Road to VR

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Bigscreen , the social VR app which lets users connect in a virtual environment while retaining the ability to use (and share) their own PC desktop content, now supports Microsoft’s ‘Windows Mixed Reality’ VR headsets. Previously available on the Oculus store and Steam, Bigscreen is now also available on the Microsoft store.

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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. Oculus Go showcased. The Oculus Go (Image by Oculus). So, are you ready?

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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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ARPost

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

In 2019, the demand growth for augmented reality and virtual reality engineers skyrocketed 1400% from the previous year, surpassing the demand for blockchain engineers (the most in-demand skill in 2018). After emerging from stealth in 2018, Spatial has been making news for its holographic enabled meeting platform.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 15, 2018

.” It has taken place in LA in October, 9-10th 2018 and has been attended by various believers, innovators, developers and journalists. — The Digital Acid (@thedigitalacid) October 11, 2018. PixelStrikeInc brace yourself…the memes are coming. pic.twitter.com/MbJZV8aOdf. Magic Leap availability.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Oculus Quest gets hand tracking. Last week, the runtime v12 of Oculus Quest has been rolled out , and this took with it lots of interesting updates. To start, now the Oculus Link is more stable and it is compatible with some AMD GPUs. Oculus Quests have started getting vocal commands in the menu. Top news of the week.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

All the big tech players — Microsoft, Google, Facebook, and Amazon — are in the game as well. Google was the first major technology company to release a head-worn computer when it introduced Google Glass in 2013. Google’s approach was significantly lighter and simpler than what’s come since.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 17, 2023

Back in 2018, as part of the IBC Masterclass on VR technology, Rob Koenen shared his vision of the future of virtual reality. The Oculus store features a dedicated section for “Oculus for Work”, where companies can access a partnership with Microsoft to bring not only Microsoft Teams but various Office apps into their VR environments.

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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. On the contrary, Microsoft has worked a lot on the platform, to make it more appealing to enterprise customers. Leap Motion.

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Peter Graham

JANUARY 25, 2020

and beyond, the company has confirmed that Samsung Gear VR and Google VR support will end due to the fact the relative companies have moved their interest away from these products. It’s worth noting Gear VR and Google VR will remain supported in Unity 2018 LTS for developers working on existing projects.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

According to CBINSIGHTS , tech giants like Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and Apple (FAMGA) have all been acquiring AI startups aggressively in the last decade. billion in 2018 and is expected to reach approximately US$814.7 See Also: VR Headset Comparison of Vive Cosmos vs. Oculus Rift S.

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Road to VR

MARCH 12, 2020

billion since its initial Series A financing in 2014, garnering cash from the likes of Google, Alibaba, Qualcomm, and Andreessen Horowitz over the years. And it probably won’t until it can at least replicate the success of Microsoft’s purely enterprise-focused HoloLens headsets.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 24, 2017

What’s the latest on Oculus’ standalone headset(s)? Facebook and Oculus are insistent that 2017 is all about content; we won’t see any new hardware released in the remaining five months of the year. We’re fully expecting an update on standalone VR at Oculus Connect 4 in October, then.

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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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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 31, 2016

Six months on from its reveal, Microsoft’s Project Scorpio remains a promising mystery for the VR industry. Oculus is spending the kind of money that gets Epic, Square Enix and Insomniac involved with VR. Could Oculus be preparing a Rift 2 reveal for (the unannounced) Oculus Connect 4, for release in 2018?

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

The report suggests that premium headset shipments like Google Daydream will see more growth over light mobile headsets. Google Daydream will sell the most premium headsets in 2017, getting 6.8M devices into the hands of users. Also touched on was the outlook of augmented and mixed reality, stating combined earnings of $30.4B

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

billion in 2017 and 2018. As virtual reality technology gained prominence, the use of VR devices like the Samsung Gear VR, Oculus VR, and HTC Vive, have also become popular. The leading producers of VR headsets like Sony, Oculus, Google, HTC, and Samsung, mainly focus on creating cost-effective devices. billion and $9.6

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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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Road to VR

DECEMBER 10, 2019

A new report from The Information however alleges that the company has seen sluggish sales of its Magic Leap One AR headset, something that reportedly only sold 6,000 units in the first six months following its August 2018 launch. Abovitz reportedly later reduced that number to 100,000 units.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 4, 2021

I have to say that this “leak” comes in a very timely fashion , by chance exactly at the moment when Facebook was building the hype for Oculus Quest 2 Pro , convincing so some people to wait for Valve’s moves before buying the new Oculus headset. Microsoft is going to release a database of synthetic faces.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Some weeks ago, the CFO and the executive John Gaeta have left the company, and now we learn that i n 2018 two high profile members like Sundar Pichai and Paul Jacobs have left its board as well. Oculus products have gone pretty well during the Black Weekend. Adobe acquires Oculus Medium.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

This news comes one year later than a similar one regarding Virtual Reality : in a popular post of mine of 2018, I highlighted how in that year VR had disappeared from the Gartner Hype Cycle (the curve showing the current maturity status of all emerging technologies). thanks to a better training).

