UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 17, 2016

Today, the majority of people try VR for the first time on a Samsung Gear or Google Cardboard and, more than likely, they watch a 360-degree video. That’s a shame really, because most 360 video experiences are terrible, especially when streamed over the Internet. The SPIN Player demo consists of several 360 videos.

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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. THE INVESTMENT & FUNDING WRAPUP.

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Road to VR

JUNE 5, 2017

” SteamVR and HTC Vive on Mac OS. While Steam has been Mac compatible for some time now, Apple announced that Valve will be bringing SteamVR to Mac too, allowing the HTC Vive to run VR games on Mac systems. .” Following that, the company “will be rolling out support to all of our customers in the months to come.”

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

During all these months, I had the occasion of reading on Linkedin about all his cool prototypes and enterprise solutions that he and his colleagues have developed inside the company, ranging from 360 videos to hand-tracked training solutions with the Quest, not to mention XR entertainment solutions for airplane passengers.

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AllThingsVR

OCTOBER 18, 2016

Valve Partners with Pixvana to Improve 360-Degree Video Experience It looks like we will have to wait until early 2017 to see the full Steam 360 Video Player. However, I did have the chance to check out Pixvana’s FOVAS technology in-action on their new SPIN Player demo, for HTC Vive and Oculus Rift. (If

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VRScout

MAY 30, 2017

THE STANDALONE MOBILE HEADSET THAT HTC IS KEEPING IN JAPAN. 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.

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ARVR

JULY 6, 2020

Since around 2010 modern day VR has come out through the companies of Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, and the Sony Playstation VR. The ability to create 360 video has been around since around 2016 when users could attach a few GoPro’s together in a rig to capture pictures and video.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Now we want to get the word out that ICE isn’t just for Igloo spaces and open our doors to everyone and anyone who is interested in finding out how our software can benefit them. The first showcase of the Igloo Core Engine solution was at last year’s ISE event. In 2023, Igloo Vision showcased its various immersive spaces.

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Road to VR

JUNE 14, 2017

Apparently, the new games will be interactive and, according to the IGN piece, rendered with the Unreal engine – which hopefully lays to rest any assumptions these are merely some sort of branching 360 video abomination. “The Walking Dead, it all comes back to moral choice and what would you do as the player.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Leveraging its Igloo Core Engine (ICE), the company has curated a host of content in its viewing spaces, including building information modelling (BIM), metaverse worlds, 360-degree video, game engine demos, and many others. The award-winning operating system is also layer-based, providing clients with fully bespoke configurations.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 11, 2024

HTC VIVE is currently providing their devices for North Dakota Classrooms, and Meta recently gave thousands of Quests to Kentucky Schools. Accessible learning assets like 360 videos help to optimise adoption by providing an accessible route to understand how to interact with XR training.

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VRWorld

APRIL 11, 2017

CyberLink is one of first software companies coming out of Taiwan that succeeded in becoming a major international player. From the dawn of multi-media and first DVD-ROM drives, PowerDVD software was there to play the content (and yes, we’ll never forget the ability to change the regional lock through software).

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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. ADD-ON DEVICE AIMS TO MAKE HTC VIVE WIRELESS. WORD PRESS BLOGS NOW HOST 360 VIDEO CONTENT.

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VRScout

MAY 25, 2017

You’ll use your remote to pan around the 360 video on your flatscreen (which is, admittedly, nowhere near to the experience in a headset), but this will also support live 360 video– which will probably be pretty cool to watch content like live concerts or sporting events.

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Cats and VR

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Unlike 360 video with its fixed viewing location, VR Capture offers the full live experience where users can move throughout the event space, experiencing the show from any angle. VR content typically is synthesized from a variety of methods, requiring specialized equipment, software, post-processing and technical skills.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 3, 2016

Design — Explore early lessons of VR game design with our Oculus Studios team and top developers such as High Voltage Software, Tripwire Interactive, OZWE Games, and more. Experiences — Learn VR and 360 video production techniques from the teams that brought you Henry, Nomads: Maasai, LeBron James: Striving for Greatness, and more.

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VRScout

JUNE 10, 2016

OTOY, a graphics-based software solution whose cloud-based light field streaming and hybrid rendering tech has been used in films like Fantastic Four and Spiderman 3 is one of the most well-funded companies in the mixed reality industry with $101M in funding and a $300M valuation. Someone is Always Ready to Help THIS version of the HTC Vive….

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Delight XR

AUGUST 7, 2022

With the technology advancing every year, the hardware is getting cheaper and the software base is growing steadily. In other words, virtual reality becomes affordable and thanks to massive price drops and discounts on hardware and software bundles, now is the perfect time to get your own VR headset and discover what all the hype is about.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 18, 2017

Blortasia is his second public VR art piece, arriving a few months after the pre-rendered 3D 360 video Zen Parade for Gear VR. Enter Blortasia. The results, Mack says, are a type of “directed randomness that are hybridized and seeded with manually created elements.”

