Road to VR

AUGUST 3, 2016

You can now register to attend Oculus’ 3rd ‘Connect’ conference, an event dedicated to all things Oculus from Rift to Touch and is focused primarily on developers and VR development. Photo courtesy Oculus VR, LLC. Oculus Connect 3 Registration. There’s also a student/academic pass available at $99.

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Road to VR

MARCH 16, 2017

With no motion controls or positional tracking—and VR locomotion hardly worked out at the time—this was primarily a visual demo. Shown during the debut of the Oculus Rift DK2, Couch Knights put players in the body of an avatar sitting in a contemporary room. Showdown – Oculus Connect 2014 | Read More. ElementalVR – E3 2013.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

The headset has a very nice design and features these specifications: Standalone 6DOF headset 1600×1600 resolution per eye 90Hz refresh rate 90° FOV RGB AR passthrough Innovative lenses that make the headset more compact Integrated audio Controller-free hand-tracking Eye-tracking 6GB of RAM 128GB of storage WiFi 6 (802.11ax), Bluetooth 5.0,

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 11, 2020

Daniel is an XR professional that has become very famous this year for his mindblowing experiments with the hands tracking of the Oculus Quest , where every prototype of his is focused on an interaction that is so crazy that most of the time you couldn’t think about it before. Daniel Beauchamp (Image by Daniel Beauchamp).

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 13, 2021

It doesn’t have controllers (you just use your hands), but you can buy external controllers by Finch to use with it. Oculus plans to introduce in-app purchases to App Lab experiences. could add DLCs with new training levels to earn some money. Plus, the Netflix app has been in VR since the times of Gear VR/Oculus Go.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 10, 2023

This research work is disruptive because it can detect whatever kind of objects, even the ones it has never seen during training. Glasses could also highlight the objects the user has in front of him/her during a training experience or while he/she is following a certain recipe. Impossible!) Oh no, wait… Funny link I have a big nose.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 16, 2020

And while this is anyway a good result for a startup (developing an AR headsets means spending billions in R&D), targeting the consumer market has been a suicide move , that let Microsoft get full control of the profitable enterprise market. Valve Index and Oculus Quest were on sale again. Image by Oculus). Who knows….

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VRScout

JULY 11, 2017

Google wants you to play with Blocks, this smartphone wants you to get rid of your headset, a new marketplace connecting content creators with funding, the price of the Oculus Rift is slashed, the investment & funding wrapup, and more… 1. GOOGLE WANTS YOU TO PLAY WITH BLOCKS.

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VRScout

JULY 12, 2016

As the publisher of Unreal Engine 4, Epic Games is at the forefront of developers creating new worlds in VR, and we recently sat down with the man driving their VR efforts: Nick Whiting, Epic’s Technical Director of VR/AR. As part of that, I got to meet Nate Mitchell and Brendan Iribe who later became two founders of Oculus.

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Peter Graham

MARCH 24, 2020

That’s lead to motion controllers, eye tracking and hand tracking but full-body tracking has stopped and started due to the complexities of this process. The company also plans to release an Unreal Engine 4 plugin later this year as well as expanding compatibility for more motion capture hardware.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 16, 2022

Then, he donned an Oculus Quest 2, put a controller on the bike, and rode the bike while doing the VR game, with the real track mapped perfectly with the virtual track. in a training scenario when the environment is full of smoke, the system closes a valve and makes you breathe more difficultly). Learn more. Learn more.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 1, 2017

Robo Recall is the latest free release for Oculus Touch, this one a collaboration between Oculus Studios and Epic Games, the company behind the ubiquitous Unreal Engine, Gears of War, and Unreal Tournament. You point with a Touch controller, gesturing with both your arm and the analog stick, painting a spot with a target.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Facebook has started today enforcing the “Facebook login” rule , asking Oculus users to merge their Facebook and Oculus accounts. So I imagine a Quest 2 where you can avoid having a Facebook account, but you can’t use the Oculus Store, or all the most important apps and games , and so you are de facto forced to use it.

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ARVR

JUNE 17, 2021

Software development engines like Unity and Unreal are becoming more elaborate , there are myriads of SDK libraries, countless knowledge exchange communities and free-for-use collaboration tools. It is especially essential for training and educational VR experiences, where interactions should be measurable, retractable as well as evaluable.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 30, 2016

Davis recently served as general manager for the Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 4. He worked on titles such as Quake 3, Doom 3, Rage, and Halo; most recently, he worked in VR with a team of veteran developers at Oculus. The founders include Ray Davis, Kenneth Scott, and Brian Murphy. We see a real marriage of active play and VR.”.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

The Oculus Rift and Touch, HTC Vive, PlayStation VR (PSVR), Google Daydream, Samsung Gear VR, and so many other headsets are all available for purchase. What to Expect from Oculus. Oculus always has a big showing at GDC and they will again this year, especially since they were mostly quiet at CES. What to Expect from Valve.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Now they’re pivoting the technology to suit more training-based use cases, and CEO Brandon Naids is on the show to explain how. They have full motion simulators for entertainment and training. So Talon Simulations specializes in dynamic and immersive experiences for entertainment centers and training institutes. It's a big hub.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Now they’re pivoting the technology to suit more training-based use cases, and CEO Brandon Naids is on the show to explain how. They have full motion simulators for entertainment and training. So Talon Simulations specializes in dynamic and immersive experiences for entertainment centers and training institutes. It's a big hub.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 20, 2020

Last Oculus Quest update shows hints of an Oculus MR ecosystem. Facebook is continuously updating the Oculus Quest , its most successful device, and this week it has rolled out the runtime v16. I think that this update, together with the last ones, marks the beginning of a mixed reality ecosystem that is being built by Oculus.

