Upload VR

JANUARY 12, 2024

Google is eliminating hundreds of roles in its hardware division, mostly from its first-party AR hardware team. Here's the statement Google provided to news outlet 9to5Google : "A few hundred roles are being eliminated in [Devices & Services] with the majority of impacts on the 1P AR Hardware team.

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Mashable VR

MAY 11, 2022

Remember Google Glass? The controversial wearable tech product ultimately failed , but it looks like Google is ready to give a version of it another try. At Google I/O 2022 on May 11, Google gave viewers a peak at its new AR glasses. This was the only glimpse Google provided of its AR glasses.

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ARVR

JANUARY 21, 2022

Let’s take a look at some of the augmented reality trends driving innovation in 2022. This past year, Google introduced a few new features for ARCore such as recording and playback APIs. Trend #2: Powering Indoor and Outdoor Navigation In 2022, AR navigation has become more fluid and achievable than ever before.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 12, 2022

NVIDIA delivered a speech on Tuesday at the SIGGRAPH 2022, revealing a fresh lineup of metaverse solutions to audiences, including virtual world-building, digital twin, and avatar platforms. Kent Bye VoicesOfVR (@kentbye) August 9, 2022. The tool would also simulate muscle movements and lifelike hair textures.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 21, 2021

PSVR 2 may release during Holidays 2022. According to a report from Bloomberg, Sony may release its much-awaited next-gen PSVR headset (which I informally call PSVR 2) during Holidays 2022. Every time someone will look for that game, he would find as the first result on Google the negative review by Carmack. Other relevant news.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 24, 2022

Owlchemy Labs, the Google-owned VR studio known for Job Simulator (2016) and Cosmosmious High (2022) , teased a new multiplayer VR game that’s built from the ground-up for hand tracking interactions.

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ARVR

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Metaverses are great for teaching skills VR simulators are a perfect choice when a company needs to train its employees and make the process safe, immersive, effective and cost-efficient. With a VR simulator, it takes zero time and effort to learn the interface so an employee can immediately start the training.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Google: RawNeRF. Google first introduced RawNeRF in 2020 as an automated photogrammetry tool that can simulate the real-world lighting of a scanned object. Additionally, Google’s service lets an XR designer add post-processing elements to their digital twin, including focus, dynamic ranges, and tone mapping.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Google might not earn as much attention in the XR space as some other leading technology vendors, but it has already captured the attention of countless artists and educators with its unique virtual reality tools. Software like Google’s VR tilt brush allows users to create unique virtual art pieces in a completely limitless canvas space.

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XR Today - Big XR News tag

JANUARY 23, 2023

Google Parent Alphabet Lays Off 12,000 Jobs Late last week, Alphabet, Google’s parent firm, laid off roughly 12,000 individuals. The move accounts for around 6 percent of Google’s global workforce. Google’s layoffs come just days after Microsoft and Amazon announced cutbacks of roughly 10,000 employees.

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ARPost

JULY 25, 2022

At a range of three meters, the VITURE One XR glasses generate a simulated 120-inch television screen. Layer is a renowned design studio whose previous clients include Nike and Google. Pre-orders begin at $479, with shipping starting in December 2022. VITURE One XR Glasses, A Quick Look. VITURE One XR glasses.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 10, 2022

According to Youtuber Sadly It’s Bradley, Project Cambria should come half of this year (Q2 2022) and have MiniLED screens and pancake lenses. This is why companies like Apple, Google, Microsoft and Meta are exploring similar technologies. Cooking Simulator VR is the best VR game of 2021 on SteamVR. But there is more!

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VRScout

DECEMBER 27, 2021

The Oculus companion app is also topping the charts on the App Store and Google Play, which means more people than ever are diving into VR for the first time. So far we’ve seen hand-tracking technology used in a wide variety of experiences, from coworking apps like Horizon Workrooms to arcade games like Vacation Simulator.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 27, 2021

But it is anyway great news and makes us hope for a great 2022 for the whole XR ecosystem. The headset is expected for Q4 2022 , with no preorders available. CES 2022 is going to be less cool than expected. Some months ago, it was announced that CES 2022 would have had a physical edition again. This is great.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Probably we’ll hear new big shots fired at CES in January 2022. Called Cities: VR, it will bring the city-building and management simulation to Oculus Quest 2 in Spring 2022; Polyarc has confirmed that is working on Book 2 for Moss and expects to release it for PSVR in Spring 2022. Google details Project Starline.

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Hypergrid Business

MARCH 9, 2024

Image courtesy Google.) That was in 2022. Yup, Google’s Gemini 1.5 The tech companies already have preliminary models that can do most of this, including that Google AI I just mentioned. Third — and this is the key part of it — the next generation of generative AIs will be able to simulate the world.

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Upload VR

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Google’s Most Experienced VR Studio Changes Leadership Andrew Eiche is taking over Job Simulator studio Owlchemy Labs. The long time operations head at the Google-owned VR development studio is taking over for Devin Reimer, who says he’s leaving “to focus on new opportunities outside the company” after 12 years with the studio.

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ARPost

AUGUST 25, 2020

Especially with a host of low-cost VR devices such as the Google Cardboard and Samsung Gear headset, it’s already speculated that marketers will take advantage of this new messaging channel. However, virtual reality can create a simulated environment that replicates the real feel of shopping in a brick and mortar store.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 29, 2023

In 2022, demand for Generative AI solutions skyrocketed as companies began to experiment with the use of algorithms to create all kinds of new content, from simulations and videos to audio, code, text, and images. As such, Google has gone all-in on AI research, educational resources, APIs, and open-source tools.

