VRScout

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

It’s no secret that Walmart, the biggest retailer in the world, is actively embracing the full potential of AR and VR to keep them ahead of their competition. based employee using an Oculus Go through STRIVR ’s VR training program. Would customers use their AR Scanning option if it was fun and simple to use?

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 16, 2022

Depth sensors and RGB cameras may help also in doing object detection in the future (hopefully) There are some studios making content with this headset: Meta has teased Gravity Sketch in AR, and games by Resolution Games and Schell Games. Google performs interesting AR news at I/O conference. Other relevant news.

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ARVR

JUNE 10, 2022

After using oculus for Development, Playing games, socialising and for fitness. These are of my personal feedbacks on each category. Games: The first thing I did in Oculus was to play the over hyped BeatSaber. Gaming in any VR would give you an immersive experience and oculus joins the list of one among. Unity-tutorial ?

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

After months of speculation, Facebook today confirmed that Facebook Reality Lab is, in fact, developing a pair of AR glasses. According to Facebook, LiveMaps will serve as the core foundation for their upcoming AR glasses. Facebook wants to create a 3D map of the Earth by crowd-sourcing geo-tagged images. Image Credit: Facebook.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 13, 2022

Meta delays its plans for AR glasses. Meta has not officially answered this report, but Andrew Bosworth, the CTO of the company, has indirectly commented on it: “ We’re going to ship wrist wearables and AR glasses that bring completely new tech?—?like Other relevant news. Image by Meta). like EMG?—?to This is anyway good news.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

This week in XR hasn’t had any explosive news, but it was interesting nonetheless: in particular we had cool info on AR glasses, with some news from Kura, Lynx, and Samsung. Samsung AR glasses concept has been leaked. Popular Twitter leaker WalkingCat has leaked two trailer videos about two AR glasses by Samsung.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Google is reportedly working on an AR operating system. Google owns the best search engine (Google), all the data of the outdoor part of the world (Google Maps), the most used mobile operating system (Android), an AR framework (ARCore), and is strategically acquiring some startups that may be useful for building future AR glasses (North).

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 23, 2019

Stay tuned on my blog for updates about this new adventure of mine. But for now, let me do a recap of the best news of the past week in AR and VR! Oculus has teased the OC6. Oculus has just announced the dates for the Oculus Connect 6. Oculus is going to announce something not only about VR but also about AR.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 8, 2020

VTime’s cross-platform social network vTime XR is now available on Facebook’s Oculus Quest and Oculus Quest 2 headsets, offering standalone users a premium socialVR experience centered primarily around intimate group meet-ups. Chat with friends across multiple platforms via this intimate socialVR app. Image Credit: vTime.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 8, 2024

The Vision Pro looks to expand traditional 2D desktop screens, translating desktop icons as interactable AR applications, which users can launch as immersive pop-ups alongside their real-world environment. The leaks confirm Augment’s debut on the MR headset, powered by Spark, the firm’s in-house AR/MR development framework.

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Gravity Jack

APRIL 14, 2023

The virtual reality (VR) landscape has been rapidly evolving over the past few years, and one of the most promising advancements that are set to change the game is the Oculus passthrough functionality. First and foremost, the Oculus passthrough functionality brings a new level of safety and convenience to VR experiences.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 14, 2019

Here you are my recap of the most interesting XR news of the week! Apple has killed its AR glasses project… maybe. If the report were true, this would mean that Apple doesn’t believe in AR anymore and this would be terrible news for all the immersive realities ecosystem. Oculus is working on 2nd gen VR. So, don’t panic.

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Road to VR

MAY 15, 2017

Oculus Research, the VR and AR R&D division of the company, today announced a new display technology that they’re calling the “Focal Surface Display.” ” Oculus Research’s Focal Surface Display prototype | Photo courtesy Oculus. .” An accompanying blog post offers additional detail.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 5, 2020

Some companies have already teased or revealed what they are going to announce, while others are just waiting the right moment to surprise people. But as far as I know, nothing disruptive for the industry : Oculus has already shots all its bullets, and HTC for the first time isn’t announcing anything. Image by Oculus).

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 17, 2020

Fast forward more than 10 years, Andrea and I are still in touch, and sometimes we collaborate on AR/VR projects (once I also did a lesson to his students!), It is a real pleasure for me to be interviewed for your blog. Holo-BLSD is a self-learning tool in AR. or just meet and talk about immersive realities.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 3, 2020

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. That is if every company implemented OpenXR, a program built for the Oculus should work with SteamVR as well. Image by Oculus).

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

MARCH 7, 2024

In the same blog post, Meta noted its tapping into XR’s impact on learning outcomes today. It appeared that Meta would instead focus on XR gaming and AR-lite consumer wearables. Meta’s move means that a Quest user who logs into their XR device with an Oculus account will no longer be able to do so by the end of the month.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Today, I’m going to share with you the APK that lets you have passthrough vision with blue edges on your Oculus Quest 2. I so started to share the APK with them via e-mail, and now, after all these weeks, I have realized that it is worthwhile sharing it with everyone on this blog. Why am I sharing this app? Oh yes, the irony.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 6, 2020

A bit late, but this new roundup of best AR and VR news of the week is out! More info (Official blog post) More info (Explanation on Upload VR) More info (Very good explanation on Road To VR) More info (Jeri Ellsworth saying this technology will arrive “soon-ish”). Oculus Quest v18 adds colored Guardian and voice commands.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

This next-generation wearable could have a major impact on VR & AR technology. But no weirder than wearing an AR or VR headset in public, which is slowly becoming the norm. . Wearables are becoming a big part of how we access and consume information. At first glance, the 5G Neckband looks like a beefy lanyard.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 25, 2020

OMG, it’s almost 3 years that I write these roundups… the first week peek was exclusive for my blog subscribers and it featured as best news the release of Google Blocks and in the other news something about Samsung Gear VR… how much time has passed since then! Image by Oculus). The Oculus Quest is now one year old. We’ll see….

