The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 18, 2018

This is a list of some of the talks that have immediately caught my attention : Google Spotlight Stories team has always been able to create amazing short movies in VR (Image by Google Spotlight). Google Spotlight Stories has always created very interesting immersive content, like the first VR doodle. More details. More details.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 6, 2020

Mixing these two kinds of lenses and having the screen being not a traditional one, but a special laser-emitting screen , the result is the one of a virtual reality headset that is very thin, light, and comfortable. Google acquires North. More info (Guardian colors) More info (Voice commands). News worth a mention.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

FACEBOOK KEEPS PUSHING THE VIRTUAL ENVELOPE. Starting with its $2B acquisition of Oculus in the spring of 2014, Facebook has continued to build out its virtual reality strategy in a big way. Special guest VRScout’s Ryan A. INTEL BUYS VOKE, AND VR LIVE STREAMING GETS (EVEN MORE) INTERESTING.

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Road to VR

APRIL 27, 2023

The Japanese optics and imaging giant announced that early access to its Kokomo social collaboration software for Quest 2 is now available in beta in the US and Canada.

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Road to VR

APRIL 15, 2022

Horizon Worlds is currently only available to Quest users in the US and Canada, although the company seems to be gearing up to expand with the announcement of a web-based version of the metaverse platform. Like on the Meta platform for Quest, that works out to (depending on the platform) more or less an effective rate of 47.5%

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 1, 2022

I moved over from regular filmmaking into making virtual reality documentaries. What was interesting about virtual reality is that instead of bringing my characters or stories from other countries back to Europe, I was able to bring my audience in Europe over to the countries where I was filming and working.

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VRScout

JANUARY 30, 2017

Virtual reality receives new categories as it takes center stage at this years awards for creative work in film, TV & VR. The Advanced Imaging Society and The VR Society have returned yet again for their annual honoring of this years biggest influencers in categories including creative filmmaking, television and virtual reality.

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Full Dive Gaming

AUGUST 29, 2022

MyndVR is the leading provider of Virtual Reality solutions for senior living communities, home care agencies, Veteran homes, and individual adults aging in their own homes across the US, Canada and Australia. Each week, we release NEW EPISODES on all Your Favorite major platforms: Spotify, Apple, Google.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Horizon Worlds on the other hand has been limited to users 18+ since it was launched in 2021, and only to those in US, Canada, UK, France, Iceland, Ireland and Spain. Meta’s Quest 2 headset is technically only available to users aged 13 and up. At the same time, Meta has slashed some XR projects , including first-party title Echo VR.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Hailing from 26 countries across the world, people came together in virtual reality to cheer on these top female founders in the XR industry. Sophia Dominguez // SVRF (New York, NY) – the first search engine for immersive content for virtual reality and augmented reality. 8 She-EOs in a virtual pool.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 19, 2023

More info Whatsapp may be coming to Quest 2 According to a very recent rumor, WhatsApp will allow you to link your existing account to Meta’s Virtual Reality headset. We all joked about Samsung waiting for the Apple Vision Pro announcement to copy it, but according to some rumors, this is exactly what is happening.

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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. This isn’t the first VR program dedicated towards road safety, however.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 5, 2016

October was such an important month for the virtual reality and augmented reality industry. It was announcements and product launches galore with news coming from key players like Oculus, Sony, Microsoft and Google dominating the headlines almost every week. and Canada. So what’s next? and many places worldwide.

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Ryan Schultz

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

This device is not yet available in Canada, and we still don’t know when it will go on sale here.) Yesterday, Google announced that their generative AI tool, called Google Bard, had been renamed to Gemini, and was now finally available in Canada ( The Globe and Mail newspaper provides some background on why there was a delay ).

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VRScout

JUNE 19, 2016

Starting on June 24th, PlayStation will offer PSVR demos at about 300 Best Buy and GameStop locations across the US and Canada. CEO Chris Milk explains that they want to avoid buzz words: “Tying our brand to [the words] virtual reality, a phrase we may not even use in ten years, seems inadvisable.” Want to do a demo?

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

I am also excited because thanks to the organizers of the VRX event, yesterday I have been able to interview Facebook’s Sean Liu and ask him some questions about Oculus and its vision of Virtual Reality. Who owns the Index will have the game for free (and for the occasion, the Index has been distributed to more countries, like Canada).

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Cats and VR

OCTOBER 18, 2017

Felix & Paul Studios, the EMMY® award-winning creator of cinematic virtual reality experiences, and Just For Laughs, producer of the world’s largest comedy festival, today announced the launch of “The Confessional”, a seven-episode virtual reality comedy series available on Daydream, Google’s mobile VR platform, and YouTube.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

This week I’ve anyway found the time to enjoy the artistic piece Finding Pandora X and to work on organizing my session at the Virtual Reality Day (more on this later on in this newsletter). Google releases the Objectron dataset. Things should be better after half of December, please be patient. News from partners (and friends).

