Road to VR

APRIL 26, 2018

John Root co-founded VRLA with Cosmo Scharf in 2014 , and it has organically grown into a thriving VR event with over 10,000 attendees at the Los Angeles Convention Center. VR/AR expert and futurist Charlie Fink. and “Discovering New Worlds: Using VR/AR/MR for Space Exploration,” a session with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

During the first-day of the Unite 2016 conference in Los Angeles Tuesday, Unity Technologies unveiled a number of new updates and features to help support VR and AR creators around the world developing interactive 3D, VR and AR experiences. To access open beta, you can visit: connect.unity.com.

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Upload VR

MAY 26, 2022

Niantic ‘s new Lightship Visual Positioning System (VPS) will facilitate interactions with ‘global scale’ persistent and synced AR content on mobile devices. The technology is similar to large-scale visual positioning systems in active development at Google and Snap.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 23, 2019

When have you entered VR and what has fascinated you about this technology? ( I’ve always had this fascination with like virtual worlds and being able to go someplace besides the reality or go someplace beyond where you actually are, so that’s really what sort of picked my interest in it. What do you do exactly there?

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VRWorld

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Following the Unity Training Day on Halloween, October 31st, Unity launched pretty awesome features during the opening keynote for Unite Los Angeles 2016 conference. Google also announced Unity Daydream support, confirming that a native Unity integration, currently in technical preview, will arrive in Unity version 5.6.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Comprised of grants and tax credit incentives, lawmakers have awarded Snap funding to help the company expand its offices globally and boost its augmented reality (AR) smart glasses manufacturing capacity. ” For many within the industry, recipients are forecast to attract $1.3

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Global payment system American Express announced on Tuesday it would launch a “Door to Shop Small” augmented reality (AR) campaign. To commemorate its 14th annual Small Business Saturday event on 25 November this year, AmEx will roll out its AR experience to those purchasing $50 or more on eligible cards across the United States.

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ARVR

AUGUST 2, 2021

Snap continues to solidify its leading position in consumer AR. After announcing several milestones at its partner summit , including new AR glasses , its Q2 earnings last week signaled continued momentum. In fact, AR was a bright spot in a record-breaking quarter. Trending AR VR Articles: 1. See the breakdown below.

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TechCrunch VR

MAY 31, 2023

By the time Howard Rheingold’s “Virtual Reality” was published in 1991, the Sensorama was already a “slowly deteriorating” relic stashed away in a cabana next the pool at its inventor’s West Los Angeles home. For decades, the technology has felt ahead of its time, beginning with Sensorama in 1962.

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VRScout

AUGUST 15, 2017

The NFL uses VR to train referees for football season, MLB expands VR content, Sports Illustrated cover features AR, W Magazine uses AR to bring Katy Perry image to life, eye implant platform wants to power continuous AR, now you show off your real-life DJ skills in VR, and the investment & funding wrapup… 1.

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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. And especially, he’s a great expert in technology. More info (Subscriber count of subreddits) More info (Google searches for “Oculus”). Welcome 2021!

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Netspend and Papa Johns have teamed up with Basketball Legend Shaquille O’Neal to promote his Shaq’s Fun House event’s augmented reality (AR) experience ahead of Super Bowl LVII Sunday. Creative immersive experiences are the only way to cut through swipe culture.”

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Hypergrid Business

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

But I can’t help thinking about how there’s high visibility attention on a single wealthy-for-life individual — but far less talk about the societal impact of this latest Apple product, which, to my mind, conjures up the phrase, “gentrification of extended reality technologies.” Have you seen the Apple Vision Pro movie?

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

The free to attend showcase features women-led businesses in immersive technology (XR) and is hosted by the WXR Fund, a venture fund dedicated to amplifying female founders and XR startups committed to gender equality. Here are the eight female Founders of the 1st WXR Cohort: Vivian Tan // Beast, Inc.

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VRScout

JULY 8, 2019

This weekend the Los Angeles Convention Center hosted the 2019 Anime Expo, an absolutely gargantuan four-day conference dedicated entirely to Japanese animation, aka anime. Despite running on Google Cardboard using a mobile device (I was using an iPhone during my demonstration), VR Kareshi looks crisp and runs surprisingly smooth.

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Cats and VR

JANUARY 30, 2018

The new investment will fuel the company’s growth and expansion into markets beyond sports technology. Inside of the Kings + Golden 1 Center app, Xperiel has developed two unique activations for guests to interact with the world’s most technologically advanced arena.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

The report suggests that premium headset shipments like Google Daydream will see more growth over light mobile headsets. Google Daydream will sell the most premium headsets in 2017, getting 6.8M But with the latest opening of the IMAX VR Center in Los Angeles, premium VR destinations like this may just be what the industry needs.

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VRScout

APRIL 13, 2018

The world’s largest VR & AR conference is back again May 4-5 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. VR/AR expert and futurist Charlie Fink. Passes are available now and start at just $30. The two-day conference’s full slate of keynote speakers also include live performances. A special announcement from Ricoh.

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VRScout

AUGUST 10, 2018

Does Austin have the largest VR community outside of Los Angeles? A local Austinite, Lemke sees Austin as having “a rich culture of music and technology. In May 2017, Owlchemy Labs was acquired by Google. So does Austin have the largest VR community outside of Los Angeles?

