Hypergrid Business

APRIL 30, 2020

(Image courtesy HTC Vive.). Yesterday afternoon, I got a preview of the new HCT Vive Sync virtual meeting platform from HTC Vive, and it’s the best one I’ve seen yet — and I have seen a lot of these platforms. — HTC VIVE (@htcvive) April 30, 2020. Image courtesy HTC Vive.). VIVE Focus Plus.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 8, 2018

One of the largest industry events in North America, the Vancouver-based conference will spotlight how tech giants and startups are creating new ways to visualize and interact with virtual worlds. and LNG Studios , each showcasing programs that put hardware like HTC Vive or Microsoft HoloLens through their paces.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 8, 2021

Alex Kipman promised us a Microsoft Ignite conference with an amazing level of immersion , and he kept his word. This is also confirmed by the Wired article, where the journalist states that he has been able to see the conference in preview before the general audience. It is not an app, but a tool to build apps. Image by HTC).

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VRScout

JUNE 1, 2016

The latest concept demo video (above) shows three users, one wearing a HTC Vive, collaborating remotely to design the interior of a retail store. But considering VR developers don’t use Microsoft tools or distribute content through Microsoft stores, we’ll just have to wait and see how collaborative everyone chooses to be.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 26, 2018

While hardware advancements such as the HTC Vive Pro and Oculus Rift have solidified at-home VR as a viable option, those looking for next-level immersion will still find the most success with location-based VR installations. Of course we can’t talk about standalone VR without bringing up the HTC Vive Focus. LOCATION-BASED VR.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

With AR reaching a stage of relative maturity in both device reach and development tools, there are still many areas that AR is continuing to improve to make it more useful. Google’s real-time face and body tracking; Source: Google. Full-Body Tracking. Going Wireless.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 17, 2023

Apple is set to reveal its long-awaited Reality Pro mixed reality (MR) headset at the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) on 5 June, news reports revealed on Sunday. Doing so could also help Apple to avoid the setbacks faced by many companies such as Meta, Amazon, Google, and others amid the current market volatility.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

The Facebook Connect is close and we all expect that during that conference Oculus is finally going to announce the new Oculus Quest. HTC CEO Yves Maitre resigns. HTC, you did it again. Remote XR collaboration tool Spatial ( read here my review about it ) has just released its 1.7 (Image by Walking Cat).

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JUNE 30, 2017

The VRTO Virtual & Augmented Reality World Conference & Expo just wrapped up Monday night in Toronto. By the end of the conference, 5 themes on what will guild the VR industry forward, became glaringly clear. We need to nurture this culture which is even more apparent when industry leaders converge into conferences like VRTO.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 28, 2018

We also recently seen him at the Vive Ecosystem Conference , where he took the stage to talk about his interesting experiences. Enea Le Fons in Shenzhen, ready to amaze all the audience of the Vive Ecosystem Conference (Image by Enea Le Fons). What are the best development tools that can be used inside VR?

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 9, 2019

The Quest has dominated the searches on Google and it has gone sold out quite soon, and people that really wanted to buy it had to buy it from some online resellers that offered it at higher prices. More info (Oculus Go being best-seller on Amazon) More info (Oculus Quest sold out) More info (Oculus Quest vs PSVR Google search stats).

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 2, 2019

With ARKit you can also track your face, and some developers have started also using it as an animation tool. 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. Google Maps in AR). My friend and colleague Francesco trying HoloLens.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 19, 2016

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). Available through the Google Play Store, the app allows users to navigate around the 360 degree content with their remote control.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 3, 2019

Mister President launching the Vive Focus (Image by HTC). That’s why the other companies, like HTC and Pico, have decided to aim at the enterprise market. The latest phones produced by Google and Samsung are still compatible with Daydream View and Gear VR headsets, but there has not been any new release of a mobile VR headset.

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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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Everything VR & AR

AUGUST 23, 2016

With so much attention in the world of virtual and augmented reality focused on gaming and video content, there is a significant opportunity for developers to help bring productivity tools to the companies for a variety of uses.

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VRScout

JULY 19, 2016

HTC has sold an estimated 100k Vives. As of January 2016, Google Cardboard has shipped over 5 million units. 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. Gen Z is the the most passionate segment in VR.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

And if you’re not familiar, that’s the Penny Arcade conference. Huge, huge gaming conference. We had a big conference earlier in March. And what was also amazing, which was unclear to me, was that conference has been around for over 20 years. I just went to PAX East on Friday, up in Boston. Alan: Oh wow.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

And if you’re not familiar, that’s the Penny Arcade conference. Huge, huge gaming conference. We had a big conference earlier in March. And what was also amazing, which was unclear to me, was that conference has been around for over 20 years. I just went to PAX East on Friday, up in Boston. Alan: Oh wow.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

And if you're not familiar, that's the Penny Arcade conference. Huge, huge gaming conference. As I'm thinking back to it now, this was actually on HTC VIVE -- first gen, which was only maybe 3, 4 years ago now -- and I was so impressed with the first generation of hardware that I was like, "well, this is ready for prime time."

