AR Insider

DECEMBER 1, 2020

But could greater impact come from the biggest ad giant of all: Google? As part of Swirl’s global launch, Google revealed a few proof points on its performance from early partners and beta participants. That cycle starts with Google building the tools. Figures reflect market factors at the time of creation. Incubating AR.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Owlchemy Labs, the Google-owned VR studio, announced it’s bringing the chart-topping VR games Job Simulator (2016) and its sequel Vacation Simulator (2019) to Apple Vision Pro. The post Two Classic VR Games From Google’s VR Studio Coming Soon to Vision Pro appeared first on Road to VR.

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Hypergrid Business

AUGUST 6, 2021

Earlier this summer, Google shut down yet another virtual reality app , the 3D objects library called Poly. Google Expeditions also had five virtual tours of major league baseball stadiums and a tour of the International Space Station. Another major Google virtual reality app is the 3D painting tool Tilt Brush.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 20, 2019

I have some exclusive news on the Vive Cosmos , one of the most awaited headsets of 2019, that I want to share with you. I entered the building with my Chinese assistant Miss S… and I have to say that that place is very beautiful … all white, with an enormous white hall (shared with Google!) Fasten your seatbelts and read this article.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 20, 2018

” SEE ALSO Brilliant Sole Wants to Put a VR Controller in Your Shoes. Angry Birds VR is slated to arrive in early 2019 on “all major VR platforms.” The post ‘Angry Birds VR’ is Coming to All Major VR Platforms in 2019 appeared first on Road to VR.

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Road to VR

MAY 24, 2019

Google seems to be taking somewhat of a step back from VR, as Variety reports the company will be shutting down its Jump program for good next month. Google posted an updated Jump FAQ recently regarding the shutdown of the VR video service, outlining that Jump will officially go offline on June 28th, 2019.

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Google-owned Owlchemy Labs is the studio behind both games, which are currently available on Meta Quest, PlayStation VR, SteamVR, and even Pico headsets. Vacation Simulator launched in 2019 and, over a year later in late 2020, got controller-free hand tracking support on Quest. The controllers are a barrier.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2019

Me at VEC 2019. Before officially releasing it, Mr. President has highlighted that the Focus Plus is not just a Vive Focus with two 6 DOF controllers, but it has also a better weight balancing and new improved lenses (I will tell you my impressions on the device in my next post). These has been crazy days. And that’s it for now!

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Developed by makemepulse in collaboration with Google Arts & Culture and Château de Versailles, VersaillesVR – The Palace Is Yours , a free app available now on SteamVR-compatible headsets that allows you to tour a hyper-realistic recreation of France’s famous Palace of Versailles in VR. Image Credit: Google Arts & Culture.

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Upload VR

MAY 11, 2023

During its I/O 2023 conference, Google said it will share more about its 'Android collaboration' with Samsung on 'immersive XR' later this year. Samsung revealed in February that it was partnering with Google and Qualcomm to develop XR hardware, with Qualcomm providing the chipset and Google handling "the software".

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Delight XR

MAY 14, 2019

Complete List of VR Headsets 2019 Updated: 05/2019 Virtual Reality (VR) invites you to explore alternative worlds as if you’re actually there. Google Cardboard. Motion Controller. Motion Controller. Motion Controller. Motion Controller. Motion Controller. Motion Controller. Release date.

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Upload VR

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The YouTube VR app originally debuted on Google's own Daydream VR platform (which it killed back in 2019 ) in 2017. In the years since, Google also brought YouTube VR to the Oculus Store on Samsung Gear VR in 2018 , then Oculus Go later that year , and was a launch title for the Quest Store.

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VRScout

JUNE 24, 2021

Earlier this week, the United States Patent & Trademark Office published a new patent filed by Facebook back in 2019 that showcases a “unique” type of AR headgear. The company says that a larger surface area would allow them to implement additional features, such as face and eye tracking. Damn, what a time to be alive.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

One of the unique elements the company developed was a physical control on the headset which created a seamless transition between a fully immersive VR view and a passthrough AR view—this was at a time when most headsets were either strictly AR or strictly VR, but not both. Alas, Vision Pro was announced in 2023 and shipped earlier this year.

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Upload VR

APRIL 15, 2024

In 2019 it launched UploadVR David Heaney The stable version of Wolvic on app stores currently uses Gecko, the browser engine developed by Mozilla that's used in Firefox. 0:00 / 0:40 1× The switch to Chromium has also enabled Wolvic to add support for controller-free hand tracking, the WebXR AR module, and WebXR layers.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 1, 2019

So, here we are, entering 2019 with me fulfilling my promise to Lenovo and closing this series of “should you buy it?” On the left side, there is the Daydream logo, that reminds the user that this is a product whose software has been offered by Google, and the Lenovo logo, because this hardware has been manufactured by Lenovo.

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InstaVR

OCTOBER 17, 2019

First off, some of the early major players like Google, Apple, and Samsung seem to be taking a step back. Google is discontinuing Daydream (more on that below), Apple seems to be focusing most of its efforts on AR, and Samsung is doing very little promotion of Gear VR despite launching a new phone line.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Google’s got you covered, or rather, your cash: they’ve developed an AR app to put Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill. Tired of waiting for the US treasury to put a female face on the $20? Because you’ll probably be waiting a while yet!)

