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. Even with viable hardware on your side, it’s not an easy thing to do.

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Road to VR

MARCH 19, 2017

.” 2016 saw the arrival of 3 major consumer virtual reality headsets, the Oculus Rift, HTC Vive and PlayStation VR. But it’s reasonable to say that the high cost of VR headsets and the gaming hardware needed to support them, is keeping high-end VR accessibility low right now.

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VRWorld

APRIL 14, 2017

This processor is two years old, and since the sequence was 16-core in 2011, and 260-core in 2015, we wonder if the 2017 or 2018 will see 390-core, 520-core, or 650-core design… we might even see a thousand-core plus design in a few years time. Add in Apple’s domestic CPUs and GPUs. Remember, this is a CPU, not a GPU.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 22, 2016

The Wolfe is a new project about to hit Kickstarter that claims to offer a hardware solution to Macbook owners wanting to run virtual reality applications, an external Thunderbolt connected GPU. Those with Apple computers may well feel a little left out in the cold when it comes to running the latest virtual reality hardware.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Although not as robust as the HTC Vive controllers, the wand-like controller is easy to use… and fun. and announced their first hardware product… which just landed via yellow vending machines in Los Angeles. APPLE’S 2011 AUGMENTED REALITY PATENT FINALLY MADE PUBLIC. Not only did Snap, Inc. …and more.

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XR for Business Podcast

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

From 2011, we were one of the first schools in the Middle East to to roll out iPads in the classroom. You can go into Google, like "HTC Vive blog Steve Bambury" or something, you'll probably find them. But I've been writing a series of blogs about my journey using and integrating the HTC Vive headsets at GESS. Steve: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

From 2011, we were one of the first schools in the Middle East to to roll out iPads in the classroom. You can go into Google, like "HTC Vive blog Steve Bambury" or something, you'll probably find them. But I've been writing a series of blogs about my journey using and integrating the HTC Vive headsets at GESS. Steve: Yeah.

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