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ARPost

MARCH 26, 2020

As GDC is usually one of the highlights of the tech year, different companies are finding ways to adapt. All last week Oculus announced their VR news through the Facebook Game Developers Showcase. The three-day event featured videos and special blog posts. Now it looks like HTC and VIVE are doing something similar.

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Road to VR

MARCH 16, 2020

Facebook today announced that a prototype version of OpenXR , the royalty-free open standard from The Khronos Group, will be available to Oculus Quest and Rift developers in an update coming later this month. SEE ALSO These Are the Countries Where You Can Still Buy Quest & Rift S Direct From Oculus.

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AR Insider

MAY 25, 2021

common AR industry sentiment is that the smartphone will pave the way for smart glasses. Before AR glasses achieve consumer-friendly specs and price points, AR’s delivery system is the device we all have in our pockets. There, it can stimulate demand for AR experiences. Wearables: Paving the Way for AR Glasses.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 4, 2021

This is the first newsletter of the new year, and I hope it will just be the beginning of a wonderful year in AR and VR for all of you! A reality check on AR in 2020. AR is a widely used feature on smartphones now, while smart glasses are slowly growing, waiting for the big shots of 2023 (yes, Apple, I’m looking at you).

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Happy Holidays , my dear AR/VR community! Even if these should be holidays, my will to inform you is not in vacation, so here you are my roundup of the best AR/VR news for this week. But the advantage is that you can play all the games of the Oculus Store and from Sidequest without Zuck watching you. Top news of the week.

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AR Insider

MAY 24, 2021

This week, we dive into Snap’s new AR Spectacles, Google I/O takeaways and Digilens’ new reference frames. version of Specs, its AR glasses, which are now in the hands of select developers. Specs have received a significant upgrade and can now actually show users AR. The Oculus Go was launched under his watch.

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Road to VR

JUNE 25, 2018

So it’s good news to know that the talented studio behind the game, Tender Claws, is pushing ahead with a new project, this time backed by Oculus, and slated for 2019. And … we’re collaborating with Oculus on a new experience coming next year! E3 attendees can see a demo of tendar in the IndieCade zone in the West Hall.

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Ryan Schultz

JANUARY 19, 2023

Photo by Jordan Ladikos on Unsplash When I started this blog in July of 2017, I had never intended to become a Second Life blogger. There were hundreds of other bloggers out there who were doing a far better job than I could of covering Second Life, and they still are! I often joke that I got my Ph.D.

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Road to VR

MAY 28, 2020

Having just brought its award-winning VR experience Vader Immortal out of Oculus platform exclusivity to PSVR, ILMxLAB today announced its working on a new VR experience called Star Wars: Tales from the Galaxy’s Edge.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 16, 2019

And of course, between a glass of champagne and a slice of panettone, there is still time for VR, so here you are a collection of best VR news of the past week! Oculus Quest gets hand tracking. Last week, the runtime v12 of Oculus Quest has been rolled out , and this took with it lots of interesting updates. Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2024

We can say the new cycle started with the announcement of the Apple Vision Pro , because that has been a disruptive moment for our market: Road To VR’s Ben Lang says that it has been the most important moment for virtual reality after Facebook’s acquisition of Oculus , and I agree.

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ARVR

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

One-year price performance for MSFT, AAPL, GOOGL, SNE, and NVDA According to the latest report from Statista , the global augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) markets are rapidly growing and are forecast to reach a total of $72.8 It is clear that Apple working diligently to become a big player in the AR/VR space.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 8, 2023

T he event will be presented by Oculus Studios Executive Producer Ruth Bram like last year, but introduce new pre-event and post-event sessions. On June, 1st, at 10 am PT, Meta is going to stream a presentation with a lot of news about upcoming titles or upgrades of existing titles for the Meta Quest. appeared first on The Ghost Howls.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MAY 4, 2017

In a surprise announcement, Facebook is announcing today that it will be shuttering Oculus Story Studio. Story Studio is the team within Oculus that focused on the creation of narrative driven virtual reality content like the emmy award winning Henry, emotionally moving story Dear Angelica and breakout content like Lost.

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Peter Graham

MARCH 17, 2020

Much like the Game Developers Conference (GDC) which it’s replacing, Facebook’s Game Developers Showcase is a chance for the company to announce both consumer and industry-focused news, with the first day mainly concentrating on Oculus Quest. As VRFocus has previously reported , the OpenXR 1.0

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VRScout

DECEMBER 10, 2021

For more information on Among Us VR check out Meta’s official blog post. Beyoncé)”, and “The Edge of Glory” “Lady Gaga is known for sitting at the cutting-edge of culture, so virtual reality was a natural fit,” said David Nieman, Vice President of Marketing, Interscope Records, in the official Meta blog post.

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