Road to VR

JANUARY 22, 2021

Even before Facebook moved to require all new Oculus users to sign in with Facebook , Oculus headset users were rightfully worried about the company’s treatment of user privacy. It’s a treasure trove of user data which has largely gone untapped (and unleaked, as far as we know), but it won’t always be that way.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

The ‘Summer of Rift’ is coming to a close, with Oculus announcing today that September 4th is the last day to nab the $400 Summer Rift sale price. The cap off the eight week headset sale, Oculus is running an ‘End of Summer Weekend Sale’ featuring two bundle deals and 30 individual titles on sale.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 6, 2016

On stage at Oculus Connect 2016, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg teased that Oculus is developing a new, standalone, wireless VR headset with inside-out positional tracking. This was Oculus’ Santa Cruz prototype, a ‘feature prototype’ demonstrating, for the first time, the company’s inside-out tracking technology.

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ARPost

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

“We know our customers care deeply about data privacy, security and ownership and it’s something at Snobal we take seriously,” said James. ”As All Snobal Cloud computing resources are hosted in AWS cloud, with access to its data encryption capabilities.”. Partnership Is a Beautiful Thing.

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Road to VR

MARCH 29, 2017

Nate Mitchell, Head of Rift at Oculus. I had a chance to catch up with Oculus’ Nate Mitchell at GDC where I asked him about privacy in VR. Mitchell claims that privacy is a top priority for Oculus, but a close reading of their privacy policy indicates it serves the needs of Facebook over consumers.

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AR Insider

JANUARY 27, 2021

But that’s a non-starter for anyone outside of the few million people that own VR hardware (much less the compatible HTC and Oculus hardware). This is more about machine-readable data for AR cloud systems to understand surroundings and overlay content accordingly. It offers high-definition 3D models of 75 major cities.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 26, 2017

The second of three Blade Runner 2049 VR games is now available free for the Oculus Rift. Funny enough that’s exactly what the consensus seems to be regarding the second Blade Runner VR game, Blade Runner 2049: Memory Lab , available today for the Oculus Rift and Gear VR. This technology is used primarily on the holographic A.I

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Once you’ve got a few hours under your belt though, you’ll probably notice a few things that definitely need improving, many of which can thankfully be solved with a few key aftermarket accessories. Many on Amazon can even do fast charging , although getting one with data transfer is hit and miss.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

You can see that the user is holding a Touch Plus controller (with the Oculus logo on the home button as some devkits have) confirming this. Metaverse John Riccitiello’s definition of the metaverse Zuck will say the M-word and use it to show the vision of the company. He will also say that Roblox is part of that vision.

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ARPost

MAY 26, 2020

Thanks to NVIDIA CloudXR SDK kit, users will be able to enjoy VR, AR, and MR experiences at the highest definition of graphics and sound on head-mounted devices or mobile devices. Thus, it can become a game-changer for enterprise data centers, telecommunication platforms as well as consumer platforms.

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ARPost

JULY 28, 2020

Among other roles and titles, Kadlubsky is the Director of Communications for Open AR Cloud – an organization dedicated to “the development of open and interoperable spatial computing technology, data, and standards.”. We did consult other sources for the glossary but needed to curate our own to ensure we all agree on the definitions.”.

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VRScout

AUGUST 17, 2018

Capturing data in such hostile conditions was no picnic for the ambitious team of developers, especially when they discovered much of their equipment could prove to be a danger within the volatile environment. was definitely one of our most challenging production so far,” states Realities.io in an official release. Realities Glückauf!

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 3, 2017

Buckle up; it’s a big week for Oculus Rift and Touch owners. GDC has been going on for the last five days and Oculus has made some big announcements during the show, including a Rift and Touch price cut and a new Gear VR. Plus — check out our list of the best Oculus Rift games and best Gear VR games for more suggestions!

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VRScout

AUGUST 29, 2021

What’s exciting about HeadOffice.Space is that it is interoperable, flexible, and accessible across multiple platforms, with Mac, iOS, Android, Oculus Rift, Google Cardboard, and Oculus Quest support currently in development. The custom planet option allows brands to create an extended experience for their brand, culture, and values.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

In 2012, the first Oculus Rift emerged, triggering a burst of excitement followed by relative silence from consumers. These experiences connect people to simulated virtual worlds, visualised data, and collaborative platforms to connect with others. VR Trends for 2022.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 5, 2022

Fasten your seatbelts because today I’m going to publish for you an amazing new tutorial, this time on Oculus Spatial Anchors, a new experimental feature added to the Oculus SDK. Oculus Spatial Anchors in Unity: video tutorial. Oculus Spatial Anchors. Oculus has just added Spatial Anchors to its SDK.

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VRScout

MARCH 5, 2017

Oculus has officially announced their slate of games for 2017. Alongside the many announcements and demos at last week’s GDC, Oculus had a few major ones to share. The first on the list of two real-time strategy games to debut at Oculus, Blade & Soul transplants a beloved franchise into VR, and to great effect.

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Tech Trends VR

OCTOBER 4, 2018

There is definitely a growing trend towards space-based VR experiences Click To Tweet. Written and directed by up-and-coming French VR Director Paul Mezier, Overview has been available since March on HTC Vive but now launched on Oculus Rift as well, Available on the Oculus Store, Viveport and Steam for $9,99.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MAY 2, 2017

Now they’re sharing a bit more info curated by the Ghostline tool, this time focused on the room-scale VR battle between Steam vs Oculus Home. Another big thing to note is that Oculus tracking is improved almost two-fold when using 3 sensors instead of 2. Only 6% of Oculus users go over 6 square meters and typically stick to 1-3.

