Road to VR

FEBRUARY 23, 2019

The NextVR app launched initially way back in 2015 on Gear VR, and eventually found its way to Daydream. Now with the app’s launch on SteamVR this week , the immersive video platform is available on every major VR platform and headset. The post NextVR Finally Available on Vive via SteamVR appeared first on Road to VR.

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Road to VR

MARCH 19, 2017

.” Lets be honest, the last few years have seen some pretty wild speculation from industry analysts whilst the excitement and hype surrounding the most recent renaissance in immersive technology has ridden high. SEE ALSO What VR Headset Makers (not analysts) Have Actually Said About Sales Expectations.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 27, 2016

You may have read a couple stories here about haptic installations they produced for Verizon with the NFL and IndyCar in 2015. 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.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Developed for HTC Vive and Samsung Gear VR, the experience is coming soon to select Nissan dealerships in the US, Mexico, and Canada.

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VRScout

JUNE 26, 2016

SAMSUNG AT VIDCON: BIG ANNOUNCEMENTS. Samsung solidified its commitment to the virtual reality space with some big announcements that essentially add up to an end-to-end consumer VR solution. They are rebranding Milk VR to Samsung VR, and opening up the content platform to users. NEW LAUNCHES, MOVEMENTS, AND MONEY.

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Hypergrid Business

AUGUST 6, 2021

It’s been used by millions of students since its launch in 2015. “As we continue to build helpful and immersive AR experiences, we want to continue supporting the artists using Tilt Brush by putting it in your hands,” the company said. Samsung officially announced its death in February of 2019.

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Cats and VR

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

The department is looking for immersive-learning experiences to help bolster career and technical skills of American youth. 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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Road to VR

OCTOBER 18, 2016

Original investors included Comcast Ventures, HTC and Samsung, but now join Horizons Ventures, Twentieth Century Fox, Evolution Media Partners (backed by TPG and CAA), China’s Shanghai Media Group, Youku Global Media Fund and LDV Partners. SEE ALSO Comcast, Samsung, and HTC Join $6 Million Investment in VR Animation Studio 'Baobab'.

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VRScout

AUGUST 29, 2016

You can enjoy the full audio recording below: In this week’s VRScout Report, we discuss VR used as legal evidence; President Obama stars in 360 video at Yosemite; Sliver TV brings 360 immersive views from traditional 2D games w/ $6.2M NEW GEAR VR + SAMSUNG PATENT: BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATION. Sliver TV has raised $6.2M

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Road to VR

APRIL 24, 2017

Fans will be able to experience the world around them, reliving the very first memories of the neomorph in an immersive environment. ALIEN: COVENANT In Utero is a 360-degree virtual reality journey into a living nightmare and offers a terrifyingly close and personal encounter as an alien neomorph at the time of its birth.

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VRScout

MAY 28, 2017

An immersive experience is much more likely to keep you interested in a product than simply seeing a picture of it. This is proven by the fact that in a 2015 study, 72% of millennials said that an experience is more important than having physical items. IKEA pancake flipping in-store experience.

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Road to VR

JULY 4, 2016

Eva Hoerth is a VR design researcher & community organizer, and she enjoys recording videos of people as they’re immersed within a VR experience. This image of man in VR outside of a restaurant was shared to reddit’s /r/pics on January 28, 2015, just a month after the Gear VR Innovator Edition was first released.

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VRScout

JUNE 13, 2016

The immersive and experiential VR studio of MPC that was launched back in 2015, has produced a variety of projects over the past year, showing their commitment to the new medium, especially as a platform for advertisers to immerse consumers in unforgettable experiences. MPC VR Teamed Up with Vrse for U2’s ‘Song for Someone’.

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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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AllThingsVR

AUGUST 1, 2016

Take a step inside the classroom of tomorrow As mentioned, virtual reality is already starting to have an impact on education, with headsets like the Oculus Rift, Samsung Gear VR and HTC Vive helping to make learning more immersive and fun.

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Road to VR

APRIL 13, 2017

We saw mixed results in the global VR industry in 2016—initial sales volume by some high-end manufacturers didn’t quite live up to the hype, while PlayStation VR, Samsung Gear VR, and low-cost headsets continued to gain traction,” said Clifton Dawson, CEO of Greenlight Insights. billion segment in 2021. billion segment in 2021.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

On a recent earnings call, Mark Zuckerberg reminded investors that immersive technology is a long-term bet (restating his prediction of 10 years for widespread adoption), and asked for “patience from the investor community” on a return on their investment. THE ZUCK TALKS TO INVESTORS AND PLAYS WITH FACEBOOK VR/AR GLOVES.

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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. He was tech lead on the BAFTA-award-winning Monument Valley (2014) and co-directed Gear VR hit Land’s End (2015). Solomon Rogers – Founder, REWIND. Pete Short – CTO, Breaking Forth.

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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. And while Portland is by no means a backwater, it’s still not a major tech or immersive content hub like LA or San Francisco either. link] pic.twitter.com/R5EyHZQLby.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

If Apple successfully leverages its product ecosystem alongside its new MR headset, the firm could be in a unique position to offer an immersive device with a launch-ready lineup of compatible and familiar software and hardware – that users may already own – that could push usability and adoption rates. XR Comes to iOS!

