Road to VR

MAY 17, 2017

Google I/O has begun, the company’s annual developer conference, and amidst expectations of a new all-in-one VR headset , the company announced that Samsung’s Galaxy S8/S8 plus and LG’s next flagship phone will be officially receiving Google Daydream support. This story is breaking.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 1, 2018

Two days ago, I’ve been at HTC Vive Chinese headquarters in Beijing. It has been a really amazing day, where I have been able to try some amazing HTC tech demos (more on this later on! I’ve been able to speak with three companies incubated in the Vive-X Beijing and also to know various HTC Vive employees.

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JANUARY 12, 2017

The Game Developer Conference is an annual gathering of professional devs as they share their various work-in-progress projects, attend networking functions, speak on and observe in-depth panel discussions, and absorb a wealth of knowledge and inspiration across the multi-day event.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 1, 2024

Here are some of the VR vendors making waves in the industry as of 2024: RealWear Meta Apple Goertek Pimax Pico HP HTC Vive Samsung Varjo Lenovo Valve Index Vrgineers RealWear Exploring various aspects of the immersive technology landscape, RealWear produces sensors, apps, and hardware for the XR space.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 30, 2017

At Oculus Connect, the company’s annual developer conference, we got fresh insight into where Oculus is heading, and a new look at how Facebook’s money is funding battles on all fronts of the industry’s increasingly competitive landscape. Old Enemies – HTC. Former Friends – Samsung. A Tale of Two Headsets.

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VRScout

APRIL 13, 2018

The two-day conference’s full slate of keynote speakers also include live performances. The world’s largest VR & AR conference is back again May 4-5 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. There’s quite no conference like VRLA. Rikard Steiber, President Viveport and SVP of Virtual Reality, HTC Vive.

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VRScout

AUGUST 1, 2016

Among the expected fare of films, games, animation, audio products and cosplay during the four-day conference, there was one obvious and unavoidable sorta newcomer to the scene — virtual reality. Armed to the teeth with tethered Vives, backpack VR and 3D printed controllers. Wait, is Freddie Prinze Jr. a fan of VR now!?

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MARCH 3, 2017

With each passing year the Game Developers Conference (GDC) becomes more and more important to the VR industry, and 2017’s iteration was no different. One year on and it’s ready to debut its bigger, better 2017 line-u p, fueled by the recently-released Touch controllers. New Gear VR, New Controller. Can we sleep now?

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VRScout

MAY 25, 2016

The Netflix Zone concept allows you to put on your HTC Vive headset and walk around a virtual video rental store, complete with a library of VHS tapes on the “shelves”. Using the HTC Vive hand controllers, you can walk over to a shelf and pick up a VHS tape.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Magic Leap 2 has inside-out tracked controllers. During a presentation, Magic Leap has unveiled some more features about its headset and controllers. And one has surprised me: the controllers will feature inside-out tracking. If you remember well, this is the same type of controller that was teased for Meta Project Cambria.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

But in China, they are very famous, and now they are also organizing a big event about XR called FBEC with hosts from all the major VR companies (HTC, Unity, Alibaba, Huawei, etc…). We are organizing the Future Business EcoLink Conference 2022 and the 7th Golden Gyro Award.

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JANUARY 5, 2017

Many of the biggest companies on the planet, from Samsung and HTC, to Facebook, Amazon, and Google, and even all the way to Ford, Mercedez, and countless startups, all gather in the desert at the start of the year to unveil the latest and greatest advancements in consumer electronics.

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VRScout

JUNE 9, 2017

Now Apple has thrown us a bone, and during their World Wide Developer Conference last week gave us Apple silo folk some good news. Out of the Big 2 of PC-powered, top-tier VR hardware…the HTC Vive won over the Oculus Rift, with the Vive doubling the Rifts’ sales at 200K units. APPLE TAKES A (VERY SOLID) SWING AT AUGMENTED REALITY.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 3, 2019

Mister President launching the Vive Focus (Image by HTC). Samsung has also teased to be interested in releasing a new AR/VR standalone device. That’s why the other companies, like HTC and Pico, have decided to aim at the enterprise market. Oculus Quest and controllers inside a stand. Mobile headsets.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2017

The 2017 Game Developers Conference (GDC) and accompanying Virtual Reality Developers Conference (VRDC) are right around the corner. The Oculus Rift and Touch, HTC Vive, PlayStation VR (PSVR), Google Daydream, Samsung Gear VR, and so many other headsets are all available for purchase. What to Expect from HTC.

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VeeR VR

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Oculus has announced the all-new standalone named Oculus Quest at 5th annual Connect developer conference. But you can have high-quality VR gaming experiences on your Playstation VR, Oculus Rift, HTC Vive even on your IOS and Android phones. Platforms(s) : PlayStation VR, Oculus Rift, HTC Vive. Publisher(s) : nDreams.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 19, 2016

If you have a Samsung Gear VR, you can now connect with your Facebook friends through Oculus Home. First promised at the Oculus Connect 3 conference, you can now start a voice call (called a Party) with up to 3 friends—and then connect with those friends in a virtual playspaces (called a Room). PREDICTIONS FOR THE NEXT 2 YEARS OF VR.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 2, 2019

During 2019 we will also see support for two controllers of the headset. Probably, but I’m not sure about this, Magic Leap will tease a new version of the Magic Leap glasses at the next LEAP Conference. Microsoft’s BUILD conference is usually held in April or May, and this seems the right stage for such a big launch.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

HTC has finally revealed the price of the Vive Pro : it will cost $799 just to have the headset (no controller and no base stations, so you must already have a Vive 1 kit) and will be available for pre-orders since April, 5th. But, as Road To VR has stated, maybe HTC should have clarified that in all its marketing material.

