XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 2, 2022

According to IDC data, VR headset shipments are expected to increase 42.88 Affected companies include Meta Platforms, Amazon, and the global cryptocurrency community. Multinational XR firms like Lenovo, ByteDance’s Pico Interactive, HTC VIVE, Varjo, and Microsoft are leading the charge for immersive transformations.

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Road to VR

JULY 21, 2016

Listings on Amazon have revealed prices for some PlayStation VR games, giving an idea of what Sony plans to charge for the first wave of virtual reality titles to hit the console platform. The post PlayStation VR Game Prices Previewed in Amazon Listings appeared first on Road to VR.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 4, 2023

But things on the consumers’ side may not be going as well: according to some data scrapped from Amazon, the Quest 2 outsold the Quest 3 by a factor of 3:1 in the last 30 days. HTC is working on compatibility with other headsets, but nothing has been announced yet. THREE TO ONE.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 6, 2019

Each month Valve collects data from Steam users to determine some baseline statistics about what kind of hardware and software is used by the platform’s population, and to see how things are changing over time; that includes which VR headsets are connected to users’ computers. Chart courtesy Valve.

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Upload VR

MAY 9, 2023

A new app uses your smartphone camera to track your body and it can send the data to the standalone VRChat Quest app. Most commonly, that means adding three or more HTC Vive trackers strapped to their body. HTC did tease a self-tracking Vive Tracker for later this year, but the pricing hasn't yet been revealed.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Computers, voice assistants, smart TVs; all tools utilized on a day-to-day basis by major corporations such as Amazon, Google, and Facebook in order to mine private user data and manipulate consumer behavior. was explaining in detail how major corporations have been abusing our private data for monetary gain.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 19, 2019

While 10-feet may sound like a generous amount of length, most tethered VR headsets tend to offer at least 16-feet, including the HTC Vive, Oculus Rift S, and Valve Index. This is because active cables—copper cables capable used for data transfer—are more expensive to produce than passive cables. Image Credit: Oculus.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MAY 12, 2017

This new week of HTC Vive releases welcomes a few deviations from the usual formula. Give it a go and you can check out Lego Batman, the Amazon rain-forest, and more. It released on PS VR last year as one of its best launch titles and is now available for HTC Vive (and Rift), giving PC players a high-octane tank shooter to experience.

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VRScout

MAY 4, 2018

On top of that, the device became available in 23 countries in total via the Oculus website, Amazon, and your local Best Buy store. . million Oculus Go units to consumers this year, outpacing other established VR headsets such as Samsung Gear, HTC Vive, and even their own Oculus Rift. The process for windows is much easier.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 29, 2019

3 music pack is now live on all supported platforms, which includes Steam (HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Valve Index, Windows VR headsets), the Oculus Store ( Rift , Quest ), and the PlayStation Store (PSVR). 3 from multiple services, including Apple Music, Google Music, Amazon, Spotify, and more. The OST Vol. Original Soundtrack Vol.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

MAY 29, 2023

Conversely, artificial intelligence backs the creation of technological advancements that can analyse, respond, and create based on data sources. This also applies to companies like IKEA and Amazon, where customers can superimpose virtual furniture, electronics, and clothing stocks in physical locations.

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XR Today - VR Headsets tag

MARCH 4, 2024

At the event, AWS collaborated with Proto Holograms to showcase a new system powered by Amazon Bedrock. AWS’s Bedrock service allows Proto Hologram to select a range of avatar models, personalize private data sets and integrate additional AWS services. However, HTC VIVE still believes that controllers hold value.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

APRIL 19, 2023

Conversely, artificial intelligence backs the creation of technological advancements that can analyse, respond, and create based on data sources. This also applies to companies like IKEA and Amazon, where customers can superimpose virtual furniture, electronics, and clothing stocks in physical locations.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Image by HTC). HTC launches Vive Flow headset for relaxation, priced at $499. After endless teasings and leaks, in the end, HTC has finally unveiled its headset: called Vive Flow, it is a lightweight device for media consumption. I send you good vibes so things go well for you too! Top news of the week.

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Robert Scoble

MAY 20, 2019

I dragged my camera down to meet her and her team in their offices in Marina Del Rey, near Los Angeles, to get a look at the business visualizations they are building for use in both Spatial Computing headsets, like Magic Leap, and VR, for HTC Vive, Oculus Quest or Rift, or others. Right away you see why this startup is gathering accolades.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 11, 2024

Moreover, as shown during NVIDIA’s Omniverse showcase at GTC last month, all forms of spatial data are becoming valuable to businesses from management to training. HTC VIVE is currently providing their devices for North Dakota Classrooms, and Meta recently gave thousands of Quests to Kentucky Schools. per cent, reaching 9.7

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 24, 2020

And I’m also worried about using a Facebook account for everything XR related, because Facebook has a long history of obscure practices with the data of its users , apart from the standard “personalized ads” business. Facebook already had full control of my Oculus and Facebook accounts, so it had already my XR data.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Your best bet is Amazon and dealing with the international shipping charges. And this is a very important point because I’ve always said to vendors like HTC, Snap, or Meta, we need hardware AND hardware technicians. Spock from Star Trek would argue that there is no problem, since there is no solution.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 2, 2017

We don’t have a clear idea on precisely how many units have been sold for the Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, PlayStation VR, Daydream View, or any other major headset on the market. Tagged with: data , figures , homido , prediction , research , sales. Most VR companies have stayed relatively tight-lipped about sales figures.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2021

Image by HTC Vive). HTC launches Vive Focus 3 and Vive Pro 2. In the end, the rumors were correct and HTC launched two headsets at VIVECON: the Vive Pro 2 and the Vive Focus 3 Business Edition. But this device got also some criticism: first of all , HTC has not released new controllers and still sells it with the old Wands.