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Road to VR

JANUARY 8, 2018

Positional tracking is the dream for immersive video content, but it is a complex hardware and software challenge. While the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive surprisingly still lack support, the company has further plans to support new hardware this year, “including affordable and powerful all-in-one mobile headsets.”.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

It’s available or in beta on most current headsets, including PlayStation VR, Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Samsung GearVR and Google Cardboard. The software, the cameras, not too many things were available then,” he said. “We It also offers the ability to share your own creations and lists with other users.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 27, 2020

While in all past years the answer had always been “HTC Vive”, now the king is Oculus, with both the Rift S and the Oculus Quest getting the majority of answers (especially the Quest). This week I have read the results of two very interesting surveys: GDC, as every year, has asked VR developers what platform they’re currently interested in.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 25, 2020

My friends at 7Invensun and HTC have organized a contest to develop VR applications featuring eye tracking. If you have an HTC device, you can ask Cory Corvus (from HTC US) a Droolon F1 eye-tracking device to participate in the contest. HTC announces Vive Pro Secure. Participate in a VR eye-tracking apps contest!

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 19, 2022

It was a video player for virtual reality headsets, able to play both 2D videos, 360 videos, and 360 VR videos which was quite popular back in the Gear VR days. There is always a big debate about 360 videos being VR or not. This includes but is not limited to HTC, Oppo, Xiaomi, and Huawei.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 14, 2017

View your 360° video projects in realtime on a HTC Vive. In a trio of announcements, Apple revealed that Valve would be bringing SteamVR and HTC Vive to the new iMac, Unity and Unreal Engine were coming to Mac, and Final Cut Pro X would finally support VR video editing. Final Cut Pro X 10.4

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Delight XR

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

With the technology advancing every year, the hardware is getting cheaper and the software base is growing steadily. In other words, virtual reality becomes affordable and thanks to massive price drops and discounts on hardware and software bundles, now is the perfect time to get your own VR headset and discover what all the hype is about.

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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). The rise of enterprise.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 1, 2019

” review of standalone headsets (you can find in other posts the ones related to Oculus Go and HTC Vive Focus ). it is bigger than the Oculus Go but smaller than the massive HTC Vive Focus. This is very useful for instance to share videos and photos, since you can connect your headset to your Google account.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JUNE 2, 2017

This week’s collection of new releases for the HTC Vive is quite dense and includes a solid handful of titles for you to consider adding to your library. We also have a top list of the absolute best HTC Vive games — which is updated every few months with the latest and greatest options. New HTC Vive Releases on Steam.

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VeeR VR

DECEMBER 26, 2017

These immersive headsets are compatible with VR software and applications from Microsoft Store. You can discover a large, evolving catalog of experiences: immersive and casual games, travel, 360° videos, creativity, social, live events and more. Wide range of virtual reality choices.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

After that, Marek took me to an amazing green room where I tried the development sample of the device (sorry, I couldn’t take photos or videos of that as well), so really the latest evolution of the XTAL. I tried 3 demos within that: one was a very high-resolution 360 video that let me feel on the top of a high skyscraper.

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Road to VR

MARCH 27, 2017

HTC’s Vive X accelerator is a $100 million fund for AR/VR companies that the company announced last year. Today HTC is revealing the second batch of companies that will receive investments and mentorship from the program. Mindesk developed the first immersive interface for commercial CAD software in the world.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2022

I still remember when Amaze was a distribution platform for 360 videos … I loved the high quality of its videos and I also loved the team working there. Then the startup pivoted to VR concerts when it understood that the market for 360 videos wasn’t going to explode. The booth for Beatday.

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Road to VR

APRIL 19, 2017

Facebook today announced two new additions to the Surround360 hardware initiative that are poised to make 360 video more immersive. Unveiled at the company’s yearly developer conference, F8, the so-called x24 and x6 cameras are said to capture 360 video with depth information, giving captured video six degrees of freedom (6DoF).

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VRWorld

DECEMBER 17, 2017

“With new features like 360-degree VR editing and motion graphics, advanced color grading and HDR support, Final Cut Pro gives video editors the tools to create stunning, next-generation content,” said Susan Prescott, Apple’s vice president of Apps Product Marketing.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 12, 2019

So this year, for example, the hardware, software and third party content creators to XR have seen much stronger growth in the enterprise side of that business, compared to growth in the consumer sector over the past 12 months. So we’ve got an update from HTC and Oculus on what’s the state of the hardware. Kathryn: Yes.

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VRScout

JANUARY 23, 2019

Recently, HTC and HP announced a partnership with the company, putting down a $50,000 Prize pool for ESPORTS tournaments in 2019. Focal Point VR will contribute their live 8k 360° video capture hardware & software with immersive content studio REWIND, helping to create the VR & XR apps & environments for the viewer experience.

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