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Road to VR

MAY 4, 2021

Epic Games, the creators of Unreal Engine, said it would consider building a launch title for Sony’s “next VR platform” during negotiations about Fortnite cross-play on PlayStation in 2018. With no motion controls or positional tracking—and VR locomotion hardly worked out at the time—this was primarily a visual demo.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Its war-torn city wouldn’t be out of place in a Gears of War game (it’s built inside developer Epic’s Unreal Engine 4), and it’s quite unlike anything else the studio has made thus far. It went down “fantastically well”, according to Kibblewhite, and even a certain Oculus Rift inventor saw it and liked it.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Now they’re pivoting the technology to suit more training-based use cases, and CEO Brandon Naids is on the show to explain how. They have full motion simulators for entertainment and training. So Talon Simulations specializes in dynamic and immersive experiences for entertainment centers and training institutes. It's a big hub.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

A leaked image from the Oculus team shows that the company is working to implement body tracking inside the Oculus Unity SDK. For instance, since I work on a VR fitness game , I’m thinking about all the new training experiences that will become now possible. Other relevant news. Image leaked from Meta firmware). Learn more.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 4, 2020

The launch on Quest has gone pretty well , and the game has had good feedback from the press (apart from some graphical glitches that can be solved in future updates) and very positive reviews on the Oculus Store. And since the game has trained them for a war scenario, they are also very dangerous. Now there is the Oculus Quest.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 20, 2020

(Image by Oculus). Oculus could be starting the production of a new Quest at the end of July. Multiple reports seem to confirm that Oculus is actually starting the production of a new Oculus Quest headset, with an expected release date in 2021. of units more produced annually. Other relevant news. Image by Pico).

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 6, 2018

I’ve not been able to test it in person, but looking around its users manual, the aGlass DK II seems quite easy to install and also easy to be used as a developer , thanks to its handy Unity and Unreal plugins. Using eyes to control things for a long time is not natural and comfortable for most of the situations. Yes, it is!

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 31, 2021

Unreal Engine 5 gets released in Early Access. After a lot of teasing of its upcoming fantastic features, Unreal Engine 5 is finally available for download. The tracking of the controllers and the headset has been improved a lot, and there is also great content like Synth Riders and Red Matter to play with. Top news of the week.

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Road to VR

JULY 8, 2016

Emilie says that in some Unity scenes that there are over 150 different triggers and both subtle local agency flavorings of control, but also decisions that send you off into different scenes. Apelab has developed a series of a Spatial Story platform on top of Unity in order to handle this type of gaze-triggered, interactive narrative.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 9, 2022

And also, for AI training, as we’ll see in a while, realistic rendering and physics engines to create synthetic training data are of paramount importance. Or it can be that you use that scene to perform the training of some AI (e.g. some robots), so you can use the AI training service.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 8, 2021

The Rec Room community is growing pretty steadily, also thanks to the great sales of the Oculus Quest. All the transactions happen using Rec Room tokens, but recently the company made it possible to convert these tokens back to real money. Bank Of America to use VR training. News worth a mention. Image by Rec Room).

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2021

The new VR headset enhances everything from resolution and field of view to tracking and input ; It will connect to PS5 with a single cord to simplify setup and improve ease-of-use while enabling a high-fidelity visual experience; It will feature controllers carefully studied for VR.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 10, 2018

There are plenty of great games out there for Oculus Rift, with the Oculus Store featuring a number of top titles certainly worth your hard-earned money. But before you crack that wallet too wide open, you may want to take a look at some seriously cool free content out there on the Oculus Store right now. Developer : Epic Games.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

From healthcare, education, social, training, cinema, gaming, and more, VR has a lot of Killer Use-cases. Whiting oversees the development of the award-winning Unreal Engine 4’s virtual reality efforts. Epic’s Unreal Engine 4 is one of the leading tools for VR game development. Nick Whiting.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 10, 2019

And let’s unpack this, because if you’re somebody who’s in the aviation world, this is a technology that can be used right across your enterprise; from previsualization, marketing, sales, training, remote assistance, remote collaboration — it can be used everywhere. You mentioned Unreal Engine.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

You can enjoy the full audio recording below: In this week’s VRScout Report, we discuss Oculus Story Studio’s Henry Emmy win, NASA training astronauts with virtual reality gloves, Snapchat flirting with augmented reality, HTC Vive trying to go wireless, and iPhone laying potential plans for VR/AR.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 10, 2019

And let’s unpack this, because if you’re somebody who’s in the aviation world, this is a technology that can be used right across your enterprise; from previsualization, marketing, sales, training, remote assistance, remote collaboration — it can be used everywhere. You mentioned Unreal Engine.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 16, 2021

I foresee a market for this kind of glasses since they are beautiful to be worn and so they could be used outdoor to watch media (maybe on a plane or a train), but I think the price will be a determining factor to decide their success. Read more about this news on Road To VR and Upload VR. and I am myself impressed by this performance.

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