TechCrunch VR

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Google’s Arts & Culture team is today launching a new online experience that lets users virtually walk the Great Wall of China. Over 10 million people visit each year—but not everyone has the opportunity to see the Great Wall first-hand,” Pierre Caessa, Google Arts & Cultures program manager, said in a blog post. “??Today,

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 1, 2023

Our AI had to face requests like: “Can you make something like Google, but in VR?” The Killer app of VR does not exist In 2016, following the disruptions in conversational AI brought by the scientists R. This is the image chosen by the AI for his first blog post on this platform. Malone and J.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 23, 2022

Google launches “Immersive Stream for AR”. Google has launched a new cloud service based on Stadia technology: dubbed “Immersive Stream for AR”, it lets you perform cloud rendering for augmented reality applications for mobile phones. This is a great deal, that lowers even more the barrier of cost to enter virtual reality.

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TechCrunch VR

OCTOBER 28, 2021

In September, in a blog post called “Building the Metaverse Responsibly,” Facebook announced a $50 million fund dedicated toward investment in research “to ensure these products are developed responsibly.” In 2015, Google rolled out a new corporate structure of its own, creating a parent company known as Alphabet.

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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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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 13, 2021

If I had to choose the most common question I’ve received in these 4 years on the blog, social media, and Quora, I would surely pick “How do I get started with virtual reality?” So, I googled around and found a workshop from a Unity event that taught how to do a Unity game. The blog & social media.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Owlchemy Labs , the studio behind the critically acclaimed VR game Job Simulator (2016) , however recently revealed an ingenious way of watching and interacting with users in VR which may be as simple as pulling the smartphone from your pocket. The phone and PC communicate directly via WiFi.

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Road to VR

MARCH 20, 2018

The company is still heavily involved with VR development however, and are expected to present some new technology with Google at Display Week 2018 in May. Magic Leap announcements. image courtesy Magic Leap. Magic Leap has launched the SDK for the device’s Lumin OS , with support for Unity and Unreal engines.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 18, 2017

Back in August of 2016 one of our writers opened up about his fear of VR’s perception and how the existing ratings system would be influential in that. The IARC is fairly young, having been formed just in 2013 by the ESRB and other international rating organizations. Tagged with: esrb , Games , IARC , oculus , Ratings , rift.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 24, 2021

diagonal, which feels so 2016. Google unveils Starline communication solution. At Google I/O, Google has announced Project Starline, an interesting project it has worked on for five years. You can also record some images or short gifs to share on the same social network.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 8, 2023

I don’t think these gadgets will sell millions of units like the Google Cardboards, but for sure they can attract the interest of the community of developers and makers that want to experiment with augmented reality but do not have the money to purchase a headset. In China, companies are already using AI to substitute illustrators.

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Delight XR

AUGUST 7, 2022

The great thing is, one can start for as cheap as fifteen bucks with the simplest headset from Google (Cardboard). Google Daydream View. Google Cardboard. Google Play / iOS Appstore. Google Play / iOS Appstore. April 2016. March 2016. October 2016. November 2016. April 2016.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 30, 2017

The Melbourne-based startup, formed in 2016, announced that it raised $900,000 AUD ($679500 USD) in a seed funding round, which it will use to expand beyond Australia and into Europe. From today, you can see Lithodomos’ work in two mobile apps that are compatible with Google Cardboard. Thus began a quest to model them.”

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 30, 2017

The Melbourne-based startup, formed in 2016, announced that it raised $900,000 AUD ($679500 USD) in a seed funding round, which it will use to expand beyond Australia and into Europe. From today, you can see Lithodomos’ work in two mobile apps that are compatible with Google Cardboard. Thus began a quest to model them.”

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 31, 2021

According to Xperia Blog, Sony is going to launch a mobile VR headset working out of Sony phones. It sounds kinda absurd and it makes me feel like in 2016 again, but there must be a reason if Sony plans to do such a revival. Google is still into XR. Sony is reported to launch a mobile VR headset.

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Mashable VR

JUNE 29, 2022

Plus Skyscanner launched a Facebook Messenger bot in 2016 to better help you book tickets on the go. Google Flights. Credit: Google. If there is one word that explains the strength of Google Flights it's "speed." Google Translate. Credit: Google. Get going on the cheap. Credit: Kayak. Credit: Airbnb.

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Hypergrid Business

JANUARY 25, 2023

Since its launch in 2016 , the platform has hosted big names and quickly became the go-to platform for virtual concerts, stand-up specials, and other metaverse happenings. What about Meta, Google and Apple? Google has scaled back its VR ambitions a couple of years ago, ending support for its Daydream platform in 2020.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 19, 2016

In the official words of the Oculus blog, this is “just the beginning of social VR.”. Available through the Google Play Store, the app allows users to navigate around the 360 degree content with their remote control. Survios – $50M in two rounds in 2016. WORD PRESS BLOGS NOW HOST 360 VIDEO CONTENT.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

They even became “Christmas present of the year” here in Sweden in 2016! Google, Valve, Facebook, Sony, Samsung and an enormous amount of other companies are trying to do their part in bringing the tech forward, and the sense of enthusiast development that sparked this new revolution is still here, in all of us. It’s that easy.

