Road to VR

JANUARY 8, 2024

Image courtesy Sony The Sony MR headset includes passthrough video, a flip-up visor, and a very unique pair of controllers. One is a pointer-like controller that’s controlled with the index finger while the other is a small ring-like device that’s controlled with the thumb.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 6, 2021

ThirdEye is a headset manufacturer that creates glasses for the industrial segment. Its X2 MR glasses are proving very effective in many industrial fields, but its brand is still not very famous in the XR communities, so I decided to have a talk with Nick Cherukuri, the CEO of ThirdEye , to let you all discover more about it.

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Road to VR

MARCH 11, 2024

The Game Developer Conference (GDC) is coming up next week, which could give ByteDance’s XR subsidiary Pico Interactive a perfect opportunity to showcase what, according to a recent trademark and leaked controller model, could be its next standalone VR headset.

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ARPost

AUGUST 2, 2021

The XR industry is a young one, making surveys and reports crucial. For months, reports started with a line explaining that responses were compiled before the pandemic, so they may not accurately reflect the industry. Industry leaders in the field of XR. Recently, those reports have been… complicated.

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ARVR

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

In the last years, Augmented Reality (AR) technology has significantly played a game-changer role for different types of industries. AR technology is becoming one of the main digital tools of Industry 4.0 by being implemented in various fields, including here the industrial manufacturing also. Trending AR VR Articles: 1.

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ARPost

DECEMBER 8, 2020

VR companies are developing hardware: helmets, sensor gloves, hand controllers, and more. While virtual reality is a perfect match for video games, many industries benefit from this technology. VR technology has the potential to reshape the online gaming industry. Immersive Gaming Experience.

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VRScout

JUNE 22, 2021

While the pandemic still rages on across the globe, the XR industry can count a clear win thanks to the dedicated team behind this year’s Tribeca Film Festival. . Given the unique challenges the Tribeca Film Festival team navigated by choosing to attempt a hybrid event, a series of industry partnerships emerged. Back to normal?

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ARVR

DECEMBER 6, 2022

This is how the movie industry uses virtual reality. VR technology allows for a different viewing experience, one where viewers have more control over what they watch. In ‘The Mandalorian’ (the collaboration between Industrial Light & Magic and Lucasfilm), VR was used to scout the virtual ‘Star Wars’ sets.

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Road to VR

JULY 26, 2023

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VRScout

AUGUST 22, 2019

VR is quickly becoming the go-to training solution for a growing number of industries. This is why Fortum, one of the largest nuclear power plants in Finland, has started using VR as a way to train employees for a variety of potentially deadly situations that could happen in a power plant control room.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JUNE 27, 2022

This month, HTC VIVE announced a bespoke controller for Flow, the firm’s lightweight virtual reality (VR) glasses. In the initial announcement, HTC first introduced the new controller as a business tool, but in recent updates , the firm revealed that the device would also support leisure and gaming activities.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 25, 2024

The World Economic Forum (WEF) recently released a report highlighting the emerging industrial metaverse and the significant players who are investing in XR-related technologies to boost workplace operations. So it’s a good step forward. Latta also remarked that the WEF report is an “important step forward.”

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 23, 2024

What haptic gloves provide is an evolution from a traditional XR controller input with a joystick. On the other hand, during high-risk safety training, haptics can prove essential in industrial scenarios, such as in oil and gas companies, where haptic gloves can enhance machine training. Interoperability, as always, is critical.

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ARVR

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Known to stimulate our sense organs, the food industry is an expert at sending tempting stimuli to our minds. Let’s explore the impact of AR/VR in the food industry. And we see this trend increasing even more today with the growing eco trends in the industry. It was a solution for the pandemic times.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JULY 6, 2023

going back to 2017 – when the industry looked very, very different. Centralised Distribution To control and understand headset distribution, local physical hubs are a great way to manage devices. Mark explained: They box them up, throw a return label in there, and ship them off.

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Road to VR

APRIL 2, 2020

London-based hardware startup TG0 has launched a Kickstarter campaign for the Etee dev kit, a VR controller with integrated SteamVR Tracking. TG0 positions the controller’s button-less design and finger tracking as its main attractions. But VR gaming isn’t the only use-case the company is touting for the Etee controllers.

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ARVR

OCTOBER 27, 2021

m The cement industry is of fundamental importance, especially for the construction sector, where it is used directly or in combination with sand. At the same time, this industry has wide use in plastering, waterproofing, flooring, and construction of various structures. Trending AR VR Articles: 1. ExpiCulture?—?Developing

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Road to VR

MARCH 16, 2022

Meta announced it’s bringing some new parental tools to Quest headsets in the next few months which are aimed at giving parents more control over what their teens see and do in VR. Soon parents will be able to put a pattern unlock on specific apps, something that will allow for tighter control on precisely what teens can access.

