XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 19, 2022

The news comes after the company earned over $3 million USD via a Kickstarter campaign, receiving the highest level of funding for crowdfunded XR device, topping the Oculus Rift. It also offers connectivity to Apple TV and other movie streaming platforms for watching the latest films on demand. Comments on Series A Funding.

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RealVision VR

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

When travelling – pre pandemic, one of the more relaxing experiences was sitting back, watching Netflix premieres on my own portable Imax – The Oculus Quest. This brings up the question: Why aren’t the OTT apps offering stereoscopic 3D versions of films when available, that are perfect for such immersive viewing platforms?

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Road to VR

AUGUST 27, 2016

Provided the project reaches its $80,000 funding goal, the studio is aiming to release Mythica VR on HTC Vive, Oculus Rift/DK2, Google Cardboard and with future support for Google Daydream. Pledge $20 or more – The game on release, for PC with the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift, or iOS or Android with Google Cardboard.

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Upload VR

JUNE 20, 2022

At Oculus Connect 6 in 2019 Facebook described Half Dome 2 and Half Dome 3. Last year HTC shipped Vive Flow , a compact USB powered headset using pancake lenses. Half Dome 2 used more reliable actuators and a more compact (but lower field of view) design. Half Dome 3 however took a completely new approach with no moving parts.

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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. But does it deliver?

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VRScout

MAY 3, 2017

PlayStation looks to an arcade rollout, Shazam goes augmented, AMD wants to go wireless, HTC Viveport’s new subscription service, the investment & funding wrapup, and more… You can enjoy the full audio recording below: IT’S NOW WAY EASIER TO COMBINE 360 VIDEO AND ANIMATION. TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL LOVES VR.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

The HTC Vive Cosmos may release soon for €799. We all know that the Vive Cosmos should release very soon since HTC revealed me that the release date would have been in Q3 2019 and Q3 ends at the end of the month. A market where Oculus has almost no earning s from the hardware sales, though, so it’s a weird situation.

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VeeR VR

MARCH 5, 2018

Meanwhile at the 360 VR Bay Area Film Makers meet-up we saw talks from Apple and Pixar. A team from Apple announced a whole new suite of features and VR enhancements for Final Cut Pro. While Pixar’s John Halstead’s reflected on the lessons learned from Coco VR. Culminating two exciting nights of going back to the future.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

We were the first ones using pass through on the HTC Vive , using a portal to get in your scenario, we were the first ones with hand tracking on VR headsets where you could flip switches, turn knobs, and push buttons in a VR world overlay. For 360 video we use Oculus Go, because a Vive Index would be an overkill. An Innovation center.

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TechCrunch VR

MAY 31, 2023

VR also dominated the pop culture, featuring prominently in films like “Johnny Mnemonic,” “Lawnmower Man” and “Virtuosity.” It’s easy to see how, in the early 1960s, such a system could be viewed as a logical next step beyond the film and television of the day.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 8, 2017

Montreal-based Minority Media, which also created the groundbreaking PSN title Papo Y Yo in 2012, created the dinosaur undersea adventure game that launched on the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive VR headsets in May 2017. He felt that people aren’t going to get used to — at least with AR, you could be filming people around you all the time.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 30, 2020

Apple ARKit 3.5 It is no mystery that Apple is currently the best mobile augmented reality company, and the latest update to ARKit confirms this. I really can’t wait to see the Apple AR glasses…. Oculus Quest is available again in some countries. In some countries (not US), Oculus Quest and Rift S have got back in stock.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

You can enjoy the full audio recording below: In this week’s VRScout Report, we discuss Oculus Story Studio’s Henry Emmy win, NASA training astronauts with virtual reality gloves, Snapchat flirting with augmented reality, HTC Vive trying to go wireless, and iPhone laying potential plans for VR/AR. HOLLYWOOD LOVES HENRY.

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VeeR VR

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Lindero's first product was an educational application/software called “ Milo and Brandie’s Jungle Adventure ”, released on Apple Store and Google Play. Elon Musk warned that AI will be the cause of the third world war, which inspired Lindero to make their first hit VR short film: AI Nightmare.

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VRScout

MAY 25, 2016

Since the Oculus Kickstarter in 2012, VR has seen a revival on the big screen as it becomes a more affordable and accessible consumer device. Being one of the earliest films to explore the combination of human computer interaction, TRON is well known for its, at the time, exceptional graphics. TRON (1982).

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Robert Scoble

JUNE 1, 2019

Well, some do, but most of us use Spotify, Apple Music, or Youtube, to listen to music now. Some people denigrated early efforts, like the VR headsets that HTC and Oculus produced, as a fad, comparing it to the Segway or earlier 3DTV attempts. The vinyl is more enjoyable. You can hear more detail in the highs.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 15, 2019

So, over the past couple years, we've done a lot of different VR work, ranging from filming the 49ers -- Colin Kaepernick's last season with them -- to the San Jose Sharks. Kevin: I always thought about doing this as a narrative film, actually. So we filmed some AR videos with Will.i.am. Kevin: Sure. Can you talk about them?

