VRScout

AUGUST 7, 2017

Last month, Google launched their Blocks VR creation tool , enabling anyone to 3D model low polygon objects with no prior modeling experience required. Although it seemed like a simple app on the surface, after diving in, it became immediately apparent the massive potential Blocks can have as a professional VR creation tool.

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AR Insider

DECEMBER 1, 2020

But another factor could be a key accelerant: Self-motivated investment from tech giants to build the tools that enable and stimulate AR ad creation. But could greater impact come from the biggest ad giant of all: Google? That cycle starts with Google building the tools. Incubating AR. Deep Impact.

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ARVR

JULY 11, 2022

including AR creation tools and ad placement?—?could But greater impact could come from the web’s most traveled destination: Google. More specifically, Google continues to enable search results to come to life in 3D and AR. These use cases and categories will continue to broaden as Google tests the waters. This field?—?including

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

AUGUST 15, 2023

With major technology firms like Meta, Google, and Microsoft investing millions into the emerging space, enterprise end-users are already feeling the innovative presence of genAI – and there is more to come. The trainee can then practice conversing in a safe and controlled environment. Generative AI is here to stay.

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VRScout

JUNE 26, 2018

The VR painting tool just got even better. Part of what keeps us coming back to Tilt Brush all the time is seeing what others are able to do with the 3D painting tool. For example, the Hull Brush allows you to easily paint 3D objects just by moving your controller. The Pin Tool lets you quickly lock your objects in place.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2024

Anyway, with the end of the life of Quest 2, this cycle finished and a new one started with Quest 3, Apple Vision Pro, Google and Samsung announcing their own headset, and other companies chasing them (e.g. Especially Apple and Google, which are the dominant players in the smartphone industry, are both launching headsets this year.

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GizModo VR

AUGUST 11, 2022

in Google search, and the first thing you’ll see is advice from the Centers for Disease Control to “pull upward with steady, even pressure.” Of course, the CDC is referring to using a tool like tweezers rather than your mouth, but Google doesn’t always get it correct.… Try typing in “can I remove a tick with my teeth?”

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

If you’ve been one of the creators working with Tilt Brush and Blocks, you’re probably aware of the two different galleries Google created for you to showcase your work: Sketches and Objects. The post Google Launches Poly, a Home and Discovery Platform for VR and AR Content appeared first on VRScout.

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VRScout

MAY 16, 2023

Collaborating with teammates in a virtual space is as easy as opening a Google Doc. We’ve seen our fair share of remote collaboration tools powered by immersive technology over the past few years, from Horizon Workrooms , Meta’s virtual coworking platform for Quest headsets, to Spatial’s augmented reality (AR) holograms.

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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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XR Today - Big XR News tag

OCTOBER 20, 2023

This week has seen its fair share of tricks and treats ahead of the Halloween season, where companies like Warpin Reality, HTC VIVE, Google, Shopify, and Apple, among others, have offered a powerhouse of insights to XR Today on their latest innovations. This has led Google to slash jobs across its operations in recent months.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 9, 2017

Google’s team at Daydream Labs have been prototyping ways of animating objects and characters in Blocks , the company’s recently released VR modelling tool. Olson explains that this boils down to three steps: preparing the model, controlling it, and finally recording sequences for playback.

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Road to VR

MARCH 5, 2020

Google has taken its sweet time bringing its VR creation app Tilt Brush (2016) to PSVR, although having recently slimmed down the app to fit on the modest mobile chipset of Oculus Quest may have given the company needed incentive to finally launch on PSVR. Image courtesy Gamstat.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Virtual Virtual Reality by studio Tender Claws is a Daydream-exclusive interactive story that won the best VR experience at the 2017 Google Play Awards VR , and it’s one of my personal favorite interactive narratives within VR. They’re also pushing the boundaries for storytelling in AR with TendAR. Support Voices of VR.

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Upload VR

AUGUST 18, 2023

In the wake of Apple Vision Pro's announcement earlier this year, ByteDance-owned Pico appears to be switching its focus from controllers to hand tracking. But users will still be able to enjoy raycast controller-based content if they choose." Will it come with or without controllers in every region?

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Hypergrid Business

AUGUST 6, 2021

Earlier this summer, Google shut down yet another virtual reality app , the 3D objects library called Poly. Google Expeditions also had five virtual tours of major league baseball stadiums and a tour of the International Space Station. Another major Google virtual reality app is the 3D painting tool Tilt Brush.

