Road to VR

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

As we wrote recently , Google’s first dedicated Daydream VR headset ‘View’ is out on November 10th and Google have now detailed the Daydream platform’s launch window software line up. Google’s long awaited evolution of Cardboard, its early Android-based VR experiment, is finally almost with us.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

and Canada. For the Ryan Gosling film First Man, they took a more serious direction with an educational AR experience that used the actual moon to unlock behind-the-scenes footage, interviews with the cast, and showed you what it was like to be with Mission Control during the Apollo 11 launch.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 6, 2020

Google acquires North. It is official: after we all heard the rumor that Google was acquiring North for $180M, the Big G has confirmed the acquisition, not disclosing the actual amount of the deal. The team at North will be acquired, but it will keep operating in its own region in Canada. News worth a mention. Image by Torch).

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AllThingsVR

OCTOBER 4, 2016

Google’s VR Headset Is Daydream View Following the reveal of the Daydream mobile VR ecosystem earlier in the year, Google has finally revealed the first headset to support it, Daydream View. The headset comes with a controller and launches in November for $79. Google claims it’s 30% lighter than similar headsets (read: Gear VR).

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

According to research published by Parachute Canada , a national Canadian charity foundation dedicated to accident prevention and awareness, injuries among child pedestrians are the primary cause of injury-related deaths for Canadian youth at or under the age of 14. What’s the catch?

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 19, 2023

Pre-teen accounts will have very strict safety measures and they must be set up by an adult, which will have total control over it. More info Quest Gift Cards are now available in more countries Quest Gift Cards, which let you gift friends some credit for the Quest Store, are now also in the UK, Canada, Ireland, Germany, France, and Japan.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 6, 2019

VR just passed the thorough of disillusionment and is here to stay thanks to investments in the AR/VR market by Facebook, Google and Apple. The cost appears to be around $90k in the US, Canada, Mexico and Australia. . You can drive a racing car, fly, control a robot or a spaceship. They don’t hold any controllers.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 9, 2016

The Google Maps-powered augmented reality experience has players tracking down digital monsters along the streets and walking paths in the real world. Those include crucial markets like Canada and the United Kingdom as well as emerging regions like the Philippines. Pokémon Go doesn’t top the Google Play Android app store.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

The game will be optimized for working on the Valve Index and especially on its controllers. Who owns the Index will have the game for free (and for the occasion, the Index has been distributed to more countries, like Canada). Google announces The Relightables. Other relevant news. Oculus Link is here.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

These founders are a well-rounded group of leaders and entrepreneurs with a variety of focuses— from combining brain control interfaces with VR for wellness, to creating the world’s first search engine for immersive content, to using AR to accelerate skill sets and reduce costs in the construction industry. 8 She-EOs in a virtual pool.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 23, 2018

.’ “Some of my team members were based in Singapore, India, Canada, Hong Kong, and New York, while I was working from California,” Chen continued.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

This is a big bummer because controllers’ tracking has always been the biggest problem of WMR headsets and seeing that it hasn’t been solved now yet is very disappointing. All in all, the common consensus is that this is a great headset if you’re looking for just high resolution (e.g. Google releases the Objectron dataset.

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VRScout

MARCH 14, 2017

DeMiroz paints a bright picture: we should expect all-in-one mobile headsets with full positional tracking and gesture control glory… soon. DO RECENT GOOGLE JOB LISTINGS INDICATE UPCOMING MASS PRODUCTION? IN CANADA YOU CAN BUY A CASE OF BEER WITH A VR HEADSET & WATCH HOCKEY. DREAMSCAPE IMMERSIVE RAISES $11.36M SERIES A.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

AUGUST 11, 2017

The creative puzzler is made by Canada-based game-making couple Sarah and Colin Northway teaming with Radial Games’ Andy Moore, Kimberly Voll and Lindsay Jorgensen with sound by Gord McGladdery. It released with the launch of the HTC Vive in early 2016 and Facebook’s Oculus Touch controllers for Rift late in the year.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 6, 2020

So these are like baseball caps or beanies, in Canada, they're called toques. They own Moores Clothing in Canada and also Jos. I know you partnered with Google recently, so maybe you can speak to that. Ben: The other thing we can do is we can also send those virtual photographs to Google ads as well. Bank in the States.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 6, 2020

So these are like baseball caps or beanies, in Canada, they're called toques. They own Moores Clothing in Canada and also Jos. I know you partnered with Google recently, so maybe you can speak to that. Ben: The other thing we can do is we can also send those virtual photographs to Google ads as well. Bank in the States.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 6, 2020

So these are like baseball caps or beanies, in Canada, they're called toques. They own Moores Clothing in Canada and also Jos. I know you partnered with Google recently, so maybe you can speak to that. Ben: The other thing we can do is we can also send those virtual photographs to Google ads as well. Bank in the States.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2020

The glasses are expected to run a new operating system, rOS (or reality OS), and Apple is exploring touch panels, voice activation, and head gestures as a means of control. This week, the analysts Ming-Chi Kuo has teased that Apple Glasses are coming in 2022 at the earliest (2022–2023 timeline). Enjoy a miniature version of Beat Saber!