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Google’s got you covered, or rather, your cash: they’ve developed an AR app to put Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill. Tired of waiting for the US treasury to put a female face on the $20? Because you’ll probably be waiting a while yet!)

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Cats and VR

DECEMBER 14, 2018

Developed in partnership with Google and published by Supermassive Games, Shattered State features a compelling storyline, blockbuster production values and a branching narrative to deliver an immersive gaming experience that sets the benchmark for cinematic VR gaming on mobile devices.

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Delight XR

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

External tracking devices, cameras, and advanced controllers allow for high-end experiences and get the most out of what’s currently possible in VR. The great thing is, one can start for as cheap as fifteen bucks with the simplest headset from Google (Cardboard). Google Daydream View. Google Cardboard. Oculus Rift.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Join pick a side and join the battle for control of previous Exotic Matter in this modern revival of the 2013 location-based AR game. ” The Enlightened wish to channel XM and evolve humankind, while the Resistance seeks to control XM and enslave humanity. But what is XM? What is its potential? Image Credit: Niantic .

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Peter Graham

JULY 8, 2019

Thanks to Google’s ARCore and Apple’s ARKit, the consumer augmented reality (AR) industry has boomed over the last couple of years. When loading up, a digital world overlays the real one, so in a small area players can use touch controls; dragging the left touchpad to move or swiping the right touchpad to turn.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 10, 2019

Google I/O 2019 has just finished and has all been about new augmented reality features. Well, you are in the right place… Google ARCore. It works quite well, but it can be used only by the most recent phones that have been certified by Google for ARCore (all the other ones, can try this hack ). Isn’t it cool?

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

By the end of 2019, it had been expected to reach $15.1 Equipped with tracking and sensory technologies and hand controllers, the virtual reality devices made playing games highly engaging and reciprocal. The leading producers of VR headsets like Sony, Oculus, Google, HTC, and Samsung, mainly focus on creating cost-effective devices.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Google's got you covered, or rather, your cash: they've developed an AR app to put Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill. Google's got you covered, or rather, your cash: they've developed an AR app to put Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill. Tired of waiting for the US treasury to put a female face on the $20?

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Google’s got you covered, or rather, your cash: they’ve developed an AR app to put Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill. Tired of waiting for the US treasury to put a female face on the $20? Because you’ll probably be waiting a while yet!)

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TechCrunch VR

MARCH 25, 2019

But perhaps the biggest of all was Google’s new game-streaming service Stadia. And I could just see over my shoulder just all of these, the Google execs and then the PR people, they were just like kind of making low chit chat like, “Oh s**t.”

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ARPost

AUGUST 2, 2019

Now in 2019 some functions of AR, that may have been only fantasy in the past, are quickly becoming our new reality. In the film, overruling aliens subconsciously control the humans on Earth through subliminal media messaging, encouraging them to consume, reproduce and obey. More specifically, Google Glass. Guest Post.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

The HUD can be controlled and retracted easily via voice command and can integrate with services like Alexa, Siri and Google Assistant so that riders can use voice activation to control the cameras, make calls, play music, etc. Image Credit: Jarvish.

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ARPost

JANUARY 29, 2020

Past attempts have been unsuccessful, such as Google Glass, due to reluctance and concerns over ethical issues such as privacy and security of AR glasses. See Also: AR and MR Headsets and Glasses 2019 and 2020 Overview. But, is there a market for them at the consumer level? Infotainment Trends.

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Road to VR

JUNE 3, 2020

HTC has continued its work to reduce expenditure by optimizing processes, practicing cost control and seeking prudent uses of new technology. Two years later, Google acquired much of the company’s smartphone engineering talent and intellectual property for $1.1 billion , leaving it to reorganize around its VR efforts.

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Road to VR

JULY 31, 2023

Gaming in XR is considerably enhanced by fully immersive experiences and motion controllers, and Apple will probably start feeling the pressure of that demand from gamers and developers alike when it kicks off a consumer headset sometime down the road, causing them to relent (if only just).

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Upload VR

APRIL 26, 2024

In 2019, Facebook secured the entire future output of a startup supplier, but Ma reported the companies still haven't been able to achieve a high manufacturing yield, meaning they can only produce a small number of displays at a high cost.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

Today I perform a dive in my past and I review the Google Glass Enterprise Edition 2! Google Glass Enterprise Edition 2 Video Review. Do you want to discover everything about the Google Glass Enterprise Edition 2 but you don’t like reading walls of text? Google Glass Enterprise Edition 2. Can I try it?”

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 2, 2024

The historical moment of the launch of Quest 1 (Image by TechCrunch) Oculus Quest 1 launched in 2019 for $399. Meta Quest 3 and controllers (Image by Meta) Quest 3 has been launched last year, in 2023. So it sold fairly well, probably arriving at more than 1M units in just one year. It’s an enormous number for the VR market.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 25, 2022

The author of the much-appreciated XR Caliper controllers and of many tricks to improve the ergonomics of the Valve Index has just tested for me the Pimax Sword controllers , writing the most detailed review about them you will ever find on the web. Pimax Sword Controllers – review by Rob Cole for Skarredghost. Rob Cole is back.

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