Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

It was as far back as 2014 that we spotted apple hiring an ‘App Engineer’ who would “create high performance apps that integrate with Virtual Reality systems for prototyping and user testing.” Here’s how we know. Acquisitions. See Also: 3 Moves Oculus is Borrowing from Apple’s Marketing Playbook.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Many of you recall that I started working in VR in 2014 and my first solution was a full-body system that needed a PC, a VR headset, an array of Kinects, and some networking magic to work. New info on Microsoft abandoning the Hololens 3. And now, 8 years later, just a mobile headset could do all of this.

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VeeR VR

APRIL 10, 2018

Host of Voices of VR, Kent has traveled to the top VR gatherings around the world since May 2014 to bring you a diverse range of VR perspectives and insights from over 500 makers and seasoned academics. Kent's wide range of expertise in various topics establishes him to be one of the leading minds in the coming virtual reality revolution.

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Everything VR & AR

AUGUST 1, 2016

As the VR/AR Association continues to expand around the world and grow with new members excited at the future of virtual & augmented reality. Aisle411 was an early augmented reality development partner of Google’s Project Tango solution in 2014, offering 3D AR navigation solutions for leading retailers.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

If you follow me since a while, you should recall that I had a startup focused on full body virtual reality called Immotionar : we mixed VR headsets and Kinects to let you use your full body in VR. We had full-body room-scale VR in 2014 , we were so cool. It is still like a window to the augmented world.

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VeeR VR

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

The 1990s saw a boom in both augmented reality and virtual reality, giving users a more sensory feel and for the first time allowing them to see their own body in relation to others in the room. . Two years later, in 2014, Facebook bought Oculus VR company for 2 billion USD. million USD in funding.

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EnterpriseWear

AUGUST 1, 2018

As consumers become increasingly receptive to sharing wearable-generated biometric data and are exposed to augmented reality via smartphones; ideas like replacing traditional travel documents with personal wearables and implementing AR wayfinding in airports seem less and less far-fetched.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 1, 2019

Facebook says that Beat Games will remain independent and the game will remain the same, but these are the same words that I’ve heard when in 2014 it acquired Oculus, and we all know how the story ended (and in fact, the popular Damo9000 ironized about it). Microsoft now sees VR as a high priority for Flight Simulator.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Both patents, spotted by Apple Insider , were first filed by Metaio GmbH in 2014, a German AR firm later acquired by Apple just a year later. Samsung, Apple v. Microsoft, Apple v. Nokia , the list goes on. And if the recent ZeniMax v. And we can’t wait to see what the world renowned electronics giant has in store.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 25, 2022

If developers of PC games want to invest more time to create a VR version of them (like it happened for No Man’s Sky, or Microsoft Flight Simulator, for instance), this could help a lot the PCVR market. Another brand I’m very curious about is Samsung : sooner or later, it should announce something, either in VR or in AR.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

to eventually release an augmented reality device eventually. After Luckey’s company was bought by Facebook for $2B in 2014, his reported net worth is $700M – so he has plenty of money to play with. SONY PARTNERS WITH CONTENT STUDIO REALITY ONE. MICROSOFT NABS MARK BOLAS, RENOWNED VR PIONEER. …and more.

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