UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MAY 18, 2017

I covered both the outward facing cameras and Google’s tracking technology continued to track my head movements in every direction accurately for about one second. Then it reverted to the kind of 3DOF head tracking seen with current Daydream and Gear VR headsets.

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ARPost

AUGUST 3, 2022

The following year it launched on Steam and the year after that, it was purchased by Microsoft in a bid to expand their mixed reality portfolio which has always been a kind of awkward collection. Initially, the purchase by Microsoft didn’t mark many major changes. The biggest benefits to the VR version are related to tracking.

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Hypergrid Business

APRIL 30, 2020

On the plus side, the controls were simple and, for the most part, intuitive. Unlike earlier Vive headsets, or the Oculus Rift or the Hololens, you can walk around, spin around, move your arms, without worrying about getting tangled in the wires. The head tracking and the hand-held controllers both feel real.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 3, 2021

The box contains: Reverb G2 headset, 6m headset cable for desktop and mobile PCs, two motion controllers, DisplayPort to mini-DisplayPort adapter, USB-C to A adaptor, and a Power Adapter. The newly redesigned controllers offer acceptable—but not exceptional—latency and jitter. Controllers. Reverb G2 controllers.

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ARPost

MARCH 31, 2023

So, in the past few weeks we have seen big tech, including Meta and Microsoft, announce massive layoffs , mostly to their XR division and at the same time, pivoting towards artificial intelligence and generative content. Despite the news, this year’s DEAL expo was as busy as ever. A true patchwork of all the different technologies.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

Regarding what components have been opensourced, Google states that “The open source project provides APIs for head tracking, lens distortion rendering, and input handling. Microsoft ships HoloLens 2, nReal gets ready to do the same with its glasses. After a long wait, finally Microsoft is shipping its HoloLens 2 headset.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

VRChat sees their product integrating into social media platforms rather than competing directly with them, and is looking into ways of plugging into features such as Oculus Avatars, Touch and Audio SDK. The computer-generated world is always on and will feature cognitive wildlife with cognitive behaviors controlled by IBM Watson.

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Cats and VR

JUNE 1, 2017

Digibit is showcasing the world’s first wearable gaming system that transforms your body into a mobile gaming controller. link] HDBT is showcasing HDBaseT, a one-cable solution for Virtual Reality, supporting high-def audio, video, USB, controls, Ethernet and power over a single cable. www.massless.io www.deepoptics.com.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

It helps that a lot of the big companies, HTC, Oculus, Lenovo, they’re pivoting to enterprise. Microsoft has actually– it’s interesting, because the Hololens was in their devices division and they actually moved it last year over to cloud. We have sub-millimeter accuracy head tracking and eye tracking.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

It helps that a lot of the big companies, HTC, Oculus, Lenovo, they’re pivoting to enterprise. Microsoft has actually– it’s interesting, because the Hololens was in their devices division and they actually moved it last year over to cloud. We have sub-millimeter accuracy head tracking and eye tracking.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

It helps that a lot of the big companies, HTC, Oculus, Lenovo, they're pivoting to enterprise. Microsoft has actually-- it's interesting, because the Hololens was in their devices division and they actually moved it last year over to cloud. We have sub-millimeter accuracy head tracking and eye tracking.

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