XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 11, 2024

XR solutions for transportation are equally growing with new investments – the industry’s relationship with XR and simulation technology is booming. HTC VIVE is currently providing their devices for North Dakota Classrooms, and Meta recently gave thousands of Quests to Kentucky Schools.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 25, 2024

Seidl noted: Back when we started in 2014, the enterprise discovered gaming engines as a tool to speed up access to custom-developed VR simulations. Because Volkswagon Group approached us and said: “Hey, we have dozens of applications, but we need to deploy them to all these factories to transform our organizations.”

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VRScout

JULY 4, 2017

Apple acquires computer vision company, the hidden 3D feature in iOS 11 beta, Google experiments with ads in VR, a new VC fund is focusing on VR/AR, the investment and funding wrapup, and more… 1.APPLE APPLE DOESN’T WANT YOU TO KNOW ABOUT THIS ACQUISITION. APPLE’S SECRET FEATURE HIDDEN IN IOS. …and just a few more….

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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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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

HTC has launched a new headset, we have another confirmation of Apple glasses, we read about the first hands-on on Kura glasses, and many other things have happened! Image by HTC). HTC launches the Cosmos at $699. HTC has finally launched the HTC Vive Cosmos , its new flagship headset. Top news of the week.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 25, 2022

It will also be a defensive move against Apple. Apple could announce its headset. Apple could announce its headset. Concept render of the upcoming Apple headset (Image by Antonio DeRosa). And there is still the possibility that Apple cancels the project, something that wouldn’t be new to it.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Eye Tracking Apart from sessions a few years ago using the HTC Vive Pro Eye and Microsoft Hololens, I didn’t have any experience with eye tracking. Though I’m primarily a PCVR user, I’ve used enough headsets like Quest, HTC Vive Focus, and Lenovo Mirage Solo to be familiar with the benefits of going standalone.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 4, 2022

I’m sure that after April, 20th, the Meta Quest ecosystem will appear even richer than it is now , creating a wider gap with other companies that may think about competing with the Quest, that is Pico, HTC, and even Apple. Other relevant news. Image by Mojo Vision). Owlchemy Labs has released Cosmonius High. Some news on content.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 8, 2023

For him, such industries would benefit ‘enormously’ from digital transformations via digital twinning, simulation, and computer-aided design (CAD). He explained further, “Amazon is using Omniverse to visualise their warehouse, [a] giant robotic system, to help their workers [and] to simulate their fleet of AMRs. [We

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 27, 2019

Bloomberg publishes new hints on Apple glasses. Every week we have new hints on Apple glasses: it is no more a matter of “if” they will come to the market, but a matter of “when” and “what”. They will also have a dedicated store of AR apps , like it already happens for other Apple gadgets, like the Apple Watch and Apple TV.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 4, 2020

At the same time, Apple having always mediocre graphics cards on its laptops and its closed ecosystem have not helped much either in keeping this VR support alive. Not to mention the fact that Apple has always said that it is not interested in VR, but only in AR. Image by HTC Vive). HTC launches Vive Sync. Funny link.

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Upload VR

AUGUST 18, 2023

The group will be managing the fund provided by SideQuest, which planned for the program as part of the company's Series A investment. How does this $1 million fund, announced as Meta readies Quest 3 and Apple prepares Vision Pro, sit relative to that moment in history?

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Hypergrid Business

JUNE 1, 2020

With 8agora, companies, groups, and individuals can host events virtually. Acadicus is a tool for medical simulations and for training, and works both with or without a virtual reality headset. With AltSpace, companies, groups, and individuals can host virtual events where participants can use avatars to attend. AltspaceVR.

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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

AUGUST 3, 2020

Image by Khronos Group). Some time ago, the most important companies of the XR ecosystem (HTC, Oculus, Microsoft, etc…) joined the Khronos Group to discuss a standard to end the fragmentation of the XR space. These may be upcoming features or possible features Oculus is experimenting with a selected group of beta testers.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

And for price parity, companies were usually working with Pico and HTC that have always had a better approach in the B2B sector. Pico and HTC still offer better services, and better guarantees on data management than a consumer device, so it has to be seen what companies will value the most. John Carmack.

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VRScout

MAY 25, 2016

Jobe is run through a variety of advanced VR simulations and begins to see astounding results. Head mounted display: With expansion to at home devices came the transition away from an arcade cabinet to setups a little closer to what you’ll see coming from the Big Three (Oculus, HTC, and Sony). Virtuosity (1995).

