Amazon, Oculus, Samsung and Strategy

Facebook Surges in U.S. Patent Rankings Due to Mounting AR Strategy

Road to VR

JANUARY 16, 2020

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd. Amazon Technologies Inc. Patent Rankings Due to Mounting AR Strategy appeared first on Road to VR. International Business Machines Corp. Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC. Intel Corp. LG Electronics Inc. Ford Global Technologies LLC. The post Facebook Surges in U.S.

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Google Tried To Get Meta To Kowtow To Its Upcoming XR Platform

Upload VR

MARCH 1, 2024

The Meta Quest operating system is a fork of the open-source core of Android (known as AOSP), a similar strategy to Amazon's Fire OS for its Fire tablets. Meta has been working on it for at least seven years, as it first arrived in 2018's Oculus Go.

Google

Google Hardware Strategy Samsung

Will Meta Be The Android Of Spatial Computing, Or The Blackberry?

Upload VR

JANUARY 29, 2024

Its strategy is more akin to wanting to be a second Apple than what Google did with Android. Google is building an 'Android XR' platform to power Samsung's upcoming headset. And while Samsung may have a period of exclusivity, that almost certainly ( and reportedly ) won't last forever.

Samsung

Samsung Google Apple Hardware

The XR Week Peek (2020.01.20): Oculus Go price cut down to $150, Mojo Vision teases AR contact lenses and much more!

The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 19, 2020

Oculus Go price cut down to $150. Facebook has permanently cut down the price of the Oculus Go to $150 , the same price that made it sell incredibly well on Amazon during the Cyber Monday. More info (Oculus Go price cut) More info (Xiaomi laying off the team dedicated to Go). Top news of the week. Image by Engadget).

AR

AR Oculus Magic Leap Microsoft

These Are The Stocks You Could Buy To Invest In The VR Industry

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Facebook – NASDAQ: FB – Oculus VR, VR headset, VR Camera, VR content, VR platform. Samsung – KRX: 005930 – GearVR (partnership with Oculus VR) and 360 Camera. Amazon – NASDAQ: AMZN – VR Content & Game Engine. Amazon – NASDAQ: AMZN – VR Content & Game Engine. Unconfirmed.

Industry

Industry Magic Leap Samsung Amazon

Apple Mum on AR/VR for iPhone 7, but Here’s How We Know They’re Still Working on It

Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

As an electronics company, Apple’s general strategy seems to be to wait until a market is well established before joining it, then attempt to create an Apple-idealized product for that market. Apple is infamous for its patent strategy and you shouldn’t be surprised to find that they’re well into it in the AR/VR space.

Apple

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HTC Vive reveals Vive Pro 2.0-bundle price and Vive Enterprise advantage

The Ghost Howls

APRIL 24, 2018

The HTC Vive Pro page on Amazon US. Well, technically speaking, if we look at the competition, for the average consumer the answer is “maybe no” The features of the Vive Pro are superior to the ones of any other headset currently on the market , but for instance, the Samsung Odyssey, that has similar features, costs only $499.

HTC

HTC Italy Oculus AR

The New 3D Apple Arriving at WWDC

Robert Scoble

MAY 15, 2021

I also am invested in Apple competitors, Qualcomm, Snap, Microsoft, Amazon, and about 50 other companies in a diverse portfolio. Just get Amazon’s latest iPhone app. Amazon, Tesla, Google, Facebook, and others, including most autonomous vehicle companies, are building the same for various purposes. Disclaimer.

Apple

Apple Google Amazon Augmented Reality

The Ghost Howls’s VR Week Peek (2019.12.02): Facebook acquires Beat Games, Valve gets the Index sold-out and is maybe working on Left4Dead VR, and much more!

The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 1, 2019

This acquisition signs a new course for Facebook strategy in XR: after having just partnered with external studios for the development of its top-notch exclusive titles (e.g. Upload has published a shopping guide for your Oculus Link. Ready At Dawn, Sanzaru Games, etc…), Facebook has actually started incorporating game studios.

Gaming

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The XR Week Peek (2022.02.07): Meta has invested more than $10B on XR, Hololens 3 may have been canceled, and more!

