Road to VR

JUNE 12, 2023

Cloudhead Games is one of the most successful and senior VR studios in the industry. In this Guest Article, studio head Denny Unger shares his thoughts on Apple’s entrance into the space. Guest Article by Denny Unger Denny Unger is CEO and CCO at Cloudhead Games.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 21, 2021

I’m super-late with this newsletter because we of New Technology Walkers are working on some cool stuff for our game HitMotion: Reloaded! Image by Google). Google is reportedly working on an AR operating system. Now we have finally an official confirmation of the fact that Google is working on an AR device. Tilt Brush).

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 22, 2022

This newsletter is happening one day after because on Sunday I was traveling, so I had to spend my Monday reading online articles for this roundup while I still was confused about the time of the day and the night. It was even featured on Google News. Image by Google). Google acquires micro-LED startup Raxium. Upload VR).

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 1, 2024

More info (Meta Quest app has been the most downloaded app) More info (Number of users of VR apps has increased) Other relevant news (Image by Epic Games) Praydog’s UEVR injector has been released! With the success of standalone headsets, all game studios are focused on Quest, and no one is investing any more in high-budget games for PC VR.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 8, 2023

You can be sure that this article has been entirely crafted by some breathing meat… for the good and the bad. It’s a few weeks that nothing truly relevant is happening in the XR field: it seems the most interesting articles lately are all about AI… and especially about how AI is going to kill us all.

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Road to VR

JULY 17, 2020

Here we’ve gathered VR games and experiences focused on relaxation and meditation. Drop your suggestions in the comments after the article. Google Earth VR ( Rift , SteamVR ) – Free. Google Earth VR is exactly what it sounds like… its Google Earth, but in VR. via Epic Games Store.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 16, 2024

More info (HTC Face Tracking add-on — Road To VR) More info (HTC Face Tracking add-on — Upload VR) Google lays off people in the AR Hardware division Like many tech companies lately, Google is performing a round of layoffs in its hardware teams. This does not mean that Google is not still committed to AR, though.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2024

Some of them have been brainstormed with Lorenzo Cappannari with whom I wrote an article a few months ago and who I thank for the collaboration ). The last cycle before this one was the Quest one, which started to make virtual reality known to the mainstream audience for what concerns games and fitness.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

When it comes to consumer VR headsets, gaming is clearly on of the most common use-cases. In this video and article, I share things you can do in VR other than gaming that I enjoy. And check out Road to VR’s expansive list of relaxing games and experiences if you’re looking for even more ways to chill out in VR.

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VRGames

JULY 5, 2023

Google’s AR & VR Twitter account this week unveiled Space Invaders: World Defense, an upcoming augmented reality (AR) game for Android and iOS.

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Road to VR

MAY 1, 2017

During the opening presentation at today’s Unity Vision Summit, Nathan Martz, Developer Platforms Product Manager at Google, took to the stage to talk about new tools that the company is releasing to help developers create high-performance apps for Daydream, Google’s high-end Android VR platform. Instant Preview.

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

A Unity sign-up page confirmed two of the best-selling VR games are coming to Apple Vision Pro: Job Simulator and Vacation Simulator. Google-owned Owlchemy Labs is the studio behind both games, which are currently available on Meta Quest, PlayStation VR, SteamVR, and even Pico headsets. USD on Apple Vision Pro.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 26, 2023

PS Remember that there is an ongoing giveaway of physical copies of the Sam&Max game for PSVR for all people in North America! I found it a very inspiring article, very different from the others I usually read. More info Google has to open its operating system to more stores As part of a settlement with the U.S.

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ARVR

OCTOBER 29, 2021

That could be wayfinding with Google Live View , or visual search with Google Lens. As you can tell from the above examples, Google will have a key stake in this “Internet of Places.” continuing here with Epic Games. It’s become a runaway train in the gaming and VR worlds. Trending AR VR Articles: 1.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Thanks to its motion-tracked input, VR can be a surprisingly physical activity, and even a great workout if you’re playing the right games. This article explains why working out in VR is game-changing for those of us who have a hard time staying motivated with a typical gym routine. Cas & Chary Present.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 4, 2017

Ever since Tilt Brush from Google first released earlier this year on Steam with official support for the HTC Vive, thousands of people have created amazing works of art. Game developers have prototyped levels in the app and we continue to see more amazing creations every day. Google isn’t done receiving feedback either.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Starting next month, the NBA and NextVR will be broadcasting 26 basketball games live in VR, some of which are free to watch for US-based users with a VR headsets. The VR viewing schedule tips off October 26th with the New Orleans Pelicans vs. the Houston Rockets, and will feature a top game each week throughout the NBA regular season.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

In this article, I’m going to tell you all the thoughts I had. The new “Autumn” of VR If you’ve read some of my articles this year, you know I’m defining this moment as an “Autumn” for virtual reality. This information shows us that Apple is playing a long-term game.

