UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Buying a virtual reality headset in 2016 is difficult, especially if you haven’t gotten hands-on time with the various systems. Unfortunately, if someone on your list has expressed interest in virtual reality, it is unlikely these kinds of headsets are going to blow them away. Google Cardboard.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 27, 2021

There is proof everywhere about that: The Oculus app on the iOS App Store has been at the #1 place among the most downloaded app of the day on Christmas. Then, I link you here below some resources that may be useful to get you started with virtual reality and with Oculus Quest 2 in particular. Other relevant news.

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AllThingsVR

JULY 22, 2016

HTC Vive Finds New VP of Marketing in Former Xbox, Amazon Executive The HTC Vive has been on sale for a few months now, and the team behind the kit is growing. Joining that team this month is a former executive from both Microsoft and Amazon. Sandil will also help to attract new developers to the platform.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 29, 2024

Road To VR published some statistics comparing the sales of Quest and PSVR 2 on Amazon US over the holiday season, and the proportion of sold Quests to sold PSVR 2 is 30 to 1! per-install tax after the first 1M of downloads. per-install tax after the first 1M of downloads.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 13, 2021

But this week we had the announcement that at least one of these limitations is going to lift off: Oculus is going to add downloadable content (DLC) or in-app purchases (IAP) to App Lab experiences “later this year”. Or us of New Technology Walkers , that in our fitness game HitMotion: Reloaded ( download it !) million in financing.

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Hypergrid Business

JULY 11, 2017

Amazon is going all out today with deals on virtual reality products, running the whole gamut of headset options, computers, and accessories. There’s no extra cost to you, and you can use the Smile link at any time, not just on Amazon Prime Day. Best deals on high-end headsets. Best deals on mobile headsets.

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Road to VR

MAY 8, 2017

But thanks to virtual reality, there might be an exercise machine coming to your local gym or arcade that promises to gamify what many people not only find to be an existential commentary on their personal failings, but also a painfully boring experience. “Virtual reality brings new excitement to traditional fitness equipment.

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Cats and VR

JULY 27, 2018

The world of Moss will soon extend beyond the virtual reality headset with the release of the Moss Soundtrack , dropping across major digital retailers August 3, 2018. For all other music enthusiasts, the Moss Soundtrack is now available for pre-order at digital retailers such as Bandcamp , iTunes , Google Play , and Amazon.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Before leaving you to the news of the week, let me just tell you two things that may interest you: If you missed them, don’t forget to read my predictions about augmented reality and virtual reality in 2022; This Thursday at 5 pm CET AWE Nite Florence comes back! A gamer injuries his neck while playing virtual reality.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Roblox was already on App Lab, where it had more than one million downloads, and now is going to be available on the official Quest store Asgard’s Wrath 2, coming on Quest Store on December 15th, 2023. This is a remarkable result in a niche like virtual reality.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 7, 2019

I think that eye tracking is one of those technologies that will disrupt virtual reality, mainly for three reasons: It will allow for a user interface that is more natural and intuitive. It is a VR headset targeted at consumers that lets you enjoy virtual reality in full comfort without having to deal with complicated setups.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

There are some visible UX problems, too: for instance, every time I tried to enter a new world, a popup asked me if I wanted to download it, and I had to hit the download button. After that, the download started, and when it finished, it asked me for confirmation to go there, and I had to click another button to confirm.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 28, 2023

Another leak regarded the release date: an Amazon listing put the availability date of the Quest 3 starting from October, 10th. If you want this joke to never end, please download it and then give it 5 stars! This is for me a quite solid number, considering that the app is in beta, and is available only to VRChat Plus subscribers.

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ARVR

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Compared to Amazon and Google the Portal is the only display/camera with AR capabilities. Download the free game to your Switch to race the course against AR opponents and obstacles. link] Creating AR Experience for B2B or B2C To learn more about how you can create and use Augmented Reality for your business contact Elevux.

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TechCrunch VR

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Amazon’s foray into grocery store technology provides a succinct introduction into the state of the industry. Amazon’s first act was its Amazon Go store, which opened in Seattle in early 2018. When customers enter an Amazon Go store, they swipe the Amazon app at the entrance, enabling Amazon to link purchases to their accounts.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Find out how to download it for free here. The company is also putting special emphasis on its weekly 3D films, as streaming services such as Netflix and Amazon’s Prime Video typically only serve up 2D versions. Bigscreen supports Oculus Quest, Oculus Go, Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Valve Index, and all Windows VR headsets.

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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. This shows that the sales were good among us VR techies… I myself have stopped using the Quest 2 and almost always use the Quest 3 now. THREE TO ONE.

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ARVR

APRIL 14, 2021

Streamlining the In-Store Experience With Smart Shopping Carts Last year, Amazon introduced the Dash Cart, which is a smart shopping cart that makes in-store shopping faster and more enjoyable. The Dash Cart will appear first in Amazon’s Woodland Hills grocery store in California and then start branching out to other stores.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 25, 2022

On the 11 th of May, I received an email from Pimax about their new “Sword” virtual reality motion controllers , which had finally become available to purchase, following a reveal way back in January 2019 at CES. Pimax headset listed on Amazon (Image by Amazon, provided by Rob Cole). Image provided by Rob Cole).

