Road to VR

MARCH 12, 2024

” With the entrance of Apple Vision Pro, one such entity to follow suit is Stryker’s Mako , a robotic surgery group initially founded as a standalone company by Rony Abovitz, the founder and first CEO of AR unicorn Magic Leap. billion in 2013, or just around three years after Magic Leap was founded by Abovitz in stealth mode.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

AUGUST 9, 2017

They aim to bring the awards back in 2018, skipping the 2017 season “in order to assess the changing landscape of immersive technology and entertainment,” according to a prepared statement. The move to 2018 by the Proto Awards comes when the emerging mixed reality industry is in a transitional period.

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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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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. PC VR headsets.

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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. This Year’s VR Hardware of the Year Award went to the Oculus Quest. The Oculus Rift S was also nominated for the award. VR Lifetime Achievement.

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Tech Trends VR

JUNE 26, 2018

To complement the theatrical film release of Distorted on June 22nd, Minds Eye Entertainment and SkyVR have partnered to produce “Distorted Reality,” a scripted, live-action cinematic VR distributed through OneTouchVR on Google Daydream, Oculus Go, Samsung Gear VR, Oculus Rift, and iOs. VRScout (@VRScout) June 19, 2018.

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Road to VR

APRIL 26, 2018

Here’s the full press release for VRLA 2018 ( Road to VR readers can save 15% on passes, details here ): Announcing VRLA 2018 Keynotes & Expo Highlights. Passes are available now and start at just $30, and for the first time ever attendees can register in VR via the official Payscout VRLA Registration 2018 app.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 10, 2018

Google’s ARCore technology was used for the augmented reality overlays, the Google Cloud Vision AI API for object detection, as well as early access to some of Google’s cutting-edge Human Sensing Technology that could detect emotional expressions of the participants.

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ARVR

JUNE 16, 2021

The term “ virtual reality” was first used in 1987 by Jaron Lanier, who was researching goggles that could display digital creations (Lowood, 2018). Students in the virtual reality experimental group also achieved higher scores compared to students who learned with traditional methods of teaching. The findings of Passig et al.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 2, 2019

Jokes apart, what has happened in AR in 2018… and what can you expect to happen in 2019? Augmented Reality in 2018. More or less AR in 2018 has gone as I predicted in 2017. Yes, there have been some nice AR apps launched in 2018 (like Ikea Place), but mobile AR usage is really lagging. Google Maps in AR).

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VeeR VR

DECEMBER 6, 2017

& 13-15, 2018 Venue: To be announced South by Southwest is an annual conglomerate of film, interactive media, and music festivals and conferences that take place in mid-March in Austin, Texas, United States. IEEE Virtual Reality Conference Date: March 18-22, 2018 Venue: Stadthalle Reutlingen, Reutlingen, Germany Check here for pricing.

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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.

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Peter Graham

JANUARY 28, 2020

This column previously covered the 2018 BETT show and how VR was immerging as a possible EdTech trend – but with BETT 2020 the event cemented this movement, with a vast array of new developments and applications for this technology, and growth of previous early adopters. Another exhibitor using Beat Saber and the Oculus Rift S was Nutanix.

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VeeR VR

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Check them out and visit some in 2018! Projects must be viewable via Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Samsung Gear VR, or Google Cardboard. The next festival will be held February 27, 2018 – March 11, 2018. Accepted projects will be exhibited in the JW Marriott on the 4th floor Tuesday, March 13 – Thursday, March 15, 2018.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 1, 2018

I’m really curious about what Apple will do in the AR/VR ecosystem and I love rumors (I even published some myself, like this one about Oculus Monterey ), but in this case, I’m not excited. Here’s @oculus chief researcher Michael Abrash suggesting we’ll have “4Kx4K” per eye by 2021. Not a good news for him/her.

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ARVR

MARCH 5, 2021

To me, modern VR started when Google released the Cardboard App in 2014 basically for free to a world that basically scratched its head and said, ‘huh?’ It is still far from clear what Google was thinking but it sent a kind of signal. until Google Cardboard showed it didn’t have to be. That was 24 years after ‘The Year of VR.’