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Two open-source demos show WebXR could be used to make full-fledged games. Meta’s Project Flowerbed is a WebXR demo game where you use seeds to plant and grow flowers, trees, and other plants. WebXR is an open standard API that enables webpages to display immersive content on headsets that tracked controllers can interact with.

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ARPost

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

There are and will be games for PCs, consoles, mobile devices, VR, and AR. Roblox (Nasdaq: RBLX) for Decentralized Gaming Creation. Roblox owns a platform on which anyone can devise and publish their own game. Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) and Google (Nasdaq: GOOGL) for Servers. Infrastructure.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 12, 2024

A lot of articles are written on the Vision Pro about whatever thing and I’ve even found one showing you “how people see you when you vape while having a videocall from the Vision Pro”. My long wall-of-text articles pale compared with it… my reviews are like Post-It notes compared to what the Korean guy was able to write.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

We learned from Google Glass that cool hardware is not enough to impress consumers. Though, Nreal gave users quite a bit more utility than certain other consumer smart glasses of the past with 17 native apps – most of these being AR gaming apps. See Also: Nreal Announces Dev Kit Bundle, Partnership, and New MR Game.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 12, 2023

For now, the best gift that I can give to you is telling you what have been the best pieces of news of the week in XR… Top news of the week (Image by Upload) Upload had its usual cool gaming showcase Upload , with the sponsorship of Perp Games, has just had its usual Winter Gaming Showcase. Great job, Upload friends!

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Resolution Games had its company event. Resolution Games just had its own event during which it announced many pieces of news about its games. Demeo is going to receive a new campaign, a PvP mode, but also a price raise to $40 to reflect the new value of the game. Pico games sale. Blaston is becoming free to play.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Game developers are also preparing for it: popular games like SuperHot, Red Matter , and Arizona Sunshine will publish new updates to take in count the new horsepower of the Quest 2. Unreal Engine and Photoshop), as it happens in Google Docs when many people edit the same document at the same time. Image by Google).

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 16, 2023

I don’t have the time to write a full review now, but I hope to write this week at least a “first impression” article because many people are asking my opinion (thank you, really, for your trust!). But this article goes a bit more in detail about this topic. More info — Use Google Translate! I truly hope this rumor is true.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 19, 2023

I didn’t forget my promise of a big article about the Vision Pro, I just had to postpone it because I was too busy. More info Other relevant news (Image by Upload) Upload VR Summer Showcase brought news about many games As usual, Upload VR had its Summer Showcase, in which it announced many pieces of news about many VR games.

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Hypergrid Business

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

In the first decade of this century, unscrupulous website owners noticed that Google had caught on to their tricks — link exchanges, invisible keywords, and meta tags. After Google updated its algorithms, the scammers found a new trick — content farming. These articles are easy to generate.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Here you are some relevant articles about the M-word from this week: Walmart has just launched its own world on Roblox , to promote the product it sells in an innovative way Apple has just allowed the sale of NFTs on the App Store. It’s good to see hype in the community again for a game! The device is available on Amazon for $379.

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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. Snap Inc.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 8, 2018

It’s notoriously difficult to transmit exactly what’s happening in a VR game without actually strapping on a headset yourself. In effect, this lets you walk around the VR user’s virtual environment and freely take in the scene at any practical perspective while the VR user goes about playing the game.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 8, 2022

There is only one big problem: the form factor is terrible , they look super-dork, even worse than Google Glasses. Some articles on the metaverse. Here you are my shortlist of the interesting articles about the M-word that I’ve read this week: According to a report from The Information, the prices of virtual lands have plummeted.

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ARVR

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Introduction Reading this article right now, you’re most likely accessing it through a physical device, like a computer or smartphone. A broadcast used AR overlays to show the yellow yard lines on TV for an NFL game. You might be using a computer mouse to scroll, or your finger to slide across a glass screen.

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Upload VR

OCTOBER 4, 2022

SideQuest is now backed by Google through its investment arm. The sideloading platform SideQuest raised $12 million in investment from Google Ventures as part of its Series A funding round. For those unaware, Google is behind the Android operating system that forms the basis of the system software running Meta’s Quest headsets.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 25, 2021

According to The Verge, the top executives from Facebook are working on a rebrand of the company, most probably to create a parent company that owns all the various businesses controlled by Facebook … something similar to what Google made when it created Alphabet. It also doesn’t contain some special content , like the Mercenaries campaign.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

There are three very interesting tidbits from this article: Somnium is going to open source the algorithm used for eye-tracking The headset will let developers have access to the raw streams of the passthrough cameras. Border Bots VR, a game that got some praise in the previews, is coming to PSVR 2 and SteamVR on September 28th.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

It is a popular solution that lets you use your mobile or standalone VR headset as a tethered headset connected to your PC , so that you can use it to play games on Steam. In case you don’t know what VRidge is and you are too lazy to read my first article about it , I will explain it briefly to you here. Well, with version 2.3,

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