Tech Trends VR

MARCH 15, 2019

SXSW extends like an octopus across the central downtown area, in this case to a restaurant just outside the Austin Convention Center, which has been transformed into a showcase for the innovations of Accenture, a management consulting company with global reach. The Teslasuit is on display. Click To Tweet.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 21, 2023

Today, Virtuix debuted a beta version of its unique Omni One treadmill, allowing users to explore virtual reality (VR) by walking over conventional controller input. Later this year, the Austin-based firm will distribute the product across US consumer markets. Virtuix is shipping the Omni One product to its investor community.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 2, 2022

The industry is already discovering how XR can enhance student learning and engagement, thanks to innovative software, hardware, and platform vendors and the experimental nature of growing brands. Here’s how XR training is already changing the world and empower any Learning and Development (L&D) processes.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

We believe this is thanks to the introduction of new hardware—Oculus Quest and Oculus Rift S—as well as the launch of several exclusive hit games like Asgard’s Wrath and the continued success of Beat Saber. From our estimates, there is relatively small software sales for the first couple of years, and then a major inflection point in 2019.

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TechCrunch VR

MARCH 16, 2022

Our Austin City Spotlight event just dropped its speaker lineup ! The new hardware is from Apple’s recent event, mind.) Social giant Meta is rolling out some parental controls for its virtual reality products , which feels late but welcome. PT, subscribe here. Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for Wednesday, March 16, 2022!

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VRWorld

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Current situation with clumsy VR hardware and quite unpolished VR content is somewhat improving. Omni is a physical reverse-shape spherical platform which allows that actual physical movement – walking, running, controls and reflects such movement in VR applications.

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VRScout

MAY 3, 2017

If you already have an Oculus Rift and Touch controllers, you can join the early open beta and dial in your parents via Facebook Messenger. Although Spaces is currently limited to only a few activities, and it’s only compatible with the Oculus Rift VR hardware, expect to see more virtual amusements as well as accessible hardware… eventually.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 1, 2016

We weren’t happy with any 360 camera rig at all, so almost all of the action was captured using motion control rigs, including some of our own invention,” Lewis said. “We We were also pushing our hardware to the absolute limit — imagine trying to work with 26 video streams of 6K footage at the same time in the same shot.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MAY 6, 2017

It’s the opposite of Twitter and Facebook, which are locked down proprietary APIs and services controlled by companies. If we build the Metaverse based on top of protocols and all the major players in the industry are committed, we can avoid any one company taking control and having a monopoly over not just commerce.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

“I met the guys from FOVE, Yuka [Kojima, CEO], and Scott [Harper, Creative Director] at South by Southwest 2014 in Austin, where they were demoing a very early prototype of the FOVE [headset],” Head of Special Projects Oliver Kibblewhite tells me. To do this, I’m simply looking at them and pulling triggers on a controller.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

APRIL 28, 2017

On a calm Sunday in Austin, Texas, the UploadVR team met with a few people from the Owlchemy Labs team: Owlmancer and Studio Director Cy Wise, CEO and Janitor Alex Schwartz, Producer/Developer and alleged certified adult, Andrew Eiche, and CTO (Chief Technical Owl) Devin Reimer. It All Started With A Tweet. They didn’t.

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VRWorld

MAY 18, 2016

At the inaugural Dreamhack conference held in Austin, TX – Nvidia introduced Pascal-based GeForce GTX cards , the GTX 1080 and GTX 1070. The 256-bit memory controller now connect to a more affordable GDDR5 memory. While specifications of GTX 1080 were made known at the conference, final specifications for GTX 1070 were left out.

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Upload VR

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Read more: Red Matter 2 Review / New Red Matter 2 Update Promises 'Console Quality' Upgrades On Quest 3 Red Matter 2 Review: Stunning Visuals Drive An Engaging Sci-Fi Sequel If Red Matter set a new benchmark for visuals on standalone VR hardware, then Red Matter 2 had big shoes to fill, especially on Quest 2.

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Ryan Schultz

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

They will depend on access to massive amounts of computing power, meaning expensive computer hardware, meaning rare minerals, and meaning unspeakable amounts of electricity.

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