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Road to VR
MAY 1, 2017
At VRLA 2017, Unity CEO and games industry vet John Riccitiello dumped a little cold water wisdom on the hype surrounding the red-hot VR industry. billion in 2016 alone. John Riccitiello is the CEO of Unity Technologies , one of the world’s leading game engines. Photo courtesy VRLA.
VRScout
MAY 30, 2017
I’ve been a big fan of the cute little Samsung Gear 360 camera since its first unveiling in the spring of 2016, and always recommend it to people inquiring about the best consumer-friendly 360 cameras out there. The cost is lower than the 2016 version with a pricetag of $229 and you can record in up to 4K resolution.
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The Ghost Howls
FEBRUARY 23, 2023
But in China, they are very famous, and now they are also organizing a big event about XR called FBEC with hosts from all the major VR companies (HTC, Unity, Alibaba, Huawei, etc…). Also, Mobile Phone manufacturers like Vivo and OPPO have rumored plans to release VR hardware in the future.
The Ghost Howls
JANUARY 2, 2019
Feature comparison between ARCore, ARKit and the Unity Handheld AR SDK (Image by Unity). The device is still too expensive and too limited both in hardware and in available content for the general consumer. Samsung itself has stated that it is very interested in developing a future headset that is able to deliver both AR and VR.
VRScout
AUGUST 1, 2016
More evidence of Facebook’s big plans for VR/AR: they plan on selling almost half a million Oculus Rift units by the end of 2016. Unity’s most recent update makes the cross-platform game engine even more equally optimized, so with only one API you can simply build for multiple platforms with hardware-specific tweaks held to a minimum.
UploadVR Between Realities podcast
NOVEMBER 15, 2016
Samsung starts off the month debuting its VR Internet browser for Gear VR, becoming the first to offer a VR browser. First, HTC delays the Vive until April 2016, with plans to show an updated developer kit at CES in January. At the end of the month, Oculus officially delays the release of Touch controllers until the last half of 2016.
Upload VR
FEBRUARY 16, 2024
Apple Vision Pro is a very impressive fusion of hardware and software, but it's by no means perfect. Read on for my breakdown of the Vision Pro hardware and software and the experience they enable. That Damn Battery Arguably the fiercest hardware debate right now in the industry is what to do with the damn battery.
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