Road to VR

JANUARY 3, 2024

Apple Announces Vision Pro Image courtesy Apple The News Apple announced is Vision Pro headset in June of 2023 marking the company’s first public step into the XR headset space. Apple also boldly announced the headset’s staggering $3,500 price, despite a launch date set for nearly a year later.

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Road to VR

JUNE 5, 2017

Apple has finally made a commitment to VR, announcing on stage today at Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2017 that not only will they offer an external GPU developer kit for MacBooks capable of meeting the graphical demands of VR, but that both the new 27-inch iMac and the iMac Pro will be VR-ready out of the box. image courtesy TIME.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

According to the Taiwan Stock Exchange, HTC will halt trading of its stock as of September 21st, pending an unknown announcement from the company, reports Bloomberg. Following several years of financial difficulty, the future of HTC seems less clear than it’s ever been. SEE ALSO HTC Vive Gets Major Price Cut, Now $600.

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Road to VR

JUNE 6, 2017

At yesterday’s keynote at the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2017, Apple revealed the new iMac Pro and updated 27” Retina iMac , both of which are VR-ready, along with a slew of other VR related product updates. The post Here’s the Star Wars VR Demo Apple Showed During Their Keynote appeared first on Road to VR.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Apple may announce its headset at WWDC 2022. A new week, a new rumor about Apple. This time it comes from Bloomberg, which predicts that Apple will announce its MR headset in June 2022 during WWDC , to launch it some months later, probably during the holiday season. Image by HTC). (Image from the web).

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 7, 2022

In the case of VR, we all remember the competition between HTC and Oculus in 2016, with HTC clearly winning the market until Oculus used Facebook’s money to slash the price of the Rift around 2017. Render of the possible upcoming Apple device (Image by Antonio DeRosa). No one can compete now.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The Apple Vision Pro comes priced at $3,500, a big accessibility hurdle for many. ” HTC VIVE Flow The HTC VIVE Flow headset costs $499. ” HTC VIVE Flow The HTC VIVE Flow headset costs $499. The high cost could price many out of the product. ounces weight.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Given the investment in this virtual space by companies including Meta, HTC, ByteDance’s Pico, and soon… Apple with their anticipated headset likely to be announced in 2023 , the AR/VR market is a major player in the music industry, even spawning the “Best Metaverse Performance” category in the 2022 MTV VMAs.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 12, 2023

Exactly one week ago, Apple announced the Apple Vision Pro, its first XR headset. It will be a shorter and maybe not-so-exciting newsletter, but I will be happy of having shed some light on other interesting pieces of news from this week in XR Stay tuned for my roundup about the Apple Vision Pro coming in the next few days!

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Today it’s a great day for virtual reality: at WCVRI conference, HTC has just announced a kit to provide 6 DOF controllers for Vive Focus and has showcased a hands-tracking technology for the Vive Pro ! The Venture Reality Fund and of course HTC. — Alvin Wang Graylin (@AGraylin) October 18, 2018. Really fantastic.

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Road to VR

JUNE 9, 2017

Apple’s broad embrace of VR this week shows that the company has had virtual reality support on its roadmap for quite some time. During a session at WWDC , Apple and Valve confirmed they’ve been working together for nearly a year to bring SteamVR and OpenVR to MacOS. SEE ALSO Apple Announces First VR-Ready Computers.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 14, 2019

Apple has killed its AR glasses project… maybe. A piece of unexpected news has shaken the XR communities this week: according to a report on Digitimes Taiwan, Apple has abandoned its AR/VR glasses project and all the members of the team have been re-allocated in other teams. AR is still alive, Apple will still release its AR glasses.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Called Bigscreen Beyond, the $999 headset presents an interesting set of features which are squarely aimed at PC VR enthusiasts: dual OLED microdisplays offering 2,560 × 2,560 per-eye resolution, pancake optics, and 6DOF SteamVR tracking support. Valve Index, HTC Vive). HTC Vive Tracker, Tundra Tracker). Base Stations.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Apple CEO Tim Cook has stated that in his view, augmented reality and not virtual reality holds the ticket for commercial success in immersive technologies in the future. As its largest competitors trail-blaze a particular path, Apple is content to be Apple and survey the chaos and decide to do things when it’s good and ready.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

The move presents new competition for Chinese XR solution providers such as Bytedance, the parent firm behind the PICO series of VR headsets, which are equally trying to expand into Western regions. Currently, China has two key Metaverse suppliers, HTC VIVE and Bytedance.

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XR Today - VR Headsets tag

MARCH 4, 2024

The Vision Pro bring Apple’s branding into the space and, with it, many eyes. Major XR Firms Push Spaital Productivity Solutions As Apple enters the immersive technology space, a shift towards XR/spatial computing productivity solutions is underway. However, HTC VIVE still believes that controllers hold value.

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Tech Trends VR

APRIL 9, 2018

We expect stand-alone headsets like the Oculus Go and HTC Vive Focus to ignite a new wave of growth that will help broaden the appeal of virtual reality, particularly with businesses and in education,” says George Jijiashvili, CCS Insight’s senior analyst for wearables. billion in 2022. billion Click To Tweet.

