Tech Trends VR

MAY 8, 2018

The UK attracts some of the best global talent and has a strong culture of entrepreneurship leading it to be viewed as one of Europe’s technology hubs. The growth in VR/AR sector is set to increase following a new deal between the UK Government and the Creative Industries Council (CIC) to invest £33m in immersive technologies Click To Tweet.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 21, 2021

Sony unveils the new controllers of the PSVR2. One month after the reveal of a “next-gen VR headset for the Playstation” (whose name is not known, but I guess it will be PSVR2), Sony has revealed one important detail of its new VR system: the controllers. The controllers will be given to selected developers very soon.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 17, 2023

More info (Roblox is coming to Quest — Road To VR) More info (Roblox is coming to Quest — Upload VR) More info (Roblox on Quest may increase scrutiny on the platform) Other relevant news (Image by WIRED) Mark Lucovsky has left Google Mark Lucovsky has just left Google. Now the next step is making also the controllers work with a PC.

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ARPost

MARCH 2, 2021

The rapid development of technology could not but affect the educational process. Although virtual reality technology is not that new, it is being used in education since relatively recently. There are several reasons for the spread of virtual reality technology in education: Reduced price of technical equipment. Visibility.

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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! Image by Google). Google is reportedly working on an AR operating system. Now we have finally an official confirmation of the fact that Google is working on an AR device. Tilt Brush).

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JANUARY 11, 2024

This week, reports revealed that Google is laying off a significant portion of its 1P AR hardware team, casting doubts upon its in-house XR product portfolio. In a statement, Google announced: A few hundred roles are being eliminated in DSPA, with the majority of impacts on the 1P AR Hardware team.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JULY 21, 2023

After months of tinkering and testing, Project Iris, Google’s latest AR innovation, appears to be another “Google Glass Failure.” For years, Google has been toying with the idea of becoming a real competitor in the extended reality market. But for all its innovation and resources, Google’s AR ideas never really seem to pan out.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 13, 2024

This is a period with many tech announcements: we had Meta telling about its Horizon OS, yesterday OpenAI unveiled the new GPT-4o, and today Google will hopefully unveil its Android XR operating system. This technology is still at a prototype stage, and in fact, its field of view is just a ridiculous 11.7 What a time to be alive!

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 14, 2023

The European Commission has hit Google with fresh accusations of violating its antitrust laws, citing favouritism for the latter’s own advert services over rival firms. According to the Commission’s statement , Google abused its position over the last nine years by offering better treatment to its AdX exchange.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 16, 2024

This could be interesting when paired with XR glasses Apple has removed the functionality of “removing your room ceiling” from Vision Pro There is a video showing hand-tracking performances on Vision Pro: tracking is good, and occlusion is good, but the lag is incredibly high. inch 4K OLED microdisplays.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MAY 10, 2017

Through a partnership with Seattle-based startup Pixvana, Valve is also launching a VR video section aimed at bringing many of the benefits of distributing a 360-degree video on Facebook or Google’s YouTube to PC users consuming content through Steam. Export of configured 360 video directly to Steam.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Today it’s a great day for virtual reality: at WCVRI conference, HTC has just announced a kit to provide 6 DOF controllers for Vive Focus and has showcased a hands-tracking technology for the Vive Pro ! Then he described virtual reality advancements, highlighting the dominant role of China and HTC in this technology.

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Google-owned Owlchemy Labs is the studio behind both games, which are currently available on Meta Quest, PlayStation VR, SteamVR, and even Pico headsets. Vacation Simulator launched in 2019 and, over a year later in late 2020, got controller-free hand tracking support on Quest. The controllers are a barrier.

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GizModo VR

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

No one can deny that Google Stadia has had an incredibly rocky start , and Google’s cloud gaming service is still struggling to find its footing. But a new feature will give users more options when it comes to how they can play, which might make casual gamers give Stadia a chance. Read more.

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VRScout

MAY 7, 2017

Now, let’s consider the key takeaways related to AR, VR and 360 ° content and review how they will influence the mass market adoption of those immersive technologies. At last year’s F8, the key focus was on Messenger and, to a certain extent, Live video. Augmented Reality. This year, the star of the show was Augmented Reality.

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ARVR

AUGUST 8, 2022

The company, which was founded by three friends, Stephen Lake, Matthew Bailey and Aaron Grant, had formed the company, then called Thalmic Labs, to develop an EMG based gesture controller, the Mio Armband , (which is still the most capable EMG controller ever offered to consumers), before pivoting into the perilous waters of augmented reality.

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ARPost

MARCH 12, 2021

No one could have guessed the ways it would revolutionize the world around us, from ordering food, to streaming videos. Multiple technologies combined to fundamentally change the way people and organizations go about their lives. In the early 1980s, no one could have predicted how the Internet would eventually come to rule our lives.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Today at MWC 2024, Samsung unveiled an upcoming XR headset the firm created alongside partners Google and Qualcomm, with a scheduled release window coming in 2025. Moreover, with Google’s involvement, genAI integrations may also be present on the Samsung headset, partly due to the XR2+ Gen 2 Platform that supports AI-ready wearables.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

These awards honor the year’s best in “cutting edge content and technology achievement.” HTC is the maker of the Vive VR headset , a monumental achievement in optics, controls and 3D positional tracking for VR. Google Earth VR. the nod for Best VR Music Video. Cher Wang – HTC Vive. Ghostbusters .

