Road to VR

MAY 2, 2017

The keynote from Unity’s Vision VR/AR Summit yesterday showcased just how far Unity is reaching into non-gaming content when it comes to augmented and virtual reality. Google Bringing Native ‘Tango’ AR Support to Unity Later This Year. LISTEN TO THE VOICES OF VR PODCAST. Subscribe on iTunes.

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Road to VR

MARCH 23, 2017

Hackney House London is the new venue for the return of the London VR Developer Sessions in partnership with the upcoming Virtual Reality Show. In the Focus branch, several speakers will discuss where virtual reality fits within EduTech. Attend the London VR Developer Meetup. SVRVIVE: The Deus Helix.

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Road to VR

JULY 6, 2017

Virtual Reality Headsets have not sold as many units as some of the more optimistic analysts have predicted, and VR Fund’s Tipatat Chennavasin says that the relatively quick adoption of smartphone technologies have spoiled a lot of people within the investment community.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

With the enormous influence in the XR industry, VRTUOLUO has set up dozens of industry communities (such as the Industry Executives Association, VR Game Developers Community, VR Education Community, Financing and Investment Community, Offline Entertainment Group, etc.) and covered more than 80% of the XR pioneers as communities members.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 1, 2019

On the left side, there is the Daydream logo, that reminds the user that this is a product whose software has been offered by Google, and the Lenovo logo, because this hardware has been manufactured by Lenovo. What I really appreciated have been the lenses : I think that Google here used all its expertise on the field.

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ARVR

MAY 24, 2021

Sensory Nerves After covering Apple last week, what moves is Google making in wearables? And like Apple, Google’s motivations for wearables are to protect and future-proof its core business. For Google that of course means search. So widening the funnel for bringing people into search is the name of the game.

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VRScout

MARCH 23, 2017

We’re nearly a half-decade into this new Immersive Renaissance—somewhere in the neighborhood of half a decade depending on who you talk to—and we’ve learned a boatload of lessons about producing virtual reality experiences. The storyteller is the person playing the game. 360° Cinema Is Virtual Reality, but Only One Type.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Photogrammetry/NeRF services enable RT3D content creators to quickly construct a digital twin of a real-world object, place, and person. Epic Games: Reality Scan In 2021, Epic Games acquired photogrammetry solutions provider Capturing Reality, with plans to integrate the firm’s digital twin production tools into the Unreal Engine.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Photogrammetry and NeRF services enable RT3D content creators to quickly construct a digital twin of a real-world object, place, and person. Google: RawNeRF. Google first introduced RawNeRF in 2020 as an automated photogrammetry tool that can simulate the real-world lighting of a scanned object. Epic Games: Reality Scan.

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VRScout

JUNE 19, 2016

Major gaming industry players brought the noise to this year’s E3 conference. The PSVR unit will work with the PlayStation 4 and Sony says they’ll have 50 games ready to go at launch. While “VRSE” seemed to be a challenge for some to pronounce, “Within” could be a challenge to Google. E3 + VR = <3. Want to do a demo?

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ARVR

JUNE 28, 2022

The metaverse has taken over as the construct to define our future connected lives. This gives virtual objects depth cues needed to place them correctly in the real world, which is essential for a complete AR experience.” Synthesizing all these variables, VividQ’s go-to-market strategy became clear: gaming.

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ARVR

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

I read a large range of books and papers on urban planning, technology, game design and gamification, locative media and governance. How Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR) can transform Education 3. That is an extremely ambitious task, but it is one that has made its way to companies like Google.

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XR Today - Big XR News tag

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Next week, the Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality Association (VRARA) will host over 100 speakers from various extended reality (XR) firms to explore new immersive technology innovations and opportunities to match a diverse and emerging industry demand. Who is Coming?

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 2, 2019

Yesterday I detailed you what is the Oculus Rift S , while today I want to write you a recap about what is the Oculus Quest , the most awaited virtual reality headset of 2019. Oculus Quest is the first standalone 6 DOF virtual reality headset by Oculus. It is probably the first true consumer-ready virtual reality headset.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MAY 11, 2017

Creating a future where the technology imagined in books like Ready Player One and movies like The Matrix actually exists is going to take a lot more than solid virtual reality headsets. Right now, the most common use case for networked 3D experiences is online video games. Google is not listed as an investor in Improbable.

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XROM

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Led by Devendra Fadnavis as he constructs his Maharashtra@75 vision, the Mumbai Megapolis Metaverse is an ambitious endeavour that utilizes cutting-edge technology to create a virtual representation of Mumbai in the metaverse and is a first-of-its-kind initiative revolutionising urban governance and citizen engagement in the country.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 4, 2021

3 big titles are showing the current trends of VR gaming. This week we had three big news regarding the VR gaming world. The first images are promising : the title doesn’t feature amazing graphics and the cutscenes are still in 2D, but first previews talk about an amazing game nonetheless. More info.

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ARVR

MAY 28, 2021

Meanwhile, borderline cases on the above list are Zoom and Google Meet. We include them due to virtual backgrounds (and lenses are possible via Snap Camera ). This depends on your definition of AR: We tend to apply it broadly to any meaningful augmentation of reality. All cases above are good examples of AR as a Feature.

