Road to VR

JUNE 19, 2020

HTC has announced that it will offer its Vive WAVE mobile VR platform to all Snapdragon-based headsets. The move means that headset makers will be able to adopt HTC’s ready-made headset OS (instead of developing their own) and gain instant content compatibility with a pre-existing VR app ecosystem.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 19, 2021

Image by Oculus). The other bombshell news is that Resident Evil 4 is coming to the Oculus Quest 2. On April, 21st, Oculus will host its first Gaming Showcase , with news on ‘Lone Echo II’, ‘Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge’, and many other titles. HTC is going to launch its headset on May, 11th. Top news of the week.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

According to the Taiwan Stock Exchange, HTC will halt trading of its stock as of September 21st, pending an unknown announcement from the company, reports Bloomberg. Following several years of financial difficulty, the future of HTC seems less clear than it’s ever been. SEE ALSO HTC Vive Gets Major Price Cut, Now $600.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 9, 2016

Some of the biggest names in the business are teaming up to secure the future of virtual reality. Google, Sony, Oculus, Samsung, Acer and HTC have combined their efforts in order to create a healthy and equal industry for virtual reality hardware and software to develop and expand.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

HTC revealed their new standalone Vive Focus headset today , poised to launch into the Asian market. Earlier this year the device was teased to be heading to Western markets as part of Google’s Daydream platform in 2017, but now HTC confirms they’ve canceled those plans.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 5, 2018

Powered by VR, The Wild’s cross-platform 3D design platform works much like Google Docs. Last month, the developer of The Wild finally opened the gates to its cloud platform for collaborative 3D design across VR and AR. Even the move from Autodesk’s previous office, in Lake Oswego, OR, was facilitated with the use of VR and AR.

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VRScout

APRIL 19, 2020

According to the developer, support for other platforms and additional content are currently in the works. Baby Shark AR Handwash Challenge . With these VR and AR experiences, the Pinkfong Baby Shark brand continues to educate, engage, and inspire kids and families through song and dance. Baby Shark VR Dancing .

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ARPost

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

working on AR/MR. Likewise, hardware, software and third-party content creators for extended reality (XR) are seeing much stronger enterprise growth compared to consumer sector growth over the last 12 months: almost half (49.2%) reported that growth on the consumer side was weaker than expected, as opposed to just 25.7%

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

We knew that Google was working on adding VR capabilities to its mobile version of Chrome since last year. Chrome team member François Beaufort released the news on Google+ , saying that the first set of VR features is now available to try out in Chrome 61, the latest stable build of the company’s mobile browser.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 6, 2020

This post is adapted from ARtillery Intelligence’s report, AR Advertising Deep Dive, Part I: The Landscape. Prominent sectors include industrial AR , social , gaming , and shopping. But existing alongside all of them is AR advertising. But existing alongside all of them is AR advertising. billion by 2024.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2024

Anyway, with the end of the life of Quest 2, this cycle finished and a new one started with Quest 3, Apple Vision Pro, Google and Samsung announcing their own headset, and other companies chasing them (e.g. Huawei and Pico are rumored to be working on an Apple Vision Pro competitor).

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 12, 2017

In the 2016 State of the Industry report , Oculus Rift dominated conversations over all other headsets largely in part because a significant amount had tried the device (77% for Rift) over Google Cardboard (46%), Gear VR (31%), PlayStation VR (21%), and well over the HTC Vive (19%). Source: GDC 2017 State of the Industry Report.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Check out this list of tonight’s biggest VR/AR winners. Cher Wang – HTC Vive. AIS-VR Society President Jim Chabin and actress Maria Bello honored the CEO of HTC with the Sir Charles Wheatstone Award for exemplifying exceptional forward movement in the VR Sciences. Google Earth VR. Ghostbusters . Dear Angelica.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Lenovo and NuEyes to launch AR glasses in 2021. In the four leaked pictures, it is possible to speculate that these glasses are connected to a computing unit like the Nreal glasses , but they feature waveguide optics , that offer better visuals than the birdbath design used by the Chinese company. Top news of the week.

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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 One-year price performance for AAPL as of 2/3/20 Trending AR VR Articles: 1.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

We’ve seen various flavors over the years such as Microsoft Virtual Earth 3D , and of course Google Earth and Street View. Speaking of Google Earth, its VR edition is an immersive dive into 3D cities around the world. In fact, Realworld could use that data for location-relevant AR experiences. Winning Bet.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

As I said a few months ago , we are in the middle of a paradigm change: the cycle that started with the Quest is arriving at an end, and a new cycle driven by new technologies (mixed reality headsets) and new players (Apple, Google) is starting. They are Apple AR glasses!” Let me tell you why.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 1, 2017

According to the latest figures from Steam’s Hardware & Software Survey, the Oculus Rift has picked up an additional 3.1% The HTC Vive maintains the majority with 50.2% SEE ALSO Google Buys HTC Talent & IP for $1.1 Billion, Cash to Support HTC's Focus on Smartphones, VR, & AR.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

After a long and somewhat awkward period of Google keeping all of their VR apps from Facebook’s VR platforms on desktop (with Rift) and mobile (with Gear VR), Tilt Brush is the first VR olive branch extended across the platform gap between these two major tech competitors. But, a new glimmer of hope has emerged.

