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. Natural Language Processing (NLP) NLP is about using voice commands for people to explore and interact with virtual worlds.

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ARVR

JULY 8, 2022

In January, 2015, amid a mounting wave of critical sentiment, Google withdrew Glass from the consumer market, with the promise of returning with a revamped product in 2017. One of the main reasons that Google Glass failed was that it fell into the ‘snob pricing’ category, and those who wore it were looked at as ostentatious pills.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 31, 2016

With 2016 coming to a close, it’s time to start looking toward the state of virtual reality in 2017. This saves an immense amount of computational power since the system doesn’t have to render the entire virtual world all at one time. . Guess we’ll see in 2017. Or year of look?

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Road to VR

JANUARY 15, 2021

Performances are rendered in real-time, with artists donning mo-cap suits and face-tracking tech to bring their likeness into the virtual world as their avatars perform in fantastical virtual venues. Unfortunately we built the user tools on top of Google Poly, which is shutting down. Image courtesy Wave.

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XROM

DECEMBER 7, 2023

In an exciting move for virtual reality (VR) enthusiasts, YouTube VR has officially arrived on the PICO4 platform. Originally launched on Google's DaydreamVR in 2017, YouTube VR has since expanded to other platforms such as the Oculus Store for Samsung Gear VR and Oculus Go.

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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. No pictures were allowed.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 19, 2017

This year Flock (video above) will expand upon some of the concepts of Holojam with a multi-user untethered virtual world “designed to get people to move, shake, and flock together.” Flock is a location-based, multi-user, untethered VR experience made for large-group interaction in the same physical and virtual space.

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Upload VR

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Google’s Most Experienced VR Studio Changes Leadership Andrew Eiche is taking over Job Simulator studio Owlchemy Labs. The long time operations head at the Google-owned VR development studio is taking over for Devin Reimer, who says he’s leaving “to focus on new opportunities outside the company” after 12 years with the studio.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

APRIL 22, 2017

I’ve shown Google Daydream a lot of tough love over the past six months. The search engine giant’s promise of a vast, expansive mobile VR ecosystem where plenty of phones could be paired with an exciting new headset and intuitive new way to interact with virtual worlds, seemed too good to be true.

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Upload VR

JUNE 6, 2023

Apple was built and then rebuilt over decades from Mac to iMac to iPod to iPhone, and now its leadership now sees a sizable market in the prospect of virtual worlds and augmenting vision. Companies like NVIDIA, Samsung, Google, Lenovo, HP, and Acer sought portions of underdeveloped systems, and VR's winter was harsh to many.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

The industry has been experiencing a boom in recent years with hundreds of startups and heavy investment from tech giants including Google, Apple, Samsung, and Facebook. When done well, these systems could enable virtual displays that respond to natural, even subconscious, cues from the user. Industry Is Changing. for AR/VR headsets.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JUNE 20, 2017

Some argue that AR will be the immersive tech that really takes off due to the fact that it adds elements to our daily lives and surroundings vs VR’s dependence on isolated virtual worlds. Early in the year, we got another glimpse at the potential of augmented shopping when Gap and Google collaborated for CES 2017.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

In 2017, the NBA gave fans the ability to switch between multiple 360° courtside views. For this year’s game, fans will be transported into a virtual version of the NBA on TNT’s Studio J, where they will be able to interact and explore the room in VR. This isn’t the first NBA All-Star weekend to use VR for fan engagement.

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VRScout

MARCH 12, 2018

“Between 360 video, virtual reality, and augmented reality, I think augmented reality has much bigger opportunities,” Asher said. It’s a great hybrid between the real world and the virtual world.”. billion in revenue in 2017, is seizing on the opportunity to provide the tools. “We “It’s not as bulky.

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ARVR

APRIL 27, 2022

Then, let’s be realistic, if we’re building replicas of the physical world in the metaverse, why would some of the basic customer reactions change in that virtual world too? If customers love the products they’re experiencing in the virtual world, brands will then know how much of it to manufacture.

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Hypergrid Business

JANUARY 25, 2023

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. Overall, global sales of virtual and augmented reality headsets shrank 12 percent in 2022, according to research from CCS Insights , from 11 million units sold in 2021 to 9.6

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Road to VR

MARCH 12, 2018

A self-sovereign identity system could enable the seamless portability of your avatar identity across multiple sites without having to use centralized authentication methods that would require you to login to every site with a unique username and password, or have to re-upload assets onto every metaverse world that you visit.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Following Parisi’s introduction, Google took to the stage to reconfirm today’s news that its Daydream platform would be launching on Nov. With Unreal Engine’s own in-VR equivalent yet to be dated, 2017 will be an interesting year in the battle for which toolset will be dominant in the creation of virtual worlds.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 28, 2017

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. Hugo is going to help build that future, and I’m looking forward to having him on our team.”

