UploadVR Between Realities podcast
JULY 17, 2017
VR and AR headsets are heading to market from Microsoft, Google, Facebook and others that have a wide range of capabilities. Just last week we learned about Facebook’s plan for a $200 headset that occupies the low end of the market while Google continues work on a six degrees of freedom standalone headset.
ARVR
JUNE 16, 2021
Virtual reality is described as a “three-dimensional, computer-generated environment which can be explored and interacted with by a person. That person becomes part of this virtual world or is immersed within this environment and whilst there, is able to manipulate objects or perform a series of actions.” (“What is Virtual Reality?”,
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ARVR
DECEMBER 28, 2022
The platform was widely used in the 2000s , but its popularity declined as a result of the rise of alternative technologies, social media, app stores, console gaming and the mobile era, which, when combined with Steve Jobs’ 2010 announcement that Flash would no longer run on iPhones, began the platform’s downward spiral toward discontinuity.
ARVR
DECEMBER 27, 2021
The one that you likely hear more about involves virtual worlds that host synchronous activity among far-flung individuals: an “embodied internet”, as Mark Zuckerberg calls it. Such periods historically cause advertisers to re-allocate budget to emerging ad formats, as seen circa-2005 (search) and 2010 (social). metavearth ).
VRScout
AUGUST 1, 2016
The small company has a good background in making social virtual worlds, however – before building HelloVR, CEO Dedric Reid was Head of Design at Altspace (a social VR platform that has raised almost $16M in three rounds of funding). Interestingly enough, the open world features wildlife simulations provided by IBM’s Watson.
The Ghost Howls
MAY 11, 2020
This startup just exited from stealth mode, is like Google Maps but for the interior of shopping centers, offices, and other closed environments. 3D environment scans are in 2020 what pictures were in 2010. 3D environment scans are in 2020 what pictures were in 2010. News worth a mention. Image by ILMxLAB).
Hypergrid Business
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
Zoom is good enough for most virtual meetings. The learning curve for virtual world browsers is too high for casual users. But it doesn’t make up for all the shortcomings of either desktop-based virtual worlds, or 3D virtual environments, for most non-gaming applications.
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