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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. Last Monday, there has been some hype in some of the XR groups I’m in for the Kura glasses. Top news of the week.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 3, 2023

Moreover, Apple recently made a huge splash in the XR market with the Vision Pro, an XR device which leverages eye and hand tracking for its spatial computing input system. The device does not use controllers at all, instead, Apple believes that with the XR revolution comes increased usability and accessibility via hand/eye-based inputs.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 31, 2021

This has not been the most interesting week in AR, VR, but I think that in the next times we’ll see some shots fired: in some days there will be the F8, the official shipment of the Vive Pro 2, then the Apple WWDC conference! And it feels weird that HTC hasn’t fixed such a cheap little component that was already faulty on the original Vive.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

AUGUST 11, 2017

Fantastic Contraption’s developers are part of an exclusive group of VR creators who have successfully generated in excess of $1 million. It released with the launch of the HTC Vive in early 2016 and Facebook’s Oculus Touch controllers for Rift late in the year. It was a moment that changed their lives. .

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 10, 2023

Eye tracking technology detects where a user is looking and simulates that in a virtual space, which developers can leverage for UI, avatar interactions, or gameplay loops. At Ultraleap, we’re able to track the elbow joint, which can easily be extended to simulate full arms by using the location of the headset as a proxy for shoulders.

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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. How do you imagine the Apple Glasses? It’s like creating your startup within a company.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Oculus and HTC had been holding details surrounding Rift and Vive launch windows close to the chest, probably because they had delays to announce and need to nail down new plans. First, HTC delays the Vive until April 2016, with plans to show an updated developer kit at CES in January. In December, these plans become known. April 2016.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

HTC has finally revealed the price of the Vive Pro : it will cost $799 just to have the headset (no controller and no base stations, so you must already have a Vive 1 kit) and will be available for pre-orders since April, 5th. But, as Road To VR has stated, maybe HTC should have clarified that in all its marketing material.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Even the big players like Sony, Apple, and Microsoft have substantially reduced their production estimates for 2022, whilst processor manufacturers talk of delays into 2024. It had no sensors, just a simulated sensor bar in front of the handgrip. Image provided by Rob Cole). Image by Rob Cole). Two are seen in the image above right.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 23, 2020

Martin is also part of the Khronos Group, an organization working on the open standards for spatial web and 3D world. And then the Apple guys came with a brilliant ARKit, and it worked beautifully. So you're also part of the Khronos Group, which is an organization working on the open standards of the 3D Web. Martin: Okay.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 23, 2020

Martin is also part of the Khronos Group, an organization working on the open standards for spatial web and 3D world. And then the Apple guys came with a brilliant ARKit, and it worked beautifully. So you're also part of the Khronos Group, which is an organization working on the open standards of the 3D Web. Martin: Okay.

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XROM

JULY 18, 2021

Alvin is the China President at #HTC leading all aspects of HTC’s business in the region (Vive/VR, phone, Viveport content platform, partnerships and investments). Has been at the forefront when it comes to XR, earlier he was VP, Platform Strategy & Dev Community at #HTC and is currently working at Facebook Reality labs.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 23, 2020

Martin is also part of the Khronos Group, an organization working on the open standards for spatial web and 3D world. And then the Apple guys came with a brilliant ARKit, and it worked beautifully. So you're also part of the Khronos Group, which is an organization working on the open standards of the 3D Web. Martin: Okay.

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EnterpriseWear

DECEMBER 5, 2018

In the three to four years since the release of Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, the number of VR headsets available on the market has grown. If the fit isn’t just right in VR, the simulation can be blurred, distorted and/or nauseating for the user, yet today’s VR headsets are made to fit the average male’s head.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 15, 2019

We plan to go online with it on Amazon or Netflix and present it like that, and then have it be an additional thing that maybe Netflix or Amazon has on their platform in the Oculus or HTC. And we put this kind of like Apple-esque music over it, and made this cute little commercial and it never saw the light of day. And Will.i.am

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 31, 2020

I’m actually one of the founding members of the Open Air Cloud Group and Kronos Group is is really kind of trying to pull together these standards for 3D, as well for e-commerce. And then of course, Apple came along and created USDZ. And so we have something meaningful come from HTC Vive with the Focus, or Focus Plus.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 31, 2020

I’m actually one of the founding members of the Open Air Cloud Group and Kronos Group is is really kind of trying to pull together these standards for 3D, as well for e-commerce. And then of course, Apple came along and created USDZ. And so we have something meaningful come from HTC Vive with the Focus, or Focus Plus.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

The GFR Fund is one such investor group, and this one in particular has cultivated an impressive portfolio of XR up-and-comers. Teppei: Yeah, there is a $10-million series C lead by HTC, and also another fund called The Makers. A great group of people doing fantastic work, and I can’t support them enough. Alan: Okay.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

The GFR Fund is one such investor group, and this one in particular has cultivated an impressive portfolio of XR up-and-comers. Teppei: Yeah, there is a $10-million series C lead by HTC, and also another fund called The Makers. A great group of people doing fantastic work, and I can’t support them enough. Alan: Okay.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 31, 2020

I'm actually one of the founding members of the Open Air Cloud Group and Kronos Group is is really kind of trying to pull together these standards for 3D, as well for e-commerce. I know there's a group right now trying to standardize 3D objects for e-commerce and retail because right now it's a dog's breakfast.

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