The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 16, 2023

For sure I hope that the next Unity CEO will be more interested in the community and the technology and less into advertisement and monetization… Unity is the most used game engine by XR people, so the course decided by the new CEO will impact many of us… and also me, since I’m a Unity dev since 2014!

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Recapping the top stories covered on the VRScout Report , a weekly live video show and podcast discussing the best in VR, hosted by Malia Probst. 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. Also… is Facebook making a phone ?

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Cats and VR

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

educational software that’s as compelling as the best video game. I want you guys to be stuck on a video game that’s teaching you something other than just blowing something up.” The DOE is incentivizing the competition with $680,000 in cash prizes and additional sponsor prizes from IBM, Microsoft, and Samsung.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 8, 2017

Facebook acquired VR specialist Oculus all the way back in 2014 and, while its funding and resources have greatly accelerated what the latter has been able to do, it still hasn’t released a tailored version of its own social network to run on Oculus products. That is until today.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Samsung’s 2023 Unpacked event was all about the company’s Galaxy S23 hardware, although at the end of its hour-long presentation the South Korean tech giant announced it was working with Qualcomm and Google to develop an XR device. Samsung was one of the first truly massive tech companies to develop VR hardware.

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VRScout

MAY 30, 2017

I’ve been a big fan of the cute little Samsung Gear 360 camera since its first unveiling in the spring of 2016, and always recommend it to people inquiring about the best consumer-friendly 360 cameras out there. The cost is lower than the 2016 version with a pricetag of $229 and you can record in up to 4K resolution.

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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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Next Reality VR

MARCH 25, 2016

Since its purchase by Microsoft in 2014, Minecraft has regularly been pushed to new platforms such as Windows 10, Wii U, and Fire TV. Recently, Oculus, whose technology powers the Samsung Gear VR, demoed a modified Minecraft Pocket Edition for the Gear VR at GDC 2016. Check out the gameplay video below.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 27, 2016

But in 2014, Bennett was named Chief Content Officer and began building out a dedicated virtual reality team. In 2016 they teamed up with Samsung to simulate an in-game basketball experience for the Rio Olympics. Two Bit’s Jake Sally taking someone through the Samsung Olympic experience. Welcome to the Big Top.

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VRScout

AUGUST 1, 2016

Recapping the top stories covered on the VRScout Report , a weekly live video show and podcast discussing the best in VR, hosted by Malia Probst. Facebook has been going hard on the 360-degree photos and videos – you’ve most likely noticed an influx of spherical content in your newsfeed, and that’s no accident.

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VRWorld

JULY 1, 2016

360 degree stereoscopic video). Sadly, 8K Super-Hi Vision is only limited to Japan, while the regular TV viewers will only get 1080p, Full HD video. ” Back in 2014, International Olympic Committee was asked by their technology partners to broadcast a wider selection of events in higher resolution, or 4K / Ultra HD technology. .

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Mashable VR

JUNE 20, 2022

So, you've already signed up to NOW TV , Netflix , Prime Video , Disney+ , and a bunch of other streaming services, what makes this one any different? Instead, it was an overhaul and rebrand of of a service called CBS All Access, which had been running since 2014. The global expansion of the service outside the U.S.

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Delight XR

AUGUST 7, 2022

Samsung Gear VR. Samsung Smartphone. Apple and Samsung Smartphones. The HTC Vive, produced by HTC and developed together with video game industry giant Valve, was released on April 5th, 2016. Samsung Odyssey Controller. Check out our article for what comes next. Click on any VR Headset to learn more. Oculus Rift.

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Infinityleap

MAY 11, 2016

Earlier last week, Oculus announced a handful of new changes to Gear VR , its mobile headset for Samsung phones, along with one big new Facebook feature created with virtual reality (VR) in mind: the arrival of 360-degree photo capability in Facebook’s News Feed. billion in 2014. Photo credit: Samsung).

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

The industry has been experiencing a boom in recent years with hundreds of startups and heavy investment from tech giants including Google, Apple, Samsung, and Facebook. New avatars could relay the eye movements of their human counterparts bringing a new dimension to video games and other virtual content. Seamless Identification.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 8, 2019

Some of the technologies encompassed by the term XR include; 360° video, 3D Volumetric capture, photogrammetry, 3D modelling, virtual, augmented & mixed reality, computer vision, machine learning, and spatial audio, haptics, and even scent machines. We have been working in XR since 2014 when I first tried the Oculus Rift DK1.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 21, 2017

Skybound is the publisher of properties like The Walking Dead and w e previously covered Skybound’s collaboration with Samsung on the VR thriller Gone. A Los Angeles-based interactive horror play is becoming a virtual reality series with Skybound Entertainment.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 22, 2016

Since its inception, Snapchat has rapidly evolved into a platform where millions of people are capturing photos and videos every day. However, their biggest unveiling involved what is being described as circular video. With enough people on-board, sharing images and videos in a circular format would become a new standard.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 8, 2019

Some of the technologies encompassed by the term XR include; 360° video, 3D Volumetric capture, photogrammetry, 3D modelling, virtual, augmented & mixed reality, computer vision, machine learning, and spatial audio, haptics, and even scent machines. We have been working in XR since 2014 when I first tried the Oculus Rift DK1.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Focused on harnessing immersive technologies to deliver groundbreaking VR, AR, Animation, DOOH, VFX and 360 degree video projects for some of the world’s largest brands including Sony, BBC, Red Bull, Microsoft and Lexus. He was tech lead on the BAFTA-award-winning Monument Valley (2014) and co-directed Gear VR hit Land’s End (2015).