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AR Insider

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

XR Talks is a series that features the best presentations and educational videos from the XR universe. “There are companies trying to solve that using similar hierarchical structures to how real estate is owned today,” said HTC’s Amy Peck. Apple is really good at that. Speakers’ opinions are their own.

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Upload VR

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Resolution also confirmed today that Demeo is in development for Apple Vision Pro. HTC… UploadVR David Heaney Colocation is the ability to have multiple headsets share the same physical play space with the same virtual coordinate space. Both Quest 3 from Meta and Vision Pro from Apple will strongly focus on mixed reality experiences.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 24, 2020

Apple threatens future support in Unreal Engine. According to an evidence presented by Epic Games, Apple has not only removed Fortnite from the Apple Store, but it has also revoked the status of developer to Epic Games. All Apple software, SDKs, APIs, and developer tools ?—?Pre-release The same on Twitter.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

In two days there will be the Facebook Connect, an Apple event and a Sony event about PS5! Geekbench has just published the scores for a new Vive Focus headset , indicating that a new standalone headset by HTC is coming. Apple teases AR for its next event and invents the “SR” acronym. I hope you have found the time to visit it!

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 25, 2023

Leading up to the event, the event’s judges worked hard to compile a list of finalists and eventual winners, all of which presented incredible examples of XR enterprise implementation. Apple’s XR headset may be around the corner, potentially sparking a wave of innovation in the marketplace.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 6, 2023

It was visible in Qualcomm’s presentation that also Oppo is going to launch an XR headset. HTC has made its moves at MWC, too. HTC is one of the best companies when it comes to XR for enterprise and it’s good that it is expanding its offering in the field. We can see that number in many ways.

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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

JANUARY 12, 2020

HTC reduces the Vive Pro price by $200. The Vive Pro, the enterprise headset offered by HTC, has just seen a big discount : the headset only now costs $600, and the full bundle with the SteamVR 2.0 The Valve Index is a headset for consumers, while HTC offers a lot of services dedicated to enterprise customers. Request a key.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

And to be the leader in some years, it has to start going public now, also to begin competing with Apple, that will probably announce its AR glasses next year. But Facebook has a big problem and that big problem is called Apple. Concept of a future AR glass by Apple (Image by iDropNews).

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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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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 11, 2024

Supporting that trend is a broad scope of heavyweight companies debuting XR devices this year, most notably the Apple Vision Pro, which is driving the productivity and workplace solutions market forward. ” XR solutions can also help boost pre-existing training procedures, from classroom learning to simulation training.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 8, 2021

They could build together something that could seriously compete with Facebook and Apple: let’s keep an eye on them. Image by HTC). HTC is teasing the launch of a new hardware. With a tweet, HTC has just teased the upcoming launch of a new device. Be sure to use this use case in your next presentation about VR.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

But in China, they are very famous, and now they are also organizing a big event about XR called FBEC with hosts from all the major VR companies (HTC, Unity, Alibaba, Huawei, etc…). For example, we invited senior executives from HUAWEI, JBD, HTC, Alibaba, iQIYI, Qualcomm, Microsoft, and so on.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 8, 2018

I think this is a good thing, as the gigantic pockets of Apple, Google, Magic Leap, Huawei and such like will help fund the creative endeavours of a whole new content ecosystem.”. and LNG Studios , each showcasing programs that put hardware like HTC Vive or Microsoft HoloLens through their paces.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

There is no official confirmation on this, and I hope to be wrong because having to use earphones would be a big hit to its comfort Release date and price : of course the release date (will it come before or after an Apple headset?) During a presentation, Magic Leap has unveiled some more features about its headset and controllers.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 4, 2022

Of course for some ad-based tech companies, the current economic situation is not the only problem, but there is another big one which is Apple and its new privacy features embedded into iOS. HTC releases its “metaverse phone”. HTC has just announced its new phone, the Desire 22 Pro, and defined it as a “metaverse phone”.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 21, 2020

While all are waiting for the amazing AR glasses that Facebook and Apple will release in the upcoming years, many other big companies and startups are trying to enter the same market, trying to earn some early market shares. HTC is going to deprecate Vive Pro and Vive Pro Eye. Top news of the week. Image by NuEyes).

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 5, 2019

In the last months, we had similar news about Valve and Apple closing XR teams , but then Valve has actually shipped the Valve Index and Apple has opened new job positions regarding AR/VR people. Most 3 DOF headsets that I have seen were from Pico, and if I consider VR in general, I have mostly seen headsets by HTC, Pico and DPVR.

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MARCH 25, 2024

” We developed our product, and in the next step, we added cloud streaming because back then, it was just HTC VIVE and clients used to deploy VR training to a PC. In addition, NVIDIA’s Omniverse is now available on Apple’s Vision Pro. Innoactive is already experienced in improving XR workplace services and workflows.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2024

February 2024 is here, and this month marked the end of a long, long wait for Apple’s Vision Pro. Apple has already sold 200,000 devices in the first week, which is impressive. In Europe, they are still not so present how they should be. The question is whether this price point suits the marketplace and is sustainable.

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