ARPost

MARCH 2, 2021

This figure has been growing steadily since 2012 and does not plan to significantly stop its growth soon. Giants such as Oculus, HTC, Sony, Microsoft, Samsung, Walmart, and many others have been implementing their technologies in this field for a long time. In a virtual world, a person is virtually unaffected by external stimuli.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

In 2012, the first Oculus Rift emerged, triggering a burst of excitement followed by relative silence from consumers. Virtual Reality Guides: Case Studies. These experiences connect people to simulated virtual worlds, visualised data, and collaborative platforms to connect with others.

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ARPost

JUNE 3, 2020

Even if VR headsets don’t cause you physical discomfort, you might feel that your virtual worlds seem… flat. According to Magyari, they start using mirror-based models for military applications in 2009 – three years before the Oculus Rift becomes the first major consumer VR headset. About 20% of people do.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Like many classic VR anime , players ultimately become trapped in the virtual world, with the threat of death in the game having the same consequence in real life. Based on the 2009 Japanese light novel series written by Reki Kawahara, the anime first aired in 2012 and achieved popular acclaim among fans of the genre.

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Road to VR

JULY 8, 2018

Oculus Half Dome Prototype. Prior to launch the first consumer Rift headset, Oculus had a long history of showing prototypes and development kits. Following the launch of the Rift, Oculus kept their R&D efforts on future PC headsets mostly secretive. Oculus Santa Cruz. image courtesy Oculus.

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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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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

I tried it with the Leap Motion controller, the one that most of us have bought years ago to experiment with the OG Vive or the Oculus Rift DK2/CV1… but actually, UltraLeap (the previous Leap Motion) has created a second-generation camera sensor. I could interact with objects in a truly natural way. UltraLeap 2 vs Quest hands tracking.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 26, 2018

In these two images I was in the same position in the virtual world, but in the real world I was in two different points. It is a project from 2012) and has also been able to develop an AR framework working with only the RGB camera of your phone ( ARCore ), while HTC has just started working on that.

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ARPost

MARCH 2, 2021

This figure has been growing steadily since 2012 and does not plan to significantly stop its growth soon. Giants such as Oculus, HTC, Sony, Microsoft, Samsung, Walmart, and many others have been implementing their technologies in this field for a long time. In a virtual world, a person is virtually unaffected by external stimuli.

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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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VRScout

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Samsung’s incubation program, called the C-lab, has backed developer education since 2012, and the C-lab program will be showcasing four of their prime VR/AR projects in Barcelona at the Mobile World Congress this week (remember that now-iconic Dystopian photo of Mark Zuckerberg strolling through a crowd of oblivious VR headset-wearing journalists?

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Road to VR

JUNE 13, 2016

While Bethesda parent company Zenimax is in ongoing legal action with Oculus over work done by CTO John Carmack who was formerly employed by id Software (another Zenimax-owned company, with games published by Bethesda), Hines alluded to that early work and positioned the story to credit Bethesda as an early pioneer in VR.

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VRScout

MAY 25, 2017

The devices will use positional tracking (which will not require any external sensors) developed from expertise learned through creating Google’s Tango mapping technology and optimized for virtual reality. THE BATTLE BETWEEN THE DISAPPEARING STORY APPS CONTINUES. San Francisco-based Vivid Vision has raised a $2.2M

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Hypergrid Business

AUGUST 3, 2017

Eight year ago, when I first launched Hypergrid Business , virtual worlds offered a unique set of compelling features. There was presence, and immersion, and the ability to create your own virtual environments. At that time, virtual worlds were the only visible path to an interconnected metaverse of virtual environments.

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Cats and VR

FEBRUARY 24, 2018

FusionPlay just released its creative pet raising sim “Konrad the Kitten” for PlayStation VR, Oculus and Steam. Konrad the Kitten puts players in a colorful world and makes them care about a cute little virtual kitten. in 2012 FusionPlay gave me the chance to make one of these prototypes a full game.

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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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Immersive Authority

MARCH 10, 2016

Here’s an example of a Russian guy trying out the roller-coaster experience on an Oculus Rift. I’ve seen tv series and movies from the 70’s where people immerse themselves into virtual worlds and cannot escape unless they achieve a specific goal.

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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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Hypergrid Business

MARCH 16, 2018

Virtual Worlds Grid lost the most regions this month at 365 followed by Insight Concepts which lost 119 regions and Encitra Home Grid which lost 90 regions and Dorena’s World closing the fifth spot at 67. OpenSim is a free, open source virtual world platform that’s compatible with the Oculus Rift.