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ARVR

JULY 29, 2021

On the other hand, developers only have to write the code once and it will work on all devices (Oculus, Vive, HTC, Google Cardboard, etc.) Trending AR VR Articles: 1.How How VR could bring transhumanism to the masses 2. How Augmented Reality (AR) is Reshaping the Food Service Industry 3. ExpiCulture?—?Developing

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Facebook said that this growth has been mostly due to the sales of Oculus Quest. Admitting that Oculus Quest is the only responsible for this big growth from last year (just an assumption, I want to be clear), we obtain that the sales of Quest for Q3 account for $81M. Oculus Quest may have an assistant soon.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 19, 2018

— Alvin Wang Graylin (@AGraylin) October 18, 2018. The event hosts people from very important companies like NVIDIA, VR Chat, The Khronos Group, Alibaba (there is Jack Ma!), — Alvin Wang Graylin (@AGraylin) October 19, 2018. VR signage everywhere! pic.twitter.com/X1dWr780Se. pic.twitter.com/9Z7TimKFWW.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

AUGUST 11, 2017

Fantastic Contraption’s developers are part of an exclusive group of VR creators who have successfully generated in excess of $1 million. It released with the launch of the HTC Vive in early 2016 and Facebook’s Oculus Touch controllers for Rift late in the year. This summer, it launched on Sony’s PlayStation VR.

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Bernard Marr

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Along the road, it transformed socializing from something that’s mostly done interpersonally, between relatively small groups of people, into something done electronically, at a global scale. Speculators had been suggesting it was a strong possibility since the Oculus acquisition. billion users.

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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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VRGuy

MARCH 27, 2017

A 2017 game would likely work with 2018 or 2019 hardware. In January, the Khronos group (known for OpenGL standards) launched a new VR initiative. Industry leaders including Google, Oculus, Valve, Sensics and Samsung are part of this effort. I may have a Dell computer but I don't always want a Dell printer to go with it.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 20, 2021

Until now, this graph has been realistic during all the XR over-hyping and the depressions: it forecasted the winter of VR in 2017-2018, and the new growth in 2019-2020, so I keep trusting it and I think you should do that, too. Let’s enjoy it without craving for a mainstream explosion that likely won’t happen yet.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Additionally, founding the Upload Academy, a VR/AR developer training program, which graduated its first class in August with a number of success stories including Found – a gorgeous Miyazaki-esque narrative experience created by four of our students which was recently recognized on stage during the Oculus Connect Keynote. January 2016.

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Hypergrid Business

MARCH 16, 2018

OpenSim is a free, open source virtual world platform that’s compatible with the Oculus Rift. Through the use of Inworld Groups and a team of bilingual volunteers, ‘subtitles’ are provided in all these languages plus English, making it possible for everyone to follow the talks.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Store links : Steam , Viveport , PlayStation Store , Oculus Store ( Rift , Quest , Go ). You can dedicate the rest of the afternoon playing this as a large group. Store links : Steam , Oculus Store ( Rift , Quest ). What : Take Dance Dance Revolution and cross-breed it with Fruit Ninja , and you’ll have Beat Saber (2018).

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Desirium is an Oculus Go/Viveport app that packages 15+ VR experiences into a single portal. By 2018, the company released 36 VR applications with a total 21,000,000 of downloads in the AppStore, GooglePlay, Oculus Store, Google DayDream, HTC Viveport, and Pico Store. Stay tuned!”.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 9, 2017

2016 provided hints of where Facebook, HTC, Sony, Google, and more will take their headsets in the near future, but where does the industry’s best and brightest think we’ll end up this time next year? 1) I believe the virtual reality market will continue to have steady sales reaching over 2 million HMD’s between Sony, HTC and Oculus.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 3, 2020

Late 2018 I left Vuzix and started Lance-AR, because I was just frustrated. Is it the training group? Is it the operations group? Alan: I’m going to Google it here. Google Pixel came out. Late 2018 I left Vuzix and started Lance-AR, because I was just frustrated. And who owns the process? What is it.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 3, 2020

Late 2018 I left Vuzix and started Lance-AR, because I was just frustrated. Is it the training group? Is it the operations group? Alan: I’m going to Google it here. Google Pixel came out. Late 2018 I left Vuzix and started Lance-AR, because I was just frustrated. And who owns the process? What is it.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 3, 2020

Late 2018 I left Vuzix and started Lance-AR, because I was just frustrated. Is it the training group? Is it the operations group? Alan: I'm going to Google it here. Google Pixel came out. Late 2018 I left Vuzix and started Lance-AR, because I was just frustrated. And who owns the process? Let's use voice.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 16, 2021

I lived a similar situation in the years 2017-2018 , that is the Winter of VR, the period that you may remember the most for being the “VR is dead” era. VR has got the attention of the mainstream thanks to Alyx and the commercials by Oculus. If you don’t have such a group, then probably you are in the wrong place.

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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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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

Bob: Well, actually, what was interesting for me being at Laval is, I put on a — for the first time — a VR architecture event… actually, over a year ago, now; this was January 2018. And I see that right now, Oculus is filling that void. We had good participation. That was something people could afford for Christmas.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

Bob: Well, actually, what was interesting for me being at Laval is, I put on a — for the first time — a VR architecture event… actually, over a year ago, now; this was January 2018. And I see that right now, Oculus is filling that void. We had good participation. That was something people could afford for Christmas.

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