XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 6, 2020

And previously having been at HTC Vive -- and before that actually HP -- I have an interesting perspective on kind of all three of those. And what some companies have done is actually flooded a real home and then created 360 video of that home. I'm really excited to have eye tracking as part of the daily experience of XR.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 30, 2020

If Microsoft will improve the WMR ecosystem with at least 4 tracking cameras, this can be an headset to look at with much attention. GTC digital is online, NVIDIA shows cheap eye tracking. But NVIDIA has not given up, and has recorded the videos of all the expected speeches and put them online. Apple ARKit 3.5

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 4, 2019

I expected the convention area to be a bit bigger … but probably HTC didn’t want to make a bombastic event with thousands and thousands of people there, but preferred a more sober event with some hundreds of people in the audience and thousands following the online stream. Lip Tracking module for the HTC Vive Pro.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Enter RiVR, who are using 360 video and photogrammetry to recreate these practice blazes digitally. We also use 360 video to show you at the end of it — for your learning outcome — where the fire actually started. CEO Alex Harvey and Alan have a heated discussion on the topic. That was three years ago.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Enter RiVR, who are using 360 video and photogrammetry to recreate these practice blazes digitally. We also use 360 video to show you at the end of it — for your learning outcome — where the fire actually started. CEO Alex Harvey and Alan have a heated discussion on the topic. That was three years ago.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Although not as robust as the HTC Vive controllers, the wand-like controller is easy to use… and fun. Founded in 2011, Tobii’s eye-tracking products have been used by huge companies in the gaming space (Acer has launched several monitors incorporating the tech) to determine where users are looking on screens. …and more.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Enter RiVR, who are using 360 video and photogrammetry to recreate these practice blazes digitally. We also use 360 video to show you at the end of it -- for your learning outcome -- where the fire actually started. CEO Alex Harvey and Alan have a heated discussion on the topic. Alex: RiVR is “Reality in Virtual Reality.”

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 27, 2019

The latest generation of XR technologies introduces radical new capabilities, from multi-user tracking in massive spaces, to 6DOF standalone headsets, to the ability to track hands, eyes, and lips. As the China President at HTC, he leads all aspects of the company’s VR and smartphone business in the region.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 27, 2019

The latest generation of XR technologies introduces radical new capabilities, from multi-user tracking in massive spaces, to 6DOF standalone headsets, to the ability to track hands, eyes, and lips. As the China President at HTC, he leads all aspects of the company’s VR and smartphone business in the region.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 4, 2018

The second most important XR news from this F8 has surely been the reveal of the Oculus Half Dome prototype : a tethered headset with varifocal display (that lets you see sharply the objects that in VR are close to your face, for instance), 140 degrees field of view and eye tracking. You can see the announcement in this video.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

” And once we showed them that, like, “hey, you can actually connect your Evo through Wi-Fi to an Oculus Go headset or to an HTC Vive and you can adjust your exposure and your camera settings, live in-headset and see where you’re actually recording,” it was a huge game-changer. Is that correct? Alan: Absolutely.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

” And once we showed them that, like, “hey, you can actually connect your Evo through Wi-Fi to an Oculus Go headset or to an HTC Vive and you can adjust your exposure and your camera settings, live in-headset and see where you’re actually recording,” it was a huge game-changer. Is that correct? Alan: Absolutely.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

And once we showed them that, like, "hey, you can actually connect your Evo through Wi-Fi to an Oculus Go headset or to an HTC Vive and you can adjust your exposure and your camera settings, live in-headset and see where you're actually recording," it was a huge game-changer. But that would be even more so as we get eye-tracking involved.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

This got some press, because HTC VIVE released a press release with Bell, saying that their latest helicopter was created 10 times faster using VR, and you guys were the company doing that. There's also 360 videos where you can now buy, 360 stock photos from a company like Blend Media, and also 3D assets on CGTrader or Sketchfab.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

