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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

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Recapping the top stories covered on the VRScout Report , a weekly live video show and podcast discussing the best in VR, hosted by Malia Probst. GOOGLE EARTH IN VR IS A RUSH. Made from high-res satellite imagery, aerial photography, and Street View data, Google Earth VR is surprisingly meditative when alone and fun when with a group.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

VRScout

Also noteworthy: Final Cut Pro X will be able to support 360 video editing, Unity and Unreal now have VR support for Macs, and SteamVR is coming to Mac… and although there was a sweet on-stage mixed reality demo using Star Wars assets and an HTC Vive, there was no mention of support for Oculus.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

VRScout

To make matters murkier, there’s also the recently-announced partnership between Google and HTC Vive to create new standalone mobile headsets for all Google Daydream-ready Android phones. AIRLINES TESTING AUGMENTED REALITY TO READ YOUR EMOTIONS. RIDE A VIRTUAL WATERSLIDE WITHOUT GETTING WET AT TOPSHOP. Apparently the $1.4B

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Samsung hints at a future mixed reality headset (and at unsolvable problems for Gear VR)

The Ghost Howls

Things do not go better for Gear VR’s competitor Daydream View : at the recent launch of the Pixel 3, there has been no mention of virtual reality… and Google has just stated that Pixel 3 is Daydream compatible (with the old model of Daydream view, of course) when journalists asked the question after the event.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.06.13): Magic Leap exploring a sale, events are going virtual and more!

The Ghost Howls

This means that if you are in Google Earth VR in a green room where there is a friend of yours, you can see the city that you are visiting all around you, and the real image of your friend being there with you. More info (Camera Path and Google Drive backup) More info (Sketchfab exporting). Google MediaPipe can now track 3D objects.

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VR Reader

ARVR

There is a spectrum of relationships between the consensus reality we commonly share and various synthetic ‘realities.’ What is often called ‘Augmented Reality,’ or AR, is just a bit of synthetic stuff laid on top of the world we’re used to, like, Pokemon Go. until Google Cardboard showed it didn’t have to be.

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The XR Week (2020.11.16): HP Reverb G2 still haunted by WMR tracking, Quest 2 update brings 90Hz, and more!

The Ghost Howls

to play simulation games) or if you don’t need to play games where controllers tracking is fundamental, like competitive shooters. This AR glass is one of the most interesting augmented reality devices on the market, and I’m a bit envious that my Japanese friends can already buy it. Google releases the Objectron dataset.