Road to VR

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

A History of Neglect Angry Birds released on iPhone back in 2009, a game that practically defined the earliest age of mobile gaming. The answer may lie in its historical approach to gaming, particularly that of iPhone, which may explain why the company is so hesitant to ‘just make a normal VR headset’ like some would hope.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Having originally formed in 2009 as Next3D, a company creating compression and live broadcasting technology for 3DTV content, the company pivoted into NextVR following the sharp decline of the 3DTV market, and—having raised more than $100 million in venture capital since—hasn’t looked back. End to End Approach. Photo by Road to VR.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 27, 2022

In 2009, the MIT Media Lab group launched SixthSense, the world’s first wearable gesture interface to overlay digital information on the real world. For example, this includes tethering capabilities with minimal latency, major battery and form factor boosts, and 40 percent more processing power than previous generations.

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Hypergrid Business

DECEMBER 17, 2016

The service also records historical data, and it can be used to figured out whether latency problems are due to the user’s connection, or is on the grid’s end. You can see all the historical OpenSim statistics here — dating all the way back to 2009. . “I think this would useful for all OpenSim grids to do too.”

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