UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 9, 2016

The legendary programmer and founder of Epic Games sat down with me after his keynote address at the VRX conference in San Francisco and, as conversations with Sweeney usually do, the topic quickly turned to the issue of open platforms. Sweeney’s ultimate example of a distressingly closed platform is Apple’s app store.

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InstaVR

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

But business impact has been substantial too — from Microsoft and Apple lowering financial projections to major conferences like Mobile World Congress and Facebook’s F8 being cancelled. . Companies like Apple and Microsoft are also having to look outside China for supply chain options now.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 19, 2017

I attended the Experiential Technology Conference (XTech) in San Francisco this week to hear talks about creating virtual experiences that truly immerse you in another world. We have 3D sound as well, but we need more than that to achieve real immersion, said Tal Blevins, head of media at UploadVR, in a panel at XTech.

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VeeR VR

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Game Developers Conference (GDC) - VRDC@GDC Date: March 19-23, 2018 Venue: Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA, USA Check their passes and pricing for more information. IEEE Virtual Reality Conference Date: March 18-22, 2018 Venue: Stadthalle Reutlingen, Reutlingen, Germany Check here for pricing.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 30, 2022

San Francisco, London, Tokyo, Los Angeles, New York City, and Seattle?—?for Apple may unveil RealityOS at WWDC. At the upcoming WWDC, Apple may unveil its operating system for XR glasses, dubbed RealityOS. More info (RealityOS trademark) More info (Robert Scoble’s take on Apple’s reveal strategy). or no reason?

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

monthly connected headsets only on Steam (so this doesn’t consider Oculus Store users and PSVR users), and t he year-over-year growth is +75%. He said that only on Christmas day, people spent $5M on the Oculus Store , and we can expect that most of this money was spent on Quest. Image by Oculus). There is not enough market yet.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

In April, we opened the doors to the first Upload Collective in San Francisco, a hub for VR and AR startups, development, co-working, education, meetups and even live broadcasting. With over 40 member companies in San Francisco, The Upload Collective has quickly grown both in size and in scope. December 2015.

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AllThingsVR

MARCH 29, 2017

Weekly Funding Roundup: Lightform gets $26 million, Vive X is investing in 30 startups, Facebook hiring former Apple engineer, & Sliver VR raised $16 million in VC funding. Lightform is funded by Lux , Seven Seas , the National Science Foundation , and Steven LaValle (a former principal scientist at Oculus).

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Teppei is currently leading the GFR Fund in San Francisco. Alan: It’s really, really important to get you excited about it, builds the immersion before you even put the headset on. And they’ve been doing great, especially the turning point for the company was the Oculus Go and Oculus Quest.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Teppei is currently leading the GFR Fund in San Francisco. Alan: It’s really, really important to get you excited about it, builds the immersion before you even put the headset on. And they’ve been doing great, especially the turning point for the company was the Oculus Go and Oculus Quest.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Teppei is currently leading the GFR Fund in San Francisco. Alan: It’s really, really important to get you excited about it, builds the immersion before you even put the headset on. And they’ve been doing great, especially the turning point for the company was the Oculus Go and Oculus Quest.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Alice is a technology writer/producer/consultant with a particular interest in the immersive space. They had a beautiful central hub in San Francisco and LA and they were the hub of virtual reality. And what these immersive technologies can do for you immediately is to reduce the cognitive load. That’s so powerful.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Alice is a technology writer/producer/consultant with a particular interest in the immersive space. They had a beautiful central hub in San Francisco and LA and they were the hub of virtual reality. And what these immersive technologies can do for you immediately is to reduce the cognitive load. That’s so powerful.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 10, 2020

I was flying from Toronto to San Francisco, and I just happened to sit beside a guy who we started talking about AR and I pulled out the North Glasses. The latest thing is obviously immersive technologies, but I found that they valued my time and it didn’t feel like work. Thanks for having me. I’m super excited.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 10, 2020

I was flying from Toronto to San Francisco, and I just happened to sit beside a guy who we started talking about AR and I pulled out the North Glasses. The latest thing is obviously immersive technologies, but I found that they valued my time and it didn’t feel like work. Thanks for having me. I’m super excited.

