XR Today - VR Headsets tag

MARCH 4, 2024

Major Firms Enter the XR Market During a launch event at MWC 2024, Samsung showcased a new XR headset developed in collaboration with Google and Qualcomm. Additionally, as Samsung and Google have partnered with Qualcomm, it is reasonable to assume that the device will use the Qualcomm XR2+ Gen 2 Platform, which supports AI-ready wearables.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 11, 2023

Now I am hearing the next phase of devices are starting to make its way to other XR software departments @ Meta. Now I am hearing the next phase of devices are starting to make its way to other XR software departments [at] Meta. Dev kits are slated 2Q23 for 3rd party partners. Brad Lynch (@SadlyItsBradley) January 6, 2023.

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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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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

You have to buy base stations and controllers separately from HTC or Valve. Huawei is advertising these glasses as competitors of Oculus Quest and HTC Vive Pro, but don’t get mislead by this. Google is doing it again. Amazon announces Echo Frames smartglasses. investment to develop calories-tracker software.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Image by HTC Vive). HTC is probably going to announce Vive Flow. With a surprise move, HTC Vive has started teasing the launch of a new product. The company has set up a virtual event on the platform ENGAGE (of which HTC is an investor) for October, 14th 2021 at 8 am PDT. Send me hugs while I’m still human!

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 17, 2023

These include a lineup of new Apple laptops, Apple Watches, and software updates. The conference would also feature several new MacBooks and operating system updates — iOS 17, iPadOS 17, macOS 14, and watchOS 10 — along with a revised software development kit (SDK).

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AllThingsVR

JUNE 21, 2016

Also today the startup said its app is launching on the Oculus Rift and the HTC Vive on Thursday and will be coming to PlayStation VR. F&P said it will use the investment to grow its team and production capacity for its content pipeline; enhance its proprietary VR cameras; and expand its production and post-production software suite.

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VRWorld

FEBRUARY 10, 2018

Google Cardboard. from Google. Google Daydream View. from Google. COMPATIBILITY: The Google Daydream View is only compatible with these devices: Pixel, Pixel 2, Galaxy S8, Galaxy S8+, Galaxy Note 8, LG V30, Moto Z, Moto Z 2 , ZenFone AR, Mate 9 Pro, Axon 7. from Amazon. Sony Playstation VR.

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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

AUGUST 24, 2020

Someone invokes saviors like Google and Amazon, but even if they managed to succeed, they are other data-harvesting companies , so in any case, we are f**ked. All Apple software, SDKs, APIs, and developer tools ?—?Pre-release On Reddit, the news has had an insane amount of upvotes (more than 10K) with all negative comments.

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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

JUNE 12, 2019

This was a bit the philosophy of Google Daydream View, that was the first headset employing this kind of materials. I think this will be fixed in a future software update ; Because of low computational power of mobile devices, the quality of the graphical elements shown in the various applications is far from realistic.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

The company is performing various layoffs and also merging part of the Pico software divisions together with their Bytedance counterparts. More info Google may still be working at Project Iris Some months ago a rumor claimed that Google had stopped working on Project Iris, its project devoted to the creation of augmented reality glasses.

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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

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). Companies like HTC and Facebook have TOS that allows for the gathering of anonymized data.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 25, 2022

This is the current SteamVR controller pricing in GBP (shipping to UK) at the time the article was written: HTC Vive controller (2018) single £193 includes free shipping and tax HTC Vive controller (2018) pair £386.00 How would they work with current VR software? Google searches are very revealing.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

As a long-time AR enthusiast, and one of the first to have tried Google Glass in Italy, I have to admit that I will consider AR mainstream only when it will be on glasses that we will wear all day , when we’ll live in a completely shared mixed reality world (the AR Cloud). Or is it just a talk about glasses?

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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. It can be readily recognized by the software with very little processing overhead. ARCore   — ARCore is an AR SDK released by Google in 2018 for building augmented reality experiences.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 3, 2020

So I’m coming from — let’s just round it down, let’s call it 15 years — in the enterprise space selling software and services and automation, things like that. And really what we do now is we connect enterprise users, AR hardware manufacturers and AR software providers, the problem solvers. Lance: Sure.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 3, 2020

So I’m coming from — let’s just round it down, let’s call it 15 years — in the enterprise space selling software and services and automation, things like that. And really what we do now is we connect enterprise users, AR hardware manufacturers and AR software providers, the problem solvers. Lance: Sure.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

Image by Google). Google completely opensources Cardboard. With a surprise move, Google has announced with a blog post that it ha opensourced completely Cardboard. That is, all the software layer of Cardboard is public domain now. Google has already abandoned all its VR projects (e.g. Image from Amazon).

