Road to VR

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Assuming you aren’t actually hosting Thanksgiving, undoubtedly the easiest VR systems to lug around would be the selection of mobile VR headsets currently on offer, namely Google Daydream and Gear VR. Minecraft (2017) : Little Skippy will do and learn anything to play Minecraft in VR. Google Earth VR. also on Gear VR ).

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 15, 2017

It’s been a long while coming, but Google has finally launched a YouTube VR app on PC. Google expects YouTube VR to remain in Early Access through 2018 as they continue to develop it based on feedback. Image courtesy Google. Image courtesy Google. It took a while, but YouTube VR on PC was largely inevitable.

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ARPost

APRIL 11, 2023

It’s a significant increase from the 23% reported in 2017. Companies like Google, Microsoft, Lenovo, and Vuzix are developing smart glasses to enhance the AR experience. All these require collaboration through working groups, policy and standard discussions, and new software solutions for moderation and cyber threats.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Old Enemies – HTC. While both Oculus’ Rift and HTC’s Vive hit the market right around the same time in 2016, the Vive was the first system with motion controllers and room-scale. Oculus Rift + Touch Price Cuts in 2017. A Tale of Two Headsets. With that, Vive also offered the most immersive VR experience.

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Road to VR

MAY 18, 2017

Over the last 12 months or so we’ve been keeping an eye on Google’s aggressive hiring for its AR/VR team which, among other things, suggested that the company was working on new “mass production” hardware that would go beyond the simple smartphone snap-in Daydream headsets.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 27, 2016

The game, which is projected for a July 2017 release, is said to include a map builder so would-be game masters can design levels, place items, and populate the dungeon with monsters—something Arrowstorm says can be done in either a desktop-based top down map editor, or a more immersive VR editor. Estimated Jul 2017. Campaign Rewards.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

This is a big partnership between the NFL and Google, and the remaining 8 episodes will be available on the Google Daydream content platform – launching later this month. ObEN is one of 33 companies in the HTC VICE X accelerator program – keep an eye out for their product launch in 2017. ObEN closed a $7.7M

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

This year’s 70+ person judging panel included academic professors and researchers as well as representatives from Google, HTC, HP, Deloitte, NVIDIA, Apache, and others. The original Oculus Rift won the first VR Headset of the Year Award (not its own category this year) in 2017. VR Lifetime Achievement. VR Film of the Year.

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VRWorld

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Google Daydream VR platform is set to launch in fall 2016, but only a select group of developers will be able to publish Daydream apps. Google Play store is limiting access until some point in 2017. ” Google Pixel XL phone is manufactured by HTC. Developers can apply now to join the DAP.

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Voices of VR

JULY 13, 2023

Liz Hyman President and the CEO of the XR Association (XRA), which is a non-profit, industry trade association representing 47 XR companies including major players like Meta, Google, Microsoft, HTC, Sony Interactive Entertainment, Unity, and HTC. The final rule went into effect on January 18, 2018."

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VRScout

DECEMBER 26, 2018

While this past year may have seemed like a quiet one when compared to the more exciting releases featured in 2017 and 2016, these past 12 months have been crucial in the development of the immersive entertainment sector. Of course we can’t talk about standalone VR without bringing up the HTC Vive Focus. LOCATION-BASED VR.

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Road to VR

APRIL 26, 2018

I had a chance to walk the showroom floor of VRLA 2017 with Root where he took me on a guided tour through the history of VRLA, his thoughts on AR, using VR for film production, the future of privacy in AR/VR, as well as why he is interested in seeing where eSports in VR is headed. VRLA is happening this year on May 4th and 5th.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 28, 2017

Barra will be replacing Brendan Iribe who stepped down from the position last month to head the company’s PC VR group. Later, Barra left Google for chinese mobile manufacturer Xiaomi becoming VP of International, again taking on front-of-house duties for the company’s major announcements.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 27, 2017

Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes is an undeniably fun VR party game that you can play together with a big group with only one VR headset. Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes now supports Oculus Touch and HTC Vive controllers! — Keep Talking Game (@KeepTalkingGame) January 26, 2017. pic.twitter.com/Tvon0hlY2n.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

.” Pixvana maintains that a preview version of their SPIN Player will be available soon, with the publisher close to follow in early 2017. As ‘platform agnostic’ player, we’re sure to see apps available for headsets such as Samsung Gear VR, HTC Vive, Google Daydream, and Oculus Rift.

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Road to VR

JULY 9, 2017

Thanks to Valve’s open SteamVR platform and OpenVR APIs, Steam supports HTC Vive, OSVR, and Oculus Rift equally, so you can shop around for even more titles that aren’t published on the Oculus Store provided the developer enabled support. Top 5 Oculus Touch Games. Robo Recall. ‘Robo Recall’ on Rift.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 3, 2019

Actually, the first launch has happened in China with the Vive Focus at the end of 2017, but we had the full development of the ecosystem now. Mister President launching the Vive Focus (Image by HTC). That’s why the other companies, like HTC and Pico, have decided to aim at the enterprise market. Standalone headsets.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

HTC has finally revealed the price of the Vive Pro : it will cost $799 just to have the headset (no controller and no base stations, so you must already have a Vive 1 kit) and will be available for pre-orders since April, 5th. But, as Road To VR has stated, maybe HTC should have clarified that in all its marketing material.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 2, 2019

