Robert Scoble

OCTOBER 4, 2019

Mark Zuckerberg talks about the future of VR and AR at Facebook’s recent Oculus Connect conference. At its recent Oculus Connect conference, where it was speaking to virtual reality fans and developers, Facebook made it very clear during its keynote “we are building AR glasses.” Is VR going to turn into AR?

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

It was a game I would play on the Apple IIe in study hall back in the day when teachers thought any kid using a computer was learning something; little did they know all I was learning about was where I could find a lucrative quest and get a stiff ale on the tough streets of Skara Brae. As a big fan of RPGs, The Bard’s Tale is dear to me.

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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. This is amazing for us developers, but unluckily it is a feature tied to using the Oculus SDK, which is not cross-platform. Image by Apple). Apple may implement WebXR in Safari.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 13, 2021

In that period, the Oculus DK2 ordered by Gianni arrived, and he told me that I should go to his office to try that device, and my reaction at that time was like “Oculus what??” You can clearly see from the videos that we did our first demos inside the Oculus samples scenes. From it, ARKit has born, I guess.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 18, 2019

Prior to Accenture, Rori was Global Head of Digital Strategy and executive vice president at Havas Media Group, where she led and managed strategic planning worldwide, with a focus on digitally-integrated marketing communications and innovation. Mobile virtual reality on a headset like an Oculus Go, which is $200. Rori: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 18, 2019

Prior to Accenture, Rori was Global Head of Digital Strategy and executive vice president at Havas Media Group, where she led and managed strategic planning worldwide, with a focus on digitally-integrated marketing communications and innovation. Mobile virtual reality on a headset like an Oculus Go, which is $200. Rori: Yeah.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

When you’re “wearing” in Vernor Vinge’s 2006 book Rainbow’s End, contact lenses and computers woven into clothing serve up an assortment of competing realities and overlays. An Apple AR headset has been a mainstay of the rumor mills for several years, and we expect Facebook to be creating an AR Oculus device.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 15, 2020

Image from Khronos Group). Late to the party after Oculus and Microsoft already released prototypical implementations, but finally Valve has implemented OpenXR into its runtime SteamVR. Someone is working on a Linux driver for the Oculus Rift. Indie developer Thaytan is working on a Linux driver for the Oculus Rift.

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XR for Business Podcast

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

I was working a school group here known as GESS -- which is the acronym for Jumeirah English Speaking School -- also broadly referred to as GESS Dubai now. He'd also chaired the Independent Digital Strategy Group for eight years there. The one thing obviously that is already clearly missing from this mix, is the word Oculus.

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XR for Business Podcast

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

I was working a school group here known as GESS -- which is the acronym for Jumeirah English Speaking School -- also broadly referred to as GESS Dubai now. He'd also chaired the Independent Digital Strategy Group for eight years there. The one thing obviously that is already clearly missing from this mix, is the word Oculus.

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XR for Business Podcast

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

I was working a school group here known as GESS -- which is the acronym for Jumeirah English Speaking School -- also broadly referred to as GESS Dubai now. He'd also chaired the Independent Digital Strategy Group for eight years there. The one thing obviously that is already clearly missing from this mix, is the word Oculus.

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Hypergrid Business

AUGUST 3, 2017

It’s a bit like being caught up in a book or a movie. Movies are more immersive than books because the sound and images help pull you in quicker. You can get caught up in a book or movie, but you never feel as though you are in the same place as the characters. Everything else just fades away. Except more so.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 9, 2017

With CES, the year’s first major event, now in the books, let’s hear from some those that work with VR itself about what happens next. 1) I believe the virtual reality market will continue to have steady sales reaching over 2 million HMD’s between Sony, HTC and Oculus. 2) Costs need to be reduced dramatically.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

So a group called SPACES -- out of LA -- and they had locations all over the world. And so Apple bought them shortly thereafter. So SPACES was acquired quietly by Apple this year. So now Apple has the rights to 360 stream or VR stream sports, so that's pretty cool. Apple's a $1.7-trillion Alex: Mm-hm. everything.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

So a group called SPACES -- out of LA -- and they had locations all over the world. And so Apple bought them shortly thereafter. So SPACES was acquired quietly by Apple this year. So now Apple has the rights to 360 stream or VR stream sports, so that's pretty cool. Apple's a $1.7-trillion Alex: Mm-hm. everything.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

So a group called SPACES -- out of LA -- and they had locations all over the world. And so Apple bought them shortly thereafter. So SPACES was acquired quietly by Apple this year. So now Apple has the rights to 360 stream or VR stream sports, so that's pretty cool. Apple's a $1.7-trillion Alex: Mm-hm. everything.

