Road to VR

APRIL 23, 2018

Samsung today launched ‘Pilot Season’, a new initiative aimed at putting original episodic VR video content into the Samsung VR Video service. Filmmakers taking part in Pilot Season were given the use of a Samsung 360 Round camera , the company’s professional 3D 360-degree camera. image courtesy Samsung.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 27, 2020

Image by Samsung, taken from Upload VR). Samsung may launch a next-gen Samsung Odyssey. A recent filing at the Chinese IP offices makes us speculate on a new PC VR headset in the works by Samsung. That said, let’s have a look at this interesting week in AR and VR. Top news of the week. Support these weekly roundups.

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VRScout

MARCH 11, 2019

With its gothic style and storied past—construction began in 1160 !—the Producer Victor Agulhon credits VR for the documentary’s success in bringing the mystery of Notre Dame to life: “When you are in a virtual reality headset and stand one meter away from the bells, when you are behind the gargoyles, it’s a child’s dream.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

While there are plenty of examples of people using VR to construct creative and rather moving ways of proposing to their loved ones, Kotecki believes that this is the first time that a Social VR platform will host a full-blown wedding ceremony and reception like this.

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AllThingsVR

AUGUST 27, 2015

When Virtual Reality Collides with Reality, It’s Surreal In 1962, cinematographer Morton Heilig patented his Sensorama Stimulator —a bulky virtual-reality machine that showed 3-D films on a personal display while pumping in smells, sounds, and the sensation of wind.

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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.” percent from last year to $1.4

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VRWorld

OCTOBER 3, 2016

.” Matterport’s system is used by thousands of camera operators in more than 75 countries across several industries, including residential and commercial real estate, apartment rentals, vacation rentals, hotels, business listings, architecture, and construction. The remaining places are accessible in VR via 3D Showcase.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

AUGUST 27, 2023

Real estate in the metaverse essentially gives buyers access to an infinitely flexible environment, where they can construct anything from digital twins of office spaces to virtual reality worlds. Samsung created a virtual world in Decentraland, where it hosts events like the #RecycleUp Fashion show.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 22, 2023

More info (Quest 2 mosly out of stock) More info (VR had a great Black Friday in UK) More info (Quest 2 selling much better than PSVR 2) Pico 5 has been canceled, Pico 4 Plus not After last month’s layoffs, it seems that Bytedance is totally changing its plans related to virtual reality.

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VeeR VR

APRIL 10, 2018

Virtual reality is on the cusp of explosive growth. At VeeR we have rounded up the best minds you should be following in the virtual, augmented, and mixed reality space today. With over 600 episodes featuring interviews with the pioneering game developers, enthusiasts, and technologists driving virtual reality.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MAY 30, 2017

While Google Cardboard, Daydream, and the Samsung Gear VR lead the charge for accessible virtual reality headsets and experiences, augmented reality hasn’t had its full day in the sunshine. Augmented reality is a wonderful tool that can be impactful for education, construction, the medical field, and more.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 8, 2017

BBC Worldwide says that all three virtual reality experiences will be released separately on Oculus Rift and Samsung Gear VR platforms this January and will be available free to download for the first three months. SEE ALSO David Attenborough's 'First Life' is a Virtual Reality Documentary for Gear VR.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 23, 2023

More info (CREAL announcing its new lightfield innovation) More info (Video showing the technology in action) Samsung acquires eMagin Samsung has just acquired eMagin, an American manufacturer of OLED microdisplays for AR/VR headsets, for $218M. They could be able to save many lives.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 13, 2021

The fact that the studio behind such a popular game has decided to have a VR port is the sign that Virtual Reality has started to become interesting for famous indie studios. And the fact that there will be a VR version of this important game will give virtual reality even more awareness and popularity inside the gaming community.

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VRScout

AUGUST 20, 2016

Weekend Downloads is part of our weekly update to bring you the latest additions to the Samsung Gear VR and Oculus Rift. Set in the year 2085, a huge multiplex construction site becomes victim to a massive-scale hacking incident. Due to the hack, the construction robots start to attack the workers on site.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 23, 2023

In recent years, companies from virtually every industry have begun to discover just how beneficial immersive technology can be when it comes to improving collaboration and productivity. In fact, immersive headsets are becoming a commonplace investment for brands in the health, manufacturing, and construction sectors.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

With the trend of Gaming entrepreneurs, for example, Samsung, HTC, Sony, and Oculus transferred from games to virtual reality and we started to keep eye on the VR area. However, something changed in the industry, including market construction.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 8, 2023

In recent years, companies from virtually every industry have begun to discover just how beneficial immersive technology can be when it comes to improving collaboration and productivity. In fact, immersive headsets are becoming a commonplace investment for brands in the health, manufacturing, and construction sectors.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Like all headsets in Microsoft’s lineup, it features a halo-style head strap and a flip-up design, although it uses less expensive materials in its construction, making it seem a little more plasticy than the others while offering the same basic functionality. Samsung HMD Odyssey. Dell Visor. Image courtesy Dell.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

