Road to VR

AUGUST 3, 2016

Where the first Connect back in 2014 was about introducing creators to early VR design and development concepts and pre-release hardware, this year’s conference looks to have gone and grown up, indicating the move from enthusiasts nice to a rapidly evolving industry. Photo courtesy Oculus VR, LLC. Oculus Connect 3 Registration.

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VRScout

MAY 30, 2017

Remember, HTC is the Taiwanese-based hardware manufacturer and the HTC Vive Tech Corporation is a subsidiary that partners with American-based software company Valve for content via their huge Steam library. THE STANDALONE MOBILE HEADSET THAT HTC IS KEEPING IN JAPAN. RIDE A VIRTUAL WATERSLIDE WITHOUT GETTING WET AT TOPSHOP.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 6, 2016

Their OctaneRender is GPU-based, physically correct renderer that has been integrated into 24 special effects industry tools with support for Unity and Unreal Engine on the way. They also hope to eventually be able to directly deliver their physically correct renders directly to the web using WebGL.

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VRWorld

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Following the Unity Training Day on Halloween, October 31st, Unity launched pretty awesome features during the opening keynote for Unite Los Angeles 2016 conference. Unity also revealed the new version of its EditorVR authoring tool and confirmed it will be available on December 15th.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

This week has been the week of the Oculus Connect 6 , the biggest yearly event by Oculus where the VR company announces all its most important news, both on hardware and software sides. It is much better than ALVR and other similar solutions (of course, because Oculus can operate at a deeper level on its hardware and runtime).

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VeeR VR

JUNE 13, 2018

In fact, with just some simple and intuitive modification in the animation production procedure, you'd be able to change the virtual camera into a 360-degree one and shoot panoramas or 360 videos of 3D scenes you built within your favorite modelling tool, providing your viewers with exponentially better sense of space, exploration, and free-will.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 20, 2021

2020 has been a good year for the sales of VR devices : Half-Life Alyx and the launch of the Quest 2 have created a big spike in the sales of VR hardware and software. I expect all these trends to continue in 2021, for a year that will see the growth of the technology on all its sides (software and hardware).

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 5, 2021

We chose VRChat as a platform because it was the one we were the most confident in (we made all our biggest projects there), because it is one of the most powerful and versatile , and also it let us use Unity, a game engine we all knew very well. Also, VRChat has a great community that has created many tools that have been very useful for us.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

We were using VR not as a thing to study in and of itself, but we were using it as a tool to run more rigorous social psych studies. We were using something called Visa, which was a very low-level library language, very different from what Unity is right now. There was a lot of hardware work. I learned how to do the coding.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 1, 2019

On the left side, there is the Daydream logo, that reminds the user that this is a product whose software has been offered by Google, and the Lenovo logo, because this hardware has been manufactured by Lenovo. MoatBoat : a nice experiment of a world creation tool all controlled by voice. Unity Development.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

It is the console business model: selling the hardware undercost so that subsidize it with exclusive software, and your data in this case. Thanks to all these hardware, Aria can see and hear the surroundings, but can also see and hear the user. You’re part of the product being sold. Accessories.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

And what he wanted to do was create a product that was simple and easy to use and had 360-degree capabilities. And so he created the hardware and wrote the software to make 360 truly a consumer product. ” And I don’t know if they just understand that or whatever, but they just “We build hardware.”

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

And what he wanted to do was create a product that was simple and easy to use and had 360-degree capabilities. And so he created the hardware and wrote the software to make 360 truly a consumer product. ” And I don’t know if they just understand that or whatever, but they just “We build hardware.”

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

And what he wanted to do was create a product that was simple and easy to use and had 360-degree capabilities. And so he created the hardware and wrote the software to make 360 truly a consumer product. And I don't know if they just understand that or whatever, but they just "We build hardware." Because this is key to VR.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

They’re a Unity authorized training partner and their team of 20 people is giving professionals the skills they need to build value-driven XR experiences. Like, “Unity 101: here’s how to make a model.” So, yes, we do work with people with ideas for games, entertainment, and productivity tools.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

They’re a Unity authorized training partner and their team of 20 people is giving professionals the skills they need to build value-driven XR experiences. Like, “Unity 101: here’s how to make a model.” So, yes, we do work with people with ideas for games, entertainment, and productivity tools.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 23, 2019

And it, over the last, I guess 24 months, it seems like you’ve morphed into a more business tool applications. Are– the configurators and these tools, are they easy to use? The kind of default tool, which is just the viewer, is really easy to use, which is one of the reasons why we got to where we are today.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

They're a Unity authorized training partner and their team of 20 people is giving professionals the skills they need to build value-driven XR experiences. Like, "Unity 101: here's how to make a model." So, yes, we do work with people with ideas for games, entertainment, and productivity tools. Alan: So how did you begin?

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

They're a Unity authorized training partner and their team of 20 people is giving professionals the skills they need to build value-driven XR experiences. Like, "Unity 101: here's how to make a model." So, yes, we do work with people with ideas for games, entertainment, and productivity tools. Alan: So how did you begin?

