VRScout

DECEMBER 27, 2021

At the time of this writing, Meta’s standalone VR headset is one of the most sought-after gifts on Amazon. The Oculus companion app is also topping the charts on the App Store and Google Play, which means more people than ever are diving into VR for the first time. Most recently, developer Rec Room Inc.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 7, 2023

Spatial computing is here, and it’s changing the world Millions, even billions of people worldwide, interact with spatial systems and tools daily. Developers and designers can use spatial tools to create immersive user experiences in these settings. GPS uses spatial tools like sensors to provide navigation support and direction.

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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. ARCore   — ARCore is an AR SDK released by Google in 2018 for building augmented reality experiences. It is useful to simulate situations that are too dangerous or difficult to recreate in real life.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Omniverse Avatars are interactive AI avatars that combine technologies in speech AI, computer vision, natural language understanding , recommendation engines, and simulation. Megadodo simulation has announced a hard pivot for its Decagear headset. Google to put all its experimental projects inside “Labs” division. More info.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Today at GTC 2020, NVIDIA has released three very interesting news that we in the XR sector should care about: New enterprise NVIDIA RTX A6000 and NVIDIA A40 graphics card have been released; Cloud XR servers are now available on AWS; Omniverse, the collaboration tool for artists, enters open beta. Physics simulation with Omniverse.

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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.

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Bernard Marr

OCTOBER 11, 2023

We’re used to using AI-powered applications and tools in our everyday lives. Google uses it to find the information we need; Amazon uses it to suggest things we should buy; Netflix uses it to recommend movies; Spotify uses it for music – it’s all powered by AI. What Is Generative AI?

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VRScout

DECEMBER 13, 2016

Although the performance of intense games suffers from the limited front-facing tracking abilities, creators tools like Quill and Medium are incredible. We are truly looking forward to seeing what artist are going to build with these tools – like this mind blowing Quill creation from Goro Fujita. MAGIC LEAP’S CONTROVERSY.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Google shuts down Google Poly. Google is continuing its tradition of killing all the interesting AR/VR projects it kickstarted and this week has killed Google Poly, the community-driven 3D objects database. More info (Google shutting down Poly) More info (Sketchfab as an alternative) More info (Petition for Google Poly).

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 24, 2023

Luckily there is AR that is still strong, and we can hope to wear Google AR glasses soon… ah no, they are dead too. More info (Official Sony blogpost) More info (Summary by Upload VR) Pimax works for the release of Portal Pimax Portal, the Nintendo Switch-like console by Pimax , has just been released on Amazon.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Horizon World is more or less what we all expect from it: a clone of RecRoom with intuitive and simple creation tools, that at the moment let you just add basic geometric shape and some logic. The engine is able to build and simulate cities automatically by just having some parameters provided by the developers.

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Tech Trends VR

MARCH 14, 2018

These are the eerily prophetic words of the late Science Fiction author and futurist visionary Isaac Asimov , long before Google became a part of our lexicon. “In The reason which makes VR such an effective and impactful learning tool is that it allows learners to achieve what is known as psychological presence.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 27, 2021

The result is that many big brands are canceling their presence at CES: Google, Intel, Microsoft, Meta, Lenovo, and many others, have decided not to go , and maybe provide their news virtually. This is a huge pity: CES 2022 won’t be cool as we expected… but we still hope to see interesting XR announcements from there.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2020

After this announcement, the rumors of RTX30 graphics cards for consumers have intensified , and someone hypothesizes a launch in Q3 this year ; NVIDIA Omniverse is a collaborative tool for people working with graphics and rendering. Valve releases Half-Life: Alyx Steam Workshop Tools. Discover (and buy) the book on Amazon.

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Tech Trends VR

DECEMBER 19, 2019

In fact, the device sold out at retailers such as Amazon, Walmart and Newegg. Google Ends the Daydream. One of the incubator’s projects “ Death is Only the Beginning ” even went as far as simulating a near-death experience, and was subsequently adapted for use with palliative care patients. Immersive Masterpiece.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 18, 2023

This allows decision-makers to work on immersive visualizations as part of their daily operations, such as reviewing iterations of a product or viewing a digitized urban area to simulate smart city initiatives. Moreover, digital twins are an incredibly valuable tool for training scenarios.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 18, 2023

News reports have revealed that a new extended reality (XR) tool has now become integral to Germany’s European Under 17 (U17) football training programme, leading to enhanced sports training. Injured players could also benefit from the VR tool, he said, adding they could train partially with the kit while recovering.

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Robert Scoble

MAY 15, 2021

A new set of tools for developers to build all of this. I also am invested in Apple competitors, Qualcomm, Snap, Microsoft, Amazon, and about 50 other companies in a diverse portfolio. You could do some sick simulations and distortions of the real world. Just get Amazon’s latest iPhone app. Disclaimer.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2021

We Unity developers have still to use the current Unity tools that make us develop once, but then build for every different platform (like the ones I describe in this article ). Unreal is already compatible with the framework, so in 2021 we’ll soon have also the tools ready to create OpenXR cross-compatible platforms. Learn more.

