XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Virtual reality (VR) caught the imagination of a generation from its foundation stages at the end of the last century up through Meta’s acquisition of Oculus; now, VR in business is becoming a serious consideration for many international firms. The technology could also change customer and client engagement. Congratulations!

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 26, 2016

Weekend Downloads is part of our weekly update to bring you the latest additions to the Samsung Gear VR and Oculus Rift. 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. This Week’s New Gear VR and Oculus Rift Content (11/26/16).

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Cats and VR

JUNE 29, 2016

MetaVRse offers a wide range of experiential marketing and event production, content production and consulting services to brands interested in harnessing the incredible power of virtual and augmented reality technologies. VR is already the most powerful and engaging platform for entertainment, gaming and branded content.”.

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VRScout

JULY 22, 2021

Cleanbox Technology DARK BAY GmbH eyeora VR InnerspaceVR Resolution Games SENSORIUM Virtualware Yarn Corporation. Facebook – Oculus Quest 2 HP – HP Reverb G2 Omnicept Edition HTC – VIVE Focus 3 Pico Interactive Europe SL – Pico Neo 3 Pro Varjo – XR-3 Vrgineers – XTAL Mixed Reality Module.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

But thanks to Rendever —a company that partners with senior living communities across the USA and Canada to combat social isolation using VR, along with Wish of a Lifetime from AARP —Hetrick was able to overcome those obstacles and virtually hike the Grand Canyon alongside his wife and son.

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ARPost

JULY 22, 2021

Haggai Goldfarb Consulting for “ Project Origami: The Magic of Flight ,” a panoramic video experience coming to the Oculus browser. EVOKE Studios , a creative technological production studio. The finalists are: Cleanbox Technology. Breakpoint One GmbH for “ VR Plant Journey ,” a fun, educational experience about botany.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

The HoloLens 2 Development Edition will become available in 10 additional countries by the end of the year: Canada, Germany, France, UK, Ireland, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Switzerland, and Italy. Oculus delays shipments of the Elite Strap due to breakage reports. The option to “rent it” by paying $100/month is coming next year.

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VRScout

AUGUST 6, 2018

Using an Oculus Rift headset and a pair of motion controllers, that separate user can then operate the mechanical arms entirely in VR. Various buttons on the Oculus controllers allow operators to move the pinky, middle, and ring fingers simultaneously. The index finger and thumb, however, each have their own dedicated inputs.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2019

and National Film Board of Canada. Eloi of National Film Board of Canada playing our boxing game! Me trying the Oculus Rift S. I felt it also better than the Oculus Quest : it is much more balanced. It was very fluid and precise, it felt as using outside-in tracking technology. Hands-on sessions at View Conference.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 6, 2020

When I asked optics expert Jeri Ellsworth (the CEO of Tilt Five) when she envisions this technology to be on the face of every one of us, she said “soon-ish”, and this makes me think about a 5 years timeframe. Oculus Quest v18 adds colored Guardian and voice commands. Onward is ready to be released on Oculus Quest on July, 30th!

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VRScout

APRIL 19, 2019

The 2019 Tribeca Film Festival is just around the corner and with it comes Tribeca Immersive Virtual Arcade , an entire exhibit dedicated to highlighting creators who explore how storytelling and technology can come together to deliver wondrous VR and AR experience.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 22, 2020

Oculus has gained in these years always more success in the consumers’ landscape, and now with the Oculus Quest , thanks to an affordable device running great content , it is making strides in the market. Today, finally, Facebook has changed all of this and i s making Oculus For Business available to all interested companies.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2020

There is another reason that will make medium-big studios happy: from now on, there won’t be any revenue share with Epic until $1M of revenues of your game, a limit that raises to $5M if your game is published on Oculus Store. Oculus Link now works with USB 2.0. More info (Oculus Link works with Usb 2.0?—?Road port and cable.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

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. The spatial sound and motion-tracking technology company Dysonics has raised their Series A round , declining to disclose the exact amount but saying it was led by Intel Capital.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The extended reality (XR) technology market is becoming more accessible and available to the broader world. Thanks to the increasing presence of consumer and enterprise-grade XR solutions, the audience reach of immersive technology is expanding. MR goes above and beyond the potential of other immersive technologies.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Nominations for the most innovative included Cleanbox Technology, Sensorium, Innerspace VR, Resolution Games, and others. VR display technology, as well as rendering software and connectivity hardware, have all advanced by leaps and bounds – even in the last year. Innovative VR Company of the Year. VR Film of the Year.

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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. Image by Oculus). In the meanwhile, I wish you all a fantastic 2020! Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Oculus Quest 2 gets a huge update. Oculus has just started rolling out the update to the Quest runtime v23 , that introduces a lot of new features and improvements to this device: All the applications in the headset can now run at 90 Hz (including the passthrough vision); Oculus Link upgrades to 90Hz as well and finally exits from beta.

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VRScout

MARCH 14, 2017

Facebook frenzy: new 360 app + live streaming in VR + voice search, our Avegant future looks like Star Trek, ZeniMax and Oculus: the plot thickens, VR companies grew 40% in 2016, investment & funding wrapup, and more… FACEBOOK FRENZY: NEW 360 APP + LIVE STREAMING + VOICE SEARCH. ZENIMAX AND OCULUS: THE PLOT THICKENS.

