Road to VR

JUNE 13, 2016

” said Pete Hines, Bethesda’s VP of Marketing, after revealing that an incarnation of Fallout 4 (2015) and Doom (2016) are in development for virtual reality on the HTC Vive. ” That’s when Hines revealed that Fallout 4 be coming to the HTC Vive in 2017.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 27, 2021

UltraLeap has evolved its hands-tracking runtime since its initial launch in 2012, and every major release of the runtime introduces a big jump ahead regarding the tracking accuracy. UltraLeap Gemini is the 5th iteration of the Leap Motion/UltraLeap hands-tracking runtime for Windows PCs. UltraLeap Unity SDK.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Military simulations are one of the fields where virtual reality has always been an important technology , even before that VR had its new renaissance in 2012. Navy as well as Apache helicopters using real-world cockpits with “out of the window” virtual world rendering. These were very well received.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 18, 2022

Plus, the problem, is that if we keep having double platform cuts (store platform + virtual world platform), content creators are going to earn very little for what they do. HTC Vive is going to launch… a box. The investment with Lego comes together with a partnership to build a virtual world dedicated to children.

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VRScout

MAY 25, 2017

Google recently announced that they are partnering with HTC Vive and Lenovo to build new wireless headsets which we can look forward to later this year. Founded in 2012, the company’s mission empowers developers to build enormous and detailed environments utilizing machine learning and distributed via cloud computing infrastructure.

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VRScout

JULY 11, 2016

in 2012 and has become a leading venture capitalist), released a video singing the praises of the VR/AR industry as a viable investment opportunity with HTC Vive. You have until July 31st to throw your money at round treadmills transporting you around virtual worlds. Here’s looking at you, April. who left the co.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 4, 2017

I’ve been to other virtual worlds in beta stage before, but Sansar is taking it from another direction. In the real world you see companies and brands specializing in certain types of content, and it’s no different in virtual worlds, we’ve seen this in Second Life. It’s about you and what you want to do.

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Cats and VR

FEBRUARY 24, 2018

Konrad the Kitten puts players in a colorful world and makes them care about a cute little virtual kitten. The game features a unique “Plushy-Mode” that brings a plush toy into the virtual world by attaching a VR controller on its back. in 2012 FusionPlay gave me the chance to make one of these prototypes a full game.

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ARVR

JANUARY 6, 2023

Image credits SCAND Blog Virtual Reality (VR)  — It teleports the user into a completely immersive world that replaces the physical world. Users can use HMD devices such as Google Cardboard, Oculus Quest, Rift or HTC Vive to experience an imaginary environment. It has applications in training and educational use cases.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 28, 2016

From mid-2012 to early 2014, Oculus seemed like the only real player in the industry. But in 2016 it’s faced stiff competition as it’s struggled to make its Rift, an excellent product in its own right, stand apart from the feature-complete-at-launch HTC Vive. It’s difficult to know where to begin.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 8, 2017

Montreal-based Minority Media, which also created the groundbreaking PSN title Papo Y Yo in 2012, created the dinosaur undersea adventure game that launched on the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive VR headsets in May 2017. The headsets and the technology for continuous virtual worlds and the blockchain for ecommerce, all the pieces are here.

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VeeR VR

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Price ranges from $60 to $100, which is rather affordable, compared with Oculus Rift or HTC Vive. In 2012 the only way to have experienced virtual reality was with a high-powered computer and headset. Initiated as an independent company and acquired by Facebook in 2014, Oculus started developing Rift all the way back in 2012.

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VRScout

MAY 25, 2016

Traditionally based off of technological developments happening in the real world, some of the first movies with VR technology started coming out in the early 80’s when advancements in computer technology allowed research to begin on more affordable VR. The Matrix Trilogy (1999-2003).

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 14, 2022

We wanted to bridge the gap between the real and virtual world while helping with customer service and product knowledge” Additionally, the enterprise aims to “be a place where brands and different companies can get involved.” Khalid Al Muawad, Co-Founder and CEO, Midwam.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 14, 2019

So, putting some of the physical world together with a lot of the virtual world is a really wise idea. So, I think the most meaningful experience I had was around putting together the physical world and the virtual world about the time when I would say, I had my new eyes, and I could see in stereo.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 14, 2019

So, putting some of the physical world together with a lot of the virtual world is a really wise idea. So, I think the most meaningful experience I had was around putting together the physical world and the virtual world about the time when I would say, I had my new eyes, and I could see in stereo.

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