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VeeR VR

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Oculus Connect 5 is taking place in a few days in San Jose, California on September 26-27th at the McEnery Convention Center. OC5 celebrates the last 5 years of virtual reality breakthroughs and gives us a glimpse of what’s to come in the next five years. Last year, Oculus Go, a $199 standalone VR headset, has blown people’s minds.

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Hypergrid Business

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

OpenSim is a free, open source virtual world platform that’s compatible with the Oculus Rift. It allows people with no technical skills to quickly and cheaply create virtual worlds, and then teleport to other virtual worlds. Virtual Worlds Grid : 4,453 regions. OSgrid : 21,541 regions.

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Hypergrid Business

APRIL 16, 2017

InWorldz has been the most popular grid every month from 2012 on, and had 5,276 active users last month. OpenSim is a free, open source virtual world platform that’s compatible with the Oculus Rift. Alife Virtual : 590 regions. Open Virtual Worlds : 320 regions. Hypergrid Business data.).

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Hypergrid Business

MARCH 17, 2017

The Public World also suffered some server issues, resulting in a drop of more than 400 actives on that grid alone. And the number of regions went down by 839 standard region equivalents, as Virtual Worlds Grid turned off the less-used servers to allow for a greater than usual load on its welcome regions.

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HaptX

DECEMBER 20, 2018

We were the first VR company to introduce a prototype at Sundance since Oculus unveiled an early version of their Rift in 2012. Weeks later, we traveled to Park City, Utah to debut our HaptX Glove prototype at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. The Verge listed HaptX as among the best of the festival.

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HaptX

JANUARY 18, 2018

A few years later, New Frontier saw its biggest transformation yet with the debut of the Oculus Rift prototype. Virtual Reality Comes to Sundance. Nonny de la Peña introduced the world to virtual reality storytelling at New Frontier in 2012 with “Hunger in L.A.”

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 27, 2021

One of the first accessories for AR/VR I had the opportunity to work on is the Leap Motion hands tracking controller : I made some cool experiments and prototypes with it and the Oculus Rift DK2. I’ve tested it with my Leap Motion Controller, the Oculus Quest, and a lot of scotch tape and I was very satisfied by the results.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Remember back in early 2012, when VR was just thought of as science fiction, or at best as a failed experiment of the 90’s? I remember 2012. Almost exactly five years ago, the hot thing I could think of to control virtual worlds was the early Emotiv EEG headsets. And then the Oculus Kickstarter happened.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

APRIL 5, 2017

It was $200 more expensive than its chief competition, the Oculus Rift , but the headset also did a lot more than the initial PC-powered headset from Facebook when it first released. Oculus, however, went to market without hand controllers readied, supporting a single sensor for a forward-facing experience.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 20, 2020

But what was it like kind of going through these growing pains of going from a million dollar simulator — millions of dollars simulator — to now we can buy an Oculus Quest for 500 bucks? There was something called people avatars and virtual worlds, that was very popular around 2007. So this was before Oculus.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 20, 2020

But what was it like kind of going through these growing pains of going from a million dollar simulator — millions of dollars simulator — to now we can buy an Oculus Quest for 500 bucks? There was something called people avatars and virtual worlds, that was very popular around 2007. So this was before Oculus.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 20, 2020

But what was it like kind of going through these growing pains of going from a million dollar simulator -- millions of dollars simulator -- to now we can buy an Oculus Quest for 500 bucks? There was something called people avatars and virtual worlds, that was very popular around 2007. So this was before Oculus.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 15, 2019

Tell us, how did you get into virtual/ augmented/mixed reality, or XR technologies? In 2012, I saw the Palmer Luckey Kickstarter video, and I was like, “it has finally arrived!” Then, about four years ago, the Oculus Rift and the VIVE was coming out, and I saw that there was an opportunity to actually start making a living out of it.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 15, 2019

Tell us, how did you get into virtual/ augmented/mixed reality, or XR technologies? In 2012, I saw the Palmer Luckey Kickstarter video, and I was like, “it has finally arrived!” Then, about four years ago, the Oculus Rift and the VIVE was coming out, and I saw that there was an opportunity to actually start making a living out of it.

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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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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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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 28, 2016

Imagine if you could make the ‘Honest Trailer’ for the Oculus Rift’s Kickstarter campaign with the last four years of hindsight. From mid-2012 to early 2014, Oculus seemed like the only real player in the industry. It’s difficult to know where to begin. Ball Parks And Back Orders.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 18, 2022

They have already managed to attract interesting titles like Superhot, Walkabout Minigolf, Demeo, Sam&Max: This Time It’s Virtual, and many others. It lacks all Oculus Exclusive titles like Beat Saber and Population One, but its store is becoming anyway interesting. 10 Years of Oculus. So the Quest is still a gaming console.

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