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Hypergrid Business

JUNE 1, 2020

Nothing works right — it’s easier to have a phone call or video conference. Acadicus is a tool for medical simulations and for training, and works both with or without a virtual reality headset. Acadicus is a tool for medical simulations and for training, and works both with or without a virtual reality headset.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

We captured the transition from a couple companies shipping development tools to hobbyists into a fast-moving industry driven by some of the world’s largest tech companies, each of which is selling increasingly sophisticated systems directly to consumers. Google transitions Clay Bavor into a position as head of VR. November 2015.

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VRScout

JANUARY 23, 2021

Image Credit: HTC Vive. Writing tools such as Hemingway Editor and Grammarly are great for optimizing the overall legibility of the text you write for the CV. Don’t simply rely on text editors such as Microsoft Office or Google Docs to do the job – make your CV as readable as possible. VR & AR career paths to consider.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 13, 2023

Revealed at the Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC), the Apple Vision Pro has sparked both praise and criticism from the global XR community. Joseph Toma : [From the presentation], although the hardware will inevitably evolve, we are years away from consumers and businesses adopting these tools.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

And I can’t help but notice that the difference from auto-stereoscopic 3D, VR was a technology and an ecosystem that is joined by a lot of leading global brands such as Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and Huawei, etc. Labster is great, and also supported by Google. We support the Google platform. Kai: I agree.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

And I can’t help but notice that the difference from auto-stereoscopic 3D, VR was a technology and an ecosystem that is joined by a lot of leading global brands such as Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and Huawei, etc. Labster is great, and also supported by Google. We support the Google platform. Kai: I agree.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

But, in the early days of this industry, it is the developer conferences, the places where creators come together to share knowledge and reveal breakthroughs, that are the really exciting events to cover. There’s no better time of the year to do that than at the Game Developers Conference (GDC). Alex Lee (Google).

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Robert Scoble

JUNE 1, 2019

We have already seen some devices like Google Glass that gave us a taste of how they would improve the world, even while introducing new problems, deepest amongst them was that they didn’t provide enough benefit to offset the real social costs of wearing a computing device and the weight that a computer put on our face.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

And I can't help but notice that the difference from auto-stereoscopic 3D, VR was a technology and an ecosystem that is joined by a lot of leading global brands such as Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and Huawei, etc. Labster is great, and also supported by Google. We support the Google platform. Tablets didn't replace teachers.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 10, 2022

A Horizon game is coming for this new headset, and some rumors talk also about Half-Life: Alyx potentially be available in the future; HTC has announced the Vive Wrist Tracker, a 6 DOF tracker for the Vive Focus 3. This is why companies like Apple, Google, Microsoft and Meta are exploring similar technologies.

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Road to VR

APRIL 24, 2018

Its tracking capabilities are the same as Gear VR: limited to rotational movement (3DoF) on both the headset and controller, which makes it less immersive than other standalone VR headsets like the Lenovo Mirage Solo and HTC Vive Focus. Want to know what it’s like to use Oculus Go? Check out our latest hands-on for a detailed look.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

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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The Ghost Howls

JULY 3, 2023

Top news of the week (Image by Google) Google killed its AR glasses Project Iris Do you remember the name Project Iris? Various reports indicated it as the internal codename in Google for a project meant to build augmented reality glasses. It was our hope for Google entering the AR race together with Meta and Apple.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 10, 2020

You’ve done everything from IBM Watson, to Google, to HTC, Samsung. Alan: There’s a conference in Toronto called Flash in the Can; FITC. and one of my friends who I just made by being nerdy, worked for a company called HTC. And then they started sending me to conferences. Michael: Glad you liked it.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 10, 2020

You’ve done everything from IBM Watson, to Google, to HTC, Samsung. Alan: There’s a conference in Toronto called Flash in the Can; FITC. and one of my friends who I just made by being nerdy, worked for a company called HTC. And then they started sending me to conferences. Michael: Glad you liked it.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 10, 2020

You've done everything from IBM Watson, to Google, to HTC, Samsung. Alan: There's a conference in Toronto called Flash in the Can; FITC. and one of my friends who I just made by being nerdy, worked for a company called HTC. And then they started sending me to conferences. What an amazing piece of technology.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Teppei: Yeah, there is a $10-million series C lead by HTC, and also another fund called The Makers. Alan: It’s interesting that PlayStation– you hear so much hype about Oculus and HTC, but PlayStation is just delivering VR headset after VR headset. So it’s more like AR on a Google map. Teppei: Yes we did.

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