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 23, 2019

And it, over the last, I guess 24 months, it seems like you've morphed into a more business tool applications. And I don't know if that's the hardware's catching up, or the bandwidth, or whatever, but I would assume it's combination of hardware, the bandwidth, the Wi-Fi, and also your techniques for loading these really quickly.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 23, 2019

And it, over the last, I guess 24 months, it seems like you’ve morphed into a more business tool applications. Are– the configurators and these tools, are they easy to use? The kind of default tool, which is just the viewer, is really easy to use, which is one of the reasons why we got to where we are today.

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VeeR VR

JUNE 24, 2018

I believe VR is an incredible tool for empathy and by showcasing these kinds of stories we can imbue our lives with a little more hope and joy. My advice for aspiring VR creators (young and old) is to experiment with as many different creation tools as possible (Tiltbrush, Unity, 360 video, photogrammetry) and see what grabs you!

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 20, 2020

In Dan Lejerskar’s experience, everyone from universities to governments see the value of XR — they just lack the content to make it a worthwhile, everyday tool. And by ’99, the hardware was there, so you can start running this on PCs. So you don’t know anything about coding, Unity, Unreal. Affordable.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 20, 2020

In Dan Lejerskar’s experience, everyone from universities to governments see the value of XR — they just lack the content to make it a worthwhile, everyday tool. And by ’99, the hardware was there, so you can start running this on PCs. So you don’t know anything about coding, Unity, Unreal. Affordable.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 20, 2020

In Dan Lejerskar's experience, everyone from universities to governments see the value of XR -- they just lack the content to make it a worthwhile, everyday tool. And by '99, the hardware was there, so you can start running this on PCs. So you don't know anything about coding, Unity, Unreal. Alan: Hi, it's Alan Smithson here.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Since founding the company in 2011, Scott as one of the first executives to get augmented reality tools in use by multi-billion dollar corporations. And it's kind of funny, because a few years ago these teams were basically Unity developers. Because for a lot of companies we could do a 360 video for $5,000. Scott: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Since founding the company in 2011, Scott as one of the first executives to get augmented reality tools in use by multi-billion dollar corporations. And it’s kind of funny, because a few years ago these teams were basically Unity developers. Because for a lot of companies we could do a 360 video for $5,000.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Since founding the company in 2011, Scott as one of the first executives to get augmented reality tools in use by multi-billion dollar corporations. And it’s kind of funny, because a few years ago these teams were basically Unity developers. Because for a lot of companies we could do a 360 video for $5,000.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 10, 2019

Can you maybe explain to listeners who have never heard of Unreal — maybe they’ve heard of Epic Games and Fortnight, and they think “video games” or something like that — can you explain how the game engines, or the development engines, are being used to develop this type of content? Just just a quick overview.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

Cameron: I've noticed that -- and this is a bit of a sideways way to look at it -- I've noticed that, with companies that come in and they're looking to dip their toe into virtual reality or augmented reality, that sometimes they fall into the trap of investing so much into the hardware. They're hiring a Unity developer or a 3D modeller.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

Cameron: I've noticed that -- and this is a bit of a sideways way to look at it -- I've noticed that, with companies that come in and they're looking to dip their toe into virtual reality or augmented reality, that sometimes they fall into the trap of investing so much into the hardware. They're hiring a Unity developer or a 3D modeller.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 10, 2019

Can you maybe explain to listeners who have never heard of Unreal — maybe they’ve heard of Epic Games and Fortnight, and they think “video games” or something like that — can you explain how the game engines, or the development engines, are being used to develop this type of content? Just just a quick overview.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

Cameron: I've noticed that -- and this is a bit of a sideways way to look at it -- I've noticed that, with companies that come in and they're looking to dip their toe into virtual reality or augmented reality, that sometimes they fall into the trap of investing so much into the hardware. They're hiring a Unity developer or a 3D modeller.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

Cameron: I've noticed that -- and this is a bit of a sideways way to look at it -- I've noticed that, with companies that come in and they're looking to dip their toe into virtual reality or augmented reality, that sometimes they fall into the trap of investing so much into the hardware. They're hiring a Unity developer or a 3D modeller.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 24, 2019

No special hardware needed; just wave your phone around, and it builds that 3D model. The tools are pretty [new], and Unity and things, you need to invest a fair bit of time and effort to build something. Aside from the improvements of the actual hardware itself. And that was kind of the germ; the start of the company.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 24, 2019

No special hardware needed; just wave your phone around, and it builds that 3D model. The tools are pretty [new], and Unity and things, you need to invest a fair bit of time and effort to build something. Aside from the improvements of the actual hardware itself. And that was kind of the germ; the start of the company.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 24, 2019

No special hardware needed; just wave your phone around, and it builds that 3D model. The tools are pretty [new], and Unity and things, you need to invest a fair bit of time and effort to build something. Aside from the improvements of the actual hardware itself. And that was kind of the germ; the start of the company.

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