Road to VR

JULY 8, 2016

While I don’t think that VirZOOM can claim to have completely solved the VR locomotion problem, I was pleased to see that some VR locomotion schemes were indeed more comfortable than using a Xbox controller alone. I just hope that someone will figure out how to design the experience so that I don’t get sick doing it.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Compared to the Chinese VR market, in the West, the amount of startup companies is less and the industry is basically led by tech behemoths like Google, Meta, Valve, Sony, and Microsoft. The Oculus Quest 2 and its controllers Quest coming to the market has been a milestone for the global VR industry.

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ARPost

JULY 30, 2020

But AR/VR solutions are not limited to Google Glass, mobile apps for trying on shoes or accessories, and AR-based games. Companies are beginning to incorporate the technology into solutions across various industries, including healthcare, sports, education, tourism, and the automotive industry. Sponsored content. Sponsored by Softeq.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

to make a game to incentivize tourism) with an AR application that doesn’t need to be installed but works directly on the browser, causing a very small friction to the user. I envision lots of possible applications in marketing, tourism, and gaming. Image by Google). Meta and Google announce layoffs. News worth a mention.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

Anyway, the classical problems of WMR headsets, like mediocre controllers, remain. VRGO is a special pillow that you can put on your chair so that you can control your movements in the VR game by just leaning your body : e.g. if you learn forward, you can walk forward in the game. My review of Google Hand tracking library.

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Leapmotion

NOVEMBER 21, 2015

VR has the power to transform our lives and connect us in new ways, while hand tracking lets you reach beyond the digital divide and take control. Recommended: Google Chrome. Recommended: Google Chrome. The current prototype can already be used to control the computer and run custom scripts. Requires: Webcam.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

In Neal Stephenson’s Snow Crash of 1992, the internet has been superseded by the Metaverse, a multi-person shared virtual reality with both human-controlled avatars and system “daemons”. Both Azure Spatial Anchors and Google Cloud Anchors are leveraging existing strengths in mapping towards the AR Cloud.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 26, 2018

The document is divided into nine parts: I will report them here, as a small summary of mine, together with the full text translated with Google Translate (so, RIP English), if you want to read it. A centralized content platform is also better for the Chinese government to have more control over it. (2) Introduction.

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Road to VR

MARCH 18, 2018

The OASIS was created by the brilliant and eccentric James Halliday (Mark Rylance), who left his immense fortune and total control of the Oasis to the winner of a three-part contest he designed to find a worthy heir. In the OASIS, you can go anywhere, do anything, be anyone-the only limits are your own imagination.

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VRGuy

AUGUST 1, 2016

We see entertainment, therapy, home improvement, tourism, meditation, design and many other applications. A goggle is better with an eye tracker, a hand controller and a haptic device. Google Glass has not been as successful as hoped. More than ever, businesses are experimenting with adopting VR.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

They've got Disney and Universal, so tourism and entertainment. And people are finding benefits just in terms of the training environment, so being able to do it in a controlled environment, something that's safe, comfortable, maybe not noisy, you can get that personal attention that you may need. They've got military. It doesn't work.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

They've got Disney and Universal, so tourism and entertainment. And people are finding benefits just in terms of the training environment, so being able to do it in a controlled environment, something that's safe, comfortable, maybe not noisy, you can get that personal attention that you may need. They've got military. It doesn't work.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

They’ve got Disney and Universal, so tourism and entertainment. And people are finding benefits just in terms of the training environment, so being able to do it in a controlled environment, something that’s safe, comfortable, maybe not noisy, you can get that personal attention that you may need. It doesn’t work.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

They’ve got Disney and Universal, so tourism and entertainment. And people are finding benefits just in terms of the training environment, so being able to do it in a controlled environment, something that’s safe, comfortable, maybe not noisy, you can get that personal attention that you may need. It doesn’t work.

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