XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 24, 2023

Last Friday, Microsoft-owned immersive social platform Altspace VR (virtual reality) announced the closure of its service effective March 10, 2023. In addition to closing Altspace VR, Microsoft is ceasing development into its mixed reality tool kit (MRTK) software development kit.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 24, 2023

Last Friday, Microsoft-owned immersive social platform Altspace VR (virtual reality) announced the closure of its service effective March 10, 2023. In addition to closing Altspace VR, Microsoft is ceasing development into its mixed reality tool kit (MRTK) software development kit.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

MARCH 6, 2024

In early February, following the successful launch of the Vision Pro rocket, CareerViewXR, an emerging immersive edtech startup, spearheaded a statewide initiative providing over 300 HTC VIVE VR headsets and accompanying immersive learning software to schools across North Dakota.

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EON Reality

AUGUST 11, 2015

EON Reality and Festo Didactic are launching a Virtual Reality Aquatronics simulator at WorldSkills São Paulo 2015. EON Reality And Festo Aquatronics Virtual Reality Simulator Debuting At WorldSkills São Paulo 2015. The post Virtual Reality Leader to Showcase Aquatronics Simulator at WorldSkills 2015 appeared first on EON Reality.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Continuous advancements with ARKit, AR Core, and Lidar combined with increased adoption in WebAR, the ongoing evolution of AR glasses, projection mapping, and gesture-based experiences have made immersive technology more accessible for creators as well as everyday people. . Life of Geroge was retired by the LEGO Group in 2015. .

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Immersive Experience. Immersive experiences allow users to disassociate their senses of sight, sound, and spatial presence from the physical world and “immerse” themselves completely in computer-generated virtual environments. Immersive Media. Meta Horizons. The Metaverse. Metaverse as a Service (MaaS).

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

MAY 11, 2023

This Tuesday, a report from leading immersive firm Meta Platforms, produced by Deloitte, analysed the economic forecast of Metaverse services across the US, Canada, the Middle East, North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Turkey, and Asia. trillion (in 2015 U.S.

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ARPost

JULY 5, 2022

Job roles are opening up, and the youth and adults alike are becoming more and more interested in the immersive world that AR/VR brings. Immersive technology has yet to hit the mainstream market, but investments in the broad XR industry are already predicted to exceed a market value of $250 billion by 2028.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Jaunt, the cinematic VR company that pivoted to AR last year, today announced it has sold its software, technology, and “certain other assets” to American telecom Verizon. The Jaunt team has built leading-edge software and we are excited for its next chapter with Verizon.”.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JULY 20, 2023

With these emerging technologies, companies have begun experimenting with augmented dashboards, entertainment systems, and immersive wearables. Nils Wollny : When my two co-founders and I came up with the idea of an in-car XR platform in 2015, we were employees of German premium car manufacturer Audi.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 2, 2017

Trinity VR is an ambitious new virtual reality company behind DiamondFX — an experience that combines the immersive power of the HTC Vive with the unending statistics of Major League Baseball. We followed that up in 2015 with a haptics-based shotgun for Starbreeze’s The Walking Dead VR Experience.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 27, 2021

As the team pivots to creating immersive AR experiences, Tilt Brush has officially gone open source, allowing anyone to modify or even clone the app in its entirety.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 20, 2018

As both location-based and cinematic VR continue to expand in a number of directions, with new cutting-edge arcades popping up almost everyday, we’re also seeing some of the more established players in the immersive entertainment space collaborating with one another as they figure out how best to scale and monetize this growing sector.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Since 2015, Orlando has seen a 46% growth in the number of tech companies in the area, with over 1,600 companies now calling it home. Available at the marketing center in downtown Orlando, users can access immersive experiences via an experience-based platform to explore the region in a more convenient way.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 16, 2023

However, following the closure of its Metaverse service AltSpace VR Microsoft is doubling down on immersive content for its leading workplace application. The update comes as Microsoft pushes to deliver immersive solutions based on its Mesh infrastructure. Microsoft bought the service in 2017, following its debut in May 2015.

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EON Reality

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

To achieve accurate results safely and in a short space of time, Virtual and Augmented Reality technologies provide innovative and immersive, hands-on learning and practice. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are the first NFL Team to introduce the Virtual Reality Simulation software for American Football called SIDEKIQ, developed by EON Sports VR.

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ARPost

JULY 11, 2023

In 2015, researchers at Carnegie Mellon University developed a tool for measuring real objects in 3D space using “average” cellphone cameras. They can also display 3D models of their products on their websites or online marketplaces to provide a more immersive browsing experience.

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Tech Trends VR

JANUARY 16, 2019

As Location-Based and cinematic VR continues to expand in a number of directions, with new cutting-edge arcades popping up all over the place, we’re also seeing some of the more established players in the immersive entertainment space collaborating as they figure out how best to scale and monetize this sector.

