Road to VR

AUGUST 5, 2021

While there’s a handful of hand-tracking games available on the headset, the entire Quest menu, including the Oculus browser, can be controlled completely by your hands. This is really handy when you want to do something in the headset that doesn’t really need the precision of controllers (like watching videos).

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 13, 2023

Apple’s Vision Pro triggered new discourse on the future of virutal, augmented, and mixed reality (VR/AR/MR). Revealed at the Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC), the Apple Vision Pro has sparked both praise and criticism from the global XR community. Apple is adept at proposing something you didn’t think you needed.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 6, 2019

VR just passed the thorough of disillusionment and is here to stay thanks to investments in the AR/VR market by Facebook, Google and Apple. For example, Entermission provides VR escape games with special effects such as scent, wind and temperature. Image Credit: TripAdvisor, Zero Latency Madrid. They don’t hold any controllers.

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Upload VR

JUNE 5, 2023

Today Apple finally revealed Vision Pro, its $3500 AR/VR headset launching in 2024. Some other headsets like Meta Quest Pro and Pico 4 have their battery in the rear of the strap, but Apple's design takes it off your head entirely with an external battery tethered to a magnetic connector on the left of the headband.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

AUGUST 1, 2022

According to Radoff , spatial computing enables users to control and explore 3D places and digitize items utilizing the cloud as well as surrounding physical worlds using spatial mapping, which visualizes data linked to physical spaces in user environments. Closing thoughts.

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Apple Vision Pro is a very impressive fusion of hardware and software, but it's by no means perfect. Apple Vision Pro Specs, Features & Details Apple officially revealed the full Vision Pro specs when opening preorders today. And Apple did not send UploadVR a review unit, we bought our own. All of that is great.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 6, 2019

Notwithstanding the enthusiasm of mine and of other people in the VR communities, the launch of the Cosmos has not been that enthusiastic , especially for two problems that early reviewers have found in it: Controllers’ batteries duration. An optimized passthrough for the Quest, with better resolution, latency and depth perception.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Examples include everything from the Lenovo ThinkReality A3 system, to the Vuzix Blade, and Microsoft Hololens 2. We’re still waiting to see a set of MR or AR glasses released by Apple, and the company recently announced it would be pushing its development back to around 2025.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

XR devices are all over the headlines this month; the release of the Apple Vision Pro has brought spatial computing/mixed reality wearables to the forefront of emerging workplace and consumer-based digital solutions. In addition to comfort, AR glasses should have intuitive controls and user-friendly interfaces.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Some of its features are: 2,160 × 2,160 resolution per eye 90Hz framerate 4-cameras inside-out tracking (like the Quest) Touch-like controllers with Knuckles-like finger-sensing Face tracking Hips tracking (for better orientation in games) Integration with SteamVR games Wireless add-on. So this is a market we should all keep an eye on.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 21, 2019

All of this while staying on the wrist, so it could be combined with existing controllers (like Oculus Touch) to increase the sense of the presence of your hands in VR. More info (Latency in haptic gloves) More info (Tasbi). Do you want some examples? SparkAR is an interesting tool for creators and marketers.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

Regarding the glasses, I have not big hopes for true AR glasses, but I think that thanks to Facebook and Apple, finally we’ll have some important smartglasses entering the market , making the mainstream think about wearing something on their face to enjoy notifications from the phone. Phone AR will be always more popular.

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Upload VR

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Quest 3 Specs, Compared To Quest 2 & Apple Vision Pro Read the full confirmed specs of Quest 3, including a comparison with Quest 2, Quest Pro, Pico 4, and Apple Vision Pro: UploadVR David Heaney But as I've learned from many years of trying dozens of face computers, on-paper specifications tell only a small part of the story.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Later during testing, I received the SteamVR “lighthouse” faceplate , letting me enjoy the precision of sub-mm room-scale tracking, whilst enabling the use of Valve Index, HTC Vive, and Pimax Sword controllers, as well as Vive and Tundra trackers.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

In Neal Stephenson’s Snow Crash of 1992, the internet has been superseded by the Metaverse, a multi-person shared virtual reality with both human-controlled avatars and system “daemons”. 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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CraneMorley

AUGUST 1, 2023

Enhanced safety: The industrial metaverse can help to improve safety by providing workers with a safe and controlled environment to learn and work in. This means that there are still some challenges to overcome, such as latency and bandwidth issues. Apple’s Plan How Will Apple Compete?