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XR for Business Podcast

MARCH 31, 2020

So originally when North was founded, it was actually called Thalmic Labs, and the product was a gesture control armband. You could make motions with your hand and it would detect your muscle movements and you could control computers, music, do presentation control. The ring that controls your interface.

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XR for Business Podcast

MARCH 31, 2020

So originally when North was founded, it was actually called Thalmic Labs, and the product was a gesture control armband. You could make motions with your hand and it would detect your muscle movements and you could control computers, music, do presentation control. The ring that controls your interface.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 18, 2023

Orlando’s digital twin could be viewed as a more in-depth version of Google Maps that allows decision-makers to experience a “flyover” of the region with overlays of relevant data points. This brings with it security and access control concerns. Canada, and Mexico.

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Leapmotion

NOVEMBER 21, 2015

VR has the power to transform our lives and connect us in new ways, while hand tracking lets you reach beyond the digital divide and take control. This is just a sample of what Dale’s been working on for his undergraduate degree in digital media at York University’s Lassonde School of Engineering in Toronto, Canada. Build Chinese.

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XR for Business Podcast

MARCH 31, 2020

So originally when North was founded, it was actually called Thalmic Labs, and the product was a gesture control armband. You could make motions with your hand and it would detect your muscle movements and you could control computers, music, do presentation control. The ring that controls your interface.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 25, 2019

You will be able to use all the controls in a natural way just by using all the ten fingers of your hands! Google releases an opensource library for hand tracking. Google has released opensource a library for tracking your hands on a mobile device. Someone made Google Lens work in VR. It’s really impressive.

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ARPost

JUNE 8, 2021

No matter how you define the metaverse or the role that you think it plays, Google AR Partnership’s Global Head of Creative, Matthieu Lorrain, said that it was contributing to a period of “post-reality.”. The model is then displayed on a Looking Glass holographic display manipulated with an air controller designed after medical equipment.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

Image by Google). Google completely opensources Cardboard. With a surprise move, Google has announced with a blog post that it ha opensourced completely Cardboard. Google affirms that Cardboard has been a huge success to introduce people into VR, and more than 15 million headsets have been distributed.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 26, 2020

In Canada, we have zero 5G deployment. So you basically control the content. And this week -- again -- Google released the ability to see animals just from the browser, using their 3D Model Viewer, I think it's called. In Canada, we have zero 5G deployment. Alan: Wow, that's way far ahead of North America.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 26, 2020

In Canada, we have zero 5G deployment. So you basically control the content. And this week -- again -- Google released the ability to see animals just from the browser, using their 3D Model Viewer, I think it's called. In Canada, we have zero 5G deployment. Alan: Wow, that's way far ahead of North America.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 26, 2020

In Canada, we have zero 5G deployment. So you basically control the content. And this week -- again -- Google released the ability to see animals just from the browser, using their 3D Model Viewer, I think it's called. In Canada, we have zero 5G deployment. Alan: Wow, that's way far ahead of North America.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

Alan: Slicing fruit in VR is magical, and the fact that they have the haptic feedback to the controller is just… [implied Chef Kiss]. If you put it into Google Cardboard mode, where you put the phone into a viewer, this cube comes to life in your hands, and they’ve done it really elegantly. Really simple.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

Alan: Slicing fruit in VR is magical, and the fact that they have the haptic feedback to the controller is just… [implied Chef Kiss]. If you put it into Google Cardboard mode, where you put the phone into a viewer, this cube comes to life in your hands, and they’ve done it really elegantly. Really simple.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

Alan: Slicing fruit in VR is magical, and the fact that they have the haptic feedback to the controller is just. But the other thing about health care -- and I'm sure you're aware of this, and in Canada, it's. Alan: Slicing fruit in VR is magical, and the fact that they have the haptic feedback to the controller is just.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 28, 2019

I do think that it’s going to change how we do everything over the next 10 years — not just driven by climate change, not just driven by cost controls– but by preference. Or can you grab PowerPoint or Google slides? Alan: Well, you talked about web apps and being able to upload documents. Or can I grab PDFs?

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 28, 2019

I do think that it’s going to change how we do everything over the next 10 years — not just driven by climate change, not just driven by cost controls– but by preference. Or can you grab PowerPoint or Google slides? Alan: Well, you talked about web apps and being able to upload documents. Or can I grab PDFs?

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 28, 2019

I do think that it's going to change how we do everything over the next 10 years -- not just driven by climate change, not just driven by cost controls-- but by preference. Or can you grab PowerPoint or Google slides? Alan: Well, you talked about web apps and being able to upload documents. Can I grab my team's stuff?

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Leapmotion

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Handful of Tones is a music app that lets you control the volume and pitch of a chord with your hands. Just hold up your controller like a smartphone, cycle through colors and brightness, and snap a picture. Spawn fractals in midair and control them with telekinesis. ” Recommended: Google Chrome. Handful of Tones.

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VRScout

JULY 12, 2016

In proof, Canada Film Centre (CFC) Chief Digital Officer Ana Serrano gave an incredibly lucid breakdown of how minding historical precedents in the present moment will be key to helping us create a positive virtual reality future. In case that doesn’t mean a whole lot to you, here’s why it should.

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