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Peter Graham

JANUARY 18, 2020

Google’s Tilt Brush app has been the cornerstone of virtual reality (VR) artistic expression since its launch in 2016, allowing artists both amateur and professional to paint in three dimensions.

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VRWorld

JANUARY 31, 2018

Lenovo this week announced that it is launching Lenovo Virtual Reality Classroom, a comprehensive VR educational system that leverages the company’s upcoming Mirage Solo headset. The move appears to mark a significant attempt by the company to make transformative inroads into educational markets. Available in the U.S.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JUNE 30, 2017

The two day conference was packed with simultaneous, back-to-back presentations and workshops from industry leaders such as Microsoft, Google, AMD, The VOID, IMAX, Two Bit Circus, Secret Location, Globacore, Quantum Capture, The Canadian Film Centre, and many more. The concept of virtual reality itself magnetizes a certain person.

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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 new device was revealed at the Made By Google conference in San Francisco today. Read more here.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Virtual reality is one of the most exciting and fastest-growing branches of the tech industry, but to reach its full potential, it needs a diverse team of creators,” Oculus states on their official Launch Pad page. Screenshot taken from adventure VR title ‘Chrysalis.’

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JULY 14, 2023

HoloLens in Nuclear Power Plants Recently, another enterprise XR champion Laura Smith, Canada’s BIM Lead at SNC-Lavalin , spoke with XR Today to showcase how her team leverages XR devices, including the HoloLens, in workplace areas such as construction and nuclear sites.

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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. . Free-roam transfers a player to the virtual world as much as possible. Free-roam: warehouse and room-scale.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2020

All together will let you stream a very complex virtual reality application from an edge server to a standalone VR headset via 5G. Imagine it as the Google Docs for 3D artists, a set of tools that let people involved in CGI work on the same scene collaboratively at the same time, even if they are at the opposite sides of the world.

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VeeR VR

DECEMBER 18, 2018

You can download VeeR VR in your Oculus , Samsung Gear VR , HTC Vive , Windows Mixed Reality , Google Daydream , Steam VR and Lenovo Mirage Solo to watch amazing VR content. Held every year, IEEEVR is leading the niche of conferences on 3D User Interfaces and Virtual Reality. VRTO : Toronto, Canada-based AR and VR expo.

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VeeR VR

DECEMBER 21, 2018

Today’s beautiful holiday season is now accessible to everyone, even if you live in a country where the Christmas is not celebrated thanks to virtual reality. Wanna hit virtual kids in the face this Christmas? Christmas in Canada. Do you celebrate Christmas? We will also send emails to the lucky winners. Gallant VR X-Mas.

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VeeR VR

DECEMBER 6, 2017

IEEE Virtual Reality Conference Date: March 18-22, 2018 Venue: Stadthalle Reutlingen, Reutlingen, Germany Check here for pricing. Date: May 3-6, 2018 Venue: Rue Gourgas 3, Geneva, Switzerland Follow this event on social media: VRLA VRLA is a high-end virtual reality expo based in Log Angeles, CA, USA.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Wavemakers — a learning program hosted in Virbela for historically under-represented students in Canada, creates experiences that strengthen relevance for the learners, removing physical and psychological barriers that students face in more traditional environments.

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VeeR VR

DECEMBER 18, 2017

As virtual reality continues to rise in popularity, more film festivals, both up-and-coming ones and established ones, are opening up virtual reality competitions. Here we selected 37 film festivals dedicated to virtual reality or with VR programs for your reference. Check them out and visit some in 2018!

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VeeR VR

DECEMBER 26, 2017

If you haven't realized the power of classic music, or are struggling for leisure to enjoy an orchestra, virtual reality experiences can transport you to a live performance, while preserving its authentic charm. The orchestra undertook its first overseas tour of the United States and Canada in 1964.

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VRWorld

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

It’s hard to avoid the hype around virtual reality (VR) headsets like the HTC Vive, Oculus Rift or its mobile counterpart, Samsung Gear VR; much of that excitement is focused on console, mobile, and PC gaming. However, the technology has applications in most industries. Travel / Tourism.

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VRPlayin

OCTOBER 12, 2018

If you haven’t followed so far, then I recently went to Japan on a work-vacation, work-cation, trip and have done my very best to sample all the country has to offer in terms of virtual reality. Google Translate, you will forever be my hero.). Thank you for reading and see you in the virtual!

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 25, 2019

Sony has acquired Insomniac Games , one of the most talented game studios among the ones focused on Virtual Reality. 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.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 26, 2020

We're going to be talking about 5G, virtual reality and transportation. In Canada, we have zero 5G deployment. Alan: So how is 5G -- or just the ability to have this kind of massive data pipe -- affecting your ability to do virtual reality, or augmented reality, or mixed reality? Joonmo: Thank you.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 26, 2020

We're going to be talking about 5G, virtual reality and transportation. In Canada, we have zero 5G deployment. Alan: So how is 5G -- or just the ability to have this kind of massive data pipe -- affecting your ability to do virtual reality, or augmented reality, or mixed reality? Joonmo: Thank you.

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