Anand Tech

AUGUST 17, 2020

Stay tuned at AnandTech for our live blogs as we commentate on each talk. Hot Chips has gone virtual this year! Lots of talks on lots of products, including Tiger Lake, Xe, POWER10, Xbox Series X, TPUv3, and a special Raja Koduri Keynote.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 10, 2023

Top news of the week (Image by Google) Samsung XR headset may have been delayed The new rumor in town is that Samsung has delayed its upcoming headset that it is building in partnership with Google and Qualcomm. It’s been another interesting week in immersive realities, so let’s see what happened in our field in the past few days!

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VRScout

JULY 30, 2018

Already a dominant application on the HTC Vive, PlayStation VR and Google Daydream platforms, Google’s immensely popular YouTube VR experience is now available on the Samsung Gear VR. The post YouTube VR Reveals Samsung Gear VR Shared Viewing appeared first on VRScout. YouTube VR is available for free via the Oculus Store.

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Ryan Schultz

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Searching for “replace air filter on a Samsung SG-3560lgh” is gonna return fifty Quora/WikiHow style sites named “How to replace the air filter on a Samsung SG3560lgh” with paragraphs of plausible, grammatical GPT-generated explanation which may or may not have any connection to reality.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 1, 2024

More info News worth a mention (Image by Google) Samsung may use Google Soli in its headset Google, Samsung, and Qualcomm are building together a headset that may compete with the Apple Vision Pro. Last week I’ve already told you about two new chips that Samsung has built and that may be used in this headset.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 3, 2022

Ready Player Me studio Wolf3D has secured a $13 million Series A funding round, which was led by Wise and Teleport co-founders Taavet+Sten, and features participation from GitHub co-founder Tom Preston-Werner, Samsung Next, NordicNinja, Konvoy Ventures, and others. The news was first reported by Venture Beat. Image courtesy Wolf3D.

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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. with Xiaomi, Oppo, Samsung, etc…) to convince hardware manufacturers to create headsets powered by Android XR.

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Road to VR

MAY 19, 2021

DecaMove is said to support SteamVR-compatible headsets, including Valve Index, Oculus Rift S, Oculus Quest (via Link), HP Reverb G2, HTC Vive/Pro, HTC Cosmos, Samsung Odyssey, and DecaGear 1. The device clips to your belt, sends data over to an included Bluetooth dongle, and essentially eliminates thumbstick-based locomotion.

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GizModo VR

APRIL 8, 2022

Google is joining Samsung in offering parts for the Pixel smartphone through iFixit. The company announced in a blog post that it would make parts available for the Pixel 2 through Pixel 6 Pro later this year. Read more.

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GizModo VR

JULY 26, 2021

With a little over two weeks to go until Samsung’s next big Unpacked Event , the company’s president and head of mobile communications just published a new blog confirming details and features long rumored to be included in Samsung’s next batch of foldable phones. Read more.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 24, 2023

One of the traditions of this blog is my usual greeting message for the Winter Holidays … and this year could not be an exception. Also, Samsung will probably unveil its moves, so… it is going to be interesting. I hope you will receive wonderful gifts and that Santa Claus will surprise you with what you always wanted.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

“These are people I’ve climbed and skied with all of my professional careers, so they’re incredibly good and we moved very fast,” says Griffith in an Oculus blog post. “My You can watch all three episodes of ‘Everest VR: Journey to the Top of the World’ now on Oculus Quest, Oculus Go, and Samsung Gear VR via Oculus TV.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 8, 2020

.” “As Oculus expands the Quest catalogue to include more social VR, we’re bringing our own sociable experience to this game-changing platform,” added Daniel Sefton, vTime Marketing, in a company blog update. For more information on vTime’s growing cross-reality platform visit here. Image Credit: vTime.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 16, 2023

More info Samsung Galaxy Ring may have been delayed Samsung Galaxy Ring, t he smart ring that could also be used to interact with Samsung XR glasses, has been delayed. Meta refused to answer any questions, and this makes me think that the game may have been abandoned or at least been in an uncertain situation.

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Road to VR

MAY 18, 2018

Oculus developers will now be able to add discrete DLC to their games on Oculus Go and Samsung Gear VR. ” “DLC support will enable larger application sizes and additional revenue from your application after it has been purchased,” the company writes in an Oculus developer blog post.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 23, 2023

I’m also working on a cool tech prototype and I will share it with you very soon in the next few days on this blog. Samsung hopes with this acquisition to acquire knowledge and technologies for the manufacturing of the displays of future XR headsets, of which Samsung may be a supplier. Be sure not to miss it!

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

APRIL 21, 2017

This time around, Samsung and Oculus are combining their smartphone powered, VR viewer with a motion controller for deeper immersion and new gameplay opportunities. The full list from the blog includes the following, but you can see a constantly updated list of titles at this link: A Night Sky. AFFECTED: The Manor. Dragon Front.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

The collaboration between Microsoft and Samsung is now over. The later departure of Alex Kipman seemed to be the final nail in the coffin for the AR glasses, but a new rumor brought a bit of hope: Microsoft seemed to work together with Samsung to design consumer-oriented AR glasses. Anyway, things have not gone as we all hoped.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

The update features some notable tweaks including corrections to chromatic aberration and light leak, which, in addition to HP Reverb G2, also affect Samsung Odyssey+ and the original HP Reverb G1. “For the Samsung Odyssey+, we were able to improve chromatic aberration artifacts at the periphery,” Vlachos explains in a blog post.