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 3, 2020

So I'm coming from -- let's just round it down, let's call it 15 years -- in the enterprise space selling software and services and automation, things like that. And really what we do now is we connect enterprise users, AR hardware manufacturers and AR software providers, the problem solvers. Lance: Sure. Lance: Exactly right.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

The New York Times distributes more than 1 million Google Cardboard phone VR viewers to subscribers with the launch of The Displaced , a 360-degree video project focusing on children driven from their homes by war. Eye-tracking startup Eyefluence, which raises $14 million this month, is acquired about a year later by Google.

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Apple Vision Pro is a very impressive fusion of hardware and software, but it's by no means perfect. Read on for my breakdown of the Vision Pro hardware and software and the experience they enable. Could this be an unintentional tradeoff of the darkened glass frontplate, or is it solvable with software tweaks?

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ARVR

JUNE 21, 2021

You can get a Gear VR headset for $129 on Amazon. to create virtual experiences through HTC Vive headsets and tools like the Google Tilt Brush. For those who may not be familiar with Google Tilt Brush, it is one of the first VR experiences of its kind and caliber, allowing its user to create 3D paintings within a virtual space.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Sofia — the humanoid robot, if you’ve seen her — SingularityNET is Sofia’s software and provides some of that software there. 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

Sofia — the humanoid robot, if you’ve seen her — SingularityNET is Sofia’s software and provides some of that software there. 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

Sofia -- the humanoid robot, if you've seen her -- SingularityNET is Sofia's software and provides some of that software there. 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. Hrish: Sure.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

And we also look at consumer software numbers as a whole. But we don’t do a one-size-fits-all sort of enterprise software number. They’re much more distributable than the standard Oculus Rift or HTC Vive, which has to be hooked up to a PC. Alan: So, what are the headsets that are poised to take over?

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

And we also look at consumer software numbers as a whole. But we don’t do a one-size-fits-all sort of enterprise software number. They’re much more distributable than the standard Oculus Rift or HTC Vive, which has to be hooked up to a PC. Alan: So, what are the headsets that are poised to take over?

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Google Cardboard. Google Cardboard VR viewers are convenient and universal, because they work with practically any modern mobile phone. The phone slots into the viewer and you download compatible apps from the app store on your phone, either the iOS App Store or Android’s Google Play. Daydream View.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

And we also look at consumer software numbers as a whole. But we don't do a one-size-fits-all sort of enterprise software number. They're much more distributable than the standard Oculus Rift or HTC Vive, which has to be hooked up to a PC. Alan: So, what are the headsets that are poised to take over?

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 30, 2020

Thanks to the control of software and hardware, Apple is far ahead of all the Android systems for what concerns AR , something that many experts (like Robert Scoble) already forecasted years ago. If you’re interested in these devices, have a look at Amazon and Oculus websites. I really can’t wait to see the Apple AR glasses….

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

The HTC Vive Cosmos may release soon for €799. We all know that the Vive Cosmos should release very soon since HTC revealed me that the release date would have been in Q3 2019 and Q3 ends at the end of the month. It’s time for some amazing VR news, isn’t it? Top news of the week. Image by Ars Technica). Other relevant news.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

The software suffers because the budget is taken from that. I feel like some products, such as Google Cardboard, and some of the lower-end pieces of hardware, have actually done more harm than good to the reputation of virtual reality. We're not talking, "we designed it better with a new software." This is a monumental shift.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

The software suffers because the budget is taken from that. I feel like some products, such as Google Cardboard, and some of the lower-end pieces of hardware, have actually done more harm than good to the reputation of virtual reality. We're not talking, "we designed it better with a new software." This is a monumental shift.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

The software suffers because the budget is taken from that. I feel like some products, such as Google Cardboard, and some of the lower-end pieces of hardware, have actually done more harm than good to the reputation of virtual reality. We're not talking, "we designed it better with a new software." This is a monumental shift.

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