Upload VR

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Apple Vision Pro is a very impressive fusion of hardware and software, but it's by no means perfect. Apple Vision Pro Specs, Features & Details Apple officially revealed the full Vision Pro specs when opening preorders today. And Apple did not send UploadVR a review unit, we bought our own. But does it deliver?

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

A market where Oculus has almost no earning s from the hardware sales, though, so it’s a weird situation. Do you remember that Facebook is working on hyper-realistic avatars , that not only have an appearance very similar to the one of the user, but that can also simulate exactly his/her facial expressions? Who knows.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2021

Oculus has also partnered with Virtuclear to offer prescription lenses for the Quest 2 for $80. All the 3 major VR runtimes (Oculus, SteamVR, Microsoft) are now compatible with OpenXR , and this means that on the runtime layer on PC, now OpenXR has been fully integrated. You can now use consumer devices inside Oculus For Business.

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ARVR

JANUARY 6, 2023

Users can use HMD devices such as Google Cardboard, Oculus Quest, Rift or HTC Vive to experience an imaginary environment. ARKit  — ARKit is one of the powerful AR SDK released by Apple on 2017 to build AR solutions using iOS devices. Salesforce uses Oculus Rift to create an immersive 3D environment for analyzing data.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

monthly connected headsets only on Steam (so this doesn’t consider Oculus Store users and PSVR users), and t he year-over-year growth is +75%. He said that only on Christmas day, people spent $5M on the Oculus Store , and we can expect that most of this money was spent on Quest. Amazon promises “single-digit latency” XR streaming.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 25, 2022

We often talk about Apple and Meta, but we should not forget that Google is still in the match, and that in the AR Cloud race, it has still many cards to play, like the mapping of all the world already made with Google Maps. Let me quote Upload VR: The executives say the average number of Oculus friends per account was 0.5 Other news.

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CraneMorley

AUGUST 1, 2023

Simulation: The industrial metaverse can be used to simulate industrial processes. Simulation: The industrial metaverse can be used to create virtual simulations of physical systems, which can be used to test and optimize designs, troubleshoot problems, and train workers. Apple’s Plan How Will Apple Compete?

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 12, 2021

score on the Oculus App Lab now. In the meanwhile, if you can, go giving 5 stars to the cube on App Lab … who knows if Facebook may consider promoting it on the main Oculus Store…. As for the controllers, they look like a mix of the Oculus Touch and the controllers of the Vive Focus Plus, with some important ergonomic adjustments.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 18, 2019

We had, for DuPont Corian — which is a client of ours — we had an experience that showed bathroom vanities that you’re able to look at and place inside of your own space, similar to what IKEA is doing, and Amazon. Mobile virtual reality on a headset like an Oculus Go, which is $200. Rori: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 18, 2019

We had, for DuPont Corian — which is a client of ours — we had an experience that showed bathroom vanities that you’re able to look at and place inside of your own space, similar to what IKEA is doing, and Amazon. Mobile virtual reality on a headset like an Oculus Go, which is $200. Rori: Yeah.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Additionally, founding the Upload Academy, a VR/AR developer training program, which graduated its first class in August with a number of success stories including Found – a gorgeous Miyazaki-esque narrative experience created by four of our students which was recently recognized on stage during the Oculus Connect Keynote. January 2016.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

Started covering those areas when they were very tied to games, especially when the original Oculus Rift was launched. If you look at someone like Apple, they aren’t about to put their logo on something like the current developer-focused headsets out there. And we also look at consumer software numbers as a whole.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

Started covering those areas when they were very tied to games, especially when the original Oculus Rift was launched. If you look at someone like Apple, they aren’t about to put their logo on something like the current developer-focused headsets out there. And we also look at consumer software numbers as a whole.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 15, 2019

We plan to go online with it on Amazon or Netflix and present it like that, and then have it be an additional thing that maybe Netflix or Amazon has on their platform in the Oculus or HTC. And we put this kind of like Apple-esque music over it, and made this cute little commercial and it never saw the light of day.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

Started covering those areas when they were very tied to games, especially when the original Oculus Rift was launched. If you look at someone like Apple, they aren't about to put their logo on something like the current developer-focused headsets out there. And we also look at consumer software numbers as a whole. Which is crazy.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 12, 2019

Alan: The Oculus Quest is coming out next week at [Facebook] F8, and it’s full six degrees of freedom. I think that was one of the biggest challenges over the last few years, was… well, put it this way: Amazon has 1.5 billion products for sale on Amazon. The first Oculus was… out in, what, early 2012?

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 12, 2019

Alan: The Oculus Quest is coming out next week at [Facebook] F8, and it’s full six degrees of freedom. I think that was one of the biggest challenges over the last few years, was… well, put it this way: Amazon has 1.5 billion products for sale on Amazon. The first Oculus was… out in, what, early 2012?