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AllThingsVR

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

Funding Roundup: InstaVR Raises $2M & iStaging Raises $5M Series A & Razer Creates $30M Fund To Invest In Games, Tech, and VR InstaVR , a San Francisco, CA-based virtual reality (VR) authoring, publishing, and analysis company, closed a $2M series A equity funding round. The round was led by The Venture Reality Fund.

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VRScout

JULY 21, 2016

You can take a virtual trip to Stonehenge and snap a selfie in the process. When it comes to virtual reality content, quite a bit of emphasis has been placed on gaming. Your right hand turns into a gravity gun that lets you pick up objects like rocks and toss them through the air.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 23, 2023

Oculus Home was a feature launched for the Oculus Rift CV1 that let people configure their own home with gadgets, collectibles, games, and much more, and then invite their friends there. The problem is that constructing the digital twin of a real person is very difficult because the body is a complex machine we still don’t know entirely well.

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ARPost

MARCH 3, 2022

A lot of people don’t understand the difference between 360-degree video and virtual reality – and in some cases, the difference can be pretty subtle. What Is Virtual Reality? Virtual reality involves moving through a virtually (re)constructed environment. are true VR experiences.

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Digitalnauts

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

XR, or Extended Reality, is an umbrella term for a variety of immersive technologies including VR (Virtual Reality), MR (Mixed Reality) and AR (Augmented Reality). VR (VIRTUAL REALITY). Viral new solutions include Snap’s new AR glasses prototype and Google Glass Explorer Edition. .

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Leveraging its Igloo Core Engine (ICE), the company has curated a host of content in its viewing spaces, including building information modelling (BIM), metaverse worlds, 360-degree video, game engine demos, and many others. People can also view YouTube 360 videos, Google Street View, as well as the enterprise’s bespoke 360 web browser.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 19, 2017

A user study demonstrated the effectiveness of the system’s alleviation of virtual reality sickness symptoms. Adaptive Dynamic Refocusing: Toward Solving Discomfort in Virtual Reality. STRATA tunes into your heart rate, breathing, stress levels and brain waves to remix a generative game engine world.

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VRScout

JULY 31, 2016

If I was in an audience and the speaker asked who felt like they considered themselves a “Kidult” (kid + adult = kidult), my Ghostbusters loving, game playing, Simpsons DVD owning hand would have to go up. It was pretty clear and quite refreshing that technology is purely a tool in the construction of their desired experience.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 14, 2017

CES 2017, the big tech trade show in Las Vegas last week, was loaded with augmented reality smartglasses, which layer digital animations and information on top of the real world. They promise us wonderful connections between the digital and physical worlds, and games where we can chase cartoon characters through our own furniture.

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Road to VR

MARCH 6, 2018

Arranging or assembling virtual objects is a common scenario across a range of experiences, particularly in education, enterprise, and industrial training—not to mention tabletop and real-time strategy gaming. Martin is Lead Virtual Reality Designer and Evangelist for Leap Motion.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

The industry kind of slowly drifted, and a lot of my friends and partners actually moved into virtual reality. 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.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

The industry kind of slowly drifted, and a lot of my friends and partners actually moved into virtual reality. 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.

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Hypergrid Business

JULY 7, 2017

HelloPro virtual reality headset in its original package. Now, I personally don’t like viewers with built-in headphones, and was at first put off by the headset’s bulk, stiff plastic construction and black color. Bottom view of the HelloPro virtual reality headset. Sorry, guys! Image by Maria Korolov.).

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

The industry kind of slowly drifted, and a lot of my friends and partners actually moved into virtual reality. 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.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

This reflects actions taken at Google, Snap, Microsoft, and Apple over the last few months regarding their respective smart glass offerings. Meta’s Quest lineup continues to note successes in its gaming and application revenues , according to recent reports.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 28, 2023

The Reality Labs division’s revenue plummeted by $3.7 The firm expects losses to “increase meaningfully year-over-year due to ongoing product development efforts in augmented reality/virtual reality and investments to further scale our ecosystem.”

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ARVR

JANUARY 6, 2023

Image credits SCAND Blog Virtual Reality (VR)  — It teleports the user into a completely immersive world that replaces the physical world. Users can use HMD devices such as Google Cardboard, Oculus Quest, Rift or HTC Vive to experience an imaginary environment. Pokemon Go is the best example for an augmented reality game.

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EnterpriseWear

AUGUST 1, 2018

Ideas on the ground and on board: The airport industry first began toying with wearable technology with the release of the original Google Glass in 2013. More recently, the use of wearable augmented and virtual reality devices by airport and airline technicians to train, perform maintenance, and receive remote support has gained traction.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 12, 2021

If you are a game developer, contact Pico now (or ask me for an introduction) to discuss this potential opportunity. As Mr. President highlighted, this brain-controlled Pong game is already possible with BMIs (e.g. Is Google collecting the pieces for an XR headset? Ctrl+Labs bracelet) without having to drill the skull.

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