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VRScout

JANUARY 30, 2017

Studios in Hollywood, California, The 8th annual Lumiere Awards will honour an impressive amount of influencers in the arts and technologies of 3D, HDR, VR, AR and 360-degree content. Belgium, China (Beijing and Hong Kong), Japan, New Zealand, and Canada. Taking place February 13th a Warner Bros.

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TechCrunch VR

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

The initial report also noted the new trademarks were filed under the Immersive Health Solutions’ name in Canada, New Zealand, EU, U.K., The headset is believed to be the same size as Meta’s Oculus Quest and focused on high-tech and high-performance. Australia, Saudi Arabia, Costa Rica and Uruguay.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 29, 2023

v51 just released for the Meta Oculus Quest and it finally updated from Android 10 to 12 — basti (@Basti564) March 27, 2023 Added features include local dimming support for the Meta Quest Pro and additional support for Public Test Channel (PTC) device users. The device began shipping to the United States, United Kingdom, France, and Canada.

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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. The AR technology will enable engineers and architects to simultaneously share holographic models and collaborate together, as well as allow clients to explore their 3D projects in greater depth.

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Road to VR

MARCH 9, 2017

Dedicated to VR software development since early 2013, Aldin Dynamics is one of the most experienced studios in the world, launching software on Oculus developer kits and Gear VR. Aldin Dynamics has now shared some of the data created within Waltz of the Wizard using their Ghostline technology.

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VRScout

AUGUST 22, 2017

After much recent speculation of a possible price drop, the HTC Vive has joined the Oculus Rift in the discount club—cutting $200 off the previously $799 tag. A new report from International Data Corp is now live, predicting that the immersive technology market will rise by 100%+ over each of the next four years. … well, sort of.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

The first time I tried the HoloLens I knew I was experiencing the first generation of a game-changing technology. Such as with healthcare provider Ocuvera, which is currently using this technology to prevent patients from taking a fall while in hospitals. This translates into enabling smarter solutions for a range of use-cases.

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VRScout

AUGUST 29, 2016

It was just a matter of time until virtual reality and the law collided – but this story is unexpected: VR is being used as evidence in a trial in Canada. In honor of the 100th anniversary of America’s National Parks Service, the experience was produced by Felix and Paul Studios, Oculus, and National Geographic (don’t you love NatGeo?).

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 21, 2021

I’m super-late with this newsletter because we of New Technology Walkers are working on some cool stuff for our game HitMotion: Reloaded! Some positions talk about a “real-time operating system”; some others are located in Waterloo, Canada, where there was the HQ of North, the company making the Focals smartglasses acquired by Google.

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Hypergrid Business

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

“We started our directory back in 2015, before HTC Vive and Oculus had even launched, with 99 studios as members. Rather, I find it’s about how the new immersive tools and technologies are affecting all the other industries. Canada: 105 studios. Fast forward a couple of years and we have more than 1700 members.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

He's in the eastern part of Canada. So I'm really excited to talk about that, because I believe that as much as we're going into physical winter in Canada, I believe that we're going into a beautiful spring with regards to the investment landscape of this technology. Unity Technologies just went public. Or near Halifax.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

He's in the eastern part of Canada. So I'm really excited to talk about that, because I believe that as much as we're going into physical winter in Canada, I believe that we're going into a beautiful spring with regards to the investment landscape of this technology. Unity Technologies just went public. Or near Halifax.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 4, 2019

Instead, it is not for people wanting: An affordable device ( Rift S is much better in this sense); A portable device ( Oculus Quest or Vive Focus Plus are the way to go); A super-big screen resolution ( Varjo VR-1 or HP Reverb are better in this sense); An easy-to-use headset (again, Rift S or WMR devices like the Samsung Odyssey are better).

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VRWorld

AUGUST 20, 2017

Take the most recent Formula E race in Montreal, Canada. Last year we spoke to company’s CEO Tom Impallomeni about the company’s technology and mission in the field of VR sport broadcasting. “[The technology] is constantly being evolved,” adds Weingarten. And the company wastes no time.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

He's in the eastern part of Canada. So I'm really excited to talk about that, because I believe that as much as we're going into physical winter in Canada, I believe that we're going into a beautiful spring with regards to the investment landscape of this technology. Unity Technologies just went public. Or near Halifax.

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VeeR VR

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Some of the events are VR/AR/MR-focused, while others are segments of broader technology media and entertainment events. 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. Online VR Event. Venue: Altspace VR.

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VeeR VR

DECEMBER 21, 2018

Besides the Christmas Cabin VR experience, we prepare Oculus and many other gifts for you. 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 have a wonderful Christmas experience. Christmas in Canada. Gallant VR X-Mas. .

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 26, 2020

So we focused on the emerging consumer landscape and the emerging technology landscape, and make sure that the KT brand continues to be relevant not only today, but five or ten years from now. So we are focusing on looking at new business models and emerging technologies, then tying those to our strategy businesses.

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