AR Insider

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Zuckerberg also stated that the Quest 2 successor is in development already and that smartglasses and AR glasses will come in the near future. The CEO said they have but one competitor, Apple, which hasn’t yet announced any XR, AR or VR, products. The product is a 3D modeling software for PC VR and Oculus Quest headsets.

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ARPost

JUNE 8, 2020

The VR/AR Association’s VR/AR Global Summit took place last week from June 1 to June 3. Like many large-scale organizations, this was the first time that the VR/AR Association held their annual major conference online. This is definitely VR’s potential killer moment. Smaller Devices, the AR Cloud, and Mass Adoption.

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ARPost

JUNE 8, 2021

The VR/AR Association held their annual Global Summit for North America from June 2 through 4. Highlights included new platforms, metaverse definitions, tech convergence, and more. Highlights included new platforms, metaverse definitions, tech convergence, and more. What the Smartest People in the Room Are Talking About.

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VRScout

AUGUST 18, 2021

Similar to 2020, this year’s virtual event will be hosted remotely via Facebook Live, offering big-name keynotes, exciting announcements, and a plethora of other Oculus-related content to enjoy. Last year, for example, we received big updates on over 15 games for Oculus Quest and Oculus Rift headsets. Pretty free?

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Road to VR

JANUARY 22, 2021

Even before Facebook moved to require all new Oculus users to sign in with Facebook , Oculus headset users were rightfully worried about the company’s treatment of user privacy. Having been on the outside since 2005 it was impressive to watch their persistence yield a gradual but definitive shift in their reputation.

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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

JANUARY 5, 2022

Fasten your seatbelts because today I’m going to publish for you an amazing new tutorial, this time on Oculus Spatial Anchors, a new experimental feature added to the Oculus SDK. Oculus Spatial Anchors in Unity: video tutorial. Oculus Spatial Anchors. Let me tell you everything you need to know about them!

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 11, 2020

Nreal is for sure one of the most interesting AR startups on the market. It got the attention of all the press at CES 2019 revealing an AR glass that is light, fashionable, and affordable. The visuals of the Nreal glasses are still like the ones that I described in my hands-on session of one year ago.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 1, 2019

During Oculus Connect 6 in San Jose, CA, Mark Zuckerberg unveiled that the Oculus Quest would allow for hand and finger tracking without the need of any hand controllers, and of course, I couldn’t wait to try it. It’s not perfect, but it is definitely a step in the right direction. ” Image Credit: Facebook.

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OCTOBER 6, 2017

The Immersive Storytelling & Emerging Technologies concentration to include VR, AR and AI in its Film & Media Masters of Arts Program this January. VR and AR can tell and teach with a depth that is unattainable in most other creative media,” said Arora. Looking for more information on this new concentration?

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AR Insider

MARCH 3, 2020

At the precipice of 2020, that leaves the question of where we are now? Optimism is still present but AR and VR players continue to be tested as high-flying prospects like ODG, Meta and Daqri dissolve. These events are resetting expectations on the timing and scale of revenue outcomes. The “When?” The “What?”.

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VRScout

MARCH 16, 2020

There are plenty of other ways to stay active while under quarantine, such as using VR and AR to give yourself a killer cardio workout. ” You’ll have your body sweating up a storm as you jump, squat, kick, and flail your way through these physically-active VR and AR experiences. Image Credit: Doghead Simulations).

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 12, 2023

The last problem was the number of pixels: the display is made of 14,000 pixels which means around 120×120 pixels resolution, which is usually not enough to show a single image with high definition. The VR demo showed a circular UI similar to the one I tried in AR: I could point at icons and activate some popups. A new path.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Oculus Connect 7—now referred to as Facebook Connect —is just around the corner and rumors surrounding the annual developer conference are swirling! Here are our official predictions for Facebook Connect: NEW OCULUS HARDWARE. which appeared to use the original Oculus Go headset as a temporary placeholder.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Citing ‘people familiar with the matter’, CNBC’s report maintain the glasses are internally codenamed Orion, and are intended to replace smartphones by letting users “take calls, show information […] in a small display and live-stream their vantage point to their social media friends and followers.”

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Reminder: at more than $800 Cambria is likely meant for prosumers and developers looking to get their hands on a VR headset capable of AR interactions (aka ‘mixed reality’) thanks to color passthrough and built-in eye tracking.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 13, 2019

You are an audio designer… why do you think that audio design in an AR/VR application is important? Audio in AR/VR is 51% of the experience. In an AR experience, we usually focus on visuals and interactions. Spatial audio is important for all AR/VR experiences. What pieces of advice can you give to us?

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Road to VR

JANUARY 16, 2020

Of the many granted, here’s a few of the most interesting AR/VR patents we’ve found: Beamsplitter assembly for eye tracking in head-mounted displays. SEE ALSO Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg Thinks AR/VR is a Solution to the Housing Crisis. Patent Rankings Due to Mounting AR Strategy appeared first on Road to VR.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

This one is the last AR/VR news roundup for this summer! References found in the Oculus Quest 2 firmware by users Reggy04 and Basti564 highlight how the Quest 2 Pro should have: Eyes tracking Facial expressions tracking Eye relief knob Granular IPD adjustment External charging station. Apple Event was not about AR, like, at all.