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VRWorld

NOVEMBER 26, 2017

Masters of the Sun: The Zombie Chronicles, published by Marvel Comics, is about a hip-hop group from East Los Angeles who decide to take on an ancient, alien god who transforms drug dealers and gangsters into zombies. This isn’t his first foray into technology. The story mixes Egyptology and L.A. The post Will.i.am

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

HOW DO YOU HELP THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED WITH VR/AR? Virtual and augmented reality technology is being used to help people who are blessed with perfect vision – and lots of interesting solutions are out there. A startup out of Oxford, OxSight is building AR glasses that described as “hearing aids for the blind.”

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VRScout

MAY 7, 2018

The largest XR-focused conference in the United States returns for another year of VR & AR madness. The Los Angeles-based conference has become a go-to platform for developers looking to expose their hard work to a public audience, serving as a Comic Con of sorts for those hungry for the latest in XR.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Microsoft and Samsung may be partnering for an AR device. We don’t know what all of this means, but the most probable scenario is that the two companies are working together for the next generation of HoloLens AR glasses, probably the one that should target consumers. Epic Games releases Matrix Resurrections tie-in experience.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 30, 2022

Niantic has finally launched its VPS (Visual Positioning System), a solution that will allow developers to create AR applications that are persistent and shared in various locations in the world with centimeter accuracy. VPS is a technology that implements the AR Cloud and creates a bridge between the real and the virtual world.

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TechCrunch VR

DECEMBER 18, 2019

The serial entrepreneur had been in discussions with Pearson for the better part of a year to acquire the company’s VR and AR assets. Based in Los Angeles, GIGXR now owns flagship products including HoloPatient and HoloHuman, mixed reality training programs for medical schools that operate on the new Hololens 2 headset.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Unity closed out its Unite 2016 Keynote in Los Angeles today with a huge focus on VR. Ushering in that segment was the announcement that the company had hired Tony Parisi as its Head of AR/VR Strategy. “We’re not just going to be using VR and AR to make games, we’re going to tell stories and create worlds.

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VRScout

JULY 25, 2017

Lenovo’s new AR concept headset & Disney partnership, all the VR/AR goodies at Comic-Con, Steven Spielberg’s trailer for Ready Player One is finally here, new industry landscape shows 60% increase in enterprise augmented reality, the investment & funding wrapup, and more… 1. ALL THE VR & AR AT COMIC-CON, OH MY!

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 19, 2016

On a Thursday night back in July of this year, I got a text from Coby, a friend of mine, telling me he’s been asked to do an opening set with accompanying dancers at an augmented reality (AR) rave. The timing is crazy for an AR Rave, seeing as how VRLA had just announced their silent VR Rave—purportedly the first of its kind.

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AllThingsVR

JANUARY 26, 2017

The first such entertainment park will open in Los Angeles, with a date yet to be announced. 2) Display technology maker DigiLens has raised $22 million to create better augmented reality and virtual reality products in which digital information lies on top of transparent glass. Read more on VentureBeat. Read more on QZ.

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VeeR VR

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Some of the events are VR/AR/MR-focused, while others are segments of broader technology media and entertainment events. You can download VeeR VR in your Oculus , Samsung Gear VR , HTC Vive , Windows Mixed Reality , Google Daydream , Steam VR and Lenovo Mirage Solo to watch amazing VR content. Online VR Event.

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VRScout

MARCH 14, 2017

Now Avegant claims that they have cracked the code of next-level augmented reality , vaguely saying that they are using light field technology to display 3D objects to augment your surrounding environment. BROOKSTONE BRINGS AR LASER TAG TO YOUR SMARTPHONE. DO RECENT GOOGLE JOB LISTINGS INDICATE UPCOMING MASS PRODUCTION?

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Cats and VR

DECEMBER 18, 2017

By enhancing our existing ABR streaming technology with content adaptive encoding, each of our titles is optimally encoded to deliver a high resolution, stereo experience at the lowest possible bitrates. The CABE technology improves upon the current “fixed ladder” for ABR streaming. Experience more at www.jauntvr.com.

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VRScout

JULY 4, 2017

Apple acquires computer vision company, the hidden 3D feature in iOS 11 beta, Google experiments with ads in VR, a new VC fund is focusing on VR/AR, the investment and funding wrapup, and more… 1.APPLE GOOGLE PLAYS WITH ADS IN VR. APPLE DOESN’T WANT YOU TO KNOW ABOUT THIS ACQUISITION. The amount of funding is undisclosed.

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VRScout

AUGUST 1, 2016

Adding to the Book of Face’s massive plans for mixed reality technology, they have made good on their promise to make a 360 camera open source and available to anyone. More evidence of Facebook’s big plans for VR/AR: they plan on selling almost half a million Oculus Rift units by the end of 2016. Google Omnitone Surround Sound Support.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

WHAT A DAY FOR A DAYDREAM… The highly-anticipated Google Daydream headset is here. Priced at $79, it is currently only compatible with the Google Pixel phone. and announced their first hardware product… which just landed via yellow vending machines in Los Angeles. A Fortune 500 company, Caterpillar, Inc.

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VRScout

JUNE 19, 2016

Other huge gaming names like Capcom, Rocksteady Studios, Square Enix, and Bethesda are throwing big brands into virtual reality – Resident Evil, Batman Arkham, Final Fantasy, Fallout, and Doom all had moments of glory at the packed Los Angeles conference. Real Work to be Done: Aecom and Hololens Team Up.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

Just kidding — Trigger Global’s army of AR gnomes has a more solid business plan than the Underpants Gnomes, as well as many other ventures across popular brands, utilizing mixed reality technologies to bring them to life. You’ve done work with Snapchat, and Facebook, and Google.” Step 3: PROFIT!

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