The good news is that when we stop staring at the stars, we will begin to see the remarkable wins that will happen this year that are making AR a reality for consumers today. Source: Samsung. Virtual reality devices are beginning to double as AR headsets thanks to stereo video passthrough. Hardware. #2 Source: Varjo.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 1, 2019

Rob Cole has published on this blog a great guest post on the importance of ergonomics in virtual reality and this headset clearly showed me why ergonomics are so fundamental: if a headset feels uncomfortable, no user can love it completely. Even better than the one of Oculus in my opinion. Apps ecosystem.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 23, 2020

After having written my predictions for virtual reality in 2020 , let’s see what will be the trends for this year in augmented reality. Let me be very honest: I’m not expecting that much from this year in augmented reality. A worker wearing HoloLens 2 (Image by Microsoft).

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MAY 1, 2017

WebVR serves as a gateway for pushing virtual reality to smartphone and desktop users because it allows for creators to design content that will be responsive for limited hardware while enhancing the immersive element as the user transitions over to more advanced platforms. “By improve both games and virtual reality at once.”

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VeeR VR

DECEMBER 20, 2017

It makes virtual reality sound more like how you would experience audio in the real world, making VR more immersive and engaging. With the mission of providing the best virtual reality creation and sharing experience, VeeR has worked on developing the best audio feature for its users and now supports spatial audio for all VR contents.

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NVidia VR

MARCH 2, 2022

Using NVIDIA RTX Virtual Workstation (RTX vWS) on VMware Horizon, and NVIDIA’s advanced CloudXR streaming solution, Factory 42 can stream all the content from the edge of the private 5G network to the Samsung S21 mobile handsets used by each visitor. Sustainability was considered at every level of construction and operation.

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EnterpriseWear

AUGUST 1, 2018

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. Around the same time, Vueling, Iberia, and Air Berlin launched smartwatch boarding passes for early Pebble and Samsung smartwatches.

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NVidia VR

MARCH 2, 2022

Using NVIDIA RTX Virtual Workstation (RTX vWS) on VMware Horizon, and NVIDIA’s advanced CloudXR streaming solution, Factory 42 can stream all the content from the edge of the private 5G network to the Samsung S21 mobile handsets used by each visitor. Sustainability was considered at every level of construction and operation.

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ARVR

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

For example, Samsung recently debuted a solution featuring products from their upcoming Virtual Home release. The same approach can be used for designers and planners as they visualize the kind of changes they want to make in the home. Development will typically last anywhere between several weeks and a year.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 4, 2019

He’s the founder and CEO of The Wild, and immersive collaboration platform for teams to experience their work together, from anywhere in augmented and virtual reality. I was doing a series of sort of R&D projects in virtual reality at the time. How did that come about, and when did you start working on it?

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 4, 2019

He's the founder and CEO of The Wild, and immersive collaboration platform for teams to experience their work together, from anywhere in augmented and virtual reality. I was doing a series of sort of R&D projects in virtual reality at the time. Alan: You're able to put designs and lock them to the physical world?

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 4, 2019

He’s the founder and CEO of The Wild, and immersive collaboration platform for teams to experience their work together, from anywhere in augmented and virtual reality. I was doing a series of sort of R&D projects in virtual reality at the time. How did that come about, and when did you start working on it?

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

If you follow me since a while, you should recall that I had a startup focused on full body virtual reality called Immotionar : we mixed VR headsets and Kinects to let you use your full body in VR. Last Saturday I visited my former startup partner Gianni Rosa Gallina. We had full-body room-scale VR in 2014 , we were so cool.

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XR for Business Podcast

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

And our team manages the technical-- technology side of virtual reality. And really the foundation for that was to put the power of augmented reality and virtual reality into the hands of even the most common user of technology. But specifically you mentioned Riot. User generation is quite difficult today.

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XR for Business Podcast

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

And our team manages the technical-- technology side of virtual reality. And really the foundation for that was to put the power of augmented reality and virtual reality into the hands of even the most common user of technology. But specifically you mentioned Riot. User generation is quite difficult today.

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XR for Business Podcast

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

And our team manages the technical– technology side of virtual reality. And really the foundation for that was to put the power of augmented reality and virtual reality into the hands of even the most common user of technology. But specifically you mentioned Riot. User generation is quite difficult today.

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XR for Business Podcast

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

And our team manages the technical– technology side of virtual reality. And really the foundation for that was to put the power of augmented reality and virtual reality into the hands of even the most common user of technology. But specifically you mentioned Riot. User generation is quite difficult today.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

I think the three-degrees-of-freedom [3Dof] sets — like the Go and the Samsung Gear VR before it — are very well-suited for video viewing, that sort of thing. And actually, one of the companies we just invested in, they do virtual reality training for heavy machinery. Certainly for the time being, at least.

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