VRScout

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Earlier this year those suspicions were proven correct when HTC as well as Lenovo announced their own upcoming versions of standalone VR hardware at the Google I/O Conference. The request was made by Grünecker Patent und Rechtsanwälte PartG MBB, the same corporation that managed the original HTC Vive application in Europe back in 2015.

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ARPost

MARCH 12, 2021

Many leading technology companies such as Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, and Google are investing billions into developing these technologies. It took place from the 1980s (when these were initially introduced into the markets) to 2015 (when they were finally fully adopted). I am not the only one who has identified this trend.

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VRScout

APRIL 24, 2017

Google has officially unveiled their next generation Jump camera — the Yi Halo. Announced at the NAB conference in Las Vegas Monday, the Xiaomi-backed Yi has partnered with Google to bring a new professional camera to the market with some much needed improvements. The Yi Halo has 17 lenses and costs $17,000. at 60 frames per second.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 14, 2017

The title is the sequel to 2015’s Gunjack which had debuted on Gear VR. Initially Gunjack 2 , launched in 2016, was exclusively available on Google Daydream. As with the Daydream version, the game can be played using the headset’s controller.

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ARPost

JULY 21, 2023

“The job descriptions first showed up across the internet and that started the rumors, I’m going to say back in 2014, 2015.” However, Almeida said that he had been waiting for something like an Apple headset for even longer than that – ever since he was, like so many others, disenchanted by the Google Glass device that launched in 2013.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

For Meta, which itself wants to control the destiny of XR, that’s a problem. Mark Zuckerberg has been eyeing this potentiality since at least as far back as 2015 , which drove him to buy Oculus in the first place—in an effort to get out ahead of companies like Apple and Google in the nascent XR space.

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MAY 24, 2017

That said, Google, Microsoft, and Facebook all have headsets in development that offer inside-out positional tracking — meaning the headsets don’t need any separate external hardware to find the precise location of the headset in a given space. The company is also planning motion controller support using the same technology.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2023

The long time operations head at the Google-owned VR development studio is taking over for Devin Reimer, who says he’s leaving “t o focus on new opportunities outside the company ” after 12 years with the studio. Andrew Eiche is taking over Job Simulator studio Owlchemy Labs. We plan on leveraging it for all future titles.”

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Road to VR

JUNE 3, 2020

HTC has continued its work to reduce expenditure by optimizing processes, practicing cost control and seeking prudent uses of new technology. In 2015, the company laid off 2,250 employees, or about 15 percent of its workforce at the time. “Like many companies, we are seeing impacts from COVID-19 and global economic conditions.

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Road to VR

JUNE 27, 2017

Concept render of the CastAR headset and controller | Image courtesy CastAR. The recent screen-based AR solutions (such as Google Tango and Apple’s phone and tablet AR ) and a number of AR headsets. A prototype development kit of the CastAR headset, circa 2015 | Photo by Road to VR.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

We are vulnerable on mobile to Google and Apple because they make major mobile platforms. From a timing perspective, we are better off the sooner the next platform becomes ubiquitous and the shorter the time we exist in a primarily mobile world dominated by Google and Apple. We need to build both.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 23, 2022

Google launches “Immersive Stream for AR”. Google has launched a new cloud service based on Stadia technology: dubbed “Immersive Stream for AR”, it lets you perform cloud rendering for augmented reality applications for mobile phones. This is a great deal, that lowers even more the barrier of cost to enter virtual reality.

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Leapmotion

JANUARY 8, 2015

In 2015, we’re building on this momentum with new resources for developers, while advancing support for several key VR platforms. In this post, I’d like to reflect on the year that we just left behind, and what’s coming in 2015. The post Leap Motion + VR 2015: A Look at the Year Ahead appeared first on Leap Motion Blog.

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Road to VR

MAY 25, 2017

The move comes just a week after the company announced a mobile standalone Vive headset in partnership with Google. The company actually set up the HTC Vive Tech Corporation subsidiary back in 2015 under which all of its virtual reality activities have been coordinated.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 20, 2018

” SEE ALSO Brilliant Sole Wants to Put a VR Controller in Your Shoes. The company demoed a first-person prototype on Gear VR as far back as 2015 at the Rock in Rio festival that summer, although it never saw public release afterwards. .”

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Market research reports have shown that in 2015 the revenue was $0.66 Equipped with tracking and sensory technologies and hand controllers, the virtual reality devices made playing games highly engaging and reciprocal. billion, the next year it increased to $3.6 billion, followed by $5.8 billion and $9.6 billion in 2017 and 2018.

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ARPost

MARCH 12, 2021

Many leading technology companies such as Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, and Google are investing billions into developing these technologies. It took place from the 1980s (when these were initially introduced into the markets) to 2015 (when they were finally fully adopted). I am not the only one who has identified this trend.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

All the big tech players — Microsoft, Google, Facebook, and Amazon — are in the game as well. Google was the first major technology company to release a head-worn computer when it introduced Google Glass in 2013. Google’s approach was significantly lighter and simpler than what’s come since.

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VRScout

AUGUST 1, 2016

From all-in-one mobile VR headsets to tethered head-mounted displays (HMDs) with hand-controllers that looked eerily similar to brands we already report on, one thing’s for sure, there was no shortage of VR and AR hardware on the show floor. Armed to the teeth with tethered Vives, backpack VR and 3D printed controllers.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 25, 2022

The author of the much-appreciated XR Caliper controllers and of many tricks to improve the ergonomics of the Valve Index has just tested for me the Pimax Sword controllers , writing the most detailed review about them you will ever find on the web. Pimax Sword Controllers – review by Rob Cole for Skarredghost. Rob Cole is back.