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Road to VR

MAY 1, 2017

During the opening presentation at today’s Unity Vision Summit, Nathan Martz, Developer Platforms Product Manager at Google, took to the stage to talk about new tools that the company is releasing to help developers create high-performance apps for Daydream, Google’s high-end Android VR platform. Instant Preview.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 1, 2019

Inside, the content has no special arrangement : there is just the headset, plus a little box that contains some accessories: an instructions book, the charger, USB-C cable, earphones, a marvelously useless warranty & safety little book and of course the controller. Right view: here you control the audio of your experience.

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VRScout

JANUARY 18, 2020

In a short video posted yesterday to Twitter, Madison shows off a custom-built VR environment layered perfectly over his real-world apartment. Given the Quest’s generous guardian-boundary limit, it’s encouraging to see developers continue to build VR experiences that take advantage of this exciting technology.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

A proof-of-concept shows how hand tracking technology is bringing new possibilities to VR gaming. This includes everything from finger and shadow puppets to finger-controlled skateboarding. . The video shows a POV of Beauchamp stuck behind bars; in the background, a red button sits on top of a desk just across the room.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Developed by makemepulse in collaboration with Google Arts & Culture and Château de Versailles, VersaillesVR – The Palace Is Yours , a free app available now on SteamVR-compatible headsets that allows you to tour a hyper-realistic recreation of France’s famous Palace of Versailles in VR. Image Credit: Google Arts & Culture.

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VRScout

MARCH 29, 2017

Despite the hype around their mobile technology, some of the most exciting reveals actually came from their VR department. From cameras and controllers, to content and creativity, here are all of the virtual reality announcements from Samsung Unpacked 2017 : Gear VR Motion Controller. With a brand new voice-activated AI, 5.8-inch

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 28, 2021

But one thing actually went as expected : Facebook announced the creation of a parent company called Meta , which is going to control all products Facebook was involved in. They used videos with fake CGI effects to convey the concept of what we will be able to do in the metaverse. A frame of one of the videos shown by Zuck.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 22, 2024

The international media conglomerate is in the headlines this week with its Holotile breakthrough, a prototype device that acts as a VR input treadmill, allowing various users to walk around a shared virtual environment without requiring a controller. If the past repeats itself, we may find out at the end of the year.

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ARVR

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Filmmakers today are exploring virtual reality technology to increase immersive viewing dramatically. Often, the audience interacts with virtual reality using a headset , such as Google Cardboard , to experience an entire virtual realm. Their every move has an interactive effect. They were creating an exciting feeling for the viewer.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

With new technology comes new trends, and in this case, AR ASMR-infused slipware. . What happens when you cross a TikTok superstar ceramist with an emerging technology visionary who has a penchant for volumetric capture? After recording themselves dancing with or staging the performers users can upload the videos to social media.

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Upload VR

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The YouTube VR app originally debuted on Google's own Daydream VR platform (which it killed back in 2019 ) in 2017. In the years since, Google also brought YouTube VR to the Oculus Store on Samsung Gear VR in 2018 , then Oculus Go later that year , and was a launch title for the Quest Store.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 26, 2023

It was not a perfect day because I also had some work-related issues to cope with, but it’s part of life when you are working with cutting-edge technologies I’m curious to know how the holidays are going for you, so answer this post letting me know how life is going for you! But before, let me list the most important XR news of the past week.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

He flew C-46 Commando transport planes in WWII, spent a quarter-century as a commercial pilot and flight instructor, later worked as an air traffic controller—and along the way had six children with his wife of 70 years. He soared over Florence and Wyoming in Google Earth VR. “This evolution of technology is almost mind-blowing.”

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ARPost

JULY 21, 2023

However, Almeida said that he had been waiting for something like an Apple headset for even longer than that – ever since he was, like so many others, disenchanted by the Google Glass device that launched in 2013. Controller-Free Design While the Apple Vision Pro has more screens than most VR headsets, it has fewer controllers.

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ARPost

JANUARY 29, 2020

The nature of AR technology gives us the ability to experience and create exciting new opportunities, dramatically impacting the way we interact and communicate with one another, giving birth to new applications and hardware. We can now use our technology without even touching it. But, is there a market for them at the consumer level?

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ARPost

APRIL 28, 2022

Teachers see this technology as the best option for personalized differentiated learning. Educators can either struggle against technologies or use them to their advantage to teach kids more productively. So, it’s clear that the prospects for this technology are stunning. VR is not a new technology for colleges and universities.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 10, 2023

More info (Twitter post that describes the excitement around this project) More info (Official launch blog post) Other relevant news (Image by Google) Chrome ships WebGPU Chrome , the most popular browser around, has just implemented WebGPU. That is, it transforms a 3DOF video into a 6DOF one into which you can move your head.

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ARPost

AUGUST 2, 2019

For years the world has had a front seat view of the amazing things this technology can do. Here we’re taking a look back at some of the films that first piqued our interest in AR and how the technology in these films fits into our real lives. Though not alien-sensing, AR glasses have been at the top of emerging technology discussions.

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