UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 19, 2017

In an email to UploadVR, AltspaceVR announced that it will be releasing a “new version of its software” that consists of a “mobile app that fully supports Google Daydream View and also provides access into AltspaceVR for compatible Android phones even without a virtual reality (VR) headset.”

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 14, 2017

CCP Games (developer of EVE: Valkyrie, EVE: Online , and others) has launched Gunjack 2: End of Shift (2016) , for the Samsung Gear VR on the Oculus Store. 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.

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VRScout

APRIL 1, 2019

Back in April 2015, Oculus was a long way away from its current position as one of VR’s most influential organizations. The company had only recently been acquired by Facebook and was still in the process of prepping the Oculus Rift for its 2016 launch. Image Credit: Google. Then there’s the Chromebook Cardboard.

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Road to VR

JUNE 14, 2017

Bethesda recently announced that Fallout 4 (2015) is coming to HTC Vive this October, and Skyrim (2011) is soon to follow sometime in late 2017 on PlayStation VR. On top of that, the company has made no official mention of Oculus Rift support for any of their upcoming VR titles. We plan on supporting as many platforms as we can.

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VRScout

APRIL 19, 2020

Since 2015, Smart Study’s Pinkfong has continued to expand its brand through toys, games, books, and various other innovative collaborations. Baby Shark VR Dancing . Swim with the Baby Shark family! Meitu and Pinkfong released a total of 11 Pinkfong and Baby Shark themed filters last year, which generated more than 6.5

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Rovio’s Angry Birds defined the early days of mobile games. Called Angry Birds VR: Isle of Pigs, the game is set to debut early next year on “all major VR platforms,” the studio says. Now, the studio has set their sights on consumer VR with their next installment of their incredibly popular pig-smashing title.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

An internal email reportedly sent by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to senior executives offers a glimpse into the strategic thinking behind the company’s feet-first leap into XR following the 2014 acquisition of Oculus. Facebook turned heads across the tech industry and beyond when it acquired Oculus for some $2 billion in 2014.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

These are pretty cool, also because the Snapdragon XR 2 is much more powerful than the 835 mounted by the Oculus Quest. Considering that this number doesn’t count the Quest users connected via Oculus Link, the actual number of VR users on Steam is even higher. Oculus Quest is sold out, and Coronavirus may make the situation even worse.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Originally started in 2015 as a traveling VR film festival spanning 10 cities in North America, Kaleidoscope has really come into its own this year. Now the team that has been showcasing independent VR projects and hosting events around the world is kicking off a new program to support creators in collaboration with Oculus.

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Road to VR

APRIL 11, 2018

.” According to the developers, vTime has had “almost a million downloads” since launch in December 2015, something the company can claim thanks to its many platforms; vTime supports Oculus Rift, Windows VR headsets, Google Daydream, Gear VR, Google Cardboard, as well as non-VR modes through both respective Android and iOS apps.

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EON Reality

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

Join us tomorrow for the final day of Soccerex Global in Manchester, UK, and discover the place where athletes are using Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality tech to take their game to the next level. Sports experiences can be viewed anywhere with mobile Virtual Reality technology and headsets like Zeiss VR ONE and Google Cardboard.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

The similarly named Oculus Studios, the company’s publishing house, is still active however. You can download Felix & Paul’s Emmy award-winning video on both Oculus Rift or Samsung Gear VR. It can also be streamed to Google Cardboard, Google Daydream, and traditional monitors via YouTube.

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Road to VR

MAY 18, 2017

In a AR/VR press briefing, Google told us there are a number of new systems the update will add across all Daydream headsets, regardless of whether they’re standalone or smartphone-based. As for the store itself, Google says they want to put content front and center of the Daydream Home experience with an update to the Daydream UI.

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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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Upload VR

DECEMBER 19, 2022

In December 2012 I published my first in-depth article after a demo with a hand-built Oculus VR prototype. A decade later, Oculus VR is gone “ for now ” and the earliest faces to rally developer and enthusiast support for the imminent consumer revival of virtual reality have moved to other startups.

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Full Dive Gaming

AUGUST 3, 2023

NEW Quest 2 Game Galactic Catch is off to a GREAT START!! Founded in 2015, nine-time Emmy® award-winning Baobab Studios is a world leader in independent interactive animation. Its slate of original projects is currently being adapted into books, comics, films, games, series, and more.

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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.

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VRScout

JANUARY 1, 2017

In 2015, China saw 200-300 firms jump to produce their own VR HMDs. And even the ones still in the game—including AlfaReal, Miido, and Storm Magic Mirror—have begun downsizing and delaying salary payments to employees. In the wake of Facebook’s acquisition of Oculus in 2014, investment spiked: 270 million yuan ($38.9

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Peter Graham

MARCH 27, 2020

When you think of creativity in virtual reality (VR) one app that’s surely going to come to mind is Google’s Tilt Brush. Originally released back in 2016 for HTC Vive, the app has made it to most VR headsets including Oculus Quest in 2019 but PlayStation VR was always notably left out.

