Road to VR

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

The 2018 Winter Olympics is about to kick off in PyeongChang, South Korea today, and this year you’ll be able to watch a total of 30 events in VR, shared across live and on-demand 360/180 recordings. NBC has partnered with Intel to provide more than 50 hours of live virtual reality coverage through the NBC Sports VR app.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 18, 2018

This is a list of some of the talks that have immediately caught my attention : Google Spotlight Stories team has always been able to create amazing short movies in VR (Image by Google Spotlight). Google Spotlight Stories has always created very interesting immersive content, like the first VR doodle. More details. More details.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Google has announced a $1.1 billion cooperation agreement under which certain HTC employees – many of whom are already working with Google to develop Pixel smartphones – will join Google. Separately, Google will receive a non-exclusive license for HTC intellectual property (IP). Google VR & HTC.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Virtual Virtual Reality by studio Tender Claws is a Daydream-exclusive interactive story that won the best VR experience at the 2017 Google Play Awards VR , and it’s one of my personal favorite interactive narratives within VR. Be sure to check out Virtual Virtual Reality on the Daydream headset.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 28, 2023

First of all, Google has to keep the work on the headset very secret also internally , because Samsung is afraid that Google will steal its expertise to build a competing product. Google is working in parallel to build the Android XR operating system for this headset and a Micro XR operating system for AR glasses.

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VRScout

APRIL 13, 2018

Special announcements from Intel, with Kumar Kaushik, GM, Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality. Rikard Steiber, President Viveport and SVP of Virtual Reality, HTC Vive. Gary Radburn, Director, Virtual and Augmented Reality, Dell. YouTube star Vsauce3 (aka Jake Roper). A special announcement from Ricoh.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Google Daydream will provide organizations with VR training and equipment rentals. That’s why Google is launching a new program dubbed Daydream Impact , with the hope of helping organizations and creators utilize virtual reality to take their programs to the next level.

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Road to VR

MARCH 14, 2019

Google is shutting down Spotlight Stories, the group tasked not only with pushing forward virtual reality as a storytelling medium, but creating a number of highly polished and thoughtful VR pieces in the process. Image courtesy Google.

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VirtualiTeach

MARCH 25, 2020

Below the graphic I’m going to write a full recount of the project, dating back to early 2018 for those that are interested in the trials, tribulations and all that went into the process. It was March 2018 when I first decided to look at how Bloom’s related to VR. Let’s start with the history of the project…. Simple right?

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ARPost

OCTOBER 14, 2021

The advent of the VR art game Tilt Brush enabled users to paint in 3D space using virtual reality. See Also: VR Artist Rosie Summers on Art and Virtual Reality. Sabby Life ( @TheSabbyLife on Twitter) is a VR art pioneer and live performer who has created immersive virtual interactive and animated online worlds.

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TechCrunch VR

JANUARY 26, 2021

As Facebook and Apple begin to fire up more projects in the AR/VR world, Google has spent the last year shutting down most of their existing projects in that space. Today, the folks at Google announced they had ended active development of Tilt Brush, a VR painting app that was one of virtual reality’s early hit pieces of software.

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Cats and VR

JANUARY 17, 2018

WEARVR.com, the web's leading independent virtual reality app store, is launching a brand new competition aimed at seasoned virtual reality developers, which challenges them with updating their original Oculus Rift DK1 and DK2 demos, games and experiences and bringing them back for the latest Oculus headset.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 4, 2018

Some days ago, the Mobile World Congress 2018 has finished. HTC has maybe been the virtual reality company that has shown the most interesting things at this MWC. — Daniel O'Brien (@obriend17) February 26, 2018. The number of announcements or important news has been close to zero. Let’s start! It has a 5.8-inch

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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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Hypergrid Business

MARCH 27, 2024

Could Mark Zuckerberg’s lust-driven quest to own VR, AR and mixed reality end up costing Meta at the end of the day? That’s a question being posed after The Information reported recently that Google had approached Meta partner with its new software platform — Google Android XR — that is being developed for virtual reality.

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Road to VR

APRIL 11, 2018

.” According to the developers, vTime has had “almost a million downloads” since launch in December 2015, something the company can claim thanks to its many platforms; vTime supports Oculus Rift, Windows VR headsets, Google Daydream, Gear VR, Google Cardboard, as well as non-VR modes through both respective Android and iOS apps.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Efforts to construct and expand the Metaverse were sparked by Meta Platform’s major pivot in October, which saw Microsoft, NVIDIA, HTC VIVE, Qualcomm, Google, Varjo, and dozens of other tech giants enter the race for prime positioning to build the virtual and connected world. Virtual Reality.