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AR Insider

JANUARY 27, 2021

It let you essentially fly around a city, sort of like Google Earth but in three dimensions. In fairness, Google Earth offers 3D features. In fairness, Google Earth offers 3D features. And Google Earth VR , lets users fly around cities in strikingly immersive ways. XR Talks: Defining the AR Cloud, Part I.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 7, 2022

Just to make an example, I was there when there was the Netscape vs Internet Explorer war, but now the leading web browser is Google Chrome. Google Chrome, for instance, has been helped a lot by the fact that it is the pre-installed browser on all Android phones. Let me show you what are some of them. AR glasses.

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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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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

HTC released a video showing off its vision of the metaverse, a reflection of what the company thinks virtual spaces will look like in the near future. Some ideas are inevitable. HTC’s most recent concept video isn’t at fault for shooting for the stars. And… it’s not a great look. Follow the Leader.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 5, 2017

With the latest amazing innovations in VR/AR, VRX 2017 next week in San Francisco is the place to be to hear from those leading the charge. Speakers from leading companies including Oculus, Intel, Ford, HTC, Paramount, Google, Epic Games, Walmart, Qualcomm and many more, will be present at the event. Not attending?

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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. There are however too reluctant holdouts left; Apple and Magic Leap, but it remains to be seen what either are bringing to the table.

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Peter Graham

AUGUST 5, 2019

Today, the XRDC has released its fourth AR/VR Innovation Report , and for the first time creator interest has shifted away from HTC Vive towards Oculus Rift. In the 2018 report, 41 percent of developers said Oculus Rift. 30 percent of respondents said Oculus Rift, while 28 percent said Oculus Quest.

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ARVR

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Supported AR/VR devices ? WebXR is a JavaScript application programming interface (API) that enables applications to interact with augmented reality and virtual reality devices, such as the HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Google Cardboard or Open Source Virtual Reality (OSVR), in a web browser.? Trending AR VR Articles: 1.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

I am also excited because thanks to the organizers of the VRX event, yesterday I have been able to interview Facebook’s Sean Liu and ask him some questions about Oculus and its vision of Virtual Reality. That said, let me do a short recap of the past days in AR/VR. Oculus Link is here. nReal launches its AR glasses devkits.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

While with other VR headsets like the Vive Focus Plus it is already possible to do some kind of augmented reality , this is the first standalone headset that can provide both good quality AR and VR on the same device. These are pretty cool, also because the Snapdragon XR 2 is much more powerful than the 835 mounted by the Oculus Quest.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Today it’s a great day for virtual reality: at WCVRI conference, HTC has just announced a kit to provide 6 DOF controllers for Vive Focus and has showcased a hands-tracking technology for the Vive Pro ! The Venture Reality Fund and of course HTC. — Alvin Wang Graylin (@AGraylin) October 18, 2018. Really fantastic.

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Hypergrid Business

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

There are quite a handful of platforms that allow you to develop virtual reality and augmented reality apps and content, but it is not easy to find an offline virtual reality school or academy with which to train for those interested in developing AR and VR apps. It is covered in 4 weeks in about 11 hours total.

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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! One of the smartest ideas ever had by HTC has been the invention of the Vive Tracker: a little puck that you can attach to an object so that to track it inside virtual reality. Welcome 2021!

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AR Insider

AUGUST 12, 2019

Data Point of the Week is AR Insider’s dive into the latest spatial computing figures. That’s followed by Oculus (presumably all variants) at 25 percent and HTC (same) at 22 percent. That includes Google (11 percent) Samsung (5 percent) and others (6 percent).

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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. version of OpenXR.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 28, 2016

Oculus has acquired an eye-tracking startup known as The Eye Tribe , a company spokesman confirmed to UploadVR this morning. ” The latter half of that mission statement is likely rendered moot now that The Eye Tribe has been acquired by Oculus. .” Recently, Google acquired a company called Eyefluence.

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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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Road to VR

MARCH 19, 2017

“2016 marked an important step for the AR and VR headset market with product finally arriving in end users’ hands and on their heads,” noted Ramon Llamas, research manager with IDC’s Augmented and Virtual Reality team. SEE ALSO What VR Headset Makers (not analysts) Have Actually Said About Sales Expectations.

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