XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

With the Oculus Quest headset, Aptiv has been able to reduce in-person training times significantly, with most courses now only taking between 4 hours and 2 days. HTC Vive and Penn State. With the help of the HTC Vive environment, Penn State has been able to create a comprehensive environment for training and educational immersion.

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Hypergrid Business

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Examples are HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Cardboard and other that are now very popular VR platforms for building experiences. WebVR is also becoming a formidable force for those who love HTC Vive, Oculus Rift or Google Cardboard, in a web browser. Those wishing to receive a certificate at the end of the course can pay $29.

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Road to VR

APRIL 23, 2019

If you’ve been paying attention to the VR space at all in 2019, you’ve likely noticed the increasing buzz, no doubt thanks to four major VR headsets set to launch over the course of the next few months. Here’s the quick breakdown of what we know. Oculus Quest. Image courtesy Oculus. What is it? Image courtesy HP. What is it?

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 3, 2020

Some time ago, the most important companies of the XR ecosystem (HTC, Oculus, Microsoft, etc…) joined the Khronos Group to discuss a standard to end the fragmentation of the XR space. Microsoft Flight Simulator is adding VR support, but…. Top news of the week. Image by Khronos Group). OpenXR is now ready for prime time.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 5, 2021

Microsoft signs a $22B deal with the US Army. We all know that Microsoft is building AR glasses for the US Army : a modified version of HoloLens 2 called IVAS, that is ruggedized, with a wider field of view (80° x 40°), and feature additional sensors (for instance to provide thermal vision). Well played, Microsoft.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Microsoft and Zoom have also released their respective apps into the Vision Pro this week. It’s still more or less the game of of Microsoft. It’s multimodality so that you do not need to throw away your devices, you can work continue working with them even if you buy several other devices from HTC, from whomever else.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

HTC has finally revealed the price of the Vive Pro : it will cost $799 just to have the headset (no controller and no base stations, so you must already have a Vive 1 kit) and will be available for pre-orders since April, 5th. But, as Road To VR has stated, maybe HTC should have clarified that in all its marketing material.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 15, 2016

The HTC Vive is arguably the best out there, but having to buy a souped-up laptop just to run it, paying full price for brief games that feel more like demos, and trailing a huge cable off your head and fumbling to mount trackers on your ceiling…it’s not ideal. Weight is tougher to simulate in VR. You’d smell the grass.

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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. The hardware consisted of blue HTC Vive Pros connected to the gaming PCs above.

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ARVR

JANUARY 11, 2021

Throughout the course of human history there have been many technilogical breakthoughs that changed the way that we communicate and live our lives. Virtual Reality is an immersive simulation of reality in which the surrounding world is completely replaced with a computer generated world.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Top news of the week (Image by Meta) Meta launched Quest 3 The main piece of news of the week is of course the launch of the Meta Quest 3 at the Meta Connect. The last big feature is of course mixed reality: Zuckerberg defined the Quest 3 as the first consumer mixed reality headset.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Thanks to the support of HTC, Rob is experimenting with Vive Trackers , and is very eager to tell you everything about his experiments with them, in a series of two very detailed posts. The post finishes also with the little surprise of an interview with HTC’s Shen Ye. HTC Vive Trackers (Image by Rob Cole). Introduction.

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VeeR VR

APRIL 16, 2018

Publisher : Bethesda Softworks Developer : Bethesda Game Studios Platforms : HTC Vive SUPERHOT SUPERHOT VR is a unique concept game that time in virtual world only moves when you do. With control wands and motion trackers that HTC Vive brings can provide excellent VR experience available right now in the market.

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VeeR VR

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Of course, it would be almost 600 years before the birth of modern VR technology and VR headsets). In 1968, Ivan Sutherland and Bob Sproull created the first head-mounted display (HMD) system for immersive simulation applications. In 1994, they released the Sega VR-1 motion simulator arcade attraction which tracked head movement.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 1, 2019

This acquisition signs a new course for Facebook strategy in XR: after having just partnered with external studios for the development of its top-notch exclusive titles (e.g. The consumer spending will increase and the dominant form of media consumed will be games, of course. You know, Microsoft only adds VR when people ask for it….

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Google tried again to make its platform revive with the Mirage Solo , but even this headset has never been successful , and the HTC Vive Focus and the Oculus Quest took the standalone market in its place. Phones stopped to be compatible with Daydream , and Google never released a new viewer after the second version of the Daydream View.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 28, 2023

link] Pimax Play updates Over the course of several months, my Crystal received a number of software updates, after undergoing testing by the Pimax Crystal Beta testers (a group of early adopters). So expect to see all kinds of cool stuff coming out soon. It felt very cool to be detached from the tether. Super impressive stuff.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

I mean, it sort of makes more sense to me that, as long as the prices for the headsets are lingering up pretty high — like the Cosmos from HTC, the brand new one, it’ll be an $800 purchase. Dean: And I think more critical are these more foundational companies, like Facebook and Valve and HTC. Dean: Yeah, I think.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

I mean, it sort of makes more sense to me that, as long as the prices for the headsets are lingering up pretty high — like the Cosmos from HTC, the brand new one, it’ll be an $800 purchase. Dean: And I think more critical are these more foundational companies, like Facebook and Valve and HTC. Dean: Yeah, I think.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 22, 2020

But in the enterprise space, it has always been behind the competition of companies like HTC or Pico. Of course if your device breaks, you’ll get a new one pretty fast. Focused on VR training, simulations, data visualization, or remote collaboration. How does it compare with the services offered by Pico and HTC?

