Road to VR

JULY 15, 2019

Amazon’s annual deal day for its ‘Prime’ members is on, and there’s a handful of deals on VR headsets. Here’s the breakdown: Amazon Prime day offers exclusive deals to Prime members ( you can get a free trial here ). Amazon Prime Day VR Headset Deals. Vive Pro Starter Kit – $900 (18% discount).

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Well, an AR preview might not exactly be ‘trying it’, but Amazon’s new ‘AR View’ function aims to help you figure out if a crock-pot clashes with your marble counters, or if that chair can really fit in that corner, adding a little more depth to the online shopping experience than you’re used to.

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Cats and VR

JUNE 16, 2016

The Rogue Initiative and Michael Bae announced a partnership to develop original entertainment properties with a focus on virtual reality and interactive hardware. This is Bae’s first foray into interactive entertainment; he will direct and The Rogue Initiative will produce and develop original content in cinematic-style VR.

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ARVR

MARCH 17, 2021

We are now excited to announce that we are about to launch a new Immersive AR/ VR mode , in order to let our end-users experience Augmented and Virtual Reality content with a higher level of engagement, using affordable Mobile VR headsets. Don’t forget to give us your ?? !

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Road to VR

JULY 21, 2016

Listings on Amazon have revealed prices for some PlayStation VR games, giving an idea of what Sony plans to charge for the first wave of virtual reality titles to hit the console platform. Gear VR, Samsung’s mobile VR headset which serves games from Oculus Home, has VR games and experiences ranging from $1 to $15.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

The collaboration between Microsoft and Samsung is now over. The later departure of Alex Kipman seemed to be the final nail in the coffin for the AR glasses, but a new rumor brought a bit of hope: Microsoft seemed to work together with Samsung to design consumer-oriented AR glasses. Anyway, things have not gone as we all hoped.

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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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Peter Graham

JULY 25, 2019

When Amazon features on VRFocus it’s usually because of another retail promotion offering some hefty virtual reality (VR) hardware discounts. This week, however, Amazon takes another step into the VR realm by launching its Prime Video service to mobile headsets Oculus Go, Samsung Gear VR and Oculus Quest.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 31, 2023

This made sure investors gained some trust for immersive reality startups again, something that will be beneficial for our whole industry. I think that the upcoming release of Quest 3, and the increasing rumors about Samsung are going to improve our situation even more. Let’s all hope so. Great job, Magnopus!

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AllThingsVR

JUNE 20, 2016

Samsung Has Bought a Cloud-Computing Company that Could Give Mobile VR a Big Boost With the recent introduction of Google Daydream , the mobile VR space is heating up. Now a new acquisition from Samsung could help to power even more immersive VR on smartphones. Rhee suggested that one of these could be VR.

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Peter Graham

JULY 8, 2019

The last couple of years have seen Amazon rollout some decent savings when it comes to virtual reality (VR) technology. Insta360 has built a portfolio of consumer and professional 360 cameras covering most users needs, and five will be on sale for the Amazon Prime Day event. GBP down to £335.99 (a saving of £84).

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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! Probably this is the final nail in the coffin of tethered VR, at least for what concerns broad consumer adoption. A far future, but an exciting future.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 4, 2018

HTC has maybe been the virtual reality company that has shown the most interesting things at this MWC. Samsung S9. Samsung has released its new flagship phone: the Samsung Galaxy S9. I think that Samsung has realized that releasing a copy-paste new device each year had little sense and so kept the previous edition.

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ARPost

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

The studio, along with IMAX, have made it possible for audiences to explore environments like the Grand Canyon, the Amazon, and the Antarctic. See Also: The Future of Virtual Reality Filmmaking. What films are you currently working on or have worked on that use mixed reality and virtual reality?

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ARVR

DECEMBER 9, 2020

iPhone 12 pro and Samsung Galaxy S20 iPhone 12 Pro: With ARKit just about any modern iPhone or iPad can be considered an AR gift. The new phone is starting at $999 Samsung Galaxy S20+5G: For Android users who want to get in on the AR upgrades the new Galaxy boasts the Depth Vision Camera. New Smart Phones?—?iPhone

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 12, 2022

The San Jose, California-based company’s chips are used for bionic visualisations in augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) kit and offer multi-sensor interfaces, high resolution and frame rate displays as well as enhancement technologies. MicroLED firm VueReal earned $14.4

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Select Samsung flagship phones work with Gear VR, which you can find regularly on Amazon for $87, or in a special Best Buy Black Friday bundle that comes with a Samsung Gear 360 camera for $200. To that effect, Walmart is offering a $300 Walmart Gift Card with qualifying Samsung devices on Verizon or AT&T.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 24, 2016

Can you believe its only been a year since the only VR headsets you could buy for the holidays was a Samsung Gear VR, Google Cardboard, or a Mattel View-Master. Free Samsung Gear VR. Both Best Buy and Target are offering a free Samsung Gear VR when you purchase a Galaxy S7 or S7 Edge phone. There are some VR deals this weekend.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 16, 2020

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd. Amazon Technologies Inc. A majority of that growth however is said to come from the ‘Heads-Up Displays’ sub-category, which can either serve augmented or virtual reality depending on its intended use. International Business Machines Corp. Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC.