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InstaVR

AUGUST 13, 2019

It’s got strong components (ie Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 chips), up to 128 GB of memory, is all-in-one + mobile, and has two Touch Hand Controllers that enable interactivity. Because you can control the elements of the scenario you’re creating better.

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VRScout

JULY 19, 2016

HTC has sold an estimated 100k Vives. Samsung Gear VR expected 3.5 At the Oculus Connect 2 conference , it was heavily emphasized this is an exciting time to be in VR because the solutions are having to be created as we go. Using controller to walk or look around. Using 1-to-1 motion controls. On-rails vehicle.

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Everything VR & AR

MARCH 21, 2016

On this episode, Nathan and Kevin are joined by Robert "The Scobleizer" Scoble as he shares his thoughts on the current state of VR & AR technology, along with what he feels it will take in order for devices such as the HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Samsung Gear VR and more to be successful.

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Road to VR

JULY 8, 2016

But there are many other challenges with balancing interactivity and narrative that Apelab CEO & Sequenced producer Emilie Joly explained to me at the Silicon Valley Virtual Reality conference in April. LISTEN TO THE VOICES OF VR PODCAST. ” Here’s a trailer for Sequenced. Support Voices of VR. Subscribe on iTunes.

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VeeR VR

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

2014 was also the year that Samsung announced the Samsung VR gear that would eventually be released in 2016. . In 2016, HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and Playstation VR were all released. This past September Oculus hosted the OC5, their annual conference detailing hardware, software and content innovation in VR.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 25, 2018

“Hold my beer”: this is what the Vive Focus has told to all other standalone headsets yesterday at the Vive Ecosystem Conference in Shenzhen. From my tests, the image on the screen appears slightly distorted, so there will be something to fix on HTC’s side. Better integration with HTC phones. Image by HTC).

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

On stage at Vive Developer Conference in Beijing, HTC today unveiled their upcoming standalone VR headset, Vive Focus. Image courtesy HTC. HTC says the Vive Wave VR SDK offers an open interface enabling interoperability between numerous mobile VR headsets and accessories.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 2, 2018

And so here we are again: Oculus vs HTC, America vs China, Hugo Barra vs Alvin Wang Graylin. HTC has also been smart because every time someone says “Focus” during some VR event, he’s doing some hidden advertisement for its product. Oculus Quest and controllers inside a stand (Image by Ars Technica).

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NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Samsung starts off the month debuting its VR Internet browser for Gear VR, becoming the first to offer a VR browser. Oculus and HTC had been holding details surrounding Rift and Vive launch windows close to the chest, probably because they had delays to announce and need to nail down new plans. December 2015. January 2016.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 29, 2016

Unveiled originally at the company’s 1st developer conference Connect in September , Crescent Bay gave us what we know now to be a pretty good sneak peek at the device that would eventually ship in March the following year. The HTC Vive (DK1), SteamVR Controllers and Laser Basestations.

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Road to VR

APRIL 24, 2018

Oculus Go is an upcoming standalone VR headset and controller that offers the same content library and a similar experience to Gear VR, but in a dedicated unit rather than a ‘headset shell’ accessory for a smartphone. What follows is a brief overview of everything we know about the soon the launch headset. What is Oculus Go?

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Road to VR

APRIL 30, 2018

In this article we compare three standalone VR devices which will be available worldwide this year: the Oculus Go, Lenovo Mirage Solo, and HTC Vive Focus. For owners of a compatible Samsung smartphone, the Gear VR shell remains the best value proposition, but for everyone else, the Go will be the cheapest way to access Gear VR content.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 14, 2020

Last year we had nReal showing us that AR can be trendy, and HTC making us dream with the Vive Cosmos. Yes, the biggest companies were not there with a booth (Oculus will probably target the OC6, HTC the VEC, etc…), but it is the first time that I read the XR news from CES and I dont’ remain surprised.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Windows 10 Fall Creators Update was first announced at the Microsoft Build dev conference back in May, and promised to bring with it some incremental updates alongside one of the most important of all: support for its line of Windows VR headsets. At the lowest price tier for $400 (with controllers) is Acer’s retro-styled headset.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

While Oculus has been drumming up its soon to launch Touch VR controller for many months now, the company doesn’t expect motion input to supersede the gamepad gameplay that Rift users are using today. Meanwhile, the HTC Vive , which launched with motion controls in the box, has garnered praise for its immersive input.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 26, 2020

So you basically control the content. And I think it's a really interesting point, because many VR users tend to buy VR to play games, including Steam or Oculus or HTC Vive. So we tend to focus on B2B business, including using ENGAGE VR for online conferences. And even HTC is teasing it, these lightweight pair of glasses.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 26, 2020

So you basically control the content. And I think it's a really interesting point, because many VR users tend to buy VR to play games, including Steam or Oculus or HTC Vive. So we tend to focus on B2B business, including using ENGAGE VR for online conferences. And even HTC is teasing it, these lightweight pair of glasses.

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DECEMBER 14, 2016

While both it and the HTC Vive push forward in the high-end PC space, the desire for tetherless, more affordable products has given birth to smartphone-based mobile headsets like the Oculus-powered Gear VR, made in partnership with Samsung. The Rift is not the only headset out there, nor is it the only category of headset.

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