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MAY 13, 2017

Underkoffler has been trying to make the vision of the 2002 film Minority Report , where actor Tom Cruise uses “data gloves” and gestures to control a transparent computer, into a reality. Niantic was spun out as an independent company in 2015 with backing from investors such as Google, Nintendo, and The Pokémon Company.

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JANUARY 2, 2017

Homido isn’t a household name around the world like Facebook, Google, Sony, or Samsung, but it has carved out a niche in the mobile HMD market over the past two years. Homido mini (pocket-sized solution, first released in 2015) has sold 244,000 units total. million headsets in 2016 compared to 450,000 Google Daydream Views.

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VRScout

JULY 11, 2017

Google wants you to play with Blocks, this smartphone wants you to get rid of your headset, a new marketplace connecting content creators with funding, the price of the Oculus Rift is slashed, the investment & funding wrapup, and more… 1. GOOGLE WANTS YOU TO PLAY WITH BLOCKS. THIS SMARTPHONE WANTS TO MAKE HEADSETS OBSOLETE.

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ARPost

MAY 18, 2022

First, the software allows the clinician complete control over the experience, and second, the hardware allows quantifying outcomes. The company’s VR fitness platform, VZfit , allows users to race through the real world via Google Street View. Tend to Mind and Body With VZfit. Mental Health Is for All of Us.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

The headset has a very nice design and features these specifications: Standalone 6DOF headset 1600×1600 resolution per eye 90Hz refresh rate 90° FOV RGB AR passthrough Innovative lenses that make the headset more compact Integrated audio Controller-free hand-tracking Eye-tracking 6GB of RAM 128GB of storage WiFi 6 (802.11ax), Bluetooth 5.0,

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Delight XR

AUGUST 7, 2022

External tracking devices, cameras, and advanced controllers allow for high-end experiences and get the most out of what’s currently possible in VR. The great thing is, one can start for as cheap as fifteen bucks with the simplest headset from Google (Cardboard). Google Daydream View. Google Cardboard. Oculus Rift.

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DECEMBER 19, 2022

” As of 2022, Meta Quest 2 runs completely standalone VR at 120 FPS by enabling the option in a menu, and you can pair the headset with Touch Pro controllers which feature state-of-the-art inside out tracking. “The issue is our efficiency.” “So they refresh 60 times a second. .”

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Tech Trends VR

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

Object Theory are pretty much the oldest Mixed Reality company around, having launched in June 2015, before the HoloLens had even started shipping. Object Theory are the oldest Mixed Reality company around, having launched in June 2015, before the HoloLens had even started shipping Click To Tweet.

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Cats and VR

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Coming soon on Daydream, Google's platform for high quality, mobile VR, Narrows will follow the studio's wildly successful VR fishing game Bait! Though the team will support their previous hit they are looking to utilize the $6 million dollars they raised in 2015 to grow into a trusted name in VR games.

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Bernard Marr

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Apple popularized the smartwatch, just as it did with the smartphone when it released the Apple watch in 2015. Google Pixel Watch 2 Rumors have it that the second iteration of Google's smartwatch will feature an enhanced version of the Body Response stress detection system featured in the Fitbit Sense 2.

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Mashable VR

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

The N21 boots up in just three seconds to the convenient, clear-cut Chrome operating system, which has integrated browser security, automatic updates, and is pre-loaded with useful Google apps like Gmail , YouTube, and Maps.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 8, 2017

As the name suggests, the service will mainly be used for viewing 360-degree videos and images hosted on Facebook, a feature the company introduced in late 2015. For now, then, the app is similar to a lot of other 360 degree content hubs, including Google’s version of YouTube for Daydream.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

You can enjoy the full audio recording below: In this weekly VRScout Report, Google Earth in VR is a rush, Facebook analyzes your face w/ augmented reality, GE uses AR to talk to machines, the funding wrap-up, cure lazy eye with VR, and more…. GOOGLE EARTH IN VR IS A RUSH. GOOGLE VR BRINGS 100M UK SCHOOL CHILDREN.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

This is the sign of a future feature that Facebook is going to introduce: according to rumors, Oculus is working on a vocal assistant for your Quest , that should help you in launching your apps without using controllers, plus other stuff that we still don’t know. It hasn’t been shipped yet.

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VRScout

AUGUST 24, 2016

Many consumers have yet to even experience more accessible VR headsets like Google Cardboard or Gear VR — leaving quite a bit of head room for growth. billion visits to retail gaming and gaming-related websites over 2015 and 2016.

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MAY 11, 2017

Parties that previously contributed to Improbable’s $22 million funding round in March, 2015 will also commit new funds as part of this series. Google is not listed as an investor in Improbable. This means that the company’s valuation has to be at least twice that of the investment or right around $1 billion.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 6, 2019

In 2015 he launched the first VR escape game in the world. Since 2015 there are 200 000 customers played these games. . VR just passed the thorough of disillusionment and is here to stay thanks to investments in the AR/VR market by Facebook, Google and Apple. You can drive a racing car, fly, control a robot or a spaceship.

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