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AllThingsVR

JUNE 21, 2016

Weekly Funding Roundup: Vrse/Within Raises $12.65M, Felix & Paul Studios Raise $6.8M & Samsung Acquires Joyent 1) Vrse , a startup building technology for delivering virtual reality video across platforms, is announcing today that it has raised $12.56M and that it’s taking on a new name: Within. Read more on Venturebeat.

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TechCrunch VR

JANUARY 30, 2020

Other investors include Expa, Lerer Hippeau, Leaders Fund, Samsung NEXT and Andy Hertzfeld (of Macintosh fame). Given its position with developers, if Amazon is getting into the mix, you know something is up, he added.

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Hypergrid Business

DECEMBER 14, 2016

It’s not too late to order virtual reality presents for the holidays — and they don’t have to cost a lot of money, either! This is the headset that I carry with me in my purse and pull out whenever I want to demonstrate virtual reality to anyone. Get it for $25 on Amazon. Goggle Tech C1-Glass.

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AllThingsVR

JANUARY 10, 2017

2) Insta360 Pro is an 8K 360-degree virtual reality camera China’s Insta360 has announced its 8K professional virtual reality camera, the Insta360 Pro, to raise the bar for 360-degree VR films. The Insta360 Pro will cost $3000 and will be available on Amazon and Insta360’s official online store later this year.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 26, 2016

Weekend Downloads is part of our weekly update to bring you the latest additions to the Samsung Gear VR and Oculus Rift. Oculus is also offering a $100 Oculus Store credit when you purchase a Rift from Best Buy, Amazon, and Microsoft in the US and Canada. We are kicking off Thanksgiving weekend with a ton of new content.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2020

All together will let you stream a very complex virtual reality application from an edge server to a standalone VR headset via 5G. Samsung terminates its XR services. Samsung is terminating all its XR services and in the next months they will all be closed, exactly as all the Samsung XR accounts.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

It was as far back as 2014 that we spotted apple hiring an ‘App Engineer’ who would “create high performance apps that integrate with Virtual Reality systems for prototyping and user testing.” Here’s how we know.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Snap and Amazon partner to offer AR preview of shopping items. Samsung is still working on AR glasses and its new internal prototype seems to be called SM-I120. This video about a “virtual reality viewer” from 1830 has been one of the viral content of the week. Learn more. Learn more. Learn more. Learn more.

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AllThingsVR

AUGUST 7, 2016

Called the Mi VR Play, Xiaomi’s device is smartphone-based, like the Samsung Gear VR$82.00 The Mi VR Play uses a zipper to hold a smartphone in place, instead of the clips Samsung uses. Xiaomi Teases Entry-Level VR Headset for $0.15 It’s compatible with handsets whose screen size ranges from 4.7

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Hypergrid Business

DECEMBER 8, 2020

2020 has been a challenging year and nobody could be blamed if they were looking for a little reprieve from reality. One outlet that’s gained in popularity during the COVID-19 pandemic is virtual reality or VR. Amazon’s a good place to get your VR experience going. Buy on Amazon for $399.

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Peter Graham

AUGUST 1, 2019

Dutch virtual reality (VR) developer Force Field Entertainment has released a couple of title up to now, Term1nal for Samsung Gear VR and Landfall for Oculus Rift. Most recently Mozilla announced Firefox Reality support , Amazon Prime Video is now available in the UK and US, and Oculus Go emulation is on the way.

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VRWorld

FEBRUARY 10, 2018

Virtual reality (VR) produces a computer-generated environment–complete with realistic sights, sounds and other sensations–which a person can explore by wearing a special kind of headset and, in some cases, using certain props. Samsung Gear VR (with controller). Photo by Samsung. from Samsung.

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VRWorld

APRIL 4, 2017

and deep learning, virtual reality and self driving vehicles. GTC is the largest event of the year for developers, data scientists and executives in the fields of artificial intelligence, virtual reality and self-driving cars. The expectations for the conference are quite big, with the focus on A.I.

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VRScout

MAY 1, 2018

Available for sale on Oculus.com in 23 countries, you can also pick up one online from Amazon or in Best Buy Stores in the U.S. We have to make sure virtual reality is accessible to everyone and we have to work both on affordability and quality,” said Zuckerberg.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 13, 2022

Rumors already talk about a new AR headset produced by Microsoft in collaboration with Samsung that should substitute it, but we have no sure info about it. This shows the ongoing efforts at Meta at making virtual reality more social. Amazon now offers the possibility to try-on shoes in AR on its app. Learn more.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 30, 2024

The industry is booming thanks to a broader range of companies taking charge and experimenting in the space, such as Disney, Amazon, Google, Samsung, LG, and countless others, meanwhile bringing support for enterprise, consumer, and other use cases. ” He also explained: I think this will be very, very important.

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Robert Scoble

MAY 15, 2021

That is the basis for the new Apple and is important for a range of new products, from robots that will do things around your house, to cars that will drive you around, to augmented and virtual reality products that will bring new kinds of games and experiences to all of us. Just get Amazon’s latest iPhone app. Disclaimer.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 8, 2023

Let’s leave the summertime sadness to Lana Del Rey… Top news of the week (Image by Immersed) Immersed announced Visor headset The company Immersed is well known in the VR community for its productivity application to have a multi-monitor setup for your computer in virtual reality.

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