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Tilt Five glasses and controller, on the board (Image by Tilt Five). It’s like yep yep, it’s got six milliseconds latency. lumens … put that in comparison to a home projector or Beamer, like a home projector, hundreds, like 600 lumens would be common… we’re.65 65 lumens.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 8, 2019

But for real-time spatial computing technologies — like XR, for example — that just won’t cut it, especially when it could mean life or death. FedEx, I think, had two flights which had crashed due to a cockpit filled with smoke conditions that prevented the pilots from being able to properly control the plane.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 8, 2019

But for real-time spatial computing technologies — like XR, for example — that just won’t cut it, especially when it could mean life or death. FedEx, I think, had two flights which had crashed due to a cockpit filled with smoke conditions that prevented the pilots from being able to properly control the plane.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

At the end of the month, Oculus officially delays the release of Touch controllers until the last half of 2016. This offers a window to HTC and Valve making the Vive the only room-scale hand-controlled VR platform on the market for most of 2016. 6th release date for the Oculus Touch controllers. April 2016.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 9, 2024

Top news of the week (Image by Apple) Apple announces the release date of the Apple Vision Pro During the last few days, the rumors about possible release dates for the Apple Vision Pro have intensified , and someone talked about January, 27 as the day of the launch. The headset will be available for purchase in the U.S.,

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 10, 2020

So, for example, there’s an app called Bose Radar. And if you have a Bose AR-enabled device, you can download that for either the Google Play store or the Apple App Store. For example, a partner of ours is Golfshot, and Golfshot is a popular application for golfers. You can also do arbitrary directions.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 10, 2020

So, for example, there’s an app called Bose Radar. And if you have a Bose AR-enabled device, you can download that for either the Google Play store or the Apple App Store. For example, a partner of ours is Golfshot, and Golfshot is a popular application for golfers. You can also do arbitrary directions.

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Mashable VR

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

To Samsung's credit, it's managed to keep the S22 Ultra's physical buttons for volume control and power, housed on the phone's right edge, somewhat flush with its sleek frame. So, for example, you'll see your text chat bubbles correspond to whatever selection of colors you choose. I did it naturally and felt in control.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 10, 2020

So, for example, there's an app called Bose Radar. And if you have a Bose AR-enabled device, you can download that for either the Google Play store or the Apple App Store. For example, a partner of ours is Golfshot, and Golfshot is a popular application for golfers. You can also do arbitrary directions. oh, my gosh.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 17, 2020

Run a certain example of what that would look like in an industrial space. You’ve got overlay glasses — or ones that kind of show you a heads-up display — like RealWear, for example, who just raised $80 million. From the control, it’s way better than the HoloLens. They were acquired by Apple.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 17, 2020

Run a certain example of what that would look like in an industrial space. You’ve got overlay glasses — or ones that kind of show you a heads-up display — like RealWear, for example, who just raised $80 million. From the control, it’s way better than the HoloLens. They were acquired by Apple.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 3, 2021

So it has partnered with iFixit, which will provide detailed DIY repair guides for the headsets and the controllers, so people with a broken Vive can repair the headsets by themselves and keep happily using them without having to contact HTC assistance (that anyway in the West was not famous for its quality).

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Upload VR

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Quest 3 Specs, Compared To Quest 2 & Apple Vision Pro Read the full confirmed specs of Quest 3, including a comparison with Quest 2, Quest Pro, Pico 4, and Apple Vision Pro: UploadVR David Heaney Starting at $500 though it's in a markedly higher price category than its predecessor, which Meta is continuing to sell alongside it.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

So I would say that one of the most important ones — if not the most important one — is actually related to latency. When we move to a 5G network, there are some fundamental changes on the overall architecture of the mobile network, that allow us to reduce significantly the latency of the connections as well. So I know it.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

So I would say that one of the most important ones — if not the most important one — is actually related to latency. When we move to a 5G network, there are some fundamental changes on the overall architecture of the mobile network, that allow us to reduce significantly the latency of the connections as well. So I know it.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

So I would say that one of the most important ones -- if not the most important one -- is actually related to latency. When we move to a 5G network, there are some fundamental changes on the overall architecture of the mobile network, that allow us to reduce significantly the latency of the connections as well. So I know it.

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