Road to VR

JUNE 22, 2023

Microsoft released the first-gen Zune in 2006, an MP3 player that looked to compete with Apple’s largely dominant line of iPods. Apple wasn’t the first to make a portable MP3 player, although it was the first to make one everyone wanted. Could we be in for another ‘Zune moment’?

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ARVR

APRIL 15, 2021

The Khronos Group created this format for 3D web, AR, VR, Games and 3D advertising. AutoDesk then purchased them in 2006 and continued supporting FBX. It is widely used in the film and video game industry. USDZ/USD Apple and Pixar developed USDZ/USD. gLTF/GLB gLTF/GLB is a neutral, open source format.

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Mashable VR

APRIL 7, 2022

Recyclops steps up his costume game and gets more aggressive with his environmental demands. So then the script said 'Earth Day, 2006. You can stream episodes of The Office on Peacock and follow along with the podcast every week on Earwolf , Apple Podcasts , or Stitcher. Then things take a turn. A valid fear!

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

When you’re “wearing” in Vernor Vinge’s 2006 book Rainbow’s End, contact lenses and computers woven into clothing serve up an assortment of competing realities and overlays. An Apple AR headset has been a mainstay of the rumor mills for several years, and we expect Facebook to be creating an AR Oculus device.

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ARVR

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

From a software perspective there has been increases thanks to Steam among other platforms as there are many more VR titles for example and both Android and Apple software ecosystems have been very supportive of AR development. The Metaverse is simply an evolution of many of those past ideas coming together with newer device architectures.

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XROM

JULY 18, 2021

The Venture Reality Fund has looked at over 5,000 startups in the space and invested in 40, including Beat Games, acquired by Facebook, and Rec Room, the first VR software Unicorn. While at Zynga, he co-created the game FarmVille and served as the CTO of Zynga Japan. Learn more about what it means to be a creative in the VC world.

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