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Samsung XR and EarthX Debut Environmentally-focused 360 Short Films

Road to VR

“We get to show audiences not only the beauty of nature but inspire support for pressing current issues, like firefighters taking on wildfires and Indigenous communities in the Amazon protecting their land from deforestation.”. The Amazon rainforest gives us air we need to survive and is our best hope in this time of climate change.

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The Ghost Howls’s VR Week Peek (2019.09.01): HoloLens 2 may come in September, Oculus may commercialize a multiplayer LBVR solution, HP Reverb is back and much more!

The Ghost Howls

It is not on sale on US HP Store and will be on Amazon US next month. There are both 360 video experiences and interactive CGI ones. More info (Interview video) More info (UploadVR’s selection of most interesting XR things) More info (John Carmack on augmented reality) More info (John Carmack on LBVR multiplayer SDK).

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The Ghost Howls’s VR Week Peek (2019.26.11): Half-Life: Alyx revealed, Oculus Link out, XBox not considering VR and much more!

The Ghost Howls

Oculus will release its official cable next month in limited quantities , but for now, it has released the specifications required for Link so that you can find alternate cables on Amazon. South-Africa startup Eden Labs has created an interesting design for VR headsets needed in public installations to show 360 videos.

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What is the Oculus Quest? Read here description, specs, price and how to preorder it (even from China)!

The Ghost Howls

Then you put it on and in augmented reality you configure your play area. The Oculus Quest is available for preorders on Oculus website and on the website of selected partners (like Amazon and Best Buy). Buying on US Amazon requires payment of product taxes, postage, and tariffs, so the total cost may increase by around $100.

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Navigating XR with We Are PHASE2’s Samantha Wolfe

XR for Business Podcast

Sam is a co-author of the book “Marketing New Realities: An Introduction to Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality Marketing, Branding, and Communications,” and is a contributing author to Charlie Fink’s book “Convergence: How the World Will Be Painted With Data,” with a chapter focused on augmented reality for brands.

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Navigating XR with We Are PHASE2’s Samantha Wolfe

XR for Business Podcast

Sam is a co-author of the book “Marketing New Realities: An Introduction to Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality Marketing, Branding, and Communications,” and is a contributing author to Charlie Fink’s book “Convergence: How the World Will Be Painted With Data,” with a chapter focused on augmented reality for brands.

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Navigating the New Frontier of Extended Reality with Accenture’s Rori DuBoff

XR for Business Podcast

And extended reality is the term that we are using at Accenture, and I think across the industry others are also using this term “XR” to include virtual reality, augmented reality, 3D experiences; all different types of experiences that blend the digital and physical worlds, and work on extending your reality.