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Hypergrid Business

JANUARY 4, 2017

Offering its users the easiest way to chat, share, broadcast and record in virtual reality, vTime is now live on five VR platforms: Samsung Gear VR , Oculus Rift , Google Cardboard , iPhone and Google Daydream. The immersive and easy-to-use network also added pioneering new feature vCast. About vTime. www.vTime.net.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

” Not a month later and the company was seeking four additional hires with immersive tech talent , including a ‘VR/AR Programmer’ Then there was Apple’s hiring of Doug Bowman , Director of the Center for Human-Computer Interaction at Virginia Tech, and an influential figure in the world of virtual reality academia.

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Delight XR

AUGUST 7, 2022

Samsung Gear VR. Samsung Smartphone. Apple and Samsung Smartphones. November 2015. Samsung Odyssey Controller. Samsung Smartphone. November 2015. The initial consumer version of the Gear VR was released in November 2015, for the Galaxy S6 generation of Samsung’s top smartphones.

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RealVision VR

JUNE 26, 2018

Immersive Journalism Incubator at Times Television India. Times Television (Times Now) India, appointed RealVision to create a pilot Immersive Journalism Incubator at Times NOW’s mumbai HQ. The hi-rez version in Stereoscopic VR for the Samsung GearVR. Current work in progress is Dirrogate:DeepVR, the interactive version.

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The Rift Arcade

JUNE 3, 2016

Guided Meditation VR transports users to four breathtaking environments — an autumnal forest, a Japanese village, the tropical island beach, and a snow peak in the arctic — allowing users to rest in immersive, exotic locations.

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VRScout

APRIL 29, 2019

Her first VR creation, Cardboard City , earned an award at the Samsung Gear Indie Milk VR contest in 2016. So I guess what I was thinking of was a form of AR where people could actually walk through the animations, ” Benzing told me as she explained how she crossed the wire from traditional theater to immersive technology, way back in 2015.

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Delight XR

MAY 14, 2019

visit website Samsung Gear VR. visit website ImmersiOn-VRelia GO. visit website Samsung Odyssey. visit website ImmersiOn-VRelia BlueSky Pro. visit website Zeiss VR One. Field of view. Max Resolution (combined). depends on smartphone. Positional Tracking. Motion Controller. Release date. visit website Sytros Premium VR.

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Delight XR

MAY 14, 2019

visit website Samsung Gear VR. visit website ImmersiOn-VRelia GO. visit website Samsung Odyssey. visit website ImmersiOn-VRelia BlueSky Pro. visit website Zeiss VR One. Field of view. Max Resolution (combined). depends on smartphone. Positional Tracking. Motion Controller. Release date. visit website Sytros Premium VR.

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Delight XR

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Samsung Gear VR. Samsung Smartphone. Apple and Samsung Smartphones. November 2015. Samsung Odyssey Controller. Samsung Smartphone. November 2015. The initial consumer version of the Gear VR was released in November 2015, for the Galaxy S6 generation of Samsung’s top smartphones.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

It’s a while that I virtually know Chris Koomen , a talented professional that works with immersive technologies at KLM. In 2015 my girlfriend came with a Cardboard and with no experience with Unity I created my first 360 photo which I’ve shown to my manger. No headphones were used.

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VeeR VR

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

A step up from an Oculus Go for those that want more power, much better tracking for immersive games and experiences. 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. Samsung Gear VR ($129.99).

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Road to VR

JUNE 19, 2018

Launched initially on Daydream in early 2017, and now available on Gear VR, Oculus Go, and Oculus Rift, Virtual Virtual Reality’s smart interaction design gives players freedom and control which—combined with a narrative tying it all together—makes Virtual Virtual Reality one of the most immersive mobile VR games to date.

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EnterpriseWear

AUGUST 1, 2018

Around the same time, Vueling, Iberia, and Air Berlin launched smartwatch boarding passes for early Pebble and Samsung smartwatches. In what became a successful use case, CVG installed counting sensors in its restrooms and gave housekeeping staff Samsung Gear S3 smartwatches with Hipaax’ TaskWatch platform.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 29, 2016

The following year at CES 2014, Oculus had to share the immersive technology limelight with a slew of new startups who had appeared in the wake of Oculus’ success. CES 2015: Consumer VR Takes Shape. CES 2015 brought yet more impressive advancements from VR and AR fields, and some notable setbacks. The OSVR HDK Headset.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 13, 2020

I would say that I am resolute to the strength of the immersive out-of-home entertainment market to survive this and grow. I am happier to see VR and immersive entertainment gaining more recognition than for one platform to “steal” my market. And what are your predictions for LBVR for the upcoming months?

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VeeR VR

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Just like with the Alzheimer’s experience, this kind of immersion can strengthen the emotional attachment that people have to these issues. NYT and 1 Million Subscribers In 2015, the New York Times sent over one million cardboard headsets to their news subscribers. Stay tuned on veer.tv

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Infinityleap

MAY 31, 2016

And though Google has withdrawn its Glass in 2015 for a major review, several cheap Chinese copycats just surfaced. Devices like the Samsung Gear VR and the Oculus Rift belong to our last category called immersive eyewear. Its Google Glass finally unlocked the market of smart eyewear in 2013.

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