Road to VR

AUGUST 13, 2018

Today at SIGGRAPH 2018 NVIDIA announced ‘Turing’, their next-generation GPU architecture aimed at real-time ray tracing, and the first high-end GPUs built atop it, the Quadro RTX 8000, 6000 and 5000. Image courtesy NVIDIA. The company also says that the cards can manage a 30x increase over CPU-based rendering of cinematic effects.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 18, 2022

OssoVR and also CWRU’s Microsoft HoloLens 2-based HoloAnatomy and HoloAnatomy Neuro suites are bringing such realities to fruition. Architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) : Multiiple AEC firms have tapped VR’s Autodesk VRED and other computer-aided design (CAD) tools. Product Design and Development.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

APRIL 19, 2023

OssoVR and also CWRU’s Microsoft HoloLens 2-based HoloAnatomy and HoloAnatomy Neuro suites are bringing such realities to fruition. Architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) : Multiiple AEC firms have tapped VR’s Autodesk VRED and other computer-aided design (CAD) tools.

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VRScout

JUNE 19, 2017

The team sports a pedigree including Microsoft, Intel, Nvidia, and Nokia, and for the past eight months, they’ve been working to develop a project codenamed, “20|20,” a prototype demo based on proprietary technology that will live in all Varjo-branded products.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Attendees learned and experienced the firm’s technologies and the growing number of use cases for simulations, collaboration, engagement, and visualisation. This platform uses Microsoft Teams for calls, Microsoft Office apps like Powerpoint, Miro, Alleo, Power BI, and many others. We’d love to host you.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

And the transition to PS5 without a transition to a PSVR2 is already creating some confusion: some games like Hitman 3 or No Man’s Sky do not work with PSVR in their PS5 version (you have to use the PS4 version). Image by Megadodo Simulation Games). All the reviewers are amazed. Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 5, 2021

It’s a good read , full of interesting anecdotes, like when it is written that Beat Saber became the testbench for the tracking of the Quest controllers , or that Asgard’s Wrath, in the beginning, was a tower defense game. Niantic has just teased the game Urban Legends, another geolocalized game, but this time with more emphasis on AR and 5G.

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Trenzi VR

JANUARY 10, 2024

The advancement in Metaverse architecture design allows users to immerse themselves in a 3D environment in a more realistic way than in a traditional 2D environment. Google, Microsoft, Nvidia and Qualcomm followed the steps and invested billions of dollars in that concept. Metaverse offers a more immersive and engaging experience.

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Trenzi VR

JANUARY 10, 2024

The advancement in Metaverse architecture design allows users to immerse themselves in a 3D environment in a more realistic way than in a traditional 2D environment. Google, Microsoft, Nvidia and Qualcomm followed the steps and invested billions of dollars in that concept. Metaverse offers a more immersive and engaging experience.

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ARVR

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Anzu, for instance, places ads that track viewability in real-time within gaming environments across mobile, console, and now recently Roblox for brands like WarnerMedia and Paramount+. The ads mimic real life and blend into gameplay -so billboard ads or branded clothing appears in-game just as it would in real life.

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VRScout

MARCH 14, 2018

Sinespace was built using the Unity game engine allowing for an easily customizable as well as upgradable experience. Sinespace is compatible with a majority of 3D models and game design tools. If this sounds a lot like the 2003 smash hit social simulator Second Life , that’s no coincidence.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 7, 2020

With the next generation of Playstation set to hit shelves this holiday season, the big news in the gaming circuit is the revelation of Unreal Engine 5. But this game engine is good for more than just the next top video game experience. Today, we're speaking with Marc Petit, general manager of Unreal Engine at Epic Games.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 7, 2020

With the next generation of Playstation set to hit shelves this holiday season, the big news in the gaming circuit is the revelation of Unreal Engine 5. But this game engine is good for more than just the next top video game experience. Today, we're speaking with Marc Petit, general manager of Unreal Engine at Epic Games.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 5, 2023

Teachers in the academic world can create powerful educational experiences based on realistic simulations. Moth&Flame’s “Create” tool also empowers organizations to create comprehensive simulations, with quick deployment opportunities. The challenge for most buyers is in finding the right XR solution.

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Hypergrid Business

AUGUST 21, 2017

Architecture students from Egypt and the United States meeting in Second Life. The use of gaming, non-player characters, story arcs, simulation, and overall engagement for student learning is flourishing. This is what Microsoft did in the 1980s with office automation. Image courtesy Jon Brouchoud.).

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 27, 2022

With hand tracking, users can intuitively interact with virtual objects, deepen the realism and immersion of simulations, and use gestures to navigate VR and XR software to communicate better with more lifelike human avatars. Johan Hellqvist : Regarding eye tracking , we believe the technology is essential and foundational [to XR].

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 22, 2020

The Quest software is tailored at consumers, and for instance, when you open it, the first things that you see is a list of games. Virtual Reality is becoming always more important in enterprise settings , for training, architectural visualization, prototyping, and more. Why is this relevant? Does this remind you of something else?

