Road to VR

OCTOBER 19, 2020

If you’re looking to play content that’s exclusive to the Oculus PC library (like Asgard’s Wrath ) you can use the free but unofficial Revive mod to play Oculus PC content on Valve Index. Value Pick: Oculus Quest 2 with Oculus Link (and Elite Strap ) – $350. Oculus Quest 2 Specs. Oculus Touch v3.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 3, 2020

Oculus Quest. Image courtesy Oculus. Oculus Quest is surely the most important headset to launch in 2019. The headset’s ease-of-use, solid game library, and reasonable price has pushed it to become Oculus’ best rated headset on Amazon thus far. Oculus Rift S. Image courtesy Oculus.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 2, 2022

With HTC Vive the sensor window has been part of their design language since the first Vive SteamVR kit in 2016, this was continued with Vive Pro, Vive Trackers, and Vive Pro 2. cable extender left over from my ownership of an Oculus Rift CV1 with a 3-camera tracking setup. The image below shows a layout of the pogo pins, with Pin.3

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VRScout

JULY 19, 2017

Comic-Con 2016 introduced VR to fans from all over the world last year, with brands like MTV , DC Comics , Conan , FX , Suicide Squad , and Mr. Robot making quite a splash. The Tick: Amazon is bringing a virtual reality escape room to Comic-Con for their upcoming original series. Also available in VR – with both forms being demoed.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Is VR already whiffing on the huge expectations set in early 2016? For example, when Oculus released their touch controllers in December, I was amazed by how much more real and complete each experience felt, driven simply by the fact that I could see and articulate my hands within VR. William: “Are you real?”

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Meta Quest 3 (left) and Apple Vision Pro (right) We once asked Oculus executive Jason Rubin whether his company was considering a tethered compute model. To legally download movies on Quest you have to sideload the Android phone APKs of Netflix or Amazon Prime Video from your computer. This is a watershed moment for VR-style headsets.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

Started covering those areas when they were very tied to games, especially when the original Oculus Rift was launched. Oculus Go came out with this $199 headset – this really inexpensive headset — and they sold millions of these units. And we also look at consumer software numbers as a whole. Which still has its uses!

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

Started covering those areas when they were very tied to games, especially when the original Oculus Rift was launched. Oculus Go came out with this $199 headset – this really inexpensive headset — and they sold millions of these units. And we also look at consumer software numbers as a whole. Which still has its uses!

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

Started covering those areas when they were very tied to games, especially when the original Oculus Rift was launched. Oculus Go came out with this $199 headset – this really inexpensive headset -- and they sold millions of these units. A friend of mine, James, he went in a virtual reality crane training simulator, spent an hour in it.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 4, 2020

And in 2016, I had my Tony Stark moment when I had the Hololens. And that's what is missing in the cadavers or the existing VR simulators. We are actually hosting an app on the Oculus Quest. So we have a phantom that we ordered from Amazon, it's a skull. And in 2016, I had my Tony Stark moment when I had the Hololens.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 4, 2020

And in 2016, I had my Tony Stark moment when I had the Hololens. And that's what is missing in the cadavers or the existing VR simulators. We are actually hosting an app on the Oculus Quest. So we have a phantom that we ordered from Amazon, it's a skull. And in 2016, I had my Tony Stark moment when I had the Hololens.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 4, 2020

And in 2016, I had my Tony Stark moment when I had the Hololens. And that's what is missing in the cadavers or the existing VR simulators. We are actually hosting an app on the Oculus Quest. So we have a phantom that we ordered from Amazon, it's a skull. And in 2016, I had my Tony Stark moment when I had the Hololens.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 8, 2021

This could explain why the Wand and Index motion controllers are still the only choices for SteamVR , despite the Vive launching to consumers back in 2016. Amazon sold me a moulded nylon grip for an AR-15 airsoft rifle… it was time to start work building my first development “Mule”. Image by Rob Cole). Image by Rob Cole).

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

You look back when commercial VR launched in 2016, and you needed a $1,500 graphics card… combine that with a computer… then the headset; you’re at three grand before you even start. Amazon Sumerian. You can dive in and start building for VR with almost a $300 laptop and an Oculus Go. Alan: Well all right!

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

You look back when commercial VR launched in 2016, and you needed a $1,500 graphics card… combine that with a computer… then the headset; you’re at three grand before you even start. Amazon Sumerian. You can dive in and start building for VR with almost a $300 laptop and an Oculus Go. Alan: Well all right!

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

You look back when commercial VR launched in 2016, and you needed a $1,500 graphics card. Amazon Sumerian. You can dive in and start building for VR with almost a $300 laptop and an Oculus Go. Oculus has sold a couple million. When it comes to capabilities, it's already there. combine that with a computer. million sold.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 24, 2021

diagonal, which feels so 2016. Oculus Quest gets v29 update. This week Facebook has started rolling out the v29 runtime update for Oculus Quest , and it brings some interesting features like: Multi-user mode on the original Quest 1 A renewed UI of the “toolbar” of the device. Other relevant news. Image by Facebook).

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 27, 2020

“Simulate nuanced professional situations, practice soft skills in the safety of a virtual environment, create scalable and repeatable soft skills training programs, and measure the development of interpersonal skills.” We’ve started working with Farmers Insurance in 2016, and we just saw incredible results.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 27, 2020

“Simulate nuanced professional situations, practice soft skills in the safety of a virtual environment, create scalable and repeatable soft skills training programs, and measure the development of interpersonal skills.” We’ve started working with Farmers Insurance in 2016, and we just saw incredible results.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 27, 2020

Simulate nuanced professional situations, practice soft skills in the safety of a virtual environment, create scalable and repeatable soft skills training programs, and measure the development of interpersonal skills." Obviously HTC Vive and Oculus Rift, but are you seeing more deployment now or more excitement around the standalone units?

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