Cats and VR

JUNE 5, 2017

At AWE 2017 Meta announced its Meta Workspace, a spatial AR operating environment designed for creativity and collaboration. The Meta team also tapped into the Google Project Tango framework to acquire the expertise of Alan Betran in developing a sensor array capable of dexterous hand interaction. That was three years ago.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

billion in 2017 and 2018. The leading producers of VR headsets like Sony, Oculus, Google, HTC, and Samsung, mainly focus on creating cost-effective devices. Now with VR, the graphics of this genre can be more realistic offering a 360-degree view, first-person perspective, haptic feedback, object-based audio, etc. billion and $9.6

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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. If 2016 was the birth of modern VR/AR technology, than 2018 was its elementary school graduation.

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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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VRScout

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Some of the biggest names in social impact will be in attendance, including: Participant Media, Conservation International, the Rainforest Alliance, Connect for Climate/World Bank, and the Milken Institute, as well as tech companies like Google, Microsoft, and Oculus. ” Storyfile USA | 2017 – Present | Creator: StoryFile.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 16, 2017

The $299 price tag for the new console was a little heftier than expected, and its launch line-up is sparse, with little else to look forward to in 2017. Finally, there’s some interesting haptics technology in play here. No one knows if Switch will ever end up supporting VR.

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VRScout

APRIL 1, 2017

Some of the better VR and AR jokes in 2017. Haptic Helpers. Google is probably the most prominent April Fools’ Day pranksters out there. Haptic Helpers is here to address one of those long time features missing from VR to take immersion to the next level. It’s that time of the year again. It’s virtual reality, enhanced.

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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). Anyway, we sat down and discussed which 2017 device gets the most bang for the buck – this article is intended to make the market a bit more transparent. Google Daydream View. Google Cardboard.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 19, 2017

The headset didn’t incorporate any touch, or haptics, technology. As soon as we get finger detection, we want haptics. And yet VR skeptics are worried about what’s going to happen in 2017. He showed how a deaf person could “hear” by feeling the haptic feedback on the torso. And that’s the way it is going to be with VR.

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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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AR Insider

AUGUST 14, 2019

The hope among technologists is that augmented reality can be the next big computing platform, and companies like Facebook , Google , and Microsoft are also investing heavily in augmented reality technologies. “I In 2017, Snap placed a giant Jeff Koons balloon animal in Central Park that could be viewed through Snapchat.

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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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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. Overall, augmented reality brings robust capabilities to solutions across multiple modalities — visual, auditory, haptic, somatosensory, and olfactory. billion by 2023 , growing at a CAGR of 9.98% from 2017 to 2023.

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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). Anyway, we sat down and discussed which 2017 device gets the most bang for the buck – this article is intended to make the market a bit more transparent. Google Daydream View. Google Cardboard.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

At GDC 2017 LG showcased a virtual reality headset that was SteamVR compatible: it was a game-changing moment since for the first time a new non-Vive headset would have been compatible with SteamVR tracking and ecosystem. Google AR apps. Oculus Go showcased. The Oculus Go (Image by Oculus). It’s actually funny.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 10, 2022

It will be the first consumer headset with eye-tracking and foveated rendering, and also the first one to feature haptics directly on the headset. The expected price is around $900 There has been a lot of talk around the OWO haptic vest, a very lightweight T-shirt able to provide vibrational and electrical feedback directly on your skin.

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Road to VR

JUNE 16, 2017

We’d watched continued development of the headset over the years since then, and now it seems, thanks to a stabilizing ecosystem, GameFace is honing in on their new goal of delivering a development kit by the end of 2017. Custom SteamVR Tracking. Photo by Road to VR. Daydream Support.

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Upload VR

APRIL 3, 2023

The software from Google’s Owlchemy Labs ran on Quest 2. In 2017, Google faced a reality in which Meta planned to invest at least $50 billion over half a decade focused around building a platform for VR games with controller tracking. I reached toward a dial and pinched together my fingers.

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VRScout

MAY 25, 2016

This technology could be in the form of a head mounted display, motion tracking, haptic systems in gloves or suits, locomotion, consoles or image capture. Bodysuit: Skin tight body suits are worn to both provide tracking of the arms and legs as well as relay touch sensations via haptic technology. TRON (1982). Arcade (1993).

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 25, 2022

Google searches are very revealing. Battery life seemed dependent on the application’s use of haptics, with games like Beat Saber draining the batteries more quickly than a relaxing meditation app. More on this later… Haptics. Haptics felt strong and punchy, making for great feeling “shield bash” melée action.

