VRScout

JUNE 20, 2020

utilizing BIM (Building information modeling) data to create a world where VR and real-world structures intertwine. Back in 2014, Miku made her U.S. Takura Shoji Architects , a first-class architectural design office based out of Japan, are the architects behind MIKU LAND GATE ?,

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 1, 2017

According to the latest figures from Steam’s Hardware & Software Survey, the Oculus Rift has picked up an additional 3.1% The latter, launched in 2014, still holds 3.0% The post Oculus Rift Closes in on Steam Majority Market Share appeared first on Road to VR. of the market share of VR headsets on Steam.

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Leapmotion

OCTOBER 7, 2014

Team RiftWare’s winning Leap Motion hack lets you leverage the power of the Oculus Rift, Leap Motion, and Android Wear – so you can reach into virtual reality and control it with voice commands. With this data visualization project, you can combine a simple generative musical algorithm with movement to create an explorable soundscape.

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ARPost

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Another major part of the metaverse is “ Web3 ” – an interconnection of human and computer systems brought about by data that is more universal, more complete, and more personal. Then, “In 2014, I put on an Oculus for the first time and I saw the future.”. In the middle is InfiniteWorld. Fast forward a few years.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Oculus Quest gets hand tracking. Last week, the runtime v12 of Oculus Quest has been rolled out , and this took with it lots of interesting updates. To start, now the Oculus Link is more stable and it is compatible with some AMD GPUs. Oculus Quests have started getting vocal commands in the menu. Top news of the week.

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Road to VR

JULY 7, 2016

When it comes to Google searches, “HTC Vive” has recently matched “Oculus Rift” and may be continuing to rise. The post Searches for “HTC Vive” Have Caught up with “Oculus Rift” and May Be Accelerating appeared first on Road to VR.

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Road to VR

MARCH 17, 2021

The duo claimed that the platform is nearly a sustainable developer ecosystem, and that the data shows a clear trajectory in which VR will eventually reach ‘AAA’ scale. Takahashi asked the pair to offer up a ‘progress report” on the Oculus VR ecosystem. “It’s amazing.

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AR Insider

MARCH 16, 2021

This traces back to Facebook’s Oculus acquisition in early 2014 that kicked off the current wave of excitement….including That excitement culminated in 2016 after the Oculus acquisition had time to set off a chain reaction of startup activity, tech-giant investment, and VC inflows for the “next computing platform.”

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Nokia , the Finnish telecom giant, has been focusing on telecommunication infrastructure development after selling its mobile phone business to Microsoft in 2014. This trend will open opportunities in e.g., edge computing, data encryption, and standardization work. LaValle, who was also an early founder and head scientist of Oculus VR.

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Road to VR

APRIL 12, 2018

Marcos has since left Mozilla in order to work on the Supermedium WebVR browser, which creates a desktop VR browser designed for the Vive or Oculus to easily go in and out of viewing WebVR content as a seamless VR experience. spec include Firefox Release 55, Oculus Browser, Samsung Internet, & Microsoft Edge.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 2, 2017

We don’t have a clear idea on precisely how many units have been sold for the Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, PlayStation VR, Daydream View, or any other major headset on the market. According to a Homido representative, the company has collectively sold approximately 557,000 HMDs since 2014. Do these types of sales figures surprise you?

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Road to VR

JANUARY 12, 2018

Frontier Developments today announced an open beta test for the upcoming update to the third season of Elite Dangerous (2014), the open-universe space simulator for VR and non-VR players. For VR players, Elite Dangerous can be purchased both through Oculus Home (Rift) and Steam (Vive and Rift).

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Road to VR

MARCH 16, 2017

StrategyVR – CES 2014. Couch Knights – GDC 2014 | Read More. Shown during the debut of the Oculus Rift DK2, Couch Knights put players in the body of an avatar sitting in a contemporary room. Showdown – Oculus Connect 2014 | Read More. Showdown – Oculus Connect 2014 | Read More.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 2, 2018

According to the just-released December figures from Steam’s Hardware & Software Survey, the Oculus Rift has for the first time claimed the ‘Most Popular’ designation on the platform. Data courtesy Valve. Data courtesy Valve. The DK2, which launched in 2014, still holds 2.3% increase, putting it at 46.1%

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

APRIL 4, 2024

It’s been ten years since Meta – then Facebook – bought emerging VR start-up Oculus and, in turn, formed its Reality Labs division. Since the Oculus purchase in 2014, the firm has released numerous headsets, most notably the Quest range, which now includes mixed and virtual reality products.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

This traces back to Facebook’s Oculus acquisition in early 2014 that kicked off the current wave of excitement… including lots of ups and downs in the intervening years. The AR cloud will continue to be the model for location-anchored data that empowers AR devices to activate meaningful graphics.

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Upload VR

MAY 15, 2022

Facebook first acquired the Oculus VR startup in 2014 for $3 billion, but last year Meta’s investments in VR and AR technology rose to $10 billion with plans for growth even further in the coming years. He answered : “Yes, this is still in the works, still on the way.

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AR Insider

MARCH 2, 2021

This traces back to Facebook’s Oculus acquisition in early 2014 that kicked off the current wave of excitement….including That excitement culminated in 2016 after the Oculus acquisition had time to set off a chain reaction of startup activity, tech-giant investment, and VC inflows for the “next computing platform.”

