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The XR Week Peek (2020.05.11): new Quest is in the works, Magic Leap may pivot to healthcare, and more!

The Ghost Howls

The more we go on, the more we have tools to scan our environments, and in the future, scanning real worlds and entering their digitized copies (maybe modified) will be normal like sending a Whatsapp message. 3D environment scans are in 2020 what pictures were in 2010. The future of world scanning has just begun. News worth a mention.

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Celebrating the 2023 Auggie Awards and XR Prize Challenge

ARPost

The Auggie Awards have been recognizing XR since 2010.” Zappar was also up for Auggie Awards in the categories of Best Creator & Authoring Tool, Best Developer Tool, Best Headworn Device, Best in Location-Based Entertainment, and Best Societal Impact. She also presented the winner with a 15.6in Sony Spatial Reality Display.

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Vive Trackers Experiments – Part 2: Setup, Props, and Full Body Virtual Reality

The Ghost Howls

I’ve read that initial sensor placement needs to be within 1mm of the plotted Point location for SteamVR’s tool to work with during the calibration phase (this is done post-assembly). is attached using 1/4” screw thread camera style “docking mechanism” with stabilizing pin (ISO standard ISO 1222:2010). Docking Mechanism. -1/4”

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Top 50 Asian Virtual Reality-Augmented Reality Leaders,Evangelists, Investors & Influencers

XROM

BigscreenVR has partnered with many of the major movie studios including Paramount Pictures and Funimation (Sony Pictures). The company was later acquired by Google in 2010. Ceo & Founder of Bigscreen one of the biggest VR platforms in the world, with millions of users on popular VR headsets. 12- Tipatat Chennavasin.