Road to VR

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg took the stage at Oculus Connect, the company’s annual developer conference, to show off Facebook’s latest social VR prototype. Going through a number of 360 photos and 360 video as backdrop to demo, the three played cards, chess, and fought with swords.

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VRScout

MAY 7, 2017

Now that the dust has settled on F8, Facebook’s annual developer conference, it’s time to look back and ask ourselves: what do those announcements actually mean for the end consumers? Leading up to F8, I wrote a piece highlighting five key predictions about what we’d discover at the conference. Augmented Reality. Virtual Reality.

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VRScout

APRIL 18, 2017

During Facebook’s annual F8 developer conference , Head of Social VR Rachel Franklin took the stage to show off the company’s latest efforts to make VR more social. You can step inside 360 videos with friends and even draw and play with Touch controllers. And of course there is the selfie stick.

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Road to VR

APRIL 18, 2017

On stage at Facebook’s F8 conference this morning, CEO Mark Zuckerberg confirmed that the company will today launch their first social VR application. On stage at F8 today, the company announced the launch of Facebook Spaces in beta for Oculus Rift and Touch. The app is available now on the Oculus store.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 5, 2017

Designed in partnership with Oculus, the Gear VR hardware platform delivered the first high-quality mobile VR solution back in November 2015 (beating the consumer version of the Oculus Rift to market) and has only recently received notable competition in the form of Google’s Daydream platform.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 23, 2021

Every year, the Oculus Connect, later (sadly) renamed as Facebook Connect, is the biggest event about XR from Facebook. This year the conference will be held online for the second year in a row, but for sure will be a must-watch. You can now invite your Oculus friends to play with a web link. Join it to support these cool devs!

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 6, 2016

Adobe is clearly acutely aware of these issues and are keen to tackle them, so they demonstrated a short sneak peek session at the annual Adobe MAX conference in Las Vegas last week. DiVerdi aptly demonstrates first the issues with snipping 360 video in the traditional 2D toolset.

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VRScout

MAY 26, 2016

A couple years later, they started experimenting with VR and 360 video to tell more impactful stories. The photo above is the conference room where he slept on a fold-out couch. RYOT’s current output is about three videos per week produced for viewing on mobile phones. This is their story, with pictures.

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Cats and VR

JUNE 29, 2016

With over one million active monthly users of the Samsung GearVR, millions of Google Cardboard units and high-end Oculus Rift and HTC Vive pre-orders, Smithson believes that brands that are early to develop unique and engaging content for VR and will have a huge advantage over their competition.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 14, 2016

During the first day of VR On The Lot , a virtual reality industry conference at Paramount Pictures Studios, Sony Music unveiled a new VR experience from superstar Norwegian DJ Kygo. Set to the hit song “Carry Me,” this new music experience is a stunning look at what the future of music videos may look like.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 27, 2020

What is interesting the most are not the features, that more or less are the same as most other headsets: integrated headphones, halo+headband, IPD adjustment, etc… It seems a mix of a Samsung Odyssey and an Oculus Rift S. Oculus Go is not part of the Oculus For Business program anymore. PSVR 2 could be revealed next month.

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VRScout

MAY 3, 2017

PlayStation looks to an arcade rollout, Shazam goes augmented, AMD wants to go wireless, HTC Viveport’s new subscription service, the investment & funding wrapup, and more… You can enjoy the full audio recording below: IT’S NOW WAY EASIER TO COMBINE 360 VIDEO AND ANIMATION. Facebook wants to convert their current 1.7B

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 8, 2016

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg showed the future of his company on stage at Oculus Connect this week. He effortlessly placed a video call from a virtual reality headset, using Facebook Messenger to connect with his wife’s phone. ” Microphones are already standard features on every Oculus VR headset.

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VRScout

JULY 12, 2017

Forbes claims that the researchers, originating from both Alibaba and Tsinghua University, were able to ‘complicate’ experiences on a variety of VR platforms such as Facebook’s Oculus Rift, Microsoft’s HoloLens, the HTC Vive and Facebook 360 videos on the iPhone 7.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 19, 2016

FACEBOOK LAUNCHES LIVE 360 VIDEOS WITH NAT GEO. Partnering with National Geographic to show off the Mars Desert Research Station in Utah in full 360 degree glory, Facebook took its first steps into live spherical video. PARTY WITH YOUR FACEBOOK FRIENDS IN VR: OCULUS ROOMS & PARTIES.

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Road to VR

JUNE 5, 2017

At Apple’s World Wide Developer Conference today, the company made a major shift in their embrace of virtual reality with several new VR announcements during the event’s opening keynote. Apple is updating their professional video editing application, Final Cut Pro X, to support 360 degree video editing.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

According to Reuters, Microsoft’s executive vice president Harry Shum took the stage at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai and said that the HoloLens 2 will be released sometime in September of this year. There are both 360 video experiences and interactive CGI ones. But it is able to shoot 3K 360 videos.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 16, 2018

But now, these days are over and while the standalone headsets like Vive Focus and Oculus Go are rising, the mobile headsets are becoming always more something of the past. Too many 360 videos, too many minigames. Yes, there were nice-to-have apps, but no app that was compelling enough to keep people hooked to the platform.

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VRScout

JUNE 9, 2017

Now Apple has thrown us a bone, and during their World Wide Developer Conference last week gave us Apple silo folk some good news. Out of the Big 2 of PC-powered, top-tier VR hardware…the HTC Vive won over the Oculus Rift, with the Vive doubling the Rifts’ sales at 200K units. APPLE TAKES A (VERY SOLID) SWING AT AUGMENTED REALITY.

