VRScout

DECEMBER 27, 2021

At the time of this writing, Meta’s standalone VR headset is one of the most sought-after gifts on Amazon. The Oculus companion app is also topping the charts on the App Store and Google Play, which means more people than ever are diving into VR for the first time.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 4, 2016

Launched last year as the first ‘consumer’ version of the Gear VR headset, the 2015 model is still a perfectly viable choice compared to the 2016 Gear VR model released last month, provided you’ve got one of the compatible Samsung smartphones: Note 5, S6 Edge+, S6, S6 Edge, S7, and S7 Edge.

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ARVR

MARCH 24, 2021

That excitement culminated in 2016 after the Oculus acquisition had time to set off a chain reaction of startup activity, tech-giant investment, and VC inflows for the “next computing platform.” It’s not the revolutionary platform shift touted circa-2016. In fact, Google is a natural candidate to build this physical-world index.

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ARVR

APRIL 5, 2021

That excitement culminated in 2016 after the Oculus acquisition had time to set off a chain reaction of startup activity, tech-giant investment, and VC inflows for the “next computing platform.” It’s not the revolutionary platform shift touted circa-2016. This was the same strategy that drove Google’s Android OS years ago.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

The Chinese phone maker today announced that its handset, a flagship device that released all the way back in July 2016 in the US, is the latest phone to become Daydream compatible with the arrival of the Android Nougat update. over on Amazon , while a 32G Pixel is $680, the Moto Z is $449. You can pick the up 64GB model up for $384.24

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Mashable VR

MARCH 24, 2022

Since 2016, Donald Glover's exceptional FX dramedy , renowned for its vignette style, has been must-watch TV. How to watch Atlanta Season 3 You can stream Atlanta on Hulu , or you can buy it on Apple TV , Amazon Prime , or Google Play. Now, the question is, how do you watch it?

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Hypergrid Business

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

This VR headset is currently the number one best seller on the Amazon cell phone VR headsets list. out of 5 on Amazon, this is an affordable way to get into VR via your cellphone. Maria Korolov did a review of this same headset, sold under a different brand name, back in 2016. Buy on Amazon. Buy on Amazon.

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ARVR

OCTOBER 7, 2020

In 2016 the immersive technology was globally used through the app Pokemon GO. Big names such as Apple, Microsoft, Facebook and Google are rapidly developing the technology, making it accessible to many industries. Apple and Google played big roles in this. In 2019, Google brought Glass Enterprise Edition 2 on the market.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 3, 2024

If you recall, Zuckerberg specifically got Meta into XR because he wanted to free his company from the grip of Apple and Google (the prevailing gatekeepers of the smartphone era). Signals from Amazon suggest Quest 2 may have outsold Quest 3 nearly 3:1, if not more.

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ARVR

JULY 1, 2020

Currently, when you’re walking around the United States accessing the web, your digital self is likely heading physically to one of four major data centers operated by Amazon Web Services in either California, Oregon, Ohio, or Virginia. Take this 2016 figure released by Accenture as guidance to commercial insurers.

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Mashable VR

MARCH 12, 2022

Electronic Arts has been doing its own event near E3 but not at the show itself since 2016. Stadia has had its share of struggles as a business, but Google's cloud gaming service, along with competitors like Amazon's Luna , capably deliver on the promise of high-end gaming streamed straight to your device (bandwidth permitting).

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MARCH 5, 2017

Riccitiello said in a press event and in our interview that Unity-based games were installed more than 16 billion times in 2016, up 31 percent from 2015. The Unity-based games reached a billion new devices since GDC 2016. Ditto with Google and ditto with Microsoft.”. More people build an Apple with Unity than anyone else.

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Hypergrid Business

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Amazon’s a good place to get your VR experience going. Here’s a list of the ten most popular options currently available on Amazon. The Oculus Rift S is the number one seller in computer-powered VR headsets on Amazon. Buy on Amazon for $399. or used for $366 on Amazon. With an average score of 4.4

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ARPost

JULY 30, 2020

But AR/VR solutions are not limited to Google Glass, mobile apps for trying on shoes or accessories, and AR-based games. Visual augmented reality became mainstream with Pokemon Go (2016) and Snapchat filters, but its use cases are now moving beyond gaming and entertainment. Sponsored content. Sponsored by Softeq. Mobile application.

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Bernard Marr

OCTOBER 15, 2023

Gaming On-Demand Google's Stadia streaming gaming service may not exist in 2023 - it proved to be a great idea, backed by solid technology, that just didn't catch on with consumers. Amazon and Netflix also entered the market, with Netflix taking a different approach by offering downloadable game content on users' devices.

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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. Impressive. “ [My story] goes way back to theater if we want to go that far, ” Benzing told me over our Google Hangouts call. “ I started off training in theater all over the world.

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VRWorld

MAY 10, 2017

According to NVIDIA, the surging demand for deep learning developers will require the company to train ten times as many developers as they did in 2016. NVIDIA announced the company plans to train as many as 100,000 developers through the Deep Learning institute over the course of this year (2017).

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VRWorld

JUNE 29, 2017

The Sunway TaihuLight Supercomputer was awarded in 2016 the #1 position at the TOP500 , being thus the most powerful supercomputer in the world. After all, Amazon, Apple, Google, Microsoft – all use liquid cooled data centers. The Sunway TaihuLight Supercomputer installed at the National Supercomputing Center in Wuxi.

