VRScout

DECEMBER 22, 2019

From asymmetrical party games to epic sci-fi RPGs, 2019 was one hell of a year for VR gaming. The final days of 2019 are almost upon us, marking the end of arguably the biggest year for VR gaming so far. Before we wrap-up the decade, let’s take a look at some of the most impactful VR releases of 2019.

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VRScout

JANUARY 7, 2019

The 2019 Consumer Electronic Expo is off to an exciting start as HTC Vive debuted not only a new VR headset capable of inside-out tracking, but a new social platform, new subscription service, and new updates to their existing Viveport platform. Fresh hardware, a bold new social platform, and Vive Pro eye-tracking are on the way.

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VRScout

JULY 26, 2019

VRScout has been partnering with YouTube since 2017 to help educate YouTube channels on how to develop VR content using the latest tools and techniques in VR180 and 360-degree video production. The post YouTube In Search Of North American Channels For VR Creator Lab 2019 appeared first on VRScout.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2019

In an official press release, Jessica Shamash, Judge of the 2019 Virtual Beings Grants 2019 said, “The community came up with almost 100 ideas that showed the variation inherent in this space,” Shamash adds, “We were inspired by the breadth of proposals, which highlight this incredibly expansive industry that is only in its infancy.”.

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VRScout

JULY 2, 2019

Kicking-off July 28th at the Los Angeles Convention Center, SIGGRAPH 2019 will feature the largest offering of immersive programming since the conference’s creation back in 1973. These platforms are well-positioned as a tool to teach us more about the human experience, and I am so excited to share that with attendees.”.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Facebook today announced that Adobe—the company behind industry-leading creative tools like Photoshop, Premiere, and Substance—has acquired Oculus Medium , the company’s VR sculpting tool. At launch Medium included a range of tools for making and forming 3D volumes. A Medium ‘2.0’ ” Who Wins?

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Tech Trends VR

MARCH 29, 2019

To help tackle these difficult and complex issues, London-based social enterprise The Cornerstone Partnership has partnered with Immerse UK to test the use of VR as an intervention tool across adoption and fostering services. The fact that our VR tool has shown impact in such a short space of time is beyond all our hopes and expectations.

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VRScout

JUNE 10, 2019

Fight your way through a multitude of new environments and robotic enemies; find new tools and allies along the way. The post E3 2019: Budget Cuts 2 Announced, Arrives Later This Year appeared first on VRScout. Put an end to the notion of ultimate efficiency before it puts an end to us.”. No word on an official price.

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DECEMBER 10, 2019

On Tuesday, the company not only introduced a consolidated package of new and existing developer tools that it calls The Lab and published new releases of the Lumin SDK and Lumin OS, but it also set the stage for the release of the Magicverse SDK, set to arrive in the first quarter of 2020.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 7, 2019

It will launch in the second quarter of 2019 as a separate headset from all the ones that HTC has already on the market. HTCVIVE #VIVEPORT pic.twitter.com/lkwKE7plPw — HTC VIVE (@htcvive) January 3, 2019. Keep tuned to @htcvive social media during CES for announcements, news and daily coverage. Well, maybe we were all wrong.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 29, 2019

The 8th Wall , a groundbreaking AR company that walked away with the 2019 Augie Award for Best Developer Tool, is following up on its recent success with the launch of a cloud-based WebAR authoring and hosting platform. 8th Wall’s WebAR tool is available now for all creators and developers. Image Credit: 8th Wall.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 21, 2019

The 2019 VR Holiday Gift Guide is here to help! With the launch of the Oculus Quest and Oculus Rift S in 2019, VR has gone from inaccessibly expensive and complex, to a much more approachable technology (comparable to traditional game consoles). It’s easy to let your imagination run wild in this magical 3D art tool!

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VRScout

JUNE 14, 2019

Asgard’s Wrath was large and in charge at E3 2019, allowing attendees—including myself—the chance to go hands-on with the highly-anticipated title. These creatures, while invaluable tools for puzzle-solving, will also assist you in combat. Image Credit: VRScout. Image Credit: Sanzaru Games.

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Upload VR

DECEMBER 7, 2022

While new platforms are to be expected, Cloudhead also confirmed an official and much anticipated modding tool for creating custom scenes for the game. The tool is called Pistol Mix and it’s planned for release in 2023. The updates include the game’s launch on Pico 4 on December 15th as well as PlayStation VR 2 in February.

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Anand Tech

APRIL 15, 2021

SEMI, an organization representing chipmakers and producers of semiconductor production tools, published this week that sales of wafer processing equipment has surged to an all-time record of $71.19 billion in 2019 to $71.19 Taiwanese manufacturers bought semiconductor tools worth $17.15 billion for 2020.

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Road to VR

APRIL 24, 2019

Apple has been continuously iterating on ARKit , its augmented reality development tool that lets creators make smartphone-based AR experiences. The post Report: Apple to Announce ARKit Updates at WWDC 2019 Including OS Support for AR Headsets appeared first on Road to VR. version at the dev conference a year later.

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ARPost

JANUARY 13, 2020

2019 was a big year for XR headsets, applications, and technology. Here, we’ll be taking a look at the AR and MR headsets and glasses that caught our attention in 2019 and that we’ll be keeping an eye on going into 2020. If VR is more your speed, don’t worry, we’ll have a separate article covering VR headsets.

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JULY 12, 2022

Google debuted MediaPipe, an artificial intelligence (AI) framework that detects people and objects in 3D space, in 2019 and the machine learning (ML) solution accurately tracks targets to transform 2D media as 3D spatial data. The service contains a wealth of tools for creating custom augmented and mixed reality (AR/MR) content.