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 30, 2019

2010, we had wearable technologies like the Fitbits, the Apple Watch, so forth and so on. When you walk into a Best Buy’s or you walk into any retailer, they’re selling you the Amazon Echo and they’re selling you the Google Home, where you ask a question, it plays a video. And in the 90s we had the laptops.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 30, 2019

2010, we had wearable technologies like the Fitbits, the Apple Watch, so forth and so on. When you walk into a Best Buy's or you walk into any retailer, they're selling you the Amazon Echo and they're selling you the Google Home, where you ask a question, it plays a video. And in the 90s we had the laptops. And the great thing is--.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 30, 2019

2010, we had wearable technologies like the Fitbits, the Apple Watch, so forth and so on. When you walk into a Best Buy’s or you walk into any retailer, they’re selling you the Amazon Echo and they’re selling you the Google Home, where you ask a question, it plays a video. And in the 90s we had the laptops.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Apple is entering the XR field, and Facebook is currently dominating the VR market. Apple headset may be very lightweight. According to Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, the upcoming Apple visor should weigh around 3–400g, which is much lighter than current headsets on the market, including the Quest 2.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

We can use a simulation to help do what’s called exposure therapy. So, for example, someone who might have a fear of flying, we can develop a simulator that allows him to go through the experience, or fear of heights, or fear of spiders, or really anything that there is a fear reaction to. It’s just amazing.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 28, 2019

Being able to simulate hazardous environments without putting anybody in harm’s way during a training scenario or training exercise is the ideal situation. There was a division of the Coast Guard that was doing training on search-and-rescue simulations. So, had I had a VR simulator, I probably saved myself a lot of money.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 28, 2019

Being able to simulate hazardous environments without putting anybody in harm’s way during a training scenario or training exercise is the ideal situation. There was a division of the Coast Guard that was doing training on search-and-rescue simulations. So, had I had a VR simulator, I probably saved myself a lot of money.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 25, 2022

One of the biggest assets Apple has is its stores, and now Meta wants to copy it also about this feature. I think it is a fundamental decision, that may make Meta reduce its operational gap when compared to Apple, even if I think that the branding gap is still enormous. Image by Amazon). Amazon may be working on an XR device.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

We can use a simulation to help do what's called exposure therapy. So, for example, someone who might have a fear of flying, we can develop a simulator that allows him to go through the experience, or fear of heights, or fear of spiders, or really anything that there is a fear reaction to. And it also wasn't very comfortable to wear.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

We can use a simulation to help do what’s called exposure therapy. So, for example, someone who might have a fear of flying, we can develop a simulator that allows him to go through the experience, or fear of heights, or fear of spiders, or really anything that there is a fear reaction to. It’s just amazing.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 28, 2019

Being able to simulate hazardous environments without putting anybody in harm's way during a training scenario or training exercise is the ideal situation. There was a division of the Coast Guard that was doing training on search-and-rescue simulations. So, had I had a VR simulator, I probably saved myself a lot of money.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 31, 2020

And then of course, Apple came along and created USDZ. And then there’s Amazon, they have Sumerian. You have Apple, with ARKit. And you’d be able to– and you’re able to accelerate it, because it’s sort of a real time environment, you’re able to do these virtual simulations.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 31, 2020

And then of course, Apple came along and created USDZ. And then there’s Amazon, they have Sumerian. You have Apple, with ARKit. And you’d be able to– and you’re able to accelerate it, because it’s sort of a real time environment, you’re able to do these virtual simulations.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Even the big players like Sony, Apple, and Microsoft have substantially reduced their production estimates for 2022, whilst processor manufacturers talk of delays into 2024. Amazon sold me a moulded nylon grip for an AR-15 airsoft rifle… it was time to start work building my first development “Mule”. Image provided by Rob Cole).

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 31, 2020

And then of course, Apple came along and created USDZ. And then there's Amazon, they have Sumerian. You have Apple, with ARKit. And you'd be able to-- and you're able to accelerate it, because it's sort of a real time environment, you're able to do these virtual simulations. Or in Canada, USDZed.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 24, 2021

In the end, it has not been Apple or Facebook, but Snap to make its first move in the AR glasses space. Oculus Quest gets v29 update. For us developers, there is also now the possibility of opening WebXR links easily from the PC by writing their URLs in the Oculus Developer Hub. Top news of the week. Image by Snap).

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 25, 2022

I can’t guarantee that these predictions will come out to be true (I always joke about the fact that I miss many of the predictions about Meta/Oculus), but I think they will be worth reading anyway to understand what can be the trends to look for in this new year. Me wearing my branded Oculus Quest 2. So… let’s start!

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Tech Trends VR

DECEMBER 19, 2019

The Oculus Quest was a hit. At this year’s year’s E3 conference, Facebook’s Vice President of Special Gaming Strategies Jason Rubin told audiences that the Oculus Quest was seeing “console-like” engagement from users, selling $5 million worth of content in first 2 weeks since the device started shipping back in May.

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