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ARVR

AUGUST 12, 2022

Working with M7 Innovations, it engineered an AR experience where users hold up their phones to see the world through Bollé lenses in simulated low-visibility conditions. In its second campaign, Bollé expanded distribution to Google Swirl and other paid ads. a major selling point?—?it it looked to AR. Results include 19.27 engagements.

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ARPost

APRIL 11, 2023

Increased Adoption of AR in E-Commerce According to a recent survey, 38% of marketers reported using AR in 2022. Companies like Google, Microsoft, Lenovo, and Vuzix are developing smart glasses to enhance the AR experience. Hands-On Review Unlike AR, VR is entirely simulated and disconnected from the physical world.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

NVIDIA Instant NeRF NVIDIA debuted Instant NeRF in April 2022, and the software creates digital twins based on 2D images of real-world objects, people, and entire environments. Moreover, in July 2022, NVIDIA partnered with Siemens , a leading industrial and infrastructure firm, to build industrial Metaverse services.

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Road to VR

MARCH 31, 2022

Google’s VR studio Owlchemy Labs is back with its signature ‘play with everything’ approach to VR in Cosmonious High. After graduating from Vacation Simulator , does the studio’s next game get a perfect grade? Release Date: March 31st, 2022. Cosmonious High’ Comfort Settings – March 31st, 2022.

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AR Insider

MAY 3, 2021

While Burning Man announced it’s throwing in the towel on a live 2021 event, the world’s largest trade show, CES, will be back in Las Vegas the first week of January, 2022. Trainees can use Oculus or Google Glasses to learn in a virtual rendering of the facility from almost anywhere around the world. Lumeto Inc.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 25, 2021

the simulator fans that want a headset with super-high resolution), no competitor could survive against a headset that is comfortable, affordable, has a great library of content, and has full body tracking and full RGB passthrough. Its resolution is impressive, for clarity that fans of simulator games would love.

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ARVR

JUNE 26, 2020

I assume that you have basic knowledge of Unity Google Account Pair of hands 1–3 hours of free time Problem and Confusion Main problem that I’ve encountered is that there are several moving cogs in this endeavour: Unity3D 2019.4.x Virtual Reality: Do We Live In Our Brain’s Simulation Of The World? Prerequisites Latest Unity 2019.4.x

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AR Insider

MAY 6, 2020

Or we can put on device on our head (a head-mounted display or HMD) that completely occludes us from the real world allowing us to enter a completely simulated environment which we can walk around and interact in because the computer is sensing our physical actions: this is Virtual Reality or VR. Billion ad spend by 2022.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Lenovo, the world’s largest PC manufacturer by unit sales, concluded its Tech World 2022 event on Tuesday, where it rallied several key executives and major partner firms to explore its latest updates. Lenovo Reveals ThinkReality VRX at IGS Europe 2022.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Omniverse Avatars are interactive AI avatars that combine technologies in speech AI, computer vision, natural language understanding , recommendation engines, and simulation. Megadodo simulation has announced a hard pivot for its Decagear headset. Google to put all its experimental projects inside “Labs” division.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 14, 2023

According to the rumor, the headset is slim thanks to pancake optics , and It apparently features OLED microdisplays and Samsung’s own Exynos 2200 chip from 2022. These are the basic features that every new upcoming headset that wants to be serious on the market should have.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

But it seems that Meta is also working on other broader options, and we will know about them in 2022. Considering that Quest supports multitasking for 2D apps, this is great to use the Quest as a tool to work: you could have Slack in one Window, and Google Doc in another, and work on a document together with your team. John Carmack.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 13, 2021

The expected sales of these devices are around 3M units in 2023 for the first generation (to be launched at the end of 2022) and around 10M in 2024 for the second generation. The engine is able to build and simulate cities automatically by just having some parameters provided by the developers. Some news on content. It is very cool.

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ARVR

MAY 20, 2022

Working with M7 Innovations and QReal , it engineered an AR experience where users hold up their phones to see the world through Bollé lenses in simulated conditions. The second campaign then doubled down on lessons from the first, including the “activation event” noted above, and Google Swirl distribution. Google Swirl engagements.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 8, 2022

There is only one big problem: the form factor is terrible , they look super-dork, even worse than Google Glasses. They managed to put 4,000 bots simulating 4,000 connected clients in the same WebXR virtual world. RP1 also is working on a demo with 100,000 people which should be ready by the end of 2022. It is impressive.

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Tech Trends VR

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Google Ends the Daydream. The key message to come out of Google I/O this year was that the company largely abandoned its plans to push forward the development of headsets and content for VR effectively retiring the Daydream and focusing on Augmented Reality features for the Google Lens instead. Immersive Masterpiece.

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Road to VR

APRIL 10, 2019

Under Secretary of the Army Ryan McCarthy said he expects a more slimmed-down version of the headset based on HoloLens 2 to materialize as soon as 2022 and 2023, and maintains the Army will begin “fielding it to thousands and thousands of soldiers across the force.” Image courtesy CNBC. It’s a huge boost to rehearsal.”.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Moreover, in November 2022, BMW unveiled an MR real-time driving experience to showcase its M2 car. The firm achieved its vehicle simulation showcase using advanced MR headsets from project partner Varjo. Moreover, firms like Raythink are accelerating AR adoption for drivers.

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