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 2, 2017

According to the latest figures from Valve’s Hardware & Software Survey, the Oculus Rift has set a new record for its highest historical market share on Steam, almost certainly driven by a major sale which has also brought the headset its largest ever share increase from one month to the next. The latter, launched in 2014, still holds 3.9%

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Upload VR

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

But the data for two months this year contained clearly anomalous figures for ‘Steam users with VR Headsets’ Since the introduction of the SteamVR log scanning method this figure stayed roughly stable around 2%. But May 2022’s data showed a large unexplained jump to 3.24%.

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AR Insider

MARCH 9, 2021

This traces back to Facebook’s Oculus acquisition in early 2014 that kicked off the current wave of excitement….including That excitement culminated in 2016 after the Oculus acquisition had time to set off a chain reaction of startup activity, tech-giant investment, and VC inflows for the “next computing platform.”

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 1, 2017

Steam is the de facto content platform for the HTC Vive, though it technically supports the Rift too ; plenty of Rifters use both the official Oculus Home platform and Steam to play content which may not be available on the opposing platform. The DK2, which launched in 2014, still holds 2.5% the month prior.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

According to the just-released October figures from Steam’s Hardware & Software Survey, the Oculus Rift has picked up an additional 0.71%, totalling 47.61% of the market share of VR headsets on Steam. The latter, launched in 2014, still holds 3.28% total share of VR headsets in use on Steam.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 10, 2020

Valve Index and Oculus Quest gain PC VR market shares. The latest Steam Hardware Survey showed some interesting trends happening in the PC VR market (at least the Steam VR market, since we have no info on the Oculus Store market). Last month’s data show even a slight growth of connected headsets. Top news of the week.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

The war of words continues between ZeniMax and Oculus in the wake of a $500 million mixed verdict issued yesterday by a Texas jury. Earlier today Oculus CTO John Carmack noted on Facebook “the internet would have viciously mocked the analysis” of an expert witness ZeniMax called in the case whose testimony is under seal.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 1, 2017

Steam is the defacto content platform for the HTC Vive, though it technically supports the Rift too; plenty of Rifters use both the official Oculus Home platform and Steam to play content which may not be available on the opposing platform. The latter, launched in 2014, still holds 4.3% The latest results show a modest gain of 1.1%

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ARVR

MARCH 24, 2021

This traces back to Facebook’s Oculus acquisition in early 2014 that kicked off the current wave of excitement….including That excitement culminated in 2016 after the Oculus acquisition had time to set off a chain reaction of startup activity, tech-giant investment, and VC inflows for the “next computing platform.”

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 31, 2021

” VR shouldn’t be used by children… Health and safety warning of the Oculus Rift DevKits (Image from Oculus Forums). When I started using virtual reality in 2014, the age limit for using the Oculus Rift DK 2 was 7 years, but then it was incremented to 13 years old. … but they use it anyway.

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VRScout

JULY 19, 2016

On March 25th, 2014, many people were left scratching their heads: why did Facebook spend 2 billion dollars to acquire a Kickstarter funded virtual reality company called Oculus. So, let’s look at the facts, the numbers and the data. Oculus has sold an estimated 250k Rifts. Since then, we have seen a movement.

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VRScout

JANUARY 1, 2017

Research about this rapid decline was conducted and issued by iiMedia Research, a third-party data collector and analyst of technological digital platforms. In the wake of Facebook’s acquisition of Oculus in 2014, investment spiked: 270 million yuan ($38.9 The next year, that number would cap at 2.4 It’s growing.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

According to the regulators, Meta launched a “campaign to conquer VR” in 2014 after buying out VR headset manufacturer Oculus. The European bloc’s General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) bans unauthorised consumer data mining, prompting the ruling.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

I’m Chen, General Manager and Chief Editor of VRTUOLUO , also a senior media expert who has dug and studied deeply the XR industry since 2014. With the trend of Gaming entrepreneurs, for example, Samsung, HTC, Sony, and Oculus transferred from games to virtual reality and we started to keep eye on the VR area.

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AllThingsVR

APRIL 11, 2017

million, Logon Olson joins Google, and Anna Sweet leaves Oculus. Founded in 2014 by 3D computer vision experts, GeoCV scans interior space using a 3D camera and smartphone. VR/AR data visualization and analytics pioneer, Virtualitics , raises $4.4 Sweet was the Head of Developer Strategy for Oculus for two years.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Gear VR, a snap-in smartphone headset, was released initially way back in 2014, but Samsung is continuing to support the product line which has seen several iterations over the years, each offering support for the company’s newer Galaxy phones. Image courtesy Samsung. Image courtesy Samsung.

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AR Insider

JUNE 30, 2021

Data Dive: VR Finishes Q2 Strong. That figure declined to 15 percent in 2014 and about 10 percent today. “Today, there are only about 18 percent of applications in VR stores such as Steam and Oculus which are free,” said Admix CEO Samuel Huber at an AWE EU event. VR Ads: Glass Half Full.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MAY 8, 2017

The manufacturers have released only limited data points — with Samsung coming out with the largest number to date revealing the technology giant sold 5 million Gear VRs through the beginning of the year. The Gear VR initially went on sale as a glorified developer kit in late 2014 — so if you combine 5 million sold through Jan.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

The Audi VR experience will make use of both the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift headset, depending on where it will be shown, and will render vehicle data in real-time to show you the tiniest of details, such as the polish of the aluminum inlays or the various gloss levels of the paint finish depending on the position of the virtual light source.

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