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2020

Ah, and last but not least: there is a mega-sale on the Epic Store now, and also GTA V is free to download. All together will let you stream a very complex virtual reality application from an edge server to a standalone VR headset via 5G. SideQuest reaches 1M downloads. Discover (and buy) the book on Amazon.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

I am also excited because thanks to the organizers of the VRX event, yesterday I have been able to interview Facebook’s Sean Liu and ask him some questions about Oculus and its vision of Virtual Reality. Minecraft Earth has been downloaded 1.2M In its first week on the US Market, Minecraft Earth has been downloaded 1.2M

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Cats and VR

MAY 1, 2017

Award-winning independent game studio HappyGiant and Tippett Studio today announced their ground-breaking augmented reality game HoloGrid: Monster Battle has made the transition to virtual reality , and is coming out on the next-generation Samsung Gear VR. USD (regularly $4.99 USD (regular price $4.99).

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ARVR

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Several large companies such as ASOS and Amazon are early adopters of the technology and have already created AR apps for their businesses. Augmented reality for maintenance and repair 4. Even though these apps are successful, not everybody is willing to download an app. It gives customers an enhanced experience.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2021

They are standard Quests , the ones you can buy on Amazon, BUT they have a business licensing. Now instead, it directly allows you to buy consumer Quests via the Oculus For Business sales channels (so no, you can’t buy them on Amazon) and use them in your professional facilities. Microsoft Ignite will be in VR. Learn more.

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ARVR

JANUARY 13, 2023

These stats make it clear that augmented reality is a vital part of digital commerce and a must-have for e-Commerce businesses. Giants like Amazon and Wayfair have been slowly adding more and more 3D/AR previews to their products. For this reason, I prefer to add a texture with transparency to the cube.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 14, 2020

If you don’t have enough of this stuff, Amazon is your friend. I am so glad that I changed my laptop for Christmas: the new one is an i7 with RTX2060 which lets me use virtual reality. to upload my videos about Half-Life: Alyx environments), I in fact use tethering from my phone and it uploads and downloads super-fast.

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Tech Trends VR

MAY 8, 2018

McQuire points to the fact that this follows similar moves made by Amazon Web Services over the past 12 months, and sees it as a clear statement of intent at gaining developer mindshare against Google ahead of its own developer event, Google I/O which also happens this week. Alexa+Cortana = BFFs.

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Tech Trends VR

DECEMBER 19, 2019

In fact, the device sold out at retailers such as Amazon, Walmart and Newegg. Dairy farmers in Russia started testing Virtual Reality on their dairy cows. Virtual Worship. Churches across the US are embracing technology, including conducting whole services in Virtual Reality. “We million downloads.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 12, 2020

FIVARS developed a custom platform powered by the Janus open source framework and Amazon Web Services (also the engine behind Netflix and Hulu). As an Italian I’m proud to say that this week we have a Virtual Reality festival happening in Rome in the wonderful frame of the Villa Maraini building. Learn more. Learn more.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 30, 2020

It is one of the games with the highest review scores on Steam and Metacritic; Valve has already released two patches to fix some common complaints on the game; The game has had an impressive number of downloads (the estimated number is around 200–500,000), concurrent users (more than 40,000), and viewers on Twitch (300,000+). Image by HP).

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 17, 2019

The past week has been the week of the E3, and we had an insane amount of news regarding new upcoming Virtual Reality content, especially for the Oculus Quest! Thanks to the popular VR magazine Upload VR, that has organized the E3 VR Showcase, Virtual Reality has had its glorious moment at E3 2019. Top news of the week.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 3, 2018

In my review of Amazon Sumerian I said multiple times that in other game engines, like Unity, it is not possible to create a WebVR experience. If you have an already existing project, maybe it is better to use plan B; Download the unity exporter package directly from the GitHub repo of the project.

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EON Reality

MARCH 23, 2020

EON Reality is providing the basic features of its flagship AVR Platform for free as a way to contribute to this invaluable network during this uncertain and disruptive time. Classroom Virtual Expeditions. Student-Created Hands-On Lessons.

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AR Insider

MAY 6, 2020

Or we can put on device on our head (a head-mounted display or HMD) that completely occludes us from the real world allowing us to enter a completely simulated environment which we can walk around and interact in because the computer is sensing our physical actions: this is Virtual Reality or VR. Being in a simulation has its benefits.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

It works connected to a phone, and while it doesn’t have any kind of tracking embedded, for tasks like watching Netflix it can be very useful (Thanks David for the tip); Amazon has announced the Echo Frames, its smart glasses that let you speak with Alexa. And… I’ve discovered JVC used some photoshopped stock images to showcase its product!

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Cats and VR

JULY 6, 2017

Our goal is to bring immersive virtual reality entertainment to anybody that wants to experience it, with no technical knowledge required.” The user can then point and click within the headset to download videos. I had to go talk to this guy and see what is VRotica. It retails for $220. Via VRotica Press Release .

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

50 people for Ubisoft is not a big team (a friend in the [GDI] VIRTUAL REALITY facebook community commented the news with “Ubisoft with 50 people makes Tetris” :D), but it is a big team for the current standards of virtual reality , whose market is mostly made of little indie teams. Among this segment 75.9%

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