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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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Robert Scoble

JUNE 1, 2019

They won’t stop at augmenting our eyes, either, Bose already has wearable devices (they look like glasses, but don’t really do much for your eyes, it’s rather your ears they focused on) that augment our hearing and there are tons of haptic devices being developed that augment our ability to feel, touch and other things.

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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. I can’t imagine what company can steal Facebook’s thunder. Pico Neo Eye 2 and controllers.

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Road to VR

JUNE 19, 2018

Launched initially on Daydream in early 2017, and now available on Gear VR, Oculus Go, and Oculus Rift, Virtual Virtual Reality’s smart interaction design gives players freedom and control which—combined with a narrative tying it all together—makes Virtual Virtual Reality one of the most immersive mobile VR games to date.

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ARPost

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

In 2017, Issa was one of the founding members of “The Reality Caucus,” a bipartisan group of lawmakers looking into immersive technology as it relates to national security and economic competition. We’re seeing more and more haptics. Representative Darrell Issa’s Keynote. are inherently dystopian. That’s advancing.

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XR for Business Podcast

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

You can go into Google, like "HTC Vive blog Steve Bambury" or something, you'll probably find them. To be honest, it was 2017. So I decided in June 2017 to test the waters and offer out this free professional development event inside virtual reality. But yeah, so I did that first session in June 2017. So I kick them off.

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VRWorld

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

Google, Jaunt VR and ARRI are all developing VR and 360 degree IMAX cameras. The partnership with Google is bringing that ultimate VR camera whose launch is planned in 2018. Besides the six that are set to open during 2017, the IMAX Corporation plans to open more than 25 locations over the next three years.

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XR for Business Podcast

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

You can go into Google, like "HTC Vive blog Steve Bambury" or something, you'll probably find them. To be honest, it was 2017. So I decided in June 2017 to test the waters and offer out this free professional development event inside virtual reality. But yeah, so I did that first session in June 2017. So I kick them off.

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Mashable VR

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

And while the haptics-supported touchpads don't really offer the range of movement you'd expect from a standard mouse in a first-person shooter — the little rumbles behind each one help with pointer precision — they're perfectly usable in mouse-heavy games like Civilization VI. Playing non-Verified games is more of a mixed bag.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 23, 2020

So all the way up to-- we did VR stuff with ARKit in 2017 -- if I don't say wrong -- then all the way up to there it was marker based. We did this with Hololens in 2017, I think. Alan: I've tried a bunch of haptic gloves so far. Have you had any really good experiences with haptic gloves? Why should you?

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 23, 2020

So all the way up to-- we did VR stuff with ARKit in 2017 -- if I don't say wrong -- then all the way up to there it was marker based. We did this with Hololens in 2017, I think. Alan: I've tried a bunch of haptic gloves so far. Have you had any really good experiences with haptic gloves? Why should you?

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 23, 2020

So all the way up to-- we did VR stuff with ARKit in 2017 -- if I don't say wrong -- then all the way up to there it was marker based. We did this with Hololens in 2017, I think. Alan: I've tried a bunch of haptic gloves so far. Have you had any really good experiences with haptic gloves? Why should you?

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VRScout

DECEMBER 13, 2016

GOOGLE DAYDREAM SCORES NETFLIX AND HBO APPS. Google Daydream has exclusive access to YouTube’s considerable 360 video library (although admittedly curation could be better) as well as its massive 2D video archive. valuation) from huge names like Google, Alibaba, and Andreeson Horowitz. ALL-IN-ONE HEADSETS COMING IN 2017.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 27, 2021

At the end of 2017, VR Porn dot com published these statistics that proved that people were more interested in adult VR content than on Oculus’s official website. 5-10 years Believable haptics? For instance, this is the forecast of the analysts for the Google Glass adoption in 2013, that I used for a business plan.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 22, 2020

And yeah, the audiences there, they put the headsets on, the band comes in and plays a couple of sets, and they see these amazing visuals and they feel haptics and temperature and scent. We use everything from haptics. So explain how the haptics are working. And then Google came out with a new feature.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 22, 2020

And yeah, the audiences there, they put the headsets on, the band comes in and plays a couple of sets, and they see these amazing visuals and they feel haptics and temperature and scent. We use everything from haptics. So explain how the haptics are working. And then Google came out with a new feature.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 22, 2020

And yeah, the audiences there, they put the headsets on, the band comes in and plays a couple of sets, and they see these amazing visuals and they feel haptics and temperature and scent. We use everything from haptics. So explain how the haptics are working. And then Google came out with a new feature.

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