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

It’s not clear on what platforms this functionality will be working on, but if I had to guess, I would say Project Cambria, since its body tracking was already revealed in a video some months ago. The fact that this was not the best commercial made by Meta is visible also on Youtube, where only 2% of the viewers have put a like on the video.

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VeeR VR

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Atari founded a lab for virtual reality research in 1982, but it closed down two short years later due to the North American video game crash of 1983. Two years later, in 2014, Facebook bought Oculus VR company for 2 billion USD. 2014 was an exciting year for the VR community. million USD in funding.

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Delight XR

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Samsung Gear VR. Samsung Smartphone. Apple and Samsung Smartphones. The HTC Vive, produced by HTC and developed together with video game industry giant Valve, was released on April 5th, 2016. Samsung Odyssey Controller. Check out our article for what comes next. Click on any VR Headset to learn more. Oculus Rift.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 1, 2019

If you want to watch an unboxing video in which I have a terrible hairstyle and a WIDMOvr T-shirt that makes you feel in summer again, here you are: The headset. I couldn’t wait to turn it on, so after the unboxing video, I positioned it on my head and turned it on. The Mirage Solo looks like a device that is well made.

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VeeR VR

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Dominic Brennan from Road to VR estimates that Santa Cruz is using the same 1,440 × 1,600 displays that are also found in the Samsung Odyssey and Vive Pro headsets. For those of you that will not be able to attend in San Jose, California you can watch the event live streamed in virtual reality on your Oculus Go or Samsung Gear VR!

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VeeR VR

DECEMBER 17, 2017

About: 360 Labs is a Portland, Oregon based production company specialized in 360º videos, virtual tours, custom Google Street View, and VR experiences. 360 Labs was officially founded in May of 2014. When another surge of VR popularity arose, they naturally became inclined to produce more content with 360 videos.

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EnterpriseWear

AUGUST 1, 2018

Let’s look back: Early trials: Virgin Atlantic ’s 2014 trial at London Heathrow Airport – in collaboration with SITA – included both Google Glass and the Sony SmartWatch 2. Around the same time, Vueling, Iberia, and Air Berlin launched smartwatch boarding passes for early Pebble and Samsung smartwatches.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

We had full-body room-scale VR in 2014 , we were so cool. When talking about visuals, there are two questions that everyone asks: Do the virtual elements seem real as in the video of the whale in the gym? From videos, it seemed terrible, while actually, it is nice, especially because it is something very big that you see in your room.

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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. Alan's business has worked with companies like Samsung, HBO, Techweek, Microsoft, Comcast, and many more. Sabarish Gnanamoorthy.

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VeeR VR

DECEMBER 18, 2018

VeeR VR is a global VR content platform, delivering you free access to millions of daily fresh VR videos and experiences. 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. ARVR Innovate Conference.

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VeeR VR

OCTOBER 15, 2018

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. Samsung VR Rollercoaster Samsung has partnered with Six Flags to create rollercoaster experiences. Stay tuned on veer.tv

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 20, 2017

It’s a neat first device for anyone slightly curious about virtual reality – just don’t expect to spend more than a few minutes at a time messing around with 360 videos and a few simple games that use the headset’s single button for input.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 14, 2017

We’ve been investing in it since 2014. Beliaeff: If you look at the evolution of video games, they’re trying to control everything a person is experiencing. If you saw those first pictures in Central Park, you got this experiential blend of the video game portion of it and the reality around you. Ellsworth: That’s important.

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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). If you were always unsure if buying a headset or not, the time is now!

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VeeR VR

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

million in 2016 and expected an exponential growth over the forecast period from 2014-2025, said Grand View Research. You can watch free premium VR contents through VeeR on major VR headsets, including Oculus , HTC VIVE , Google Daydream , Samsung Gear VR , Windows MR and more. Have you watched Ready Player One? The answer is positive.

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

This doesn't much matter for watching traditional video content, as most of it is in widescreen aspect ratio anyways. That’s reason #1 that Vision Pro can't be practically used outdoors, and why the videos you see of people doing this are influencers chasing clout, not honestly depicting a practical use case.

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Hypergrid Business

DECEMBER 26, 2018

In just two short years, in early 2014, they were acquired by Facebook. Oculus Gear VR: A mobile VR solution, it allows a Samsung Galaxy smartphone to be used as a VR device. There are multiple platforms for accessing VR videos. Currently, their catalog contains more than 70 million photos and one million videos.

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