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Anand Tech

OCTOBER 18, 2023

As part of a broad collaborative agreement with Google, Qualcomm this week said that that it will be adopting the RISC-V instruction set architecture (ISA) for a future Snapdragon Wear platform. Similarly, Google's backing of the ISA by porting Wear OS to RISC-V is a major milestone on the software front.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 4, 2016

Google today released the Tilt Brush Toolkit , a set of scripts that people can download for free on GitHub that allow developers and creators to interpret.tilt files in different ways. VR developer Robert McGregor only recently wrote about how Tilt Brush is going in places that even Google might not have expected.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Despite the colossal failure of its first pair of smart glasses back in 2014, Google’s latest wearable device, the Glass Enterprise Edition 2 , marks a significant turning point for the XR industry. Google’s smart glasses are lightweight, dust and water-resistant. Google Glass Pricing. Glass Enterprise Edition 2 Design.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 20, 2017

Whether or not you’re in the narrow band of ‘solar eclipse totality’ that’s making its way across the continental United States on Monday, August 21st, Google Earth VR has seen a recent update that will let you experience the rare event from the comfort of your own HTC Vive or Oculus Rift. image courtesy NASA.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

AUGUST 2, 2017

Between Google’s Tilt Brush and Blocks and Oculus’ Medium and Quill you might not think there’s much room for more creative experiences within VR. When you jump into Gravity Sketch you’ll be greeted with a simple stroke tool not too dissimilar from the ones in Tilt Brush and Quill.

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Mashable VR

MAY 10, 2022

Online dating juggernaut Match Group is suing Google, alleging that its Android apps are being forced to use the tech giant's in-app payment system — thus allowing Google to extract royalties for such transactions. However, Google doesn’t allow apps onto the Google Play Store unless they meet certain criteria.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JULY 6, 2022

Students can access educational content in Eduverse learning spaces from a “secure and controlled environment.” The service also supports Avantis Education’s purpose-built headset, as well as Google Expeditions kit, and is designed for classroom adoption.

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VRScout

MARCH 20, 2021

Currently, entering your password and username or typing out a message in VR means awkwardly selecting keys using your motion controllers. Developers have explored potential solutions in the past, such as Google Daydream’s ultra-fun Drum Keys or Logitech’s VR compatible keyboards. Unfortunately, typing is not one of them.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

HTC is the maker of the Vive VR headset , a monumental achievement in optics, controls and 3D positional tracking for VR. Google Earth VR. presented Google Earth VR with the Century Award for VR in service of environmental enrichment. Longtime Hollywood environmental activist, Ed Begley Jr. Ghostbusters .

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ARPost

MAY 16, 2023

Bar-Zeev has worked in XR since 1992 including co-founding Google Earth, serving as a consultant for Linden Labs, a principal architect for Microsoft, advisor for Tilt Five and Croquet, and president of the XR Guild. A “slice” tool provides a transparency plane that can be moved through a model to create cross-sections.

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ARPost

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Mytaverse is an enterprise-only platform with special tools for digital twins and virtual assets, and I got the world tour. About this time last year, the company hosted a Pepsi-led event focused on innovation that brought over 300 representatives from Google, Adobe, IBM, Salesforce, Amazon, and others into the platform for the first time.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

AUGUST 7, 2017

Released in early July , Google’s Blocks was designed to usher in a new era of VR content creation, making it easy for anyone to jump in and start building 3D models. One day, though, apps like Blocks might find better use as asset-creation tools for people with little to no development experience.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

vTime , the social VR platform from Starship Group , today released an update to their avatar creation tool that now gives users access to thousands of avatar customization options, promising to “let you reflect more of yourself inside vTime.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JANUARY 3, 2023

Additionally, significant technology and extended reality (XR) firms like Google and AT&T have provided Magic Leap funding since the company’s debut in 2010. The product contains a headset, controllers, a separate computing device, and accessibility add-ons. Bluetooth connectivity for headphones, keyboards, and controllers.

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

These paid tools currently let you use non-PC VR headsets on PC, including on SteamVR. Virtual Desktop is available on Quest, Pico, and Vive XR Elite, while iVRy is available for Quest, Pico, Oculus Go, Samsung Gear VR, Google Daydream, iPhone and Android smartphones, and the original PlayStation VR.

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VRScout

MAY 8, 2021

There are volume and brightness controls built into both arms of the frames as well as two diopter adjustment knobs located at the top of the glasses that you can access by pulling back the covers. In terms of gaming, the Pro 3e can sync to almost any type of gaming controller, including Xbox, Google Stadia , and PlayStation.

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VRScout

MAY 19, 2016

Riding the wave of excitement over Google’s new VR platform, Daydream, Epic Games CTO Kim Libreri announced on the Google I/O stage today that the gaming giant has brought support for Daydream to Unreal Engine 4. The post Epic Games Goes All In With Unreal Engine 4 Support for Google Daydream appeared first on VRScout.

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Upload VR

MARCH 20, 2024

While Apple Vision Pro validated much of what Meta (formerly Facebook) did in VR over the last decade, the headset also echoes work under Google's umbrella at Job Simulator development studio Owlchemy Labs. You can use all of these different tools to build an app to get the base layer. With Apple, you can use Swift UI.

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Mashable VR

MAY 11, 2022

Google announced what felt like a million things across a two-hour keynote to begin its annual I/O developer conference. Instead of dancing around it, let's jump right into all the biggest things Google showed off. Credit: Google. Google didn't spend much time talking about Android 13's specific perks for phones, though.

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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. He also stressed that Facebook/Meta wants the metaverse to be for everyone, so it will keep selling under cost headsets and offering free tools for creators.

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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 ! 6 DOF Controllers for Vive Focus. In short: the Vive Focus will finally have two 6 DOF controllers.

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