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VeeR VR

APRIL 16, 2018

Publisher : Bethesda Softworks Developer : Bethesda Game Studios Platforms : HTC Vive. Publisher : SUPERHOT Team Developer : SUPERHOT Team Platforms : Oculus Rift, HTC Vive and PSVR. Publisher : Steel Crate Games Developer : Steel Crate Games Platforms : Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, PSVR. Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

I mean, it sort of makes more sense to me that, as long as the prices for the headsets are lingering up pretty high -- like the Cosmos from HTC, the brand new one, it'll be an $800 purchase. Dean: And I think more critical are these more foundational companies, like Facebook and Valve and HTC. Alan: HTC's got their enterprise division.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

I mean, it sort of makes more sense to me that, as long as the prices for the headsets are lingering up pretty high — like the Cosmos from HTC, the brand new one, it’ll be an $800 purchase. Dean: And I think more critical are these more foundational companies, like Facebook and Valve and HTC. Dean: Yeah, I think.

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VRScout

MARCH 31, 2018

That being said, let’s take a look at five of the more prominent VR releases for March: Apex Construct (HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Windows Mixed Reality). Ark Park ( HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, PSVR, Windows Mixed Reality). Afterall, the only thing more important than the hardware itself is the content to experience. Bravo Team (PSVR).

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Road to VR

JANUARY 3, 2020

While the company had originally collaborated with HTC to create the Vive, this time around Valve opted to handle everything on their own. But it’s also made for an awkward relationship between Valve and HTC who are now positioned more as competitors than partners. Image courtesy HTC. Image courtesy Valve. Vive Cosmos.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 27, 2022

Of course, its FOV was restricted because there are not in the market displays with so many pixels and such a big size For HDR there was Starburst, an HMD able to deliver 20,000 nits , much more than the 1,000 ones of a commercial HDR TV. Image by HTC Vive). HTC launches Vive Flow Business Edition. NVIDIA Blog). Learn more.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Florian: Sure, of course. Florian: The use case of BASF, BASF is doing a lot of stuff, doing simulation things on AR, engineering things on AR and VR. Florian: [laughs] Without ISAR, of course not. In future it should also run on VR devices like Oculus, or HTC Vive, or any other. laughs] Florian: Of course, Alan, sure.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Florian: Sure, of course. Florian: The use case of BASF, BASF is doing a lot of stuff, doing simulation things on AR, engineering things on AR and VR. Florian: [laughs] Without ISAR, of course not. In future it should also run on VR devices like Oculus, or HTC Vive, or any other. Florian: Of course, Alan, sure.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 13, 2023

This could actually be quite beneficial for Meta, Microsoft, and Magic Leap. They can practice complex procedures, simulate real-world scenarios, and access contextual information, leading to faster skill acquisition and reduced training costs. This improves first-time fix rates and reduces the need for on-site visits.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Oculus and HTC had been holding details surrounding Rift and Vive launch windows close to the chest, probably because they had delays to announce and need to nail down new plans. First, HTC delays the Vive until April 2016, with plans to show an updated developer kit at CES in January. In December, these plans become known.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

He wanted to write on my blog his opinion on this device to inform the community and of course I accepted, because I’m more than happy to host another one of his super-detailed articles. The XR2 processor is already used in other products like Meta Quest 2 and HTC Vive XR Elite, making porting of games much simpler.

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TechCrunch VR

MAY 31, 2023

Morton Helig’s 1962 patent describes a system that delivers a realistic simulation for potential work and military training purposes: There are increasing demands today for ways and means to teach and train individuals without actually subjecting the individuals to possible hazards of particular situations.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

Of course, since he has not an Apple HMD, the only thing he could obtain was the screen splitting in two on his phone, showing that view that we XR developers know very well. HTC has a new CEO: Yves Maitre. HTC, one of the most important companies in the VR landscape, has now a new boss: Yves Maitre. Funny link. Funny link.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 6, 2020

A video chat of a group of three friends over Skype (Image by Microsoft). This can also be a drawback if this is not what you want, of course; If you need spatial awareness to mimic real-life networking. So, here you are my guidelines on when VR is useful for meetings and events and when it is not. It was fun to chat after the speech.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 5, 2016

The biggest change in recent years was the adoption of motion control: Nintendo Wii, PlayStation Move, and then Microsoft Kinect. And previously mentioned games like Harmonix Music VR , SUPERHYPERCUBE , Headmaster , Job Simulator , and Tumble VR can be picked pretty quickly by casual gamers. Pretty favorably, actually.

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XR for Business Podcast

MARCH 3, 2020

I think the seated motion simulators are pretty safe. It was a 6DOF simulation machine. It was just– and when I hit the wall — of course, going too fast — I hit the wall and the whole thing just rattled me. If it’s not done well, it can actually exacerbate the simulator sickness that you get.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 7, 2022

Last month, we got to know that (according to a rumor) Samsung is working together with Microsoft on new AR glasses, most probably powered by a Qualcomm chipset. The reason behind that is, of course, the chip shortage. The metaverse hype is growing, and with it, all the interest of the big brands towards XR. Some news on content.

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