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VRWorld

JULY 12, 2017

It is surprising not to see major players from Amazon, Facebook, Google or Valve. We leave you with a video of Tim Sweeney’s speech during VRX 2016: The post VRX 2017 Conference Brings an All Star Cast appeared first on VR World. Dan Ferguson, Co-Founder / EVP Digital Interactive Strategy, Groove Jones.

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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. Google Earth VR: bringing the whole wide world to virtual reality. It also allows you to get the immersive virtual experience on their desktop, Android devices, iPhone and Google Cardboard. Travel VR Apps.

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VRWorld

OCTOBER 11, 2016

They accounted for 86% of the number of investors in AR/VR startups in current quarter of 2016. Alibaba and Amazon. Certainly Magic Leap won big by attracting Google, Qualcomm, Andreessen Horowitz and Kleiner Perkins, among other investors. And that is the 9th straight quarter of investment trending upwards.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Buying a virtual reality headset in 2016 is difficult, especially if you haven’t gotten hands-on time with the various systems. Google Cardboard. Google Cardboard VR viewers are convenient and universal, because they work with practically any modern mobile phone. Daydream View.

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VRWorld

APRIL 17, 2017

Twitch stats for 2016 are staggering and many TV networks (read: advertisers) could wish for such faithful audience. We’re not surprised to see PC gaming market reaching 40 billion USD in 2016, with that trend set to continue upwards, as many gamers want to buy the best tools for the job. by SupportPDX.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

The New York Times distributes more than 1 million Google Cardboard phone VR viewers to subscribers with the launch of The Displaced , a 360-degree video project focusing on children driven from their homes by war. Eye-tracking startup Eyefluence, which raises $14 million this month, is acquired about a year later by Google.

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Hypergrid Business

JANUARY 17, 2017

They accounted for 68 percent of actives at the beginning of 2016, and just 52 percent at the start of 2015. On the Kitely Market, like on Amazon, different versions of the same product — different colors of a dress, for example, or different permission options — are grouped together into one listing.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

The World Map in this world therefore isn’t a 2D street map like we have with Google Maps or Open Street Map, nor is it a 3D map with terrain and building volumes. Both Azure Spatial Anchors and Google Cloud Anchors are leveraging existing strengths in mapping towards the AR Cloud. Insane, yet companies are mapping it already.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 25, 2022

Because of ongoing Covid lockdowns in China, Pimax were unsure if the controllers would ship with batteries (held at another warehouse location), so advised me to purchase them on Amazon and provided a link. Google searches are very revealing. Pimax headset listed on Amazon (Image by Amazon, provided by Rob Cole).

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VRWorld

APRIL 28, 2017

Google tried to create screen to fit in a pair of Glasses; Google Glass, and paired it with touch and voice controls. Glass was never more than alpha-stage hardware and Google only marketed it as a developmental product through the Explorer Program. Google discontinued the interface in January 2015. being a success.

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

On Quest you can bring up the browser without minimizing the immersive app, so you could be standing next to a friend in a VR game while you quickly Google something. To legally download movies on Quest you have to sideload the Android phone APKs of Netflix or Amazon Prime Video from your computer. But Google said no, he claimed.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 31, 2018

It is one of those places where people look for 3D models , alongside other marketplaces like the Unity Asset Store, Google Poly or Turbosquid. Not to mention how 3D technologies are being adopted and developed by major companies like Google, Facebook, Amazon, and Apple.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 4, 2019

I’d always used the wide facial interface on the Vive as I’d tried the narrow interface before without any success when I got my first Vive in early 2016. Rubber spacer provided with the Valve Index (Image by Immersive Computing). Valve Index facial interface strip down (Image by Immersive Computing).

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 31, 2016

I also spoke with Curran about the big trends at CES 2016. When you think about things like intelligent assistants, we have embedded services like Siri from Apple, Google Home, Amazon Echo with Alexa. billion industry in 2016, but it’s far below some expectations as far as the number of units going out the door.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

We tried to making a Google Cardboard thing,” and they made a little marketing kitschy thing. We’ve got furniture stores or any sort of eCommerce shop — Amazon, Wayfair — offering the ability to view items, to see how they’ll look in your home. So I think marketing/retail is really the big use case for AR.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

We tried to making a Google Cardboard thing,” and they made a little marketing kitschy thing. We’ve got furniture stores or any sort of eCommerce shop — Amazon, Wayfair — offering the ability to view items, to see how they’ll look in your home. So I think marketing/retail is really the big use case for AR.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

We tried to making a Google Cardboard thing," and they made a little marketing kitschy thing. We've got furniture stores or any sort of eCommerce shop -- Amazon, Wayfair -- offering the ability to view items, to see how they'll look in your home. It's frustrating to have companies say, you know, "we tried VR.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 30, 2020

And I raised a bit of seed money, built the first platform in the first part of 2016 as a 360 video stock footage site, helping creators monetize their 360 video content through a platform. And we're getting load new briefs going up there from businesses like Deloitte and Universal Music and Amazon, Audible. Damian: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 30, 2020

And I raised a bit of seed money, built the first platform in the first part of 2016 as a 360 video stock footage site, helping creators monetize their 360 video content through a platform. And we're getting load new briefs going up there from businesses like Deloitte and Universal Music and Amazon, Audible. Damian: Yeah.

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