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AR Insider

MAY 10, 2021

This week, Epic’s trial with Apple kicks off, Snapchat acquires Pixel8.Earth Let’s dive in… Week One of the Epic Games (Fortnite) v Apple App Store trial provided a gusher of information about the giant, opaque business of games. Warner Music Groups announces partnership with Wave. See his books here.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 18, 2022

Since you mentioned Snow Crash, you can also go on talking about other movies and books that forecasted the metaverse: The Matrix, Ready Player One, Minority Report, Blade Runner, etc… Some boring people may say that Blade Runner didn’t forecast the metaverse, but no one knows what the metaverse is, so who cares. The movies.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

So if anybody wants to really fully understand quickly the power of this, take your Oculus Quest, load up Richie's Plank, and walk somebody across a piece of wood and then just give them a little push when they're halfway across. Alan: Really wonderful if Apple stayed in there. And so I think we'll see what Apple comes up with.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

So if anybody wants to really fully understand quickly the power of this, take your Oculus Quest, load up Richie's Plank, and walk somebody across a piece of wood and then just give them a little push when they're halfway across. Alan: Really wonderful if Apple stayed in there. And so I think we'll see what Apple comes up with.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

So if anybody wants to really fully understand quickly the power of this, take your Oculus Quest, load up Richie's Plank, and walk somebody across a piece of wood and then just give them a little push when they're halfway across. Alan: Really wonderful if Apple stayed in there. And so I think we'll see what Apple comes up with.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 4, 2022

Last year, it was still called Oculus Gaming Showcase, and it featured important updates on games like Pistol Whip, The Climb 2, I Expect You To Die 2, and Resident Evil 4 VR. Ruth Bram, Executive Producer at Oculus Studios, will be the host of the show. Pico Neo 3 , Vive Focus 3 , Oculus Quest 2 ) only offer Wi-Fi connectivity.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 17, 2020

Alan: I recently read a book called “The Age of Smart Information” by Mike Pell, and he talks about how information now is just information. So you have this huge group of people retiring from jobs that they’ve been in for 20, 30, 40 years. And I got the Oculus Go, thinking, “Oh, this is gonna be great for VR.”

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 17, 2020

Alan: I recently read a book called “The Age of Smart Information” by Mike Pell, and he talks about how information now is just information. So you have this huge group of people retiring from jobs that they’ve been in for 20, 30, 40 years. And I got the Oculus Go, thinking, “Oh, this is gonna be great for VR.”

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 29, 2019

I gave a presentation of the first idea of a videodisc of the “ Plastico ” at a private conference held at Apple Computer in 1986 (my talk was published in 1998 here ). The Oculus Rift shipped in spring 2016. At the moment, this means solutions such as the Samsung Gear VR and the Oculus GO. Rome Reborn 3.0

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 8, 2021

That said, inviting you to support this blog on Patreon , so that I can keep hosting these amazing articles, I leave you to Rob’s post, that is like a tiny book, on the journey of developing Project Caliper. The booking agent at the office also started recognising me, which became a running joke between us, “another RMA?”.

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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. Me wearing my branded Oculus Quest 2. So… let’s start!

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 19, 2019

This is not the world where it woke up to virtual/augmented reality when Facebook bought Oculus for 3-billion dollars. And the Oculus at launch started what I call the third wave of VR. And I think my previous guest on the show today, Robert Scoble, he's got his book called The Fourth Transformation. Alan: Yeah. Taylor: Totally.

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XROM

JULY 18, 2021

Previously she was one of the first employees at NextVR ( acquired by Apple ), a virtual reality company focused on live entertainment across music and sports. While there, she led the launch of the company's Gear VR software application, drove social media strategy, and worked closely with partners like Oculus and the NBA.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

Oculus Quest 2. The biggest announcement of the event has been for sure the Oculus Quest 2, that Facebook has not only revealed but also launched. Oculus Quest 2 is a great piece of technology. Then Oculus will move the whole experience to 90Hz. The magic of the Oculus Quest 2 (Image by Facebook). Specifications.

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