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ARPost

MARCH 23, 2021

Through this very difficult time that we are all going through, which seems to be gradually coming to an end, this industry has been catapulted more quickly than any of us could have imagined,” said Cathy Hackl, futurist and Global Advisor to the VR/AR Association. I’m excited to see where we’re going. “As

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

That’s part of why it’s been challenging for digital transformation to take hold within the public safety industry. The good news is that’s what digital transformation and the industrial metaverse offer, and they promise to be true game changers for how public safety agencies operate. The Industrial Metaverse: Wait, What?

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Road to VR

AUGUST 6, 2020

A research and engineering group called the Virtual Dimension Center (VDC) in Fellbach, Germany conducted a study recently that reveals just how accurate some of the top VR headset’s are when it comes to tracking their respective motion controllers. This changes somewhat when the respective controllers move to position 2 however.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Set after the events of Avengers: Endgame, Avengers: Damage Control puts players in the shoes of an ordinary guest visiting a Wakandan Outreach Center when the facility is suddenly attacked by an unknown enemy. We hope people have as much fun experiencing Avengers: Damage Control as we did making it.”

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VRScout

JANUARY 8, 2019

Pimax, the Chinese VR technology company responsible for the first commercially available 4K VR headset, was center-stage at CES this morning presenting the latest production versions of their new Pimax 5K & 8K ultrawide VR headsets alongside their knuckles-style open-palm motion controllers. to the industry.”. “As

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 16, 2023

What is Industry 4.0? Simply put, Industry 4.0 is a term used to define the latest generation of the “industrial” world. From the first industrial revolution, when human beings enhanced mechanization through water and steam power, to the mass production assembly lines of Industry 2.0, Industry 4.0

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Anand Tech

OCTOBER 25, 2023

The solid state storage industry has been in a well-documented slide for the better part of the last year now. And now the repercussions of this downturn are starting to spread to the SSD makers themselves, with Solidigm confirming that they have laid off employees due to the industry downturn.

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AR Insider

MARCH 25, 2020

Can AR Breathe New Life into Industry Events? Conferences and events have historically presented excellent opportunities for businesses of all kinds to get out and network and learn from industry experts. They enable collaboration across topics of all kinds; from branding and lead generation to industry education. by Emil Alon.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The industrial metaverse is rapidly developing, both as an emerging technology for reshaping global supply chains, but also for transforming future products and infrastructure. To date, companies capitalising on the industrial metaverse face significant challenges in applying solutions. The Industrial Metaverse: Disruptive or Distinct?

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Upload VR

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Valve launching an app on Meta's platform, and Meta's CTO praising it, highlights just how much the VR industry has changed in recent years. Together, they beat Oculus to market with tracked controllers. The Steam Link Quest app launched on the official Quest Store yesterday, approved by Meta.

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Vision Pro's operating system, visionOS, is controlled with eye tracking and hand gestures. Uniquely, Vision Pro also has an 'EyeSight' lenticular display on the front that shows a rendered view of your upper face to other people in the room when they're nearby.

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ARVR

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

One of the reasons why this product is so appealing for industrial use cases is because this is a ANSI Z87.1+ Additional components that can be mounted on the top of the glasses include: a status LED, a temperature sensor, an IR sensor, a light sensor, a barometer sensor or a microphone for voice control. Trending AR VR Articles: 1.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 4, 2023

With its partners and collaborators, the company has leveraged tools capable of building ecosystems for the industrial metaverse and enterprise-grade spatial computing. XR Today interviewed Brian Holliday, Managing Director of Digital Industries, Siemens , to discuss the role of digital twins in the industrial metaverse.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Manufacturers of immersive industry 4.0 solutions RealWear launched a hands-free, voice-controlled thermal camera attachment for its Navigator 500 augmented reality (AR) headset. This feature enables a RealWear worker to identify temperature anomalies in industrial equipment like pumps, pipes, wiring, and motors.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

VIRNECT provides enterprise and industrial clients with immersive training and collaboration software. virnectglobal is teaming up with @DigiLensInc to bring cutting-edge XR technology to the industrial market. The firm designed its smart glasses as a versatile, rugged device that suits various industrial and enterprise environments.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Companies yet to adopt manufacturing and industrial XR remain open to improving their processes, making teams more productive, and streamlining workflows. Once dominated by the entertainment industry, extended reality (XR) has quickly demonstrated its value to many sectors.

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GizModo VR

JANUARY 26, 2022

The video game industry has more or less settled on a standard design for controllers with a pair of matching analog joysticks, a directional pad, four action buttons, and shoulder triggers on top. It’s a design that the PlayStation DualShock controller popularized, but one that I genuinely feel Nintendo perfectly… Read more.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 22, 2022

Meta to introduce new parental controls on Quest. After many pressures from the community and the media, Meta has finally decided to introduce new parental control tools in Quest 2. More info (Quest 2 new parental controls?—?Road Road To VR) More info (Quest 2 new parental controls?—?Upload Top news of the week.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 17, 2023

Siemens has begun launching its massive investment strategy for the industrial metaverse, it was revealed last week. According to a press release, the technology and infrastructure firm wants the facility to become “the nucleus of global technology activities for the industrial metaverse.” The story continues!

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