AllThingsVR

JANUARY 10, 2017

The 5 Most Important Announcements from CES 2017 on VR & AR 1) Intel’s ‘Merged Reality’ Demo Brings Actual Hands Into VR on Oculus Rift Intel demoed 2 things at CES: 1) they demoed Intel’s technology to bring your hands into VR, no controller required, with Intel’s Merged Reality RealSense. 2) They demoed Project Alloy.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 20, 2021

But hey, let me play this game anyway, so here you are my predictions for virtual reality in 2021 based on the trends and the anticipations that we had at the end of 2020! 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

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…. 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….

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 1, 2019

Facebook says that Beat Games will remain independent and the game will remain the same, but these are the same words that I’ve heard when in 2014 it acquired Oculus, and we all know how the story ended (and in fact, the popular Damo9000 ironized about it). Upload has published a shopping guide for your Oculus Link. Image by Valve).

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

And this year, we’ll see further growth of this trend, which has still a big untapped potential: many new items to try-before-you-buy, new features available for filters, new popular ecosystems (like WeChat) that are going to adopt it properly. What will see a decreasing trend is everything that is about people going outside.

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VRWorld

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

This isn’t out of preference, per se, more a case of availability on Amazon. Patriot is a fairly reliable memory manufacturer, and their 8GB DDR4 Viper Kit does not break this trend. If you know you’ll want to overclock, feel free to replace this- otherwise, it’s fine to leave this selection alone.

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ARVR

JUNE 21, 2021

For example, Oculus, one of the leaders in developing VR headsets, offers rooms and parties for Gear VR where you can meet with your friends in a virtual private space. Since Oculus is owned by Facebook, it is easy to connect with your friends. You can get a Gear VR headset for $129 on Amazon. Trending AR VR Articles: 1.

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ARVR

JANUARY 6, 2023

It had started gaining interest in the metaverse trend ever since. Users can use HMD devices such as Google Cardboard, Oculus Quest, Rift or HTC Vive to experience an imaginary environment. Salesforce uses Oculus Rift to create an immersive 3D environment for analyzing data. It is available as both free and paid versions.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 31, 2016

I also spoke with Curran about the big trends at CES 2016. If I look at the big trends that are happening in the industry right now, you have some new technologies that are coming on to the scene that I think have the potential to start a wave that lasts the next couple of years. VB: What’s the first major trend you expect?

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 18, 2024

You showed us that the tracker is different because HTC Vive has also released this update. Because I tried it with an HTC Vive and a PC two years ago. Broadly, I think that HTC said that they have it in their roadmap, but that it is the future. Tony: Yes, that will be cool. I see also that your shoes are very different.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

If you need well-researched info on the trends and changing tides of emerging tech to feel confident dipping your toes into the XR sea, SuperData’s Carter Rogers has you covered. Started covering those areas when they were very tied to games, especially when the original Oculus Rift was launched. Which still has its uses!

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

If you need well-researched info on the trends and changing tides of emerging tech to feel confident dipping your toes into the XR sea, SuperData’s Carter Rogers has you covered. Started covering those areas when they were very tied to games, especially when the original Oculus Rift was launched. Which still has its uses!

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

If you need well-researched info on the trends and changing tides of emerging tech to feel confident dipping your toes into the XR sea, SuperData's Carter Rogers has you covered. Started covering those areas when they were very tied to games, especially when the original Oculus Rift was launched. Is that what we're seeing here?

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 4, 2019

Cathy has worked with You Are Here Labs, HTC VIVE, as a virtual reality evangelist during the launch of their latest headset, the VIVE Pro, and during the company’s partnership with Warner Brothers blockbuster, Ready Player One. They’re just making fun of a lot of trends in a really fun way. Cathy: “Secret recipe.”

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 4, 2019

Cathy has worked with You Are Here Labs, HTC VIVE, as a virtual reality evangelist during the launch of their latest headset, the VIVE Pro, and during the company’s partnership with Warner Brothers blockbuster, Ready Player One. They’re just making fun of a lot of trends in a really fun way. Cathy: “Secret recipe.”

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Meta Quest 3 (left) and Apple Vision Pro (right) We once asked Oculus executive Jason Rubin whether his company was considering a tethered compute model. To legally download movies on Quest you have to sideload the Android phone APKs of Netflix or Amazon Prime Video from your computer. This is a watershed moment for VR-style headsets.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

There are plenty of products like the Oculus Go, which is just a few hundred dollars, that give you more of a robust kit than something like a Google Cardboard, where you can dip your toe in. But it's so important that it's done in a tasteful and high-quality way. I mean, I was making notes, here. Time is the ultimate measurement of ROI.".