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Bernard Marr

JULY 12, 2023

These include computer vision (enabling computers to see and understand visual data), natural language processing (computers that can understand and communicate in human languages), and recommendation engines (as used by Amazon, Spotify and Netflix to predict what customers want to buy or consume).

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

We captured the transition from a couple companies shipping development tools to hobbyists into a fast-moving industry driven by some of the world’s largest tech companies, each of which is selling increasingly sophisticated systems directly to consumers. Google transitions Clay Bavor into a position as head of VR. November 2015.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 2, 2019

As I have detailed in this other article , Oculus has just launched a new Oculus For Business program that offers various interesting enterprise offerings: dedicated support, 2 years warranty, kiosk-mode, and some tools to configure and control multiple headsets at once from a simple web panel. Job Simulator, Owlchemy Labs, 23.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 4, 2018

There was a setup that let them simulate a fly inside a ballon and it worked completely wireless. Company Mi Hiepa Sports has showcased a soccer training simulation that used Vive Trackers v2.0 , that is the Vive Trackers that are compatible with the new SteamVR 2.0 tracking technology. They seem identical to the 1.0

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

On Quest you can bring up the browser without minimizing the immersive app, so you could be standing next to a friend in a VR game while you quickly Google something. To legally download movies on Quest you have to sideload the Android phone APKs of Netflix or Amazon Prime Video from your computer. But Google said no, he claimed.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 13, 2019

There’s a whole range of services, and GPS is getting better now that it’s being married to computer vision, so you can get highly-localized Google directions – really accurate, down to a couple of feet. But, you know, companies should select the right tool for the job. Is this a job for Google Glass?

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 13, 2019

There’s a whole range of services, and GPS is getting better now that it’s being married to computer vision, so you can get highly-localized Google directions – really accurate, down to a couple of feet. But, you know, companies should select the right tool for the job. Is this a job for Google Glass?

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

And one of the things I’m really excited about is VR allows us also to do a better job of assessing people, to measure how they move, measure their mood and their behavior in ways that we really didn’t have tools for before. And that gives us some very powerful tools. Let me give you a few examples. It’s just amazing.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

And one of the things I'm really excited about is VR allows us also to do a better job of assessing people, to measure how they move, measure their mood and their behavior in ways that we really didn't have tools for before. And that gives us some very powerful tools. We can use a simulation to help do what's called exposure therapy.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

It was 2015, right after Google Glass, quote/unquote failed. And so to see some of these become large rollouts, thousands of devices — in Wal-Mart’s case, hundreds of thousands of devices — or standard work tools like they are at DHL, that’s just standard. So I know AGCO is using Google Glass all over.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

It was 2015, right after Google Glass, quote/unquote failed. And so to see some of these become large rollouts, thousands of devices — in Wal-Mart’s case, hundreds of thousands of devices — or standard work tools like they are at DHL, that’s just standard. So I know AGCO is using Google Glass all over.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

And one of the things I’m really excited about is VR allows us also to do a better job of assessing people, to measure how they move, measure their mood and their behavior in ways that we really didn’t have tools for before. And that gives us some very powerful tools. Let me give you a few examples. It’s just amazing.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 9, 2019

” And I guess he sent it to me on Amazon. Alan: You know, I read a quote yesterday and it was, “It’s no longer about what you know, because everybody has access to Google, and Google knows everything. Mike: Yeah, well, as discussed in the book, the tool sets are really where all of the work is gonna be done.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 9, 2019

” And I guess he sent it to me on Amazon. Alan: You know, I read a quote yesterday and it was, “It’s no longer about what you know, because everybody has access to Google, and Google knows everything. Mike: Yeah, well, as discussed in the book, the tool sets are really where all of the work is gonna be done.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

It was 2015, right after Google Glass, quote/unquote failed. So if you want to know more about this, it's brainxchange.com and just look for EWTS, or just Google "Enterprise Wearable Technology Summit". So I know AGCO is using Google Glass all over. Alan: What a powerful tool. But there's a lot going on. Boeing as well.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 12, 2019

They’ve taken virtual and augmented reality for the automobile industry to the next level; from AR apps where you can see cars in your living room, to full VR simulators where you can drive the cars and see what they interact like. ” I said, “have you ever played a real simulation race game?”

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 12, 2019

They’ve taken virtual and augmented reality for the automobile industry to the next level; from AR apps where you can see cars in your living room, to full VR simulators where you can drive the cars and see what they interact like. ” I said, “have you ever played a real simulation race game?”

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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 they were like-- the guys who were in charge of the computer and the training were like, "We have like 500 simulations.

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