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Delight XR

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

The great thing is, one can start for as cheap as fifteen bucks with the simplest headset from Google (Cardboard). Google Daydream View. Google Cardboard. Google Play / iOS Appstore. Google Play / iOS Appstore. April 2016. March 2016. October 2016. November 2016. April 2016.

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Mashable VR

JUNE 3, 2022

The term "thigh gap" isn't nearly as common in our cultural lexicon today as it was from 2012 to 2016. Beyoncé moved from 2003's B'Day to 2016's Lemonade. It didn't matter how skinny I got." Indie sleaze glamorized eating disorders and encouraged binge drinking as a replacement for a genuine personality. We have streaming.

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Delight XR

MAY 14, 2019

Google Cardboard. visit website Google Daydream View. visit website Google Daydream View 2. In other words, virtual reality becomes affordable and thanks to massive price drops and discounts on hardware and software bundles, now is the perfect time to get your own VR headset and discover what all the hype is about. Release date.

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Delight XR

MAY 14, 2019

Google Cardboard. visit website Google Daydream View. visit website Google Daydream View 2. In other words, virtual reality becomes affordable and thanks to massive price drops and discounts on hardware and software bundles, now is the perfect time to get your own VR headset and discover what all the hype is about. Release date.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

This week has been pretty amazing for my blog. With a new post on its blog, Facebook has shared some more statistics on the games published on its store, and they are quite impressive: 60 titles have generated revenues superior to $1M on the Quest store, and 6 are above the $10M mark. Tiltbrush now multiplayer and AR-compatible.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Thanks to a dirty hack developed by me and that you can find inside this blog post (I’ve put it open-source on GitHub!), The Focus had been launched in China with a big event in December 2016 and now finally comes officially to the western world. Mister President while launching the Vive Focus in China. Vive Focus launch.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Following this 2016 World Tour , Kaleidoscope also organized a Summer Showcase, hitting six cities, one of which we hosted with Kaleidoscope here in Los Angeles. The full list of 2016 DevLab creators include: Aaron Bradbury. The team plans to expand DevLab next year and will open up submissions for the next class of creators.

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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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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 12, 2019

That’s why in this blog I have always kept an eye open to this field. These work similar to how the Google Cardboard does for VR, offering a way of experiencing immersive HMD entertainment with our smartphones. billion valuation in 2016. Aryzon v1 headset (Image by Aryzon ). The AR industry is growing. billion by 2023.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 19, 2017

This is partially explained by the absence of Western actors like Google and Oculus, which has triggered an upsurge of players wanting to fill the void, seen in the countless of Cardboard and other headset variants, facilitated by the manufacturing power of China, especially Shenzhen. Reason Two: Investment Fever.

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ARVR

MARCH 5, 2021

Here is one more good straight ahead historical layout for folks who like a timeline with capsule summaries of key moments in the development process, from an excellent blog titled, Virtual Speech. It is still far from clear what Google was thinking but it sent a kind of signal. until Google Cardboard showed it didn’t have to be.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 13, 2019

So I’m sorry if in these days I’m not very active on social media and I’m not publishing many posts on my blog… I can’t really find the time. According to market analysts of SuperData, in August 2019 the game has reached its greatest gross earnings in a single month since its big launch in 2016: $176 million.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

More info (My predictions for OC6) More info (All Michael Abrash’s predictions in the Oculus Connects) More info (How to watch Oculus Connect 6 in streaming) More info (Official blog post on how to watch Oculus Connect 6) More info (Portal 2). A game launch in 2019 is far different than a game launch in 2016. Its peculiarity?

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Hypergrid Business

JANUARY 29, 2017

Google Analytics data.). Other blogs would come and go, or only post occasional stories, and nobody was doing actual reporting. Hypergrid Business readers in 2016. Google Analytics data.). Hypergrid Business articles published in 2016. Google Analytics data.). Unique monthly readers.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 28, 2018

It started with big data , and I started blogging about that at the end of 2015 basically because I couldn’t find anyone to talk about it with (laughs). In early 2016, I run into a paper from a professor at Caltech that was talking about data visualization in virtual reality and that blew my mind.

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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. Live streaming is one part of what casino operator bgo dubbed the “casino of the future” in a recent blog post , along with skill-based games, virtual reality (VR), and big data. by SupportPDX. Live Casino.

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Hypergrid Business

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

Thanks for Shawnkmaloney and his Christmas 2016 list posted to the Hypergrid Destinations Google Plus group for this find. Francogrid: Avatar [Praline B], FestAvi 2015 and Fest Avi 2016 [Cherry Manga: FrancoGrid-Projet Fest’Avi group]. hg.francogrid.org:80:FestAvi 2016. Fest Avi 2016. Fest Avi 2016.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 25, 2022

Also, thanks to the Skarredghost for offering to host my article on his influential blog [You’re welcome, Rob, always happy to host your amazing articles!]. Following the successful development of 2K and 4K prototypes, the product launches of 4K and 5K headsets, by November of 2016 Pimax had built its ambitious 8K prototype.

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