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AR Insider

APRIL 13, 2020

Data Point of the Week is AR Insider’s dive into the latest spatial computing figures. AR Insider readers know that we’re obsessed with collecting clues for VR hardware penetration. For example, it doesn’t fully reflect PSVR, nor Oculus Quest. — Oculus Quest has surpassed Vive Cosmos (2.89% vs. 1.25%).

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 3, 2022

I hope this new year I can keep providing you with high-quality content about AR and VR like all the past five years. VR had a great Christmas, and in particular, Oculus Quest 2 had a great Christmas. This would be another clue about Apple launching its AR/VR visor in 2022 , as many other reports seem to hint. More info.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 6, 2016

On stage at Oculus Connect 2016, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg teased that Oculus is developing a new, standalone, wireless VR headset with inside-out positional tracking. SEE ALSO HoloLens Inside-out Tracking Is Game Changing for AR & VR, and No One Is Talking about It.

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Road to VR

JULY 11, 2017

We’re all waiting for the day when you can put on a singular, tether-free headset and experience all the ‘R’s that VR/AR/MR have to offer—and NormalVR , a “small but focused” group of passionate immersive media creators just gave us a peek into what’s possible when you mash it all together.

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Road to VR

APRIL 22, 2019

With last month’s announcement of the Rift S , it became clear that Oculus was not ready to deliver a ‘Rift 2’, and instead opted to focus on making the existing Rift experience easier to use , rather than pleasing enthusiasts looking for a next generation experience. Rift S | Image courtesy Oculus.

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ARPost

JULY 28, 2020

Among other roles and titles, Kadlubsky is the Director of Communications for Open AR Cloud – an organization dedicated to “the development of open and interoperable spatial computing technology, data, and standards.”. Some people are fighting for the rest of us. before they were purchased by Niantic.

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AR Insider

JANUARY 14, 2021

To level set on definitions, the focal range here is the full spatial spectrum. That includes AR, VR, and all of their subsegments. These are each governed by different market factors. To break that down, one bright spot for AR continues to be smartphone-based, given device penetration. There are 3.46 Lighter AR.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 7, 2023

Virtual Reality headsets are for instance already used in many industrial sectors: I’ve heard that now all automotive companies use VR in some way in their production processes. It is not a continuous line, but there are many jumps. Think about what happened to VR: we had the Oculus devkits, which interested only us developers.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

On stage at AWE 2021 this week, Resolution Games CEO Tommy Palm announced that his company is spinning up a new division dedicated to AR game development. On the wind-up to the announcement, Palm noted that there are “5 million users in VR” across platforms.

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Road to VR

JULY 19, 2019

Elon Musk unveiled Neuralink earlier this week, a startup that aims to not only revolutionize the growing field of brain-machine interfaces (BMIs), but eventually wants to make neural implants as common as LASIK outpatient procedures are today—that’s the long-term goal at least.

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AR Insider

JANUARY 27, 2021

But that’s a non-starter for anyone outside of the few million people that own VR hardware (much less the compatible HTC and Oculus hardware). There are also AR-related efforts to capture spatial maps of various locales. It offers high-definition 3D models of 75 major cities. XR Talks: Defining the AR Cloud, Part I.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 12, 2020

It’s been the week of CES, and we’ve got many news and articles about AR and VR in these days! Regarding AR, Mark says that he believes that it is the next technological platform and that before 2030, it will be more important than smartphones. Oculus Link official cable now available worldwide (but Quest is still soldout).

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Road to VR

APRIL 7, 2018

Yelena Rachitsky is an executive producer of experiences at Oculus, and she’s been inspired by how interactive narratives have allowed her to feel like a participant who is more engaged, more present, and more alive. The future of VR storytelling will be immersive and interactive.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 5, 2020

It’s that time of the week when I report to you the best news of the week in the AR/VR fields, so fasten your seatbelts and get ready! Some months ago, Road To VR unveiled that Canon was going to update its mixed reality offering with the Mreal MD-20, a high-quality passthrough AR headset that substituted the previous MD-10 model.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

At GDC, HTC has announced that this great device will come for sure to the rest of the world and that this will happen “later this year” I know, this is not a very definite time, but it is better than nothing: before the GDC we weren’t even sure if it would ever come here. Oculus Go showcased.

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ARPost

JANUARY 15, 2020

If you prefer MR or AR, don’t worry, we have a similar article devoted to AR and MR headsets and glasses. See Also: How Will AR and VR Change Industries in 2020. Though we will also be looking at one VIVE headset, Oculus rules the road when it comes to standalone VR headsets. Oculus Quest. Oculus Quest.

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ARPost

JANUARY 17, 2020

We in the AR and VR world tend to think that we have spacial experiences to ourselves, which is neither fair, nor true. The launch of a multitude of experiences and technologies means that more than ever more and more of us are controlling objects in three-dimensional space. We’re definitely looking forward to the etee Steam VR launch.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

While it doesn’t offer VR gaming yet, the project is led by a former Oculus executive who clearly understands the potential of VR cloud-gaming. VR cloud-streaming is definitely viable, but the key bottleneck is less about software or bandwidth and much more about latency.

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