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Upload VR

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Back in February Business Insider reported a device that would have been named HoloLens 3 was canceled last year following “confusion and strategic uncertainty” and the formation of a partnership with Samsung.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 8, 2017

The Daydream View headset hit the shelves in early November and made Google an official competitor with Samsung and Oculus for the mobile VR marketplace. The new headset was unveiled via a Google blog post announcing an expanded suite of Daydream ready products. Tagged with: blog , Daydream , google , Headset , Huawei , view.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 22, 2023

More info (AI-powered Ray-Ban Meta — Road To VR) More info (AI-powered Ray-Ban Meta — Upload VR) More info (TikTok influencers are using Meta smartglasses) The Samsung headset may be revealed soon According to a new rumor, the XR headset that Samsung is building with Google and Qualcomm may be revealed at the beginning of the new year.

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Road to VR

MARCH 11, 2018

There, you’ll be able to pick up rare specimens from the London’s Natural History Museum and take you “behind the scenes to explore areas usually closed to the public,” a Sky blog post states.

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Road to VR

JULY 12, 2019

The update comes to all supported platforms, including HTC Vive, Valve Index, Windows VR, Oculus Rift, Oculus Go, Oculus Quest, and Samsung Gear VR. Public Bigscreen TV rooms support up to eight users, although a channel can technically support “thousands of people,” Bigscreen CEO and founder Darshan Shankar writes in a blog post.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

I’m sorry about that, but it’s still a miracle I’ve managed to write it… Top news of the week (Leaked image from Samsung video) Samsung is back to XR with Google and Qualcomm The big news of the week is that Samsung is back to XR. This is huge because we know that Samsung is able to always deliver good hardware.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 26, 2023

You can access it at this link: [link] ) Top news of the week (Image by Microsoft) Microsoft kills Windows Mixed Reality Microsoft has decided to pull the plug on the Windows Mixed Reality platform , the one of the WMR headsets by Acer, Asus, HP, Lenovo, and Samsung which were the first to introduce inside-out tracking in the VR ecosystem.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 6, 2023

More info (Quest has sold 20 M units) More info (Opinion on VR not mainstream) More info (My editorial on Quest 2 sales and the problem of retention) More info (Editorial on The Verge about Quest being a gaming console) Samsung trademarks “Galaxy Glasses” We may have a name for the upcoming AR glasses by Samsung.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 21, 2021

More info (SideQuest VR download page) More info (Launch blog post). More info (Announcement blog post) More info (Boz announcing the news on Twitter) More info (My long editorial on Facebook and its advertisement efforts). And no, I’m not writing it because I’m the lead developer of the game. Absolutely not. Top news of the week.

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Mashable VR

APRIL 8, 2022

This week it's Google, which announced in a company blog post that it's going to start selling authentic spare parts for Pixel phones later this year for any owners who are enterprising enough to repair their own devices. Another week, another major smartphone manufacturer hopping on the " right to repair " bandwagon.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 3, 2017

According to a leaked blog post, Qualcomm, one of the world’s leading semiconductor companies, has today announced that their latest SoC (system on chip) is not only 30% smaller, 27% more powerful and 40% more efficient then previous designs, it’s also designed to power next generation mobile VR and AR experiences.

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Cats and VR

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

The VR experience developed for HTC Vive and Samsung Gear is part of marketing partnership to promote The Last Jedi and will be in Nissan dealerships in the US, Mexico, and Canada very soon. catsandvr.com/blog/accessibility

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

But now some data about it is starting to be found. The model should be codenamed “SM-I120” and its battery has just been certificated in South Korea. Please donate to the Red Cross to handle the current humanitarian situation in Ukraine. I will leave you the link to do that below.

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VRPlayin

JUNE 10, 2023

For example, well-known names such as Coca-Cola, McDonald’s, and Samsung have launched successful VR activations, creating a significant buzz and generating media attention. Explore our blog post Embracing the Future of Virtual Reality , where we delve deeper into how VR is transforming various industries.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

In its blog post , MIT engineers found that stacking pixels can increase the spectrum of colours with four-micron-wide, microscopic pixels. Samsung has begun developing additional haptic devices for AR wearables featuring artificial muscle actuators. Researchers achieved this by stacking diodes for multicoloured, versatile pixels.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

As chief astromech technician aboard General Leia’s ship, users are tasked with repairing BB-8 and a number of (less-marketable) droids that are needed for the war effort, according to the Lucasfilm’s Star Wars blog.

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Road to VR

APRIL 3, 2017

All you need is a compatible camera; the list of which now includes several consumer-level products: the new Samsung Gear 360 (2017) , Giroptic IO , Insta360 Nano / Air , and ALLie Camera , as well the professional-grade Z CAM S1 and Nokia Ozo.

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