The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

These are huge numbers for VR: if you look at the most recent SteamVR survey, you get that Oculus headsets are now at 67% of the whole PCVR market. Some magazines reported this news as a sign of the failure of Meta’s strategy about the metaverse. The previous one went great on Amazon, and I’m sure this will be a great read, too.

Virtual Reality

Virtual Reality Microsoft Data Machine Learning

Best VR Apps You Must Have in 2018

VeeR VR

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

According to UploadVR , Oculus intends to release their higher-end standalone VR headset named Santa Cruz at the first quarter of 2019. Oculus is ambitious on taking the market share by designing a VR headset with cameras added for inside-out tracking of 6DOF head movement and two Oculus Touch-style controllers. Social VR Apps.

Virtual Reality

Virtual Reality Google Oculus Immersion

My predictions for augmented reality in 2021

The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

This trend will continue in 2021 : the new LiDAR sensor, which is rumored to be installed in all future iPhones, will for sure be copied also by Android phones (Samsung?) while we have seen the complicated life of Oculus hands-on booths at Best Buy. pic.twitter.com/6yFD2FfHta — TikTokComms (@TikTokComms) January 6, 2021.

Augmented Reality

Augmented Reality Magic Leap AR Apple

Star Wars HoloChess inspired Augmented Reality Game HOLOGRID: MONSTER BATTLE now has a VR version launching for Gear VR and a tournament to celebrate May the 4th.

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).

Augmented Reality

Augmented Reality Gaming Virtual Reality AR

The Down-Low on What You Need to Know (To Be Competitive in XR), with SuperData’s Carter Rogers

XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

Started covering those areas when they were very tied to games, especially when the original Oculus Rift was launched. Oculus Go came out with this $199 headset – this really inexpensive headset — and they sold millions of these units. And we also look at consumer software numbers as a whole. Which still has its uses!

Training

Training AR Data Augmented Reality

The Down-Low on What You Need to Know (To Be Competitive in XR), with SuperData’s Carter Rogers

XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

Started covering those areas when they were very tied to games, especially when the original Oculus Rift was launched. Oculus Go came out with this $199 headset – this really inexpensive headset — and they sold millions of these units. And we also look at consumer software numbers as a whole. Which still has its uses!

Training

Training AR Data Augmented Reality

The Down-Low on What You Need to Know (to be competitive in the XR field), with SuperData's Carter Rogers.

XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

Started covering those areas when they were very tied to games, especially when the original Oculus Rift was launched. Oculus Go came out with this $199 headset – this really inexpensive headset -- and they sold millions of these units. And we also look at consumer software numbers as a whole. Or it's going to take some more time?

Training

Training AR Data Augmented Reality

VR for HR: Learning How to Tell Stories in XR, with BODYSWAPS’ Christophe Mallet

XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

He’s worked with a variety of global clients, including Adidas, Samsung, Ernst and Young, Save the Children, Sony, IKEA, KPMG, Nokia, and the list goes on. ” There’s no strategy. Christophe: I mean, how to find this is reality of marketing strategy. There’s no forethought. Christophe: No.

How To

How To Training Machine Learning Virtual Reality

The Ghost Howls’s VR Week Peek (2019.08.11): Gear VR is over, Go long term future is uncertain, Huawei teases its metaverse and much more!

The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 11, 2019

Image by Samsung). Everyone of us already knew that Gear VR was a platform almost abandoned when Oculus announced the Oculus Go. Anyway, officially, both Samsung and Oculus have continued at least to support it. This means that all new devices by Samsung won’t support Gear VR, that is so condemned to die.

Samsung

Samsung Survey Oculus AR

VR for HR: Learning How to Tell Stories in XR, with BODYSWAPS' Christophe Mallet

XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

He's worked with a variety of global clients, including Adidas, Samsung, Ernst and Young, Save the Children, Sony, IKEA, KPMG, Nokia, and the list goes on. There's no strategy. Christophe: I mean, how to find this is reality of marketing strategy. Welcome to the show, Christophe, it's a pleasure to have you here. Christophe: No.

How To

How To Training Machine Learning Virtual Reality

VR for HR: Learning How to Tell Stories in XR, with BODYSWAPS’ Christophe Mallet

XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

He’s worked with a variety of global clients, including Adidas, Samsung, Ernst and Young, Save the Children, Sony, IKEA, KPMG, Nokia, and the list goes on. ” There’s no strategy. Christophe: I mean, how to find this is reality of marketing strategy. There’s no forethought. Christophe: No.

