Tech Trends VR

JANUARY 16, 2021

Microsoft, for example, has seen a 13x increase in remote assistance usage over the past 12 months, and Unity believes that this general trend is likely to continue in 2021. You can access the e-book for free here.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

For example, research suggests that 38 percent of UK buyers would be interested in 3D virtual reality (VR) shopping experiences due to their immersive and engaging nature. The value of this technology can be immense in enterprise use cases such as online events — precisely what virtual event platforms enable.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 18, 2022

In my opinion, Magic Leap 2 is a superior device to HoloLens 2 (see my hands-on here ), so I think that with these prices, it can have good success in the enterprise market, starting to gain shares with regard to Microsoft. Documentary “We Met In Virtual Reality” to release on HBO. Nano-tech wants to be the Nanite of Unity.

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Tech Trends VR

AUGUST 6, 2019

To help them do this, winners will receive a share of the $750,000 in funding, and optional technical support from Microsoft, including mixed-reality coaching, mentorship and technology access and training, as well as the opportunity to be featured across Microsoft marketing channels. and James L.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Virtual reality is being used to test Apple’s self-driving vehicle. According to a Bloomberg report on Tuesday, Apple will be able to continue to keeping their secretive plans to develop self-driving software behind closed doors thanks to virtual reality.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 13, 2022

More info (What The Bat) More info (Moss: Book II) More info (Among Us VR) More info (Gambit) More info (Nerf Ultimate Championship) More info (Final Fury) More info (All the news from the Upload Summer Showcase). Microsoft will for sure keep pushing for immersive realities and “the metaverse”, but in a completely different way.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2024

There is even Microsoft Word! In the video, he shows various inventions of Disney Research and one of them is a sort of magic floorpad that acts as an omnidirectional treadmill that can also be used for Virtual Reality. It’s kinda cool stuff, even if I’m pretty sure it will never be released to the general public as a product.

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AR Insider

JUNE 21, 2021

Through the lab’s platform Docubase, a curated database of the people, projects, and technologies transforming documentary in the digital age, a global audience now has free access across desktop, mobile and virtual reality headsets, including the latest standalone devices such as the Oculus Quest 2. See his books here.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Probably you all recall the iconic Apple commercial inspired by the book 1984 that helped a lot the company in becoming popular. New info on Microsoft abandoning the Hololens 3. Last week we all heard the news about Microsoft abandoning the HoloLens 3, and the denial of it by Alex Kipman and Microsoft itself.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

AUGUST 15, 2023

With major technology firms like Meta, Google, and Microsoft investing millions into the emerging space, enterprise end-users are already feeling the innovative presence of genAI – and there is more to come. Generative AI is here to stay.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

IVAS is meant to increase the capabilities of the soldiers deployed on the field thanks to the support of augmented reality glasses. The project is carried on by Microsoft which was given the monster contract of $22B to create this device by modifying its HoloLens glasses. Hope you enjoy!

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AR Insider

MAY 3, 2021

The new holographic displays will ship with a number of standalone demos on them, including one from Microsoft Mixed Reality Capture Studios. Pico Interactive partners with REACT Neuro to measure brain health via wireless Virtual Reality headsets. See his books here. Pfizer uses VR in its $450M injectables factory.

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VRWorld

OCTOBER 26, 2016

At the annual Surface event, this time dubbed as the Windows 10 event, Microsoft showed us its new, really good looking and innovative devices, as well as software tidbits that we are really happy to see. We have covered that announcement in the separate story: Microsoft Windows VR Headsets Coming in April 2017.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 1, 2023

Anyway, his book has not to be taken as a manual of how to build the metaverse… it is just a book. Oppo MR headset Picture of the just announced Oppo MR dev kit The first one is a new mixed-reality headset by Oppo.

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Tech Trends VR

MARCH 7, 2018

Given the considerable hype that has been building up around Virtual and Augmented Reality, you might expect more publishers to have dedicated resources to these technologies, whereas the reality is that much of what we’ve seen so far has been limited to variations of Augmented Reality books. That ship has sailed!

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Upload VR

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

There’s also Bonelab from Stress Level Zero, Moss: Book 2 by Polyarc, and finally, Red Matter 2 from Vertical Robot. The Game Awards 2022 takes place at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on December 8. First is After The Fall from Vertigo Games, which launched last December but narrowly missed the 2021 cutoff.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 5, 2020

This is the first roundup of news of this new year, and to signal a change with the past, I’ve changed the name from “VR Week Peek” to “XR Week Peek”, because, hey, I like talking about all immersive technologies and not only Virtual Reality. Microsoft SharePoint Spaces to launch in the first half of 2020. Top news of the week.

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VRScout

AUGUST 28, 2018

From utilities companies to first responders, more industries are adopting rich virtual training experiences for training purposes. use cases for immersive technologies, and companies like Microsoft have partnered with various developers to launch collaborative and remote assistance applications. Image Credit: PIXO VR / HP.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 13, 2020

And all of this comes in a period when other partnerships between tech giants are happening: remember that some weeks ago, Microsoft closed its streaming service Mixer and allied with Facebook Gaming to fight the quasi-monopoly of (Amazon-owned) Twitch. Fans of Ready Player One, rejoice! Thanks Gianluigi Perrone for the tip!).