More or less AR in 2018 has gone as I predicted in 2017. This has already started happening in 2018: the Vive Focus has an AR/MR hack made by me; the Lenovo Mirage Solo is getting MR functionalities offered by Google; the Oculus Quest is expected to have some particular MR features, as Facebook has teased during OC5. Magic Leap.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 19, 2016

I often hear the phrase, “Sorry, I’m not an artist,” at group meetings which involve a whiteboard and stick figures, and that doesn’t surprise me. Google, Oculus, and Adobe are without a doubt anticipating 2017 to be a big year for VR art, and probably have a few surprises in store for us. I can just transport them there.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 9, 2017

As we look forward to 2017 then, we’ve reached out to a bunch of industry experts and insiders to get their views on where we’re headed over the next 12 months. We asked all of these developers the same four questions: 1) What do you think will happen to the VR/AR market in 2017? 2) What NEEDS to happen to the VR AR market in 2017?

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VRScout

MARCH 23, 2017

SVVR 2017 is less than a week away , and with an exciting roster of speakers and demos across all major industry verticals, with 100+ VR/AR companies represented, it’s slated to be a star-studded gathering of VR experts. Here’s a peek of the far-reaching topics at SVVR 2017: Education And Virtual Reality – Clay Park VR.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 20, 2021

From time to time, I like to look at the adoption graph of XR shown by John Riccitiello (the CEO of Unity) in 2017 , where you can see that the real acceleration of immersive technologies should start around 2022-2023. Companies like Pico, HP, Valve, and HTC are already performing very well in this sector. The rise of enterprise.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 2, 2019

In September of 2016, I attended a group meeting with some folks in Dallas, and then by January of 2017, we had our first major product in a school. Steve: Well, it was a MetaVRse product that I downloaded to my phone some time, in Google Cardboard. Alan: So that’s Google Cardboard. We set to work figuring it out.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 2, 2019

In September of 2016, I attended a group meeting with some folks in Dallas, and then by January of 2017, we had our first major product in a school. Steve: Well, it was a MetaVRse product that I downloaded to my phone some time, in Google Cardboard. Alan: So that’s Google Cardboard. We set to work figuring it out.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 2, 2019

In September of 2016, I attended a group meeting with some folks in Dallas, and then by January of 2017, we had our first major product in a school. Steve: Well, it was a MetaVRse product that I downloaded to my phone some time, in Google Cardboard. Alan: So that's Google Cardboard. We set to work figuring it out.

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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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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

And I can’t help but notice that the difference from auto-stereoscopic 3D, VR was a technology and an ecosystem that is joined by a lot of leading global brands such as Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and Huawei, etc. Labster is great, and also supported by Google. We support the Google platform.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

And I can’t help but notice that the difference from auto-stereoscopic 3D, VR was a technology and an ecosystem that is joined by a lot of leading global brands such as Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and Huawei, etc. Labster is great, and also supported by Google. We support the Google platform.

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ARPost

MARCH 24, 2021

When it comes to VR gaming , early informal polls and numerous newly created groups for older gamers (over age 50) seem to indicate that many of the people picking up headsets are even older than the average age of traditional gamers. Google Earth VR. See Also: The Best Upcoming VR Games in 2021. Everest VR. VR Regatta. Relaxation.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

And I can't help but notice that the difference from auto-stereoscopic 3D, VR was a technology and an ecosystem that is joined by a lot of leading global brands such as Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and Huawei, etc. Labster is great, and also supported by Google. We support the Google platform. While MEL Science.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 19, 2022

The rest is our long story… Well, I have time for a long story… Our story began in 2016 when Tao Hu, our founder, and CEO, left Oculus and started the company with VC seed funding and a group of like-minded geeks. We had 500k downloads on Google Play , 100k downloads on Gear VR, and 50k on Steam.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 24, 2022

The holidays have finally arrived and with VR company’s offering killer deals on headsets like Meta Quest 2 and HTC Vive more people than ever are about to experience the magic of VR. Released back in 2017 on PC VR headsets, VRChat has since exploded in popularity to become one of the most trafficked social VR platforms.

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VeeR VR

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Projects must be viewable via Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Samsung Gear VR, or Google Cardboard. BIFF introduced a VR/360 film component named Virtual Reality Pavilion at the 2017 Festival, to present to attendees and the Boulder community with a new kind of storytelling experience. In addition to the over 130 World or U.S.

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XR for Business Podcast

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

I was working a school group here known as GESS -- which is the acronym for Jumeirah English Speaking School -- also broadly referred to as GESS Dubai now. He'd also chaired the Independent Digital Strategy Group for eight years there. You can go into Google, like "HTC Vive blog Steve Bambury" or something, you'll probably find them.

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XR for Business Podcast

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

I was working a school group here known as GESS -- which is the acronym for Jumeirah English Speaking School -- also broadly referred to as GESS Dubai now. He'd also chaired the Independent Digital Strategy Group for eight years there. You can go into Google, like "HTC Vive blog Steve Bambury" or something, you'll probably find them.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

When showing off to family, the key to an enjoyable time is getting them in quick and not overwhelming with complicated controls, so pretty much anything with artificial locomotion should probably be reserved for the gamers among the group. You’ll find Oculus Go , Gear VR , and Google Daydream further below too: Rift, Vive & PSVR.

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