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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. Immersive and live-action content can be consumed in new ways with this technology.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Alice is a technology writer/producer/consultant with a particular interest in the immersive space. They had a beautiful central hub in San Francisco and LA and they were the hub of virtual reality. And what these immersive technologies can do for you immediately is to reduce the cognitive load. That's so powerful.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Alice is a technology writer/producer/consultant with a particular interest in the immersive space. They had a beautiful central hub in San Francisco and LA and they were the hub of virtual reality. And what these immersive technologies can do for you immediately is to reduce the cognitive load. That’s so powerful.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 10, 2020

I was flying from Toronto to San Francisco, and I just happened to sit beside a guy who we started talking about AR and I pulled out the North Glasses. The latest thing is obviously immersive technologies, but I found that they valued my time and it didn't feel like work. Thanks for having me. I'm super excited.

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XR for Business Podcast

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

But their immersive technology lead Richard Hess drops by to explain how even a food company like Nestlé can benefit from embracing emerging tech, on the 100th episode of the XR for Business podcast. Today, we're speaking with Richard Hess, the immersive experience lead at the massive multi-national Nestlé, making a billion products a year.

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XR for Business Podcast

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

But their immersive technology lead Richard Hess drops by to explain how even a food company like Nestlé can benefit from embracing emerging tech, on the 100th episode of the XR for Business podcast. Today, we're speaking with Richard Hess, the immersive experience lead at the massive multi-national Nestlé, making a billion products a year.

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Tech Trends VR

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Yet XR designers recognize that they need to think beyond visuals and incorporate spatial audio, touch, and even things such as taste and smell to their immersive experiences. There are a plethora of potential applications of immersive technologies in healthcare. Healthcare. The Louvre, for example, has been using AR as early as 2015.

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Tech Trends VR

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Yet XR designers recognize that they need to think beyond visuals and incorporate spatial audio, touch, and even things such as taste and smell to their immersive experiences. There are a plethora of potential applications of immersive technologies in healthcare. Healthcare. The Louvre, for example, has been using AR as early as 2015.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 31, 2020

And then of course, Apple came along and created USDZ. You have Apple, with ARKit. So those huge breakthroughs are actually being applied and deployed into these immersive technologies. So you have all these different 3D file formats. Or in Canada, USDZed. These are like the major tech companies.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 31, 2020

And then of course, Apple came along and created USDZ. You have Apple, with ARKit. So those huge breakthroughs are actually being applied and deployed into these immersive technologies. So you have all these different 3D file formats. Or in Canada, USDZed. These are like the major tech companies.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 31, 2020

And then of course, Apple came along and created USDZ. You have Apple, with ARKit. So those huge breakthroughs are actually being applied and deployed into these immersive technologies. Facebook accepts glTFs, Hololens is FBX models, VR is usually OBJs. So you have all these different 3D file formats. Or in Canada, USDZed.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Other companies are pursuing real-time facial performance capture as well (think of Snapchat’s filters, or Face2Face, or Faceshift – which was acquired by Apple in the fall of 2015), but Li’s next-level 3D modeling technology of real people in real time claims to not require depth sensors and uses a single camera.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 19, 2019

Taylor is a serial founder in the media and immersive technology space. and San Francisco that have been home to over 150 VR and AI startups. and recently started a new company called Axon Park, focusing on using immersive technology to power the next generation of higher education. Alan: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 22, 2020

And when the audience enters, they have VR headsets on and they are immersed in dreamscape visuals, and the pass-through camera’s a big part of what we do to connect the realities, and to experience music in a new way. So we did 18 live immersive concerts over four days. One day Apple will come out and say a new feature.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 22, 2020

And when the audience enters, they have VR headsets on and they are immersed in dreamscape visuals, and the pass-through camera’s a big part of what we do to connect the realities, and to experience music in a new way. So we did 18 live immersive concerts over four days. One day Apple will come out and say a new feature.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 22, 2020

And when the audience enters, they have VR headsets on and they are immersed in dreamscape visuals, and the pass-through camera's a big part of what we do to connect the realities, and to experience music in a new way. So we did 18 live immersive concerts over four days. One day Apple will come out and say a new feature.

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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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