XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 14, 2023

This week, reports emerged claiming that Chinese news publication Gyro Technology leaked the design specifications of Samsung’s upcoming MR headset. According to the leaks, Samsung’s MR device will cost roughly between $1000-$2000. Samsung’s Q2 net profits fell by 84.5 percent from last year to $1.4

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Road to VR

MAY 19, 2018

NextVR , the VR video streaming platform the brings live events to headset users, is introducing the 2017-2018 season NBA MVP highlight reel on the NextVR app. The NextVR app is available on Samsung Gear VR, Oculus Go, Google Daydream, PlayStation VR, and Windows “Mixed Reality” VR headsets. Image courtesy NextVR.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 28, 2017

Shop for makeup like never before with this team up from NYX and Samsung Gear VR. Shoppers choose an influencer based on which look they are going for, fill out a quick survey about their skin type and beauty habits, and jump right into the tutorial using the Samsung Gear VR. Launched Dec.

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VRScout

MAY 19, 2018

However it was last year that the organization revealed its most ambitious project – a partnership with the NBA to broadcast 27 games of the 2017-2018 season , featuring all 30 teams, live in VR. The post NBA 2017-2018 VR Highlight Reel Arrives Free On NextVR appeared first on VRScout. Imaged Credit: NextVR .

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VRScout

APRIL 13, 2018

A world premiere from Skydance, with Chris Hewish, EVP Games & Interactive and Pablo Leon-Luna, VR Developer. The Mezo interactive art installation that will be the centerpiece of the show floor at VRLA 2018. First time attendees can register in VR via the official VRLA Registration 2018 app or visit VRLA.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 16, 2018

CES 2018 has come and gone, and with it, a pace has been set for what we can expect to see in VR in the next six months or so. Perhaps the biggest reveal at CES 2018 was HTC’s Vive Pro. The lack of pricing information leaves a big question mark over the impact that the Vive Pro and Vive Wireless Adapter will have in 2018.

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Road to VR

JULY 13, 2017

The headset is said to be more compact than the company’s PC VR headset the Oculus Rift, and lighter than Gear VR, Samsung’s mobile VR headset that accepts a number of flagship Galaxy phone variants including the new S8, S8 Edge and S8 Plus among many others. The story is breaking. We’ll update as more information comes in.

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VRScout

JULY 14, 2017

Much like Oculus’ Samsung Gear VR, according to the report, this mysterious new version will include a wireless remote and a wide selection of games and experiences accessible via a VR interface. The “Pacific” will officially launch sometime in 2018, all for the price of just $200 according to the people familiar with the project.

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Road to VR

MARCH 5, 2018

This year’s Game Developers Conference (GDC) is nearly upon us, and now that talks for the week-long event are published on the GDC website , it appears Google will be taking the stage to introduce a number of new products and tools for game devs. ” Google most recently released its 1.0

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 4, 2018

Some days ago, the Mobile World Congress 2018 has finished. — Daniel O'Brien (@obriend17) February 26, 2018. Samsung S9. Samsung has released its new flagship phone: the Samsung Galaxy S9. The beautiful Samsung Galaxy S9, in all its colors. Who wants to go on a balloon ride? It has a 5.8-inch

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Road to VR

MARCH 9, 2018

Atari has confirmed that the forthcoming Rollercoaster Tycoon Joyride, its first VR title, will make its debut at GDC 2018 later this month. The game is slated to launch in the first half of 2018 on PS4 with support for PSVR.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 20, 2017

In 2018, the app will offer cross-play with mobile users on Oculus Go, Gear VR, and Daydream, as well as PSVR. Bigscreen is all about letting you do anything you can do normally on your PC—play games, watch movies, browse the web, and much more—but with your friends in VR. The app continues to be free, as it has been since launch.

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Road to VR

JUNE 18, 2019

A year ago, in response to Sony consistently delivering high-quality exclusives for PS4, Microsoft made a commitment to rejuvenating its first-party game development efforts and went on a shopping spree, acquiring a handful of respected studios to bolster its first-party game development talent under the Xbox Game Studios banner.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

As with every big event, I’m writing a post to try to summarize the most important news that have come out from the GDC 2018 … so that if you have lost something, you just need to read this post to get in par with the rest of the world. — Benjamin Lang (@benz145) March 23, 2018. So, are you ready? Let’s start!

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

Coatsink Software , creators of the Esper series, Augmented Empire (2017) and A Night Sky (2017), announced they’re collaborating with Viral series creators Fierce Kaiju on a new VR project scheduled for release in 2018. Either way, judging by the pedigree of both studios, whatever results is sure to be worthwhile.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Survios, the studio behind VR titles The Walking Dead: Onslaught (2020) , Creed: Rise to Glory (2018) , and Raw Data (2017), has secured another round of financing to the tune of $16.7 Survios’ CEO Seth Gerson, who took the post in 2018, tells VentureBeat that he sees the funding as “a ‘Survios grows up’ round.”

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Road to VR

JULY 30, 2018

They Suspect Nothing (2018) , the Oculus Go & Samsung Gear VR title from Coatsink Software , is getting its first big DLC since it initially launched back in May. Dubbed ‘Overclocked’ DLC, the expansion is coming free to owners of the game on August 3rd, 2018. 8 new mini-games. 8 new mini-games.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Lenovo first released its smartphone-powered Mirage AR headset last year alongside its sole title, Star Wars: Jedi Challenges (2018) , a collection of short AR games that let you do things like fight Darth Vader & Co. Now, Lenovo is returning with a new AR game, MARVEL Dimension of Heroes , and a pair of 6DOF controllers too.