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XR Today - VR Headsets tag

OCTOBER 31, 2023

He cited ARtillery data, highlighting how, in 2023, XR will become a “$38 billion” industry. Moreover, the collected data showcased how roughly 1.2bn users leverage AR/VR, and 606 million users leverage Metaverse services across 70 platforms – “so the Metaverse is not so dead after all,” Inbar remarked.

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XR Today - VR Headsets tag

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

The company’s training platform includes partners across multiple devices, including Meta Quest, HTC VIVE, Pico Interactive, SAP, NIIT, and Amazon, among others. XR Today: How can firms leverage data and analytics with tracking and monitoring protocols? Why is data such a crucial component for immersive training?

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 11, 2023

HTC VIVE debuted its VIVE XR Elite at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2023 in January for roughly $1,200. Meta has faced several setbacks, including transnational data flow fines , mass layoffs, online safety concerns, and huge overhead costs.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 6, 2018

Eye tracking is, in my opinion, a technology that will disrupt completely the VR ecosystem , exactly as room-scale did with the first HTC Vive. FOV: >110° (adapted to HTC Vive). So developing an eye-tracking algorithm to accurately track eyes and a method to deal with a large amount of data is quite difficult.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Moreover, Stettmeier noted that Lenovo is taking an enterprise-first approach to developing XR solutions, meaning you cannot purchase the device via conventional means such as Amazon, instead, going through professional channels – “because we want to make this an enterprise story,” Steinmeier said.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 4, 2018

HTC has maybe been the virtual reality company that has shown the most interesting things at this MWC. From the talk, it is clear that HTC is betting a lot on these new technologies and envisions a future where all of us will wear these devices every day. Similarly, it can increase the data rate from 4G’s average 0.02-0.03

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 12, 2021

Image by HTC Vive). HTC is teasing a new headset. HTC is teasing a new piece of hardware again, and this time most probably it will be a VR headset. HTC loves playing with the words, so “get down to business” can be a reference to the fact that it is a “business headset”. Top news of the week. Not much, honestly.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 19, 2022

Plus, Gen-Z and Millenials are the generations that are interested the most in it; Alvin Wang Graylin (Mister President) and Kevin Geiger had a very interesting chat in which they talked about the metaverse, China, blockchain, and HTC Vive. Part of your data on Tik Tok may still be accessible from China. Learn more. Learn more.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 15, 2016

“We know from the data we have from pre-orders that the interest we have is significant,” Ryan said during a TV interview, further saying that PlayStation VR sales will be in the “many hundreds of thousands” as the headset rolls out. SEE ALSO PlayStation VR Accessories Hit Major Online Retailers.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Disclaimer: HTC provided three of their Vive Tracker 3.0 What is an HTC Vive Tracker? Whilst the first part of this article looked at the history of the HTC Vive Tracker and its three different versions, the second part will focus on some practical experiments with the latest HTC Vive Tracker 3.0. HTC Vive Tracker 3.0

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

The only company not much affected by it is HTC, that manufacturers its headsets in Taiwan and not in Mainland China. HTC Vive releases Cosmos Elite, two models of Vive Pro Eye and creates some confusion. For sure you remember the recent launch of a full line of Vive Cosmos headsets , all with customized faceplates.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 19, 2020

After one month from its official announcement, Facebook has released the Oculus Quest 2, that from the 13th of this month can be purchased online on the Oculus Store or on official resellers (like Amazon) or offline on partner stores (like Best Buy). We can understand this from the data of the sales of the games on the Quest store.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Welcome to this new edition of the XR Week Peek, which this week will be a bit special because I will summarize here what happened during the Meta Connect, the event during which Mark Zuckerberg launched the Quest 3, the Ray-Ban Meta smartglasses, and new techniques for data harvest… cough cough I mean, new AI services.

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EnterpriseWear

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Read on for a recap of the major developments that took place in 2018: Enterprises that made the news for using wearables: In 2018, major retailers got more serious about XR in hopes of competing with Amazon and improving the shopping experience. Walmart was very active, beginning with its acquisition of VR startup Spatialand in February.

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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. Computer Vision uses SLAM to receive visual data from our physical world and use this visual input to understand and interact with the environment. It has applications in training and educational use cases.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Pokemon Go is putting digital objects around you anywhere, Foursquare’s the data elements of that. And we have a big data strategy at SuperWorld. So we’ve launched Crowe: The Drowned Armory on Oculus and HTC. HTC is also one of our investors. Alan: Yeah, it was the Amazon Prime show, Jack Something Or Other.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Pokemon Go is putting digital objects around you anywhere, Foursquare’s the data elements of that. And we have a big data strategy at SuperWorld. So we’ve launched Crowe: The Drowned Armory on Oculus and HTC. HTC is also one of our investors. Alan: Yeah, it was the Amazon Prime show, Jack Something Or Other.

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