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ARPost

JUNE 8, 2020

These include Charlie Fink on his new book and HP and Microsoft presenting the new Reverb G2 VR headset. She also teased a new book, “The Augmented Workforce,” which should be coming out this fall. Some of these were repeat performances from AWE last week. There were a healthy amount of new announcements as well, however.

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Road to VR

MAY 2, 2017

The keynote from Unity’s Vision VR/AR Summit yesterday showcased just how far Unity is reaching into non-gaming content when it comes to augmented and virtual reality. Microsoft Shows Windows in VR, Gives Acer VR Headset to Vision Summit Audience. LISTEN TO THE VOICES OF VR PODCAST.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Or, if you’re not near our London office, why not book a virtual demo? Also, it revealed how users could incorporate Meta Quest virtual reality (VR) headsets into the immersive space via the company’s Connec2 XR collaborative platform. We’d love to host you.

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VRScout

JUNE 21, 2017

Book your flights now, because the lines are undoubtedly going to be long at the upcoming VR Zone Shinjuku in Tokyo. Intel had a bright presence at E3, showing off their wireless solution for the HTC Vive for the first time in public as well as announcing a virtual reality eSports league.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MAY 21, 2017

Kim Pallister, the director of Intel’s virtual reality center of excellence, moderated a fireside chat about that topic with science fiction writer Austin Grossman at our recent GamesBeat Summit 2017: How games, sci-fi, and tech create real-world magic. Pallister leads Intel’s virtual reality (VR) project lab in Hillsboro, Oregon.

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Bernard Marr

AUGUST 22, 2022

Stephenson is the person credited with first connecting the term "metaverse" to the idea of an immersive virtual reality in his 1992 novel Snow Crash. Satya Nadella , Microsoft MSFT -1.4%. Microsoft’s CEO understands that the metaverse concept will impact every part of the way we do business. Neal Stephenson, Author.

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VRScout

MAY 25, 2017

The devices will use positional tracking (which will not require any external sensors) developed from expertise learned through creating Google’s Tango mapping technology and optimized for virtual reality. The beloved Austin, TX-based virtual reality content studio Owlchemy Labs has been acquired by Google.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 26, 2016

Oculus is also offering a $100 Oculus Store credit when you purchase a Rift from Best Buy, Amazon, and Microsoft in the US and Canada. Compete in a series of fun and intuitive virtual reality basketball mini-games with numerous Gatorade boosts available to improve your performance. Peronio Pop-up Book ($2.99 – Gear VR ).

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Apple, Sony, Microsoft, and countless other vendors in the technology space are now investing heavily on the concept of “spatial audio”. While the concept of teleportation in the XR landscape today might not be exactly the same as the idea once conveyed in sci-fi books and shows, it is developing at an incredible rate.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MAY 30, 2016

“ FlashBack: Immersive Virtual Reality on Mobile Devices via Rendering Memoization ” This is the title of an extremely complicated and highly detailed research paper recently published by Kevin Boos (Rice University), David Chu ( The post Microsoft’s ‘FlashBack’ Could Bring Mobile VR Up To RIft/Vive Performance Levels (..)

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AllThingsVR

MAY 12, 2016

After exploring virtual reality gaming in Ready Player One, Cline adds long-range drone combat using a virtual reality game to the mix in his second page-turning bestseller. Hollywood is adapting both of these Random House books into big screen adventures. You’ve been gung-ho about VR with your books.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 17, 2023

Let’s say we are back to standard levels of energy The current tech landscape is not in its best moment ever : all the big companies (Meta, Microsoft, etc…) are laying off people. You will have a hard time booking experiences. This year, we are already used to going to physical events, so it was not so special anymore.

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Voices of VR

JULY 13, 2023

Liz Hyman President and the CEO of the XR Association (XRA), which is a non-profit, industry trade association representing 47 XR companies including major players like Meta, Google, Microsoft, HTC, Sony Interactive Entertainment, Unity, and HTC. XR Access co-founder Shiri Azenkot told me "But it was always a retroactive thing.

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ARVR

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

An older, but interesting example of marker-based AR is the PlayStation 3 Wonderbook, a gaming ‘peripheral’ that allows players to view a spell book on their screen. The book rotates and moves when they pick up the device and move it around. The full article is originally published at [link] and is based on MobiDev technology research.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Today Microsoft revealed the Halo: Recruit experience, launching on October 17th for Windows VR headsets. Among a number of exciting announcements Microsoft made today, including open pre-orders for their range of VR headsets , the company revealed Halo: Recruit, the first official Halo experience made for VR.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Some of the biggest names in social impact will be in attendance, including: Participant Media, Conservation International, the Rainforest Alliance, Connect for Climate/World Bank, and the Milken Institute, as well as tech companies like Google, Microsoft, and Oculus. ” Tree USA | 2017 | 9 Min | Creator: Milica Zec, Winslow Porter.

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VRWorld

APRIL 9, 2017

In a bid to cross the chasm between Augmented and Virtual Reality, Microsoft is starting to push the new buzzword: mixed reality. In the April 11th, 2017 update for Windows 10, called “Creators Update,” the company is bringing the mixed reality to the masses. On Tuesday, Microsoft is hitting back.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 21, 2020

The Pro 3 C connects and displays images in 2D and 3D on most Android phones and tablets, iPads, MacBook’s, and Microsoft’s Surface Book 2. Or maybe there will be a new line coming… during Virtual Reality Day, we got to know that a new HTC device is coming soon in 2021…. Microsoft Flight Simulator comes to VR.

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