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Tech Trends VR

MAY 21, 2018

Google harnesses the power of photos and street view to deliver simplified VR development for teachers and students. At its annual I/O Developer Conference in Mountain View, California Google announced the launch of Tour Creator , a new tool that easily allows anyone to create interactive content in Virtual Reality.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

In fact, with the introduction of virtual reality in the game development industry, the revenue earned has gone up considerably. 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. VR In Gaming.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 11, 2017

The best part of it all, Oculus Go is priced at $199 and will be available in 2018. The most accessible VR headset yet according to Zuckerberg, Oculus Go is part of Oculus’ larger goal of getting one billion consumers into virtual reality. Oculus ships Go headset developer kits in November with a consumer launch in 2018.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

AUGUST 9, 2017

The event is organized by The Virtual Reality Foundation, which is composed of many of the same people behind the Virtual Reality Los Angeles conference and startup Mindshow. The updated ceremony is planned to be a showcase looking at both virtual and augmented reality.

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ARVR

AUGUST 8, 2022

Focals by North In October 2018, the Kitchener, OT based company North, introduced a consumer AR glasses called Focals. Detractors dismissed the Focals as just another re-spin of Google Glass, with the Verge dubbing it a ‘smartwatch for your face’. But, alas, there was a fatal flaw?—?the So is that the end of the story? Perhaps not.

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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). Venture capital investment in augmented reality and virtual reality hit $4.1

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 20, 2021

But hey, let me play this game anyway, so here you are my predictions for virtual reality in 2021 based on the trends and the anticipations that we had at the end of 2020! Also, the awareness has grown , because every gamer knew about Alyx, and so about virtual reality.

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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. Coming in 2018, Bigscreen is going to open its doors yet further.

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VeeR VR

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

In 2012 the only way to have experienced virtual reality was with a high-powered computer and headset. This dynamic presented a problem for consumers, who had to spend a considerable amount of money on both items to jump in virtual reality. Are standalone devices the future of immersive virtual reality? .

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 14, 2016

In a presentation this week in Beijing, Graylin, who has been closely involved with HTC’s ‘Vive X’ accelerator , made 10 predictions each for VR in 2017 and 2018. 2018 Predictions. The post HTC Vive Exec Makes Predictions for the Next 2 Years of Virtual Reality appeared first on Road to VR. Roadblocks.

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ARPost

MAY 16, 2023

For the last few years, Campfire 3D has been expanding the world of “holographic collaboration” with a custom headset and base station as well as software that works in headset-based mixed reality and virtual reality, mobile-based augmented reality, and now on desktop 3D. Now, one app can do both jobs.

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VRWorld

JANUARY 9, 2018

Imaging technology firm YI Technology today announced details of its YI Horizon VR180 Camera at CES 2018 in Las Vegas. The camera, created in collaboration with Google’s Virtual Reality team, is billed as an easy-to-use, stereoscopic 3D camera. Notably, content created by the camera can also be viewed easily in 2D. “We

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Road to VR

JULY 11, 2022

We’ll continue to push XR Games to the forefront of the new virtual reality revolution we are seeing in the creative industries.”. And with the hundreds of applications we are receiving for each job vacancy, it’s clear there’s a growing appetite for this space.

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VRWorld

OCTOBER 3, 2016

billion in revenue in 2017, garner 171 million users by 2018, and become a $35 billion industry by 2025. This exciting new technology will be accessible initially through Matterport apps for Google Cardboard and Samsung Gear VR (Powered by Oculus), with support for additional VR platforms in the future.

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AllThingsVR

MAY 25, 2016

The reality of augmented and virtual reality venture capital Chatting with VC and corporate friends in Sand Hill Road, Hollywood, London, China, Japan and South Korea, a taxonomy emerged for AR/VR investors: Yes: Dedicated AR/VR funds (mainly angel, seed and Series A). It’s why they exist, and their portfolios are mostly AR/VR.

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ARVR

MAY 13, 2021

BigQuery from Google Cloud has many powerful features that allow users to view their data in real-time, providing continual up-to-date information to help guide business decisions. It integrates seamlessly with the Google Cloud AI platform and other tools like Data Studio. The device uses Google’s Cloud Healthcare API.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Red Bull is partnering with Google Daydream to create The Red Bull Air Race LIVE VR app. This app uses real-time flight data directly from the pilot’s cockpit and re-creates the races in a 360° virtual reality experience. Now, through VR, you can get a firsthand cockpit experience. Red Bull’s impact on VR.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 15, 2021

Wave, the virtual venue & virtual event production company formerly known as TheWaveVR, has moved away from virtual reality over the last two years in favor of distributing its virtual performances to a broader audience through non-immersive media channels.

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Peter Graham

APRIL 7, 2020

In 2018, Nexus Studios in collaboration with Google Spotlight Stories created the first virtual reality (VR) Google Doodle in the form of Back to the Moon. Bringing Back to the Moon into AR means the Google Doodle has now starred across most formats, VR, 360-degree video and 2D.

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VRWorld

NOVEMBER 25, 2017

November saw the third instalment of the Montreal Virtual Reality Market – an industry gathering held in Montreal. Drone Volt’s Canadian branch filled their exhibitor booth and air space above it with all kinds of custom-made drones, one of which steals the show – it is the first drone dedicated to virtual reality.

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