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ARVR

JULY 5, 2022

It will take a few more decades for it to be fully integrated, but the metaverse has the potential to change everything from patient care to data management as technology advances. Individually, these technologies are already being utilized in healthcare to change how we diagnose and treat diseases, manage data, and even train surgeons.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 4, 2016

Tilt Brush remains the definitive creative app for VR, and soon people will be able to more easily bring what they make in the app into other software. You’ll find useful files like sample codes and software to manipulate Tilt Brush data in the toolkit.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2020

If it is too high, you have to ask the artists to reduce their definition, and also employ tricks like LOD, which is showing assets at different definitions at different distances. Oculus Link now works with USB 2.0. Very Silently, Oculus has changed the specifications of Oculus Link , which now doesn’t require anymore a USB 3.0

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Tech Trends VR

MARCH 31, 2019

In spite of all the investment from companies such as Oculus, the PSVR is the only hardware that has come even close to tapping that elusive jackpot of mass consumer adoption. We’re talking about enormous amounts of data being refreshed at insane rates. Click To Tweet. The same seems to be the case with VR.

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ARVR

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

But that’s a non-starter for anyone outside of the few million people that own VR hardware (much less the compatible HTC and Oculus hardware). This is more about machine-readable data for AR cloud systems to understand surroundings and overlay content accordingly. It offers high-definition 3D models of 75 major cities.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MAY 12, 2017

The Oculus Rift gets a long-anticipated game this week, but it’s Gear VR that’s the real star of the show. Plus — check out our list of the best Oculus Rift games and best Gear VR games for more suggestions! New Rift and Gear VR Releases on Oculus Home. New Oculus Rift Releases on Steam. Price: $33.99 (Rift).

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VRScout

JULY 19, 2016

On March 25th, 2014, many people were left scratching their heads: why did Facebook spend 2 billion dollars to acquire a Kickstarter funded virtual reality company called Oculus. So, let’s look at the facts, the numbers and the data. Oculus has sold an estimated 250k Rifts. Since then, we have seen a movement. The Market.

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Road to VR

APRIL 19, 2021

Right up front it should be said that there’s a number of different ways one could consider Facebook’s Oculus exclusive content ‘successful’ or not. So we can see that Oculus exclusives have a good track record at least of exceeding the average game rating in their given release year. What happened?

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 18, 2017

Until we’ve got the definitive VR multi-tasking app it’s going to be hard to keep up with everything that’s going on, so let us help you out with a weekly wrap-up of the latest news, reviews, previews and releases for VR games. Rift owners should definitely dive into the long-awaited Oculus Home version of Raw Data, too.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MAY 10, 2017

Understanding that, the data they accumulate can paint an interesting picture and Superdata Research ‘s newly released information paints a telling picture: the PlayStation VR (PSVR) and Samsung Gear outsold the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive by a large margin in Q1 of 2017. Oculus Rift: 64,000. PlayStation VR: 375,000.

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Peter Graham

JANUARY 31, 2020

If you’ve been following VRFocus’ previous coverage of CES 2020 then you’ll know that hands and more specifically gloves had a definite presence during this year’s show. Another was Bebop Sensors, showcasing its latest Forte Date Glove, which had built-in haptics and Oculus Quest compatibility.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 31, 2021

” VR shouldn’t be used by children… Health and safety warning of the Oculus Rift DevKits (Image from Oculus Forums). When I started using virtual reality in 2014, the age limit for using the Oculus Rift DK 2 was 7 years, but then it was incremented to 13 years old. … but they use it anyway.

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Peter Graham

OCTOBER 24, 2019

You’ll be able to track your progress and manage the data, especially useful when looking to target fitness goals. VRFocus previewed Viro Move during Gamescon 2019 in August, finding that: “Fit Reality certainly wants to enter the VR market with a bang and Viro Move is definitely going to do that.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

“[…] it’s definitely our intent that if we have a good product then it should be available to as many users as possible.” Casting an eye toward Oculus’ $200 Go headset and other low-cost mobile VR headsets, Graylin further said HTC wants the Vive brand to represent a certain level of experience.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Let’s see in a few months what will be the data shared in this sense by Snap. Does Palmer want Oculus back? I tweeted the news saying that “Palmer Luckey is not doing that bad without Oculus…” and Palmer Luckey himself answered to me commenting “Without Oculus for now, anyway”. What has Palmer in mind? Image by Valve).

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Meta (Oculus). With the Oculus ecosystem, schools and professional training companies alike are beginning to scale their virtual curriculums for a wide range of use cases. VIVE’s technology combines incredible high-definition visuals and audio with ease of use and a flexible ecosystem for software programs.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 20, 2017

Jeremy Tisser, the creator of the soundtrack to Raw Data , shares his experience creating music for VR. The artist has lent his talents to the popular VR shooter Raw Data with a compelling soundtrack that touches every genre imaginable. How do you captivate an audience? Or will you be returning to your roots in conventional media?

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Road to VR

MARCH 16, 2017

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. Bullet Train – Oculus Connect 2015 | Read More. But let’s take a detour for a moment, back to 2014 at the inaugural Oculus Connect developer conference.

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