How To

How To Training Machine Learning Virtual Reality

VR for HR: Learning How to Tell Stories in XR, with BODYSWAPS’ Christophe Mallet

XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

He’s worked with a variety of global clients, including Adidas, Samsung, Ernst and Young, Save the Children, Sony, IKEA, KPMG, Nokia, and the list goes on. ” There’s no strategy. Christophe: I mean, how to find this is reality of marketing strategy. There’s no forethought. Christophe: No.

How To

How To Training Machine Learning Virtual Reality

Three Decades of Medical VR, with Stanford’s Dr. Walter Greenleaf

XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

He’s currently a distinguished visiting scholar at Stanford University’s Media X program at Stanford University’s Virtual Human Interaction Lab and the Director of Technology Strategy at the University of Colorado National Mental Health Institute Center. But now we have better systems that I can order on Amazon.

Machine Learning

Machine Learning Technology Virtual Reality Healthcare

Three Decades of Medical VR, with Stanford's Dr. Walter Greenleaf

XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

He's currently a distinguished visiting scholar at Stanford University's Media X program at Stanford University's Virtual Human Interaction Lab and the Director of Technology Strategy at the University of Colorado National Mental Health Institute Center. But now we have better systems that I can order on Amazon. It's just amazing.

Machine Learning

Machine Learning Technology Virtual Reality Healthcare

Three Decades of Medical VR, with Stanford’s Dr. Walter Greenleaf

XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

He’s currently a distinguished visiting scholar at Stanford University’s Media X program at Stanford University’s Virtual Human Interaction Lab and the Director of Technology Strategy at the University of Colorado National Mental Health Institute Center. But now we have better systems that I can order on Amazon.

Machine Learning

Machine Learning Technology Virtual Reality Healthcare

Virtual Reality Pulse

Facebook Surges in U.S. Patent Rankings Due to Mounting AR Strategy

Google Tried To Get Meta To Kowtow To Its Upcoming XR Platform

Trending Sources

Will Meta Be The Android Of Spatial Computing, Or The Blackberry?

The XR Week Peek (2020.01.20): Oculus Go price cut down to $150, Mojo Vision teases AR contact lenses and much more!

These Are The Stocks You Could Buy To Invest In The VR Industry

Apple Mum on AR/VR for iPhone 7, but Here’s How We Know They’re Still Working on It

HTC Vive reveals Vive Pro 2.0-bundle price and Vive Enterprise advantage

The New 3D Apple Arriving at WWDC

The Ghost Howls’s VR Week Peek (2019.12.02): Facebook acquires Beat Games, Valve gets the Index sold-out and is maybe working on Left4Dead VR, and much more!

The XR Week Peek (2022.02.07): Meta has invested more than $10B on XR, Hololens 3 may have been canceled, and more!

Best VR Apps You Must Have in 2018

My predictions for augmented reality in 2021

Star Wars HoloChess inspired Augmented Reality Game HOLOGRID: MONSTER BATTLE now has a VR version launching for Gear VR and a tournament to celebrate May the 4th.

The Down-Low on What You Need to Know (To Be Competitive in XR), with SuperData’s Carter Rogers

The Down-Low on What You Need to Know (To Be Competitive in XR), with SuperData’s Carter Rogers

The Down-Low on What You Need to Know (to be competitive in the XR field), with SuperData's Carter Rogers.

VR for HR: Learning How to Tell Stories in XR, with BODYSWAPS’ Christophe Mallet

The Ghost Howls’s VR Week Peek (2019.08.11): Gear VR is over, Go long term future is uncertain, Huawei teases its metaverse and much more!

VR for HR: Learning How to Tell Stories in XR, with BODYSWAPS' Christophe Mallet

VR for HR: Learning How to Tell Stories in XR, with BODYSWAPS’ Christophe Mallet

VR for HR: Learning How to Tell Stories in XR, with BODYSWAPS’ Christophe Mallet

Three Decades of Medical VR, with Stanford’s Dr. Walter Greenleaf

Three Decades of Medical VR, with Stanford's Dr. Walter Greenleaf

Three Decades of Medical VR, with Stanford’s Dr. Walter Greenleaf

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