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

There are plenty of products like the Oculus Go, which is just a few hundred dollars, that give you more of a robust kit than something like a Google Cardboard, where you can dip your toe in. But it's so important that it's done in a tasteful and high-quality way. I mean, I was making notes, here. Time is the ultimate measurement of ROI.".

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

There are plenty of products like the Oculus Go, which is just a few hundred dollars, that give you more of a robust kit than something like a Google Cardboard, where you can dip your toe in. But it's so important that it's done in a tasteful and high-quality way. I mean, I was making notes, here. Time is the ultimate measurement of ROI.".

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

There are plenty of products like the Oculus Go, which is just a few hundred dollars, that give you more of a robust kit than something like a Google Cardboard, where you can dip your toe in. But it's so important that it's done in a tasteful and high-quality way. I mean, I was making notes, here. Time is the ultimate measurement of ROI.".

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Tech Trends VR

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Amazon, IKEA, and Wayfair are all using these technologies to bring together the advantages of online shopping with brick and mortar retailing to add value to real-world shopping experiences with a minimal learning curve for both employees and customers. “The Think Amazon buying Whole Foods.) based employees.

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Tech Trends VR

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Here’s what got Tech Trends really excited: Raindance is a very well-established and well-respected independent film festival, but it isn’t a particularly flashy one. Tech Trends offers comprehensive Immersive Technologies Consultancy to help you get there. The post Upgrading VR Storytelling appeared first on Tech Trends.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 31, 2020

That’s a interesting trend that I think that paying attention to the rise of the decentralized web and what that is going to afford. And so we have something meaningful come from HTC Vive with the Focus, or Focus Plus. And then there’s Amazon, they have Sumerian. These are like the major tech companies.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 31, 2020

That’s a interesting trend that I think that paying attention to the rise of the decentralized web and what that is going to afford. And so we have something meaningful come from HTC Vive with the Focus, or Focus Plus. And then there’s Amazon, they have Sumerian. These are like the major tech companies.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 29, 2020

So I feel like one of the big trends that's happening right now is that with spatial computing, it's becoming a lot more natural and lot more intuitive. We've got AR platforms being hosted by Amazon, by Facebook, by Snapchat, where you can develop your own AR lenses. I mean, I will say that with Oculus Quest that's changing for me.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 31, 2020

That's a interesting trend that I think that paying attention to the rise of the decentralized web and what that is going to afford. And so we have something meaningful come from HTC Vive with the Focus, or Focus Plus. And then there's Amazon, they have Sumerian. These are like the major tech companies.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 29, 2020

So I feel like one of the big trends that’s happening right now is that with spatial computing, it’s becoming a lot more natural and lot more intuitive. We’ve got AR platforms being hosted by Amazon, by Facebook, by Snapchat, where you can develop your own AR lenses. Anybody can do this, not just developers.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 29, 2020

So I feel like one of the big trends that’s happening right now is that with spatial computing, it’s becoming a lot more natural and lot more intuitive. We’ve got AR platforms being hosted by Amazon, by Facebook, by Snapchat, where you can develop your own AR lenses. Anybody can do this, not just developers.

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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. GENERAL TRENDS. Me wearing my branded Oculus Quest 2.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 27, 2020

Obviously HTC Vive and Oculus Rift, but are you seeing more deployment now or more excitement around the standalone units? We just did a 3,000 person study with about one 150 Oculus Quests, and that deployment and that methodology, and the uptick and everything is really, really exciting to watch. Amazon did $750-million.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 27, 2020

Obviously HTC Vive and Oculus Rift, but are you seeing more deployment now or more excitement around the standalone units? We just did a 3,000 person study with about one 150 Oculus Quests, and that deployment and that methodology, and the uptick and everything is really, really exciting to watch. Amazon did $750-million.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 27, 2020

Obviously HTC Vive and Oculus Rift, but are you seeing more deployment now or more excitement around the standalone units? We just did a 3,000 person study with about one 150 Oculus Quests, and that deployment and that methodology, and the uptick and everything is really, really exciting to watch. Amazon did $750-million.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 23, 2020

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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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