This got some press, because HTC VIVE released a press release with Bell, saying that their latest helicopter was created 10 times faster using VR, and you guys were the company doing that. There's also 360 videos where you can now buy, 360 stock photos from a company like Blend Media, and also 3D assets on CGTrader or Sketchfab.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

This got some press, because HTC VIVE released a press release with Bell, saying that their latest helicopter was created 10 times faster using VR, and you guys were the company doing that. There's also 360 videos where you can now buy, 360 stock photos from a company like Blend Media, and also 3D assets on CGTrader or Sketchfab.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

This got some press, because HTC VIVE released a press release with Bell, saying that their latest helicopter was created 10 times faster using VR, and you guys were the company doing that. There's also 360 videos where you can now buy, 360 stock photos from a company like Blend Media, and also 3D assets on CGTrader or Sketchfab.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 13, 2016

Above: VR Funhouse is a series of mini games for the HTC Vive virtual reality headset. Now he’s doing VR and he’s come up with a couple of funny VR shorts, interactive 360 videos. Microsoft and Facebook have talked about inside out tracking. Google recently bought Eyefluence for its eye tracking.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 25, 2017

One of the current problems with room-scale experiences and high-end headsets like the HTC Vive are the wires. HTC, painfully aware of this problem, is now selling the TPCAST accessory that makes the Vive wireless. Eye Tracking. 360-video will continue to grow as a medium for immersive, linear experiences.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 14, 2019

HTC Vive Cosmos and its controllers, just announced at CES (Image by HTC). HTC has been the VR star of this CES 2019. The biggest announcement has been the HTC Vive Cosmos , a headset that has generated a lot of hype also because HTC has not revealed all its features, but it has only teased them. FinchShift.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

Alan: There’s VR where you can make the full thing in computer graphics, but there’s also 360 videos; being able to capture a training experience in 360 video, and then add computer graphics on top of that. They’re going to sell you 360 video. HTC VIVE sold a couple million.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

Alan: There’s VR where you can make the full thing in computer graphics, but there’s also 360 videos; being able to capture a training experience in 360 video, and then add computer graphics on top of that. They’re going to sell you 360 video. HTC VIVE sold a couple million.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

Alan: There's VR where you can make the full thing in computer graphics, but there's also 360 videos; being able to capture a training experience in 360 video, and then add computer graphics on top of that. And if you bring in a studio who is really good at 360 video, guess what they're going to sell you.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 16, 2022

It’s good news by the way that there is continuous IPD adjustment (and with a wider range than before) and that thanks to eye tracking sensors, the headset can tell you if you have positioned it well on your head. There is also an eye-relief dial, so you can put the lenses very close to your eyes, for added field of view.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 22, 2019

You’ve got mobile phone-based AR, eye tracking set devices, taste experiments, hot and cold devices, thermal devices, and then tracking systems for motion capture, and of course, treadmills for omni-directional walking. Antony: Yeah, of course, I was there; I listened to all the presentations by HTC.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 22, 2019

You've got mobile phone-based AR, eye tracking set devices, taste experiments, hot and cold devices, thermal devices, and then tracking systems for motion capture, and of course, treadmills for omni-directional walking. Antony: Yeah, of course, I was there; I listened to all the presentations by HTC. Antony: The interest.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 22, 2019

You’ve got mobile phone-based AR, eye tracking set devices, taste experiments, hot and cold devices, thermal devices, and then tracking systems for motion capture, and of course, treadmills for omni-directional walking. Antony: Yeah, of course, I was there; I listened to all the presentations by HTC.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

HTC has actually released that for the Vive Focus Plus … Well, according to the god John Carmack , it is something about which the company has discussed a lot and has also experimented a lot. As far as I have understood, it will let you so watch all kind of media: photos, standard videos, 180 VR videos and 360 video s.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

This kind of seamless interface is great and it is exactly the same one that HTC already offers with the Vive Focus Plus and Viveport Streaming and that I’ve tried and appreciated. I guess Oculus will aim at something similar, because it is very handy (Image by HTC Vive). Rift line gets discontinued.

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