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VRScout

AUGUST 1, 2016

The small company has a good background in making social virtual worlds, however – before building HelloVR, CEO Dedric Reid was Head of Design at Altspace (a social VR platform that has raised almost $16M in three rounds of funding). Interestingly enough, the open world features wildlife simulations provided by IBM’s Watson.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 5, 2018

Bubbled is the first globally persistent and decentralized AR cloud in which you can own virtual spaces tethered to real world locations on the blockchain for experiences in AR. We’re planning a series of Google Hangout events coming soon to invite people to learn more about us, I’ll share the details as we nail down the dates.

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Road to VR

APRIL 6, 2018

VRChat was one of the first social VR experiences to enable fully customizable avatars, but they also allow creators to upload their own worlds. SEE ALSO 'VRChat' Virality Runs Its Course After 3M Installs, Healthy Concurrent Usership Remains.

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ARVR

JUNE 16, 2021

Virtual reality is described as a “three-dimensional, computer-generated environment which can be explored and interacted with by a person. That person becomes part of this virtual world or is immersed within this environment and whilst there, is able to manipulate objects or perform a series of actions.” (“What is Virtual Reality?”,

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

I have also noticed that actually there is still something AR-related in the hype cycle, and it is the AR cloud , the system to create a complete worldwide mapping between the real and the virtual world. Considering that companies like 6d.ai mesh reconstruction of an environment from multiple cell phones.

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Hypergrid Business

AUGUST 3, 2017

Eight year ago, when I first launched Hypergrid Business , virtual worlds offered a unique set of compelling features. There was presence, and immersion, and the ability to create your own virtual environments. At that time, virtual worlds were the only visible path to an interconnected metaverse of virtual environments.

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VRScout

APRIL 1, 2017

Some of the better VR and AR jokes in 2017. Google is probably the most prominent April Fools’ Day pranksters out there. Thanks to some helpful Google workers, you’ll now get an experience that includes smell, taste, and even touch. It’s virtual reality, enhanced. It’s that time of the year again. Haptic Helpers.

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VRWorld

FEBRUARY 10, 2018

It’s important to remember that every VR device fits one of three categories: mobile (meaning it uses the user’s smartphone to produce its virtual world), tethered (meaning the device must be hooked up to a PC or console) or more recently, “all-in-one” (meaning the computing hardware is built into the headset itself). Google Cardboard.

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Hypergrid Business

SEPTEMBER 16, 2017

OSgrid gained the largest land area — 4,440 new standard region equivalents, followed by DigiWorldz with 848, Virtual Worlds Grid with 441, Kitely with 411 and Atek Grid with 256 additional standard regions. OpenSim is a free, open source virtual world platform that’s compatible with the Oculus Rift.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 8, 2017

Montreal-based Minority Media, which also created the groundbreaking PSN title Papo Y Yo in 2012, created the dinosaur undersea adventure game that launched on the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive VR headsets in May 2017. The headsets and the technology for continuous virtual worlds and the blockchain for ecommerce, all the pieces are here.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 2, 2019

More or less AR in 2018 has gone as I predicted in 2017. A lot of startups have started working on the so-called “ARCloud”, that is a persistent and shared virtual world that is coherent with the real one. Google Maps in AR). Augmented Reality in 2018. Magic Leap. Me, wearing a Magic Leap One.

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Road to VR

MAY 8, 2019

If you’ve felt that Google has been quiet about their Daydream VR initiative for a worrying amount of time, you aren’t alone. Their annual developer conference, Google I/O, this week is the latest opportunity for the company update the world on their VR ecosystem, but there’s little more than silence.

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Hypergrid Business

JANUARY 2, 2018

One of my top sources of OpenSim-related news this year has been OpenSim Virtual and similar Google Plus communities. Many grids also have Facebook pages and Twitter accounts, but I find that Google Plus offers a really convenient way to keep track of what’s going on across the metaverse. OpenSim Virtual : 1,973 members.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Lessons Learned From A Thousand Virtual Worlds. The Holodeck Year 2: Growing the VR Ecosystem in 2017. Alon Or-bach (Samsung Electronics), Kaye Mason (Google). It’s not often you get both Oculus and Valve together days, let alone Google and Samsung, with bonus helpings of Epic Games, Owlchemy Labs, and Sensics.

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VRWorld

NOVEMBER 25, 2017

According to company’s statement, by leveraging premium VR headset technology, 360-degree sound and sophisticated room tracking, they are able to transport players into new and interactive virtual worlds. Christian Eve-Levesque, CEO of SpherePlay, has made waves in the industry early on.

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Hypergrid Business

MARCH 16, 2018

Virtual Worlds Grid lost the most regions this month at 365 followed by Insight Concepts which lost 119 regions and Encitra Home Grid which lost 90 regions and Dorena’s World closing the fifth spot at 67. OpenSim is a free, open source virtual world platform that’s compatible with the Oculus 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. The latest phones produced by Google and Samsung are still compatible with Daydream View and Gear VR headsets, but there has not been any new release of a mobile VR headset. Standalone headsets.

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VeeR VR

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Google Cardboard ($15) . Just like its official slogan claimed, “Experience virtual reality in a simple, fun, and affordable way.” Google Cardboard, developed by Google for the promotion of the VR concept, is indeed made up of cardboard, and in different sizes for compatibility with different smartphones.

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