UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 26, 2017

The designer, who worked on both HTC’s smartphones and its Vive VR headset at its San Francisco office, yesterday confirmed that he was leaving the Taiwanese company to join Google, where he’ll work on the company’s new Daydream mobile VR ecosystem. Tagged with: Claude Zellweger , Daydream , google , htc.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

Yesterday, Google shook up the virtual reality scene by both announcing and releasing a brand new immersive experience: Google Earth VR. UploadVR reached out to Google to ask why this strategy was implemented. Tagged with: earth , earth vr , exclusives , exclusivity , google , google earth , google vr.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 31, 2016

Google, who has now has several major VR initiatives underway, notes major gains in interest in virtual reality and 360 degree video capture and sharing. The company is now prompting brands to consider what role VR will play in their marketing strategies. It seems as if the company’s early bets are on their way to paying off.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Responding to a question during Facebook’s most recent quarterly earnings call this week, CEO Mark Zuckerberg addressed the intersection of Facebook’s cloud gaming and VR initiatives: “Over the longer term, I think the VR piece will obviously come into [our gaming strategy] as well.

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AR Insider

APRIL 6, 2021

This traces back to Facebook’s Oculus acquisition in early 2014 that kicked off the current wave of excitement….including As seen in the Google Glass era, cultural acceptance and comfort levels for face-worn hardware (with a camera, no less) is an uphill climb. including lots of ups and downs in the intervening years.

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AR Insider

JANUARY 21, 2020

We’ve generally stated “tens of billions” for the collective investment scale of the big five — Facebook, Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Apple. More importantly, this aligns with the timeframe that followed its 2014 Oculus acquisition. Q4 2014 R&D spend increased to $1.1 608 billion.

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TechCrunch VR

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

The most valuable companies in the world own the metal on which their software applications run: Apple and Microsoft have had their fingers in the hardware pie for years, and even Google was able to build a robust OS business with Android. This is when Facebook struck. The “metaverse” already exists in Fortnite and Roblox.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

The team has demonstrably thinned out over the last few months, with HoloLens veterans such as principal optical architect Bernard Kress leaving the company recently for Google Labs. There’s some ostensible background radiation related to employee attrition here too.

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Road to VR

APRIL 12, 2018

But Google Chrome and the WebVR developer community has been waiting for the official launch of what was being referred to as the WebVR 2.0 It’s been a long journey to the official launch of WebVR, and here’s some of the previous conversations about WebVR since the beginning of the podcast in May 2014. #13:

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

There’s a rumor going around that Nintendo is making a VR headset in partnership with Google. Lateral Thinking with ‘Withered’ Technology Much of Nintendo’s market strategy can be attributed to Gunpei Yokoi, the prolific Nintendo designer best known for pioneering the company’s handheld segment.

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Road to VR

MARCH 12, 2020

billion since its initial Series A financing in 2014, garnering cash from the likes of Google, Alibaba, Qualcomm, and Andreessen Horowitz over the years. Other options reportedly under consideration are potential partnerships and a stake sale. The Plantation, Florida-based company has raised $2.6

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ARVR

APRIL 5, 2021

This traces back to Facebook’s Oculus acquisition in early 2014 that kicked off the current wave of excitement….including Beyond consumer demand, tech giants are embracing wearables as they align with road maps and growth strategies. Trojan Horse Google is meanwhile motivated toward wearables to maintain direct touchpoints to users.

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AR Insider

MARCH 23, 2021

This traces back to Facebook’s Oculus acquisition in early 2014 that kicked off the current wave of excitement….including This aligns with Apple’s AR master plan but more immediately has photography benefits — a key focal point in the iPhone’s horse-race against Samsung and Google flagships.

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Road to VR

MAY 26, 2017

Google’s overarching mission is to organize all of the world’s information, and so it’s a natural fit for the company to be one of the leading innovators for using VR for immersive education. SEE ALSO For Google, the Future of VR Is on the Open Web with WebVR & WebAR.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MAY 8, 2017

To our knowledge, Google has released nothing to officially give any indication of Daydream’s performance in the market since it went on sale late last year. Nevertheless, IHS Markit is forecasting sales for both Daydream from Google and Gear VR from Samsung, the latter of which is powered by software from Facebook’s Oculus.

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Tech Trends VR

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Jarvish was founded in 2014 by a group of motorcycle enthusiasts Click To Tweet. The company was founded in 2014 by a group of motorcycle enthusiasts and members of the former Advance Technology Division (ATD) team at Foxconn. And that’s exactly what Jarvish has set about doing. VRScout (@VRScout) February 4, 2019.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Starting with its $2B acquisition of Oculus in the spring of 2014, Facebook has continued to build out its virtual reality strategy in a big way. This is a big partnership between the NFL and Google, and the remaining 8 episodes will be available on the Google Daydream content platform – launching later this month.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 3, 2024

What it Means for 2024 The first article about Apple that I ever wrote on Road to VR was this one in 2014 about the company filing a job posting seeking someone with experience in AR and VR. But not more than two and a half years later the company is reportedly laying off hundreds of its staff as it pivots its strategy.