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VRScout

MARCH 6, 2017

As the two premiere VR hardware manufacturers, Oculus Rift and HTC Vive both recognize this impediment to adoption and are lowering the price to play, albeit in different ways. For the recent Rogue One film, director Gareth Edwards used virtual reality to stage several several scenes. HANDS ON WITH LG’S NEW STANDALONE HEADSET.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Part of all of this is merit of Jeri (Image by HTC). In virtual reality, you have to do this reprojection, Oculus calls it timewarp, and that means that your video card and your computer has to be running at a really high frame rate to correct for your head motion and we’ve rolled that all into the headset. The Vive Wands.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

And so Apple bought them shortly thereafter. So SPACES was acquired quietly by Apple this year. And Apple also earlier this year acquired NextVR, which-- that company has all the licensing rights to real-time capture in 360 of NASCAR, and NBA, and all of the other sports. Golf, I think. everything. Just all the things.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

And so Apple bought them shortly thereafter. So SPACES was acquired quietly by Apple this year. And Apple also earlier this year acquired NextVR, which-- that company has all the licensing rights to real-time capture in 360 of NASCAR, and NBA, and all of the other sports. Golf, I think. everything. Just all the things.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

I mean, I’ve heard the stuff that Alvin Graylin at HTC talked about with the knowledge retention being increased by 6x in VR, and we’re actually working with Coventry University, Leicester Fire Service, and Derbyshire Fire Service, and they’re evaluating it as we speak. Alex: Yeah. Alan: Oh, wow. Alex: Yeah. So RiVR Link.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

I mean, I’ve heard the stuff that Alvin Graylin at HTC talked about with the knowledge retention being increased by 6x in VR, and we’re actually working with Coventry University, Leicester Fire Service, and Derbyshire Fire Service, and they’re evaluating it as we speak. Alex: Yeah. Alan: Oh, wow. Alex: Yeah. So RiVR Link.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 5, 2024

This seems to hint that the two companies are going to build a new XR headset together, which according to the rumors will be the Quest Pro 2, which would be aimed at competing directly with the Apple Vision Pro. This could be useful to let Meta answer to the movies available on the Apple Vision Pro because of Apple TV.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

And so Apple bought them shortly thereafter. So SPACES was acquired quietly by Apple this year. And Apple also earlier this year acquired NextVR, which-- that company has all the licensing rights to real-time capture in 360 of NASCAR, and NBA, and all of the other sports. Golf, I think. everything. Just all the things.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

I mean, I've heard the stuff that Alvin Graylin at HTC talked about with the knowledge retention being increased by 6x in VR, and we're actually working with Coventry University, Leicester Fire Service, and Derbyshire Fire Service, and they're evaluating it as we speak. Alan: Are you also seeing an increase in. Alex: Yeah. Alan: Oh, wow.

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XR for Business Podcast

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

You can go into Google, like "HTC Vive blog Steve Bambury" or something, you'll probably find them. But I've been writing a series of blogs about my journey using and integrating the HTC Vive headsets at GESS. My background is in film. So before I was a teacher, I worked in the film industry. The Rift never launched here.

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XR for Business Podcast

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

You can go into Google, like "HTC Vive blog Steve Bambury" or something, you'll probably find them. But I've been writing a series of blogs about my journey using and integrating the HTC Vive headsets at GESS. My background is in film. So before I was a teacher, I worked in the film industry. The Rift never launched here.

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XR for Business Podcast

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

You can go into Google, like "HTC Vive blog Steve Bambury" or something, you'll probably find them. But I've been writing a series of blogs about my journey using and integrating the HTC Vive headsets at GESS. My background is in film. So before I was a teacher, I worked in the film industry. The Rift never launched here.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 6, 2020

It has now an agreement with Plessey, a company working on MicroLED displays, and that was previously one of the acquisition goals of the competitor Apple. Apple strikes deal for indoor maps and buys NextVR. This has been a great week for competition in the AR space since also Apple has performed some interesting moves.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 18, 2019

I took some film around everybody. And then you’ve also got Oculus with their own MDM solution as well. And I don’t want to talk too much about brands and stuff like that, but you chose not to work with the Oculus Go headset. So in the end, it came up to, for us, the Oculus Go versus the Pico G2 Pro.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 18, 2019

I took some film around everybody. And then you’ve also got Oculus with their own MDM solution as well. And I don’t want to talk too much about brands and stuff like that, but you chose not to work with the Oculus Go headset. So in the end, it came up to, for us, the Oculus Go versus the Pico G2 Pro.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 18, 2019

I took some film around everybody. And then you've also got Oculus with their own MDM solution as well. And I don't want to talk too much about brands and stuff like that, but you chose not to work with the Oculus Go headset. So in the end, it came up to, for us, the Oculus Go versus the Pico G2 Pro.

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Tech Trends VR

OCTOBER 30, 2018

This year’s Raindance Film Festival in London showcased an amazing selection of immersive stories. 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. Yet that lack of over-the-top glamour actually suits it very well.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 28, 2019

And as we as humans have a higher demand for fidelity — not just in XR, but in our sports and our TV watching and our films that we consume — having all of that, without having to plunk down a bunch of wires anywhere and have it on the go. And I think nobody really knows what Apple is working on. It could be your phone.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 28, 2019

And as we as humans have a higher demand for fidelity — not just in XR, but in our sports and our TV watching and our films that we consume — having all of that, without having to plunk down a bunch of wires anywhere and have it on the go. And I think nobody really knows what Apple is working on. It could be your phone.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 28, 2019

And as we as humans have a higher demand for fidelity -- not just in XR, but in our sports and our TV watching and our films that we consume -- having all of that, without having to plunk down a bunch of wires anywhere and have it on the go. And I think nobody really knows what Apple is working on. It could be your phone.

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