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Road to VR

MARCH 19, 2017

. “While there was clear demand coming primarily from technology enthusiasts, what became readily apparent were the use cases for enterprise users across multiple verticals and for consumers with gaming and content consumption. SEE ALSO What VR Headset Makers (not analysts) Have Actually Said About Sales Expectations.

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Cats and VR

JANUARY 17, 2018

WEARVR.com, the web's leading independent virtual reality app store, is launching a brand new competition aimed at seasoned virtual reality developers, which challenges them with updating their original Oculus Rift DK1 and DK2 demos, games and experiences and bringing them back for the latest Oculus headset.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 28, 2019

The pair shared a love of movies, TV, video games and the internet, and established their YouTube channel in 2009 when they were still in junior high. “I The two-minute short, “Chalk Warfare,” was a live-action film featuring teens shooting at each other in a video game that comes to life after they draw weapons in chalk on the pavement. “We

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Delight XR

AUGUST 7, 2022

Simply take your smartphone and a headset and discover virtual spaces, games, and much more. The former is connected to either a computer or a gaming console and delivers the most powerful VR experience. The great thing is, one can start for as cheap as fifteen bucks with the simplest headset from Google (Cardboard). Gaming) PC.

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VRScout

AUGUST 1, 2016

Among the expected fare of films, games, animation, audio products and cosplay during the four-day conference, there was one obvious and unavoidable sorta newcomer to the scene — virtual reality. Most of that hardware growth will be fueled by key products from Samsung, Sony, HTC, Oculus and Google. a fan of VR now!?

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 14, 2023

Araujo also said that the firm will set up a dedicated organization for immersive product planning and R&D while collaborating “closely” with affiliate companies and partners – including “a mid-to-long-term collaboration with leading partners like Google and Qualcomm.”

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 16, 2018

When in 2015 I had my first Samsung Gear VR, I was amazed: finally, I could enjoy high-quality tether-less virtual reality. Yes, it was a 3 DOF toy, so I couldn’t move my head in games, but it was the first time I tried a sensation of freedom in VR.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

The service shut down yesterday — it had launched in beta in March 2015 and raised $2 million total. The startup was competing against Jaunt, Littlstar and giants like Google’s YouTube to host 360-degree immersive content. From the post: …we often joke about the fact that we have more apps than we do team members.

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VRScout

AUGUST 24, 2016

The forecast also reports that revenues for VR systems, including viewers, software, consulting services and systems integration services, are forecast to be greater than AR-related revenues in 2016 and 2017, largely due to consumer uptake of games and paid content. Most revenue through 2020 will come from the US.

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Road to VR

JUNE 5, 2016

See Also: Watch the ‘Godfather of VR’ Ivan Sutherland Speak at the 2015 Proto Awards. The Proto Awards will accept virtual reality experiences first exhibited or made public between September 23, 2015 and July 10, 2016.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Emteq Ltd was founded in 2015 to improve lives through the development of facial sensing healthcare solutions and is applying its technology to VR. Peter Pashley – Head of Development, Ustwo Games. Peter is Head of Development at Ustwo Games. Solomon Rogers – Founder, REWIND. Develop:VR Presentation: Trying To Connect.

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VRScout

JUNE 10, 2016

In 2015, Snapchat acquired Looksery for $150M. With regards to talent, Snapchat has been acquiring there in a big way as well, hiring people from Oculus, Hololens, Qualcomm, as well as a few designers who have created glasses for names like Michael Kors and Lady Gaga. Facebook Enables Native 360 Photos.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 15, 2019

This means that you may just wear your plain Oculus Go , without using any additional sensor, and the Virtuleap software may be able to “read your mind” I can read in your mind that you are intrigued, so keep reading… How Virtuleap has born. How can I offer biometric data on a cheap device like Oculus Go?”

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 22, 2016

The young organization managed to carve out a name for itself during the early days of the emerging VR industry and that first to market approach earned it a $65 million fundraising round in 2015 that was led by none other than the kingmaker of modern media itself: Disney.

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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. FACEBOOK BUYS AR COMPANY THAT ANALYZES YOUR FACE.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

The report, titled “Can’t Stop Won’t Stop: 2016 Mobile and VR Games Year in Review,” is a compilation of information Super Data and Unity Technologies, though we clarified with Unity that they did not contribute to the estimates for VR headset data in the report.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JUNE 29, 2017

Even when René Pinnell launched Kaleidoscope’s virtual reality festival in 2015, his vision had always been to build a funding platform to help independent VR creators and studios raise money for their original VR projects. It takes 12 to 24 months to produce high quality VR films, games, and experiences. Now that day is here.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

AUGUST 9, 2017

In 2014, 2015 and 2016 The Proto Awards were held to recognize some of the groundbreaking efforts pushing forward the emerging medium of VR content. Facebook’s Oculus dramatically dropped Rift’s price and Valve is building a second generation of the innovative tracking technology deployed by HTC that could alter the VR landscape.

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