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VRWorld

OCTOBER 9, 2017

The Facebook CEO conducted a brief, live 360-video broadcast in which he and Facebook’s head of social VR Rachel Franklin promoted the company’s upcoming Oculus Rift developer conference while also talking about the company’s humanitarian efforts.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 16, 2020

The situation looks uncertain, and probably we will hear about Magic Leap’s plans at the next LEAP Conference. Valve Index and Oculus Quest were on sale again. This week the Valve Index and the Oculus Quest have been put back in stock. Image by Oculus). Other relevant news. Who knows…. News worth a mention.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 17, 2016

Weekend Downloads is part of our weekly update to bring you the latest additions to the Samsung Gear VR , Oculus Rift , and Touch Controllers. This Week’s New Gear VR and Oculus Rift Content (12/17/16). Chernobyl VR Project combines video game mechanics with an educational and movie narrative approach.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

This has been a hectic week for the leaks on the upcoming new Oculus Quest Pro device. Marky Z hinted that the device should feature eye and face tracking, and recent findings in Oculus Quest 2 runtime confirm this. I also thank everyone of you that supported me in this journey! Top news of the week. Image from Imgur).

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MAY 25, 2016

At the Display Week conference in San Francisco, CA this week – Samsung showcased a number of next generations of displays, but it was the VR area that (obviously) caught our eye most. It looks like a 4K Samsung Gear VR might be a lot closer than we thought. The post Samsung Showcases 4K UHD Display For VR appeared first on UploadVR.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 1, 2017

I tried a Microsoft prototype VR headset at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco and got the first public look at the company’s vision for mixed reality beyond Hololens. I was among a handful of journalists invited to see the internal Microsoft prototype, though I was told photos or videos for my demo would not be allowed.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 20, 2020

(Image by Oculus). Oculus could be starting the production of a new Quest at the end of July. Multiple reports seem to confirm that Oculus is actually starting the production of a new Oculus Quest headset, with an expected release date in 2021. of units more produced annually. Other relevant news. Image by Pico).

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

The NBA on TNT VR app will also be a part of the playoff games, through the 2018 Western Conference Finals. It’s currently available for Samsung Gear VR, Google Daydream, Oculus , and Google Play. Tuesday, April 10 – Boston @ Washington.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 6, 2022

It’s like Oculus or Meta currently. Why did you decide to do a concert with your cameras in 180 VR and not with all CGI, or with 360 videos? Nikk: 180 over 360 is just where the technology’s at. The West is Meta, China is ByteDance , and so Meta, Oculus, ByteDance, Pico. They have metaverse conferences.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 9, 2016

Now in its 3rd year, the annual Proto Awards have shadowed Oculus’ developer conference Connect since the first event, with an aim to celebrate the best that this new immersive industry has to offer. SEE ALSO Jaunt's New 'Zoolander 2' 360 Video is a Farcical Romp. But who else made the grade? Waves – Wevr.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

A traveling showcase of digital and video works, Björk Digital started in Australia and it just debuted at London’s Somerset house. To announce this European premiere, Björk held a press conference and beamed herself in (from Iceland) via a psychedelic motion-captured avatar churning with colors (because why not?).

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Road to VR

JUNE 26, 2018

Announced back at Facebook’s F8 developer conference earlier this year, Oculus TV is the company’s latest first-party app that pulls a number of flatscreen video options together under one roof. The app is now available for free on Oculus Go. Oculus Go users can download Oculus TV for free here.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Fast-forward six years, with Oculus Rift VR development kits readily available, Belch started a master’s thesis project with Bailenson to study how to use VR to train quarterbacks. I had a chance to catch up with STRIVR Lab’s Chief Science Officer, Michael Casale , at the Experiential Technology and Neurogaming Conference in May.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Today at Oculus Connect 4, the company’s annual developer conference, Oculus revealed the Project Santa Cruz ‘Prototype 2’ standalone VR headset, including 6DOF motion controllers. Image courtesy Oculus. Oculus told me that tracking on the P2 had been a major focus since the P1 was shown last year.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 12, 2019

As this episode goes live, Alan’s away giving a talk at the XR Intelligence conference in San Francisco. Today, we’re speaking with Kathryn Bloxham from Reuters Events brand, XR Intelligence, about their amazing business conference, VRX happening in San Francisco, December 12th and 13th. So we’ll get into that.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 31, 2016

“In the videos there were lots of nervous jokes and agitation to keep it light hearted for the volunteer. The Last Moments was premiered at a euthanasia conference in Amsterdam, attended by specialists, volunteers and pro right-to-die campaigners. I wanted to bring that out in the script.”. It’s just all over the place at the moment.”.

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ARVR

MARCH 5, 2021

The Best VR Events and Concerts Planned for 2021 History I attended the 1990 SIGGRAPH conference in Boston where Dr. William Bricken made a seminal speech and delivered a spectacularly quotable line: Psychology is the Physics of VR “The Year of VR” was declared. The Possibility of AR on the Urban Space 2. Enter The Monarchy 3.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 12, 2019

As this episode goes live, Alan’s away giving a talk at the XR Intelligence conference in San Francisco. Today, we’re speaking with Kathryn Bloxham from Reuters Events brand, XR Intelligence, about their amazing business conference, VRX happening in San Francisco, December 12th and 13th. So we’ll get into that.

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