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Road to VR

APRIL 26, 2022

In modern times the company has also focused on body cams and software for administration and management of public safety organizations. Formed in 2015, Foundry 45 has focused on combining VR with training and marketing. This month Axon announced the acquisition of the VR studio Foundry 45.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 13, 2017

Optometrists have been able to use the company’s treatment in their practice since 2015; this week Vivid Vision announced a new offering for the hardware/software-based eye-treatment that extends lazy eye treatment to the home. Vivid Vision offers a virtual reality based treatment for lazy eye disorders.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Macy’s further embraces immersive technology as the massive department store chain expands its in-store VR program. . Macy’s hopes that implementing immersive technologies all along their supply chain will give customers an easier shopping experience and increase revenue. These immersive techniques appear to be working.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 11, 2020

Since then of course, VR headset owners have been given numerous ways to enjoy films alone or with others, but for the most part those movies were self-provided, with the VR headset merely acting as an immersive viewing vessel for you (and your friends). Terminator Genisys (2015). Image courtesy: Bigscreen. Interstellar (2014).

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VRScout

JUNE 28, 2017

What we weren’t expecting to see was putt-putt golf in Google Earth VR or a few other inspiring demos that show us what’s possible with the immersive technology in the near term. We’ve actually done more than a hundred prototypes,” comments Google software engineer Rob Jagnow in the video.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MARCH 17, 2023

Google will also drop official support for its enterprise-grade immersive hardware on September 15, 2023. Google Glass enthusiasts will still be able to use their XR device and related software after the retirement date. Google first introduced the Glass device in 2015. However, Google will not release any future updates.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 8, 2022

The Immerse Global Summit (IGS) 2022 Miami continues to showcase enterprises across the virtual, augmented, mixed, and extended reality (VR/AR/MR/XR) space. Some of the world’s top institutions featured across the XR medical, defence, education, and entertainment sectors debuted and highlighted their latest immersive solutions.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Not only must a company understand the hardware, but enterprise clients must also understand the behavioural aspects of their workforce as they adopt immersive solutions. XR provides a massive range of input data that developers can leverage to improve enterprise-grade and branded immersive services.

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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. They also produced a NAS concert for KCRW’s Sound in Focus and a couple pieces with Google Daydream including NFL Immersed and rag & bone. Two Bit Circus Chief Content Officer, Nancy Bennett.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 8, 2018

Positional tracking is the dream for immersive video content, but it is a complex hardware and software challenge. The company haven’t provided details about their process, but 6DoF support has been on their road map for some time, having spoken about the use of light field technology for this purpose in 2015.

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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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ARPost

JUNE 27, 2019

See Also: Bastille Take Their Fans to 3D Immersive Experience in DoomDays.House. Glassbox launched in 2015. See Also: The NewImages Festival Focused Entirely on Immersive Technology. Beehive is editing software for large scale productions in which multiple editors are working on images simultaneously.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 20, 2017

A toolset from audio company Dysonics aims to streamline the process of building highly immersive audio for non-interactive projects like 360-degree videos. The new Rondo360 software toolset compatible with Mac is now available for a free trial ahead of a $480 annual license (a PC version is planned for a later release).

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Users will still be able to see most of the real world in front of them — unlike virtual reality, which completely immerses the user in a computer-generated fantasyland, augmented reality layers computer-generated text and images on top of reality. Of course, that’s assuming that there’s software worth using when the headset comes out.

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VRScout

AUGUST 3, 2018

During a 2015 project with NGRAIN , Lockheed Martin turned to AR glasses to build F-35 fighter jets, giving employees a set of Epson Moverio BT-200 glasses to make sure every part of the jet was where it needed to be. Lockheed Martin also leveraged software such as Scope AR on past projects. AR isn’t a new technology for the company.

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Tech Trends VR

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Yet XR designers recognize that they need to think beyond visuals and incorporate spatial audio, touch, and even things such as taste and smell to their immersive experiences. There are a plethora of potential applications of immersive technologies in healthcare. The Louvre, for example, has been using AR as early as 2015.

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Road to VR

APRIL 13, 2017

The report, released today in partnership with Road to VR , as well as international contributing firms iResearch (China) and MoguraVR (Japan), includes global hardware, software and services revenue forecasts, as well as findings from a new survey of VR industry professionals. 5-year global VR hardware and software forecasts.

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Road to VR

JULY 15, 2017

This ‘new generation’ KUKA Coaster was revealed at the end of 2015, but KUKA has been active in the entertainment sector for well over a decade; their ‘robocoaster’ arms have been in service at Legoland parks since 2003. Holovis is keen to point out that this is more than repurposing an existing ride. image courtesy Holovis.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

However, a key difference and benefit that Apple has over some of its competition is the already-established iOS ecosystem of products and software. On the other hand, Apple is not the only XR firm pushing for interoperability and cross-pollination of hardware and software. XR Comes to iOS!

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