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

More info (Use Google Translate). Google Chrome now supports WebAR. More info (Google Chrome 81 supports AR) More info (Nicolò Carpignoli’s initiative). Image by Microsoft). Upload VR has published a very easy-to-follow tutorial on how to add custom environments to your Oculus Quest. News worth a mention.

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Charlie Fink

JUNE 7, 2019

The conference and expo saw nearly 7,000 attendees, a 30% increase over 2018. Apple begins its World Wide Developer Conference on Monday, June 3rd; Microsoft, Facebook (Oculus), Google, Amazon, Snap, and Magic Leap, had theirs earlier in the year. The 10th annual Augmented World Expo ( AWE ) wrapped on Friday, May 31st.

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VRWorld

FEBRUARY 10, 2018

Google Cardboard. from Google. Google Daydream View. from Google. COMPATIBILITY: The Google Daydream View is only compatible with these devices: Pixel, Pixel 2, Galaxy S8, Galaxy S8+, Galaxy Note 8, LG V30, Moto Z, Moto Z 2 , ZenFone AR, Mate 9 Pro, Axon 7. Photo from Microsoft. from Microsoft.

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TechCrunch VR

JANUARY 30, 2020

Together with Spatial’s last round, $8 million in October 2018 , the company has now raised $22 million. The funding is being led by White Star Capital, iNovia and Kakao Ventures, with participation from Baidu and individual investors, Instagram cofounder Mike Krieger and Zynga’s Mark Pincus, also participating.

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Road to VR

MARCH 6, 2019

Like Google Cardboard before it, the Labo VR Kit for Switch is effectively a drop-in holder for the console, with lenses which each see one half of the screen for a stereoscopic view. The April launch timing for the Switch Labo VR Kit is quite interesting considering Oculus’ upcoming Quest headset is also set to launch this Spring.

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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. Image credit: KWP. Image credit: KWP.

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ARVR

MARCH 5, 2021

Furthermore, my involvement is primarily confined to one particular social VR platform, AltspaceVR, owned by Microsoft, making most of my experience the product of a niche within a niche within a niche. Microsoft has been very active in this area for years and their video on the history of flight simulation is a good introduction.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 3, 2019

All of which matches up with the thought that Apple is planning a small, lightweight product—one that lives up to the term “wearable” by being more like smart glasses instead of an unwieldy Microsoft HoloLens. “But the StarBoard stuff presents exactly that: a Google Cardboard sort of functionality for iPhones.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 13, 2020

On the other side, this is massive for Apple, that mixing the data of Apple Maps together with all these point clouds detected by the rear cameras when in use, will be able to create an AR Cloud ecosystem probably even before Facebook, Microsoft, and Google. Let’s see if Facebook will be a worthier opponent than Google.

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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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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 10, 2022

Talking about more reliable leaks, developer Luboš V with the support of Basti564 has found references of a multiplayer Oculus Home in the Quest firmware, so it seems that very soon the home space of the Quest will let everyone invite more people. This is why companies like Apple, Google, Microsoft and Meta are exploring similar technologies.

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ARVR

JANUARY 6, 2023

Users can use HMD devices such as Google Cardboard, Oculus Quest, Rift or HTC Vive to experience an imaginary environment. Microsoft Hololens is a key player in the MR market. ARCore   — ARCore is an AR SDK released by Google in 2018 for building augmented reality experiences. onto the actual camera view.

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TechCrunch VR

MAY 31, 2023

Palmer Luckey, co-founder of Oculus VR Inc., Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images The first Oculus Rift prototype reignited the conversation when it arrived in 2012. In 2014, the social media giant purchased Oculus for nearly $3 billion. Google revealed Glass the same year the first Oculus prototype hit the scene.

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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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AR Insider

MAY 6, 2020

The first change was with Snapchat itself with the introduction of AR programmatic advertising in 2018 which dramatically reduced the price of augmented reality advertising to the same price as regular Snap ads. While not swapping anything out, Google is attempting to make the world an ad through its visual search app–Google Lens.

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