Road to VR

MARCH 18, 2019

OpenXR is a royalty-free standard for cross-platform VR and AR development. It’s backed by many of the biggest names in the VR and AR industries and has been in development by the consortium for two years now, organized by Khronos Group. The group today announced the ratification of OpenXR 0.9,

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 19, 2022

I almost forgot about it, when a few days ago I got contacted by the company, because it is now back to business, and it has even just released a new version of its player, with interesting features, like passthrough AR support. A VR cat app, a VR game capture app, and a VR movie show. He left in 2016 and founded his startup.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 16, 2021

Today I want to answer a question that from time to time people ask me: is it possible to make a living out of AR and VR? Yes, it is possible to live by working in the AR and VR fields. There are many people that earn enough in the AR and VR field and that don’t need to have another job. The short answer is yes.

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Road to VR

JULY 29, 2019

OpenXR, a widely supported initiative which aims to streamline AR/VR development across headsets and platforms, has reached its 1.0 It’s a major milestone, according to Khronos Group which has overseen development of the standard by a consortium of many of the biggest names in the AR/VR sector. release today. OpenXR 1.0

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VRScout

DECEMBER 26, 2018

If 2016 was the birth of modern VR/AR technology, than 2018 was its elementary school graduation. Major hardware releases, vast improvements to software, and various other integral advancements have quietly solidified VR & AR as viable, long-term technological platforms for years to come. LOCATION-BASED VR.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 16, 2022

To hide the real appearance of the device, his face wearing it was pixelated: the most interesting things in life are always pixelated, as in the hentai movies. Zuck has also had a chat with Jesse Schell, the CEO of Schell Games, and has provided an exclusive interview to Protocol. Google performs interesting AR news at I/O conference.

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Road to VR

JUNE 12, 2020

Valve just took a big step in prepping Steam game developers for the full arrival of OpenXR, the new industry-wide open standard for AR and VR headsets. OpenXR is all about reducing—if not entirely eliminating—fractures within the market by letting developers build AR/VR content for a much wider gamut of headsets.

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ARPost

MARCH 26, 2021

The virtual Game Developers Conference Showcase was held from March 15-19. The event wasn’t exclusively devoted to VR gaming, but a number of VR gaming companies and independent designers use Unity’s game engine. Last year, many game development groups held events independently. Updates from Game Developers.

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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. For more information on vTime’s growing cross-reality platform visit here.

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AR Insider

AUGUST 2, 2021

Instagram product head Vishal Shah and Facebook Gaming’s Vivek Sharma and Jason Rubin will be leading the new group, which will report to Andrew Bosworth, head of Facebook Reality Labs. Rezzil Secures $2.75M Investment for Oculus Sports Training App “Player 22. ” Both are Chinese companies. Full nerd alert here.

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VRScout

JUNE 2, 2019

Facebook’s standalone 6DOF headset, Oculus Quest hit retail stores on May 21 st , and in just one week after launch, the VR headset was listed as sold out at many U.S. Douglas Dominguez, a plumber from Hampton, GA who is part of a Facebook Oculus Quest group, shared a Facebook post about a gentleman he knows who is confined to a wheelchair.

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Road to VR

MAY 9, 2019

It looks like Facebook is shaking up Oculus and reassigning some of its top executives to new positions within the parent company, notably affecting head of content Jason Rubin and Oculus leader Hugo Barra. The post Facebook Shuffles Top Oculus Executives appeared first on Road to VR. — Hugo Barra (@hbarra) May 9, 2019.

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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!), The other main activities of our group are related to machine learning and computer vision. Holo-BLSD is a self-learning tool in AR.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 23, 2021

While the company hasn’t fully revealed its product, it says it’s using AR and VR to create immersive sports training and gaming experiences. ” The company is focused on both XR sports training and gaming. .” ” The company is focused on both XR sports training and gaming. .”

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 19, 2020

Are you ready to read some interesting AR and VR news from the week that has just finished? Oculus Go price cut down to $150. Facebook has permanently cut down the price of the Oculus Go to $150 , the same price that made it sell incredibly well on Amazon during the Cyber Monday. Top news of the week. Image by Engadget).

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VRScout

MARCH 6, 2019

Keeping in line with their history of fascinating investments, SYFY yesterday announced Eleven Eleven , a daring new original science fiction experience built specifically for PC VR, mobile VR, and AR platforms. Eleven Eleven will feature three separate releases, each custom-tailored for tethered (PC) VR, mobile VR, and AR devices.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 3, 2020

Image by Khronos Group). 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.

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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.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

He is a very smart professional, and he’s very passionate about AR and VR technologies, and for this reason, I have already interviewed him on my blog. Here you are my chat with him about Oculus For Business! Let’s talk about Oculus For Business… can you remind my readers what is it?

