience the real world like never before with Niantic’s and Capcom’s upcoming augmented reality (AR) game, Monster Hunter Now.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Augmented reality company Zappar wants to make it easy for developers to deliver AR and VR content on mobile. Launched last year ZapWorks is a creative suite designed specifically for developing AR experiences like Pokemon Go on mobile rather than a development engine that serves standard games first and other technologies second.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 27, 2021

“We do expect that many, if not most, of our customers will use the system in room-scale [backpack] mode given the enhanced immersion and mobility,” Rubin says. Image courtesy HaptX. With these improvements, HaptX is now selling their gloves directly to enterprise customers.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 15, 2017

A few weeks back I went hands-on with Leap Motion’s mobile VR hand-tracking solution, and now you can see it in action for yourself. The video below shows a build of Leap’s Blocks demo designed for mobile VR headsets like the Qualcomm reference design it’s already been integrated into.

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Road to VR

JUNE 6, 2018

The Mi VR Standalone is priced at ¥1,500 ($235) and ¥1,800 ($280) for the 32GB and 64GB versions respectively, a slight increase over Oculus Go’s $200/$250 price tag in the US, which can be accounted for by the Chinese value added tax of 17%.

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Voices of VR

APRIL 3, 2023

The Latin title translated means that “If everyone believes it, it must be true,” and it’s a near-term speculative sci-fi piece that explores what China’s social scoring system might look like in the context of the United States where mobility is restricted by algorithms but can be expanding if citizens agree to be surveilled by a phone app.

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Hypergrid Business

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Among their clients are Porsche and T-Mobile. One major hurdle that the Apple Vision Pro will face is its price tag of $3,500, which may turn off many consumers.

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ARVR

MARCH 22, 2022

We’re talking mobile AR engagement & monetization; AR marketing and commerce; continued R&D in AR glasses; enterprise adoption; and the gradual march of consumer VR. View the Instagram layer for geo-tagged stories from friends, and the Pinterest layer to discover new products. A fully-actualized metaverse is decades away.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 3, 2017

Mobile VR will always be under-powered compared to the bigger, better PC and console-based counterparts. The fact of the matter is that a mobile device such as a smartphone just doesn’t pack the punch that a $1,000+ computer or game console does, no matter how advanced it is. Tagged with: 835 , CES , qualcomm , snapdragon.

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Cats and VR

MAY 28, 2016

To commemorate the third anniversary of the popular mobile game, Injustice: Gods Among Us, the companies came together to bring Samsung’s technology and one of the game’s central characters, Batman, in a sleek, high-performance smartphone. Samsung Electronics announced the Galaxy S7 edge Injustice Edition in collaboration with Warner Bros.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JUNE 1, 2017

Mobile VR’s high accessibility and convenience is looking more and more like the path of least resistance when it comes to virtual reality having a common presence in households. Creators are regularly attacking the limitations of mobile VR so we’re likely to have more robust entry level VR in coming years.

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