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Upload VR

APRIL 22, 2024

Two third-party companies have currently publicly announced they are building entirely new headsets running Meta Horizon OS: A "performance gaming headset" from ASUS under its Republic of Gamers (ROG) brand. A headset "fully optimized for gaming with support for all kinds of different peripherals and haptics."

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MARCH 4, 2024

Shortly afterwards, Bosworth re-posted on X (formerly Twitter) a comment made by UploadVR’s David Heaney which seems to sum up Meta’s thought process: “Meta and Google both launched standalone VR platforms in 2018. “Now years later, after the market is already proven, Google wants Meta to kowtow to its attempt #2?

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Delight XR

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Simply take your smartphone and a headset and discover virtual spaces, games, and much more. The former is connected to either a computer or a gaming console and delivers the most powerful VR experience. In 2018, all-new stand-alone devices are coming, and upgrades to the current generation will be released. Samsung Gear VR.

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Road to VR

APRIL 11, 2018

Series A Investment, AR Experience to Come in 2018 appeared first on Road to VR. It (of course) comes with a pretty robust avatar creator so you can create your own unique you. vTime’s core development and management team tallies over 40 people in both its UK Liverpool headquarters and in the USA.

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JANUARY 29, 2024

Google is building an 'Android XR' platform to power Samsung's upcoming headset. And while Samsung may have a period of exclusivity, that almost certainly ( and reportedly ) won't last forever. Samsung's headset will reportedly be priced somewhere around $2000. Meta also lacks any real moat beyond its game studios.

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MAY 22, 2018

Oculus first announced that Boggle and other Hasbro board games would be coming to Oculus’ mobile VR platform back at F8, Facebook’s developer conference. We teamed up with @HasbroNews to bring some beloved tabletop games to Oculus Rooms on #OculusGo and Gear VR. — Oculus (@oculus) May 21, 2018.

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Tech Trends VR

JULY 31, 2019

VR didn't do as well in 2018 as many hoped - or expected Click To Tweet. His prototype sparked the interest of ID Software game developer John Carmack who announced that his company’s upcoming game Doom 3 BFG Edition would support the emerging product. Is Virtual Reality a growing market segment or a flash in the pan?

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Upload VR

MARCH 1, 2024

Meta has been working on it for at least seven years, as it first arrived in 2018's Oculus Go. It runs all the games and experiences that UploadVR Jamie Feltham Flash forward to early 2023, and Samsung announced that it was working on XR hardware, with Google handling the software.

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JUNE 24, 2019

The VR version of the 1995 classic board game Settlers of Catan first launched on the Oculus Store for Gear VR and Rift in March 2018, with Oculus Go support arriving shortly afterwards when the mobile headset launched back in May 2018. Thankfully the game promises crossplay with “all major VR platforms.”

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VeeR VR

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

A step up from an Oculus Go for those that want more power, much better tracking for immersive games and experiences. According to Chris Pruet, Oculus’ Head of Development Engineering, mentioned at GDC 2018, the headset’s thermal design allows the processor to run at higher clock rates than any device he’s seen before.

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Road to VR

APRIL 29, 2019

Dick inspired VR experience, The Great C (2018) , to Oculus Go, Samsung Gear VR and Google Daydream. SEE ALSO Critically Acclaimed Rhythm Action Game 'Thumper' is Coming to Quest at Launch. Secret Location , developers behind Blasters of the Universe (2017), today announced they’ve brought their Philip K.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 3, 2019

How has VR performed in 2018? Let me do some speculations… Virtual Reality in 2018. Virtual Reality in 2018 has not performed that awesomely good : in my opinion, it has just laid the foundations for the success that will come in the upcoming years. 2018 has been the year of standalone headsets. Standalone headsets.

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Road to VR

JUNE 4, 2017

Recently we reported on Samsung’s prototype OLED panels sporting a PPI (pixels per inch) figure of 858, nearly 3.5 In case you’re wondering, each diminutive display represents an impressive 2940 pixels per inch – that’s five times the number on existing Samsung panels in the Vive and Rift.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2019

In the second half of 2017 it began rolling out to PC VR platforms starting with Windows VR, and became available the Oculus Rift, Vive (via Viveport), and Oculus Go in 2018. The company also broadcasts a handful of live events, including live broadcasts of some NBA games. Image courtesy NextVR.

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Cats and VR

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Tomb Raider VR: Lara's Escape is an interactive cinematic VR experience based on the upcoming Tomb Raider reboot, starring Academy-Award winner Alicia Vikander (Jason Bourne, The Danish Girl), coming to theaters March 2018. You can download for free on Samsung Gear VR.

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JANUARY 4, 2019

Niantic, the company behind the hit location-based mobile game Pokémon GO, have closed a $190.6 As first reported by Tech Crunch , documents filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission revealed the company has secured its Series C on December 20th, 2018, amounting to a total of $190,552,365.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 10, 2018

You’ll start to see that happening in 2018 and 2019 when you’ll be talking about incredibly high resolutions.”. LG is also known to be in the VR game. The company expects the displays to be available in large quantities beginning in mid-2018. SEE ALSO Apple's Latest VR Patent Describes a Compact VR Headset with Eye Tracking.

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Road to VR

JUNE 25, 2018

The system is composed of the Icaros motion platform and integrated controller, and includes dedicated apps supporting Samsung Gear VR, HTC Vive, and Oculus Rift. Financing is also earmarked to help productize the Icaros consumer version (Icaros Home) for its Summer 2018 launch, and continue development of its online platform.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

They’re just not ready to fork over the dough for a pricey gaming PC or they don’t have a compatible mobile device that makes snatching up a Samsung Gear VR or Google Daydream View an easy purchase decision. There are large swaths of consumers sitting on the sidelines waiting to jump into VR.

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