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ARVR

APRIL 15, 2021

This traces back to Facebook’s Oculus acquisition in early 2014 that kicked off the current wave of excitement….including As seen in the Google Glass era, cultural acceptance and comfort levels for face-worn hardware (with a camera, no less) is an uphill climb. including lots of ups and downs in the intervening years.

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VRScout

AUGUST 27, 2017

He founded Merge in 2014, at a time when there wasn’t an entire VR ecosystem developed for any demographic in the broad consumer market, let alone kids. Each product he and his team build is rooted in this long-term strategy. Founder and CEO of Merge, Franklin Lyons, has been creating AR/VR experiences for nearly a decade.

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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. Logan Olson , developer of awesome virtual reality music creation tool SoundStage, is joining Clay Bavor’s VR team at Google.

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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. This is the main reason why we separated VR from our game industry media and started to focus on VR and AR industries in 2014 and registered our brand in 2016.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Some of the biggest names in social impact will be in attendance, including: Participant Media, Conservation International, the Rainforest Alliance, Connect for Climate/World Bank, and the Milken Institute, as well as tech companies like Google, Microsoft, and Oculus.

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VRScout

JUNE 10, 2016

This latest acquisition is another piece in a secretive strategy: over the past few years Snapchat has quietly acquired a couple of other potentially augmented reality-related companies as well as talent. Did Seebright just release the augmented reality equivalent of Google Cardboard?

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

As an electronics company, Apple’s general strategy seems to be to wait until a market is well established before joining it, then attempt to create an Apple-idealized product for that market. Apple is infamous for its patent strategy and you shouldn’t be surprised to find that they’re well into it in the AR/VR space.

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VeeR VR

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Now that the technology is stable and easily accessible, brands and businesses are increasingly looking to VR technology and incorporating it into their marketing strategies. They did this back in 2014 before the 6th season was aired, and a video of the experience went viral and no doubt helped the already surging popularity of the show.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 30, 2017

With the earliest version of Gear VR (the ‘Innovator Edition) launching all the way back at the end of 2014—and regular refreshes of the headset supporting newer Samsung phones over the years—the relationship between the two companies seemed very strong, but the last 12 months have may have changed all of that.

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ARVR

MARCH 29, 2021

This traces back to Facebook’s Oculus acquisition in early 2014 that kicked off the current wave of excitement….including a key focal point in the iPhone’s horse-race against Samsung and Google flagships. a central principle of its broader AR strategy. including lots of ups and downs in the intervening years.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 29, 2020

Google is going to buy North. A report says tha t Alphabet, the company behind Google, is in the last stages of the acquisition of North, the Canadian startup that makes the Focals smartglasses. Google adds depth APIs to ARCore. The post The XR Week Peek (2020.06.29): Oculus kills the Go, Google buys North, and much more!

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VRWorld

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

The company is allegedly now working on AR-enabled smart glasses, and while Apple was slower to AR market than Google, the widespread adoption of iPhone might end up with Apple taking over Google. That came as a surprise considering how many years Google has spent researching their AR options.

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Road to VR

JULY 9, 2017

If you haven’t played the PC or console version of Superhot (2016) before, get ready for a new take on the FPS genre with its strategy-based shooting missions. Google Earth VR : Touch – Hours can be spent touring around virtually throughout the entire planet’s-worth of 3D geography and buildings. Superhot VR.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

” Measures taken in the initiative included consolidation strategies for its real estate to “sublease, early terminate, or abandon” some offices under lease. This reflects actions taken at Google, Snap, Microsoft, and Apple over the last few months regarding their respective smart glass offerings.

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VRWorld

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

Following their entry into the film and TV production industries with their 2014 purchase of Eagle Rock Entertainment, UMG entered an arrangement this May to co-develop feature films with Red Bull GmbH, StudioCanal and Terra Mater Film Studios.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

After that, I headed for China to pursue my dream and headed marketing and strategy for the release of the Microsoft A.I. But perhaps we will come back to it since there are many innovations appearing in AR such as those seen in the new Google Pixel 3. product Cortana in China. What does PanguVR do?

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Doc-Ok

OCTOBER 20, 2016

On April 9, 2014, I wrote an article on this here blog titled “How to Measure Your IPD,” which describes this exact method of using a mirror and a ruler. So, a winning strategy. I should have consulted the Googles back then. The more people get used to that, the better. On the second level, I was proud.

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Bernard Marr

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

But for a man who told Time magazine back in 2014 that his goal was to connect every human on the planet, it’s a worrying and significant downturn. In the last 12 months, growth slowed significantly, with the social network adding a little under 50 million active users. For a smaller company, this would still be seen as phenomenal growth.

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VeeR VR

DECEMBER 18, 2018

You can download VeeR VR in your Oculus , Samsung Gear VR , HTC Vive , Windows Mixed Reality , Google Daydream , Steam VR and Lenovo Mirage Solo to watch amazing VR content. While this event only began in 2014, it has proven to be a strong player in the VR/AR world already. Google I/O : Google’s annual developer conference.

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