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 15, 2020

It comes in two flavors: one that works with physical disks and the other one with an internal hard drive to download games from the store. Add to it the great exclusive games by Sony , like Resident Evil 8 that has been announced and most probably will have VR support, and you obtain the perfect mix for the success for PSVR 2.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Now the Metaverse is gaining newfound traction from enterprise clients, companies like Meta, Microsoft, and Apple are reinforcing XR as a serious technology for various use cases. To power Athena AI, ENGAGE XR is leveraging OpenAI’s Chat GPT service – now partially operated by Microsoft – the firm is also leveraging Dall.e

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VRWorld

MAY 10, 2016

And if you’re doing search optimization or simulation, you want a different architecture that does not look anything like high-performance, low-power CMOS.” Intel builds just a limited number of core architectures, and then sells it in multiple packages (from Celeron / Pentium to Xeon E7).

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 6, 2020

A video chat of a group of three friends over Skype (Image by Microsoft). This is very important for who works in design, or architecture; If you need your whole human body. So, here you are my guidelines on when VR is useful for meetings and events and when it is not. Skype vs VR: 2D video is ok most of the times.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 25, 2022

As always in January I like to play the speculation game and make my personal predictions for augmented and virtual reality for the new year (2022, in this case). In the USA, it is almost mainstream; in Europe, it is something for people that have some knowledge of gaming or technology; in South America, is very difficult to get a headset.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Greg has been designing and driving the development of immersive digital simulation for architecture, engineering, and construction markets for the last 20 years. So Bentley Systems — just to frame that — is a global software company focused on engineering and infrastructure, architecture, and construction software.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Greg has been designing and driving the development of immersive digital simulation for architecture, engineering, and construction markets for the last 20 years. So Bentley Systems — just to frame that — is a global software company focused on engineering and infrastructure, architecture, and construction software.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Greg has been designing and driving the development of immersive digital simulation for architecture, engineering, and construction markets for the last 20 years. So Bentley Systems -- just to frame that -- is a global software company focused on engineering and infrastructure, architecture, and construction software.

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VeeR VR

MAY 8, 2018

VRLA 2018, the largest & original virtual and augmented reality expo, returned to the LA Convention Center on May 4 & 5, featuring the latest innovations in virtual, augmented and mixed reality across tech, film, gaming, education, architecture, and etc.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 1, 2020

It’s a new month, we’ve reached level 6 of this Jumanji game that is 2020. Keep in mind that this device has a pixel density far superior even to the one of the Valve Index, so it is perfect not only for gaming but also for prototyping, design and architecture. Multiplayer shooter game Tower Tag has been launched on Steam.

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Hypergrid Business

JUNE 1, 2020

Acadicus is a tool for medical simulations and for training, and works both with or without a virtual reality headset. The Microsoft-owned company is now compatible with Vive, Oculus headsets, and Gear VR, and users can also access it without a VR headset via a desktop app. Oxford Medical Simulation. Image courtesy Rec Room.).

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

At GDC 2017 LG showcased a virtual reality headset that was SteamVR compatible: it was a game-changing moment since for the first time a new non-Vive headset would have been compatible with SteamVR tracking and ecosystem. Oculus is going to found big games. Robo Recall is still the best game for VR currently released (Image by Oculus).

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 7, 2020

With the next generation of Playstation set to hit shelves this holiday season, the big news in the gaming circuit is the revelation of Unreal Engine 5. But this game engine is good for more than just the next top video game experience. Today, we're speaking with Marc Petit, general manager of Unreal Engine at Epic Games.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

Huge, huge gaming conference. One my the reasons I started looking at VR again in 2016 was because of that video gaming interest. When you ask me my best experiences right now, I’m going to kind of… I’m thinking about some of the early games that that I played, that gave me that “woah” moment.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

Huge, huge gaming conference. One my the reasons I started looking at VR again in 2016 was because of that video gaming interest. When you ask me my best experiences right now, I’m going to kind of… I’m thinking about some of the early games that that I played, that gave me that “woah” moment.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

Huge, huge gaming conference. One my the reasons I started looking at VR again in 2016 was because of that video gaming interest. I'm thinking about some of the early games that that I played, that gave me that "woah" moment. The prices might still be a little bit high, but the quality of the gaming was there already.

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 7, 2020

So I actually started out in architecture. I have a masters of architecture, and worked as an architect for a number of years. There's a usage scenario which is more like a console or gaming console, in the sense you decide that I'm going to be in this experience for an hour or 30 minutes. Jamie: Sure, yeah. Jamie: Right.

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 7, 2020

So I actually started out in architecture. I have a masters of architecture, and worked as an architect for a number of years. There's a usage scenario which is more like a console or gaming console, in the sense you decide that I'm going to be in this experience for an hour or 30 minutes. Jamie: Sure, yeah. Jamie: Right.

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XROM

JULY 18, 2021

Billion & mind you i haven't added the overall population of #asia.Ignore us at your own risk #facebook #microsoft & the curators of those lists. The Venture Reality Fund has looked at over 5,000 startups in the space and invested in 40, including Beat Games, acquired by Facebook, and Rec Room, the first VR software Unicorn.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

He’s formerly held top product leadership positions at Microsoft and Nokia. At Nokia, Niko led a product program team in 2006-2007, and together with researchers from Nokia Research Center, his team developed the basis for the optical technology that later became the Microsoft Hololens. I mean, architecture, everything.

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