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Road to VR

APRIL 12, 2024

Glue Collaboration , the Helsinki-based startup creating remote collaboration tools for XR, announced it has filed for bankruptcy, putting the future of its business-focused social platform Glue at risk. Founded in 2017, Glue’s most recent funding round was completed in 2019, raising a total of €3.5 million (~$3.85

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 21, 2018

The tool is already live for Vive Focus and Daydream devices through the AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin 2019 Edition and requisite Radeon ReLive for VR companion app. The post AMD’s SteamVR Streaming Tool ‘ReLive for VR’ Won’t Support Oculus Mobile Devices appeared first on Road to VR.

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Peter Graham

FEBRUARY 15, 2020

For the past two years, Japanese virtual reality (VR) developer Psychic VR Lab has held its NEWVIEW Awards to showcase the best talent using its free online creation tool STYLY. Accepting submissions from around the world – 2019 received 145 – the event took place in December hosted at Shibuya PARCO in Tokyo.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 3, 2018

AllSeated, an event planning and coordination platform, has launched a new VR tool which allows for one to one visualization of floorplans and venues for high end event planning. Currently, over 100 venues are enabled for the new VR platform, AllSeated says, and projects having more than 1,000 venues in their VR library by 2019.

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ARPost

APRIL 4, 2023

Focused on creating AR and VR spaces for education, training, onboarding, events, and more, and aimed at non-technical users, the company provides a cross-platform, no-code AR/VR building tool. They don’t need to know how to code to create VR apps and tools, including training programs.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

Using a tool called Vive Guardian, you’re able to create a set of privacy and security boundaries. It’s also a tool that parents can use to make sure their kids aren’t exposed to anything inappropriate as they world hop. Credit: HTC Vive. Credit: Holoride.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Make Real uses VR technology for tools and entertainment. The experience allows users to go through a simulated task performed by telecommunications employees who need to service towers. This dangerous and thankless job is what keeps our mobile phones and data networks working.

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VRScout

MAY 10, 2023

NMS VR – you can have a TV in your spaceship by u/manicmastiff81 in virtualreality The virtual monitor was brought to life using tools such as OVRToolkit and XSOverlay. The video appears in the bottom left corner of the cockpit, almost like a second display built into the console of the ship.

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Anand Tech

MAY 12, 2022

While the industry's first 3 nm-class node with GAA transistors is a noteworthy achievement by itself, one thing that is particularly important is that to make GAA transistors efficiently, fabs have to be equipped with new production tools. Gate-All-Around Transistors: Solving Many Problems at Once.

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VRScout

JUNE 7, 2021

Similar to Google Maps’ Live View, the new mode lets you scan your nearby surroundings to receive more detailed GPS data delivered in the form of AR arrows layered directly over the real world, making it the perfect tool for those in need of some additional assistance while navigating a new city or unfamiliar neighborhood.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

A direct follow-up to 2019’s Boneworks , the game will launch next week on Meta Quest 2 and PC VR headsets via Steam. Similar to Boneworks , the game will have you using realistic weapons and tools to navigate a plethora of mind-bending environments located in MythOS city.

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Road to VR

JULY 4, 2023

The most recent being Path of the Warrior (2019) for Quest and Rift. Considering that we haven’t seen any new release or even game announcement from Twisted Pixel since late 2019, it wasn’t clear if the studio had remained properly intact, or if it had been absorbed into the Meta mothership and scattered to the wind.

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ARPost

AUGUST 4, 2023

Talespin has been using AI to create experiences internally since 2015, ramping up to the use of generative AI for experience creation in 2019. They recently made those AI creation tools publicly available in the CoPilot Designer 3.0 “It’s really about metacognition.” release earlier this year. Platform Innovation CoPilot Designer 3.0

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VRScout

APRIL 16, 2021

Originally released back in 2019 in Steam Early Access , GTFO is a first-person cooperative experience in which teams of four must work together to locate and extract valuable artifacts scattered throughout a massive underground complex swarming with horrifying creatures.

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Road to VR

MARCH 27, 2020

Resolution Games, the studio behind Acron: Attack of the Squirrels (2019) and Angry Birds VR: Isle of Pigs (2019) , today launched their latest game on Magic Leap 1. Called Glimt: The Vanishing at the Grand Starlight Hotel , the detective game arrives today on Magic Leap World for free.

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ARPost

APRIL 14, 2020

Best Creator and Authoring Tool. Best Developer Tool. Best Interaction Software Tool. The Auggies recognize XR technology in 15 categories: Best Art or Film. Best Campaign. Best Consumer App. Best Enterprise Solution. Best Game or Toy. Best Headworn Device. Best Input and Output Hardware. Biggest Societal Impact. Best Use of AI.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

A report on Thurrott.com indicates Microsoft is skipping an incremental hardware update to its Hololens in favor of a generational upgrade in 2019. My sources are telling me that this version of Hololens will not arrive until 2019. This framing of the information could be representative of Microsoft’s outlook.

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VRScout

JANUARY 14, 2019

Sense Arena’s portable VR Hockey Training kit was a big hit at CES 2019. Having experienced the inuitive VR training solution myself, it comes as no surprise that the company made such a splash at CES 2019 these past few days. Everyone is trying to find tools to get better because the competition is getting tougher and tougher.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2020

First identified in the Chinese city of Wuhan towards the tail-end of 2019, Chinese authorities are now reporting thousands of confirmed cases across the massive country. Still, nCoV-2019 Tracker serves as an excellent example of VR’s potential as a data visualization tool.

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