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2019 Was a Major Inflection Point for VR—Here’s the Proof

Road to VR

VR adoption is accelerating thanks to the Oculus Quest. Tipatat is a General Partner of the Venture Reality Fund investing in early stage VR, AR, and AI companies. Oculus proved that VR was more than a product when they officially released numbers about their ecosystem last September at Oculus Connect 6. for developers.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.06.15): PS5 revealed, SteamVR implements OpenVR and more!

The Ghost Howls

Late to the party after Oculus and Microsoft already released prototypical implementations, but finally Valve has implemented OpenXR into its runtime SteamVR. And these people use AR around 30 times per day. Rough, and it works only in big places, but it is that: a persistent and shared AR feature. Other relevant news.

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Founded by CERN Engineers, CREAL3D’s Light-field Display is the Real Deal

Road to VR

Co-founded by former CERN engineers who contributed to the ATLAS project at the Large Hadron Collider, CREAL3D is a Switzerland-based startup that’s created an impressive light-field display that’s unlike anything in an AR or VR headset on the market today. One of those projects wasn’t in CES’s AR/VR section at all.

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Interview with VRgineers: we want to push XR forward, but we’re not manufacturing a consumer XTAL

The Ghost Howls

I started because I actually tested, like everyone, the first generation of Oculus, and then the second, and so on… and I was expecting like better visual quality … [me too!] Why does it seem that only startups are innovating PC VR? HTC, Oculus, Sony are not offering headsets with big FOV and resolution… while you, Varjo, Pimax, are.

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SIGGRAPH 2017 In Los Angeles Showcases The Latest In VR and AR

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Just a few years ago I found the Oculus meeting room hidden in a corner of the show floor where they were showing the HD prototype of the Rift featuring improved resolution. “It has matured to the point where everybody knows what AR and VR is,” said VR Village Chair Denise Quesnel. VR/AR & OPTICS.

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XTAL: Hands-on With VRgineers’ 180° FoV Headset

Peter Graham

When it comes to virtual reality (VR) headsets there are two distinct markets, consumer and enterprise. The two may go hand-in-hand when it comes to particular uses cases, which initiatives like Oculus for Business has tapped into with Oculus Quest and Go. But what do you get when spending £5,000 GBP on a VR headset?

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From Giant Spiders to Ancient Legends, DIVR’s Arcade Offers Polar Opposite Experiences

Peter Graham

It’s why if you go to a dedicated VR or augmented reality (AR) event everyone is always so friendly and helpful. Earlier in October VRFocus took a trip over to Prague in the Czech Republic to see VRgineers and its XTAL headset.