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Image by Ars Technica). A market where Oculus has almost no earning s from the hardware sales, though, so it’s a weird situation. Kura teases second-gen AR glasses, but…. Kura is a little startup in California that is working on a pair of lightweight AR glasses. TiltFive is going to release its AR headset soon.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

In December of last year, Khronos group made headlines for adding Epic Games to the list of companies in support of their pursuit of an API standard for virtual and augmented reality. A couple months later, that standard now has a name as Khronos unveils the OpenXR working group at GDC 2017.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 31, 2020

Facebook Connect is coming September, 16th Oculus de facto rebranded as Facebook Reality Labs. Oculus is de facto no more. This week, Facebook has finally announced the date of the Oculus Connect 7, which is September, 16th. But it won’t be called Oculus Connect 7, but Facebook Connect. Top news of the week.

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Road to VR

JULY 28, 2021

Facebook Reality Labs, the company’s AR/VR research and development team, announced the creation of a special product group focused on developing its future vision for “the Metaverse.” Bosworth says its so-called Metaverse Product Group will be lead by Vishal Shah, Instagram VP of Product.

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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. Through the lenses of nReal glasses connected to my PC: all the text is easily readable, and also colors are very sharp.

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ARPost

JULY 16, 2019

Are you attending XRDC’s AR and VR conference in San Francisco on October 14-15? The XRDC AR/VR Healthcare Report is out now and is a must-read. The report covers the latest advancements in AR and VR with interviews from 5 leaders using this tech in healthcare. The Healthcare Industry, VR, and AR.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 10, 2021

The announcement was made during The Game Awards 2021 alongside a handful of other exciting reveals. In addition to major announcements regarding console and PC games, VR also showed up in full force. Here are some of the standout moments from last night’s celebration, starting with arguably the most exciting reveal.

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Road to VR

MARCH 28, 2019

Last week at GDC Oculus revealed their first new PC VR headset in three years, the Rift S. We sat down with Facebook’s Jason Rubin, VP of AR/VR Content & Partnerships, to learn more about the strategy behind Quest and Rift S, and where Oculus is trying to steer its ecosystem.

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AR Insider

JANUARY 10, 2020

This article features the latest episode of The AR Show. Based on a new collaboration, episode coverage now joins AR Insider’s editorial flow including narrative insights and audio. AR is a “thing” in mainstream consciousness, due largely to Pokémon Go. But people didn’t download it for AR.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 13, 2021

Honor to all the other countries, some of them probably deserved more than us, but I think Italy won because we were a true team, a group of people that supported each other for a goal they craved to reach. Ok, enough with football… let’s get back to AR and VR…. Oculus plans to introduce in-app purchases to App Lab experiences.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

This week has been the week of the Oculus Connect 6 , the biggest yearly event by Oculus where the VR company announces all its most important news, both on hardware and software sides. Oculus Link. You can even access to Oculus Home and Dash. Oculus Link will be available in beta in November 2019.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 25, 2020

More info (Jon Prosser’s video) More info (Apple’s proprietary QR Codes) More info (Steve Jobs AR glasses). Image by Oculus). Oculus Quest becomes 1 year old, and Facebook makes many announcements. The Oculus Quest is now one year old. They are all very interesting to be read. We’ll see…. Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 4, 2022

But at first, let’s get serious and read the relevant news of the week in AR and VR. Meta Quest Gaming Showcase is coming on April, 20th. Meta is back with its Gaming Showcase, and this year, it is going to be aired on April, 20th at 10 am PT. Ruth Bram, Executive Producer at Oculus Studios, will be the host of the show.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

AR glasses are on the rise. Don’t hold your breath to see it in your Oppo shop soon, because it is just an experimental device and not a commercial product yet; Unbox Fantasy has conducted a successful Kickstarter campaign for the GodView 5K, a smart glass able to put 2D screens everywhere in AR. Top news of the week.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Khronos Group , the consortium behind the OpenXR project which aims to standardize the way applications communicate with AR and VR headsets, just added Microsoft to its ranks. Among its count of members, the OpenXR working group consisted of nearly every major player in the industry except Microsoft until now.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

Oculus Quest 2. The biggest announcement of the event has been for sure the Oculus Quest 2, that Facebook has not only revealed but also launched. Oculus Quest 2 is a great piece of technology. Keep in mind that this won’t mean that we will have games that are the double more beautiful than the ones of the Quest , though.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 13, 2020

And this week I think we had many cool news that are worth a mention, so let’s dig immediately into them! Image by Epic Games). Sony invests $250M in Epic Games. Sony has announced that it has made a big investment of $250M in Epic Games through one of its subsidiaries. Rockstar is working on AAA VR open world game.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Every year I make this prediction game about what Facebook is going to announce at Oculus/Facebook connect, and this year won’t be an exception! So here you are what I expect to be announced on Thursday … but before reading, remember that I have no inside info about what is going to happen, and it is all speculation!

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