Hypergrid Business

AUGUST 21, 2017

Educators are using virtual worlds, but not in the way they had used them in the past, and not in the same numbers. The Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education conference is a good example that showcases this work. Those educators that remain in virtual worlds are leveraging them to create better experiences.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

When you hear the term “VR,” you might think of entertainment, social media, or the exploration of virtual worlds; perhaps the last thing you’d ever think of is the healthcare industry. Does this sector of the world actually use VR and does it really bring with it any unique benefits? Augmented Medical Records.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Combining spatial computing with the Internet, the Metaverse seeks to seamlessly connect the digital and physical worlds and transform online interactions. Evan Gappelberg, Chief Executive and Founder of Nextech AR , said in an interview with XR Today that metaverse solutions would “bridge virtual, hybrid, and in-person experiences.”

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2024

The last cycle before this one was the Quest one, which started to make virtual reality known to the mainstream audience for what concerns games and fitness. Especially Apple and Google, which are the dominant players in the smartphone industry, are both launching headsets this year.

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ARPost

APRIL 6, 2021

An app called Spotselfie has been using augmented reality to enhance the online experience by blurring the divide between the real and virtual world. While AR is an exciting piece of technology, it also comes with a growing set of problems because it can collect massive amounts of data. Will the data be stored on the device?

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The additions aim to challenge firms like Google, Pinterest, and others dominating the eCommerce search sector. Google previously debuted its own multisearch tool via its Google Lens platform, with Lens initially debuting in October 2017. The company also launched the multisearch tool last year.

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ARPost

APRIL 11, 2023

Companies like Google, Microsoft, Lenovo, and Vuzix are developing smart glasses to enhance the AR experience. Natural Language Processing (NLP) NLP is about using voice commands for people to explore and interact with virtual worlds. Usage Analytics AI can also help analyze usage data and client feedback.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 28, 2018

It started with big data , and I started blogging about that at the end of 2015 basically because I couldn’t find anyone to talk about it with (laughs). In early 2016, I run into a paper from a professor at Caltech that was talking about data visualization in virtual reality and that blew my mind.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

This is Google Earth VR. Our Virtual World. Google Earth VR is a surprise project from Google’s Geo team that is being both announced and released today. This is the team behind Google Maps and the original Google Earth. Google Earth VR’s primary locomotion system is flight.

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Ryan Schultz

APRIL 6, 2023

And I do apologize to those of you who wish I would get back to writing more about social VR, virtual worlds, and the metaverse! I signed up for one year of unlimited Neeva searching, and I will be comparing search results between Google and Neeva throughout the next twelve months, and I’ll report back that I find.

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ARVR

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Will there be a metaverse that’s geo-anchored to the real world? To be fair, the concept of geo-achchored data that enables AR experiences is already classified under the AR cloud. To that end, one of AR’s battlegrounds will be in augmenting the world in location-relevant ways. Turf Battle Google isn’t alone.

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ARPost

DECEMBER 16, 2022

There are a number of great virtual world platforms out there – and a smaller number of those are dedicated to enterprise use. Mytaverse is an enterprise-only platform with special tools for digital twins and virtual assets, and I got the world tour. Navigating Within the Platform.

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ARVR

MARCH 15, 2022

Beyond the Physical State Last week, we looked at Niantic’s Lightship which surfaced a key concept: the real-world metaverse. Beyond fully online/virtual worlds, this involves geo-anchored data that enables AR devices to evoke relevant digital content. And Google is well-positioned , given existing assets.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

OCTOBER 17, 2022

The METADIMENSIONS project initially operates with BOSO TOKYO and Web3 firm MAD WORLD HONG KONG to create a unique virtual world showing sci-fi motorcycle gang culture. Psychic VR Lab uses ARCore from Google and Niantic’s Lightship AR software elopement kit (SDK) to enable its geotagged content.

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ARVR

JULY 8, 2022

In January, 2015, amid a mounting wave of critical sentiment, Google withdrew Glass from the consumer market, with the promise of returning with a revamped product in 2017. One of the main reasons that Google Glass failed was that it fell into the ‘snob pricing’ category, and those who wore it were looked at as ostentatious pills.

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ARPost

JULY 20, 2022

If that sounds familiar, earlier this month ARPost spoke to the team from Inworld AI – largely a team of Google AI veterans building virtually embodied conversational AI. MeetKai’s AI is built into the platform as a way to navigate the world, rather than being a character that users interact with. in the metaverse.”.

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ARVR

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Synthesizing these factors, one of AR’s battlegrounds will be in augmenting the world in location-relevant ways. That could be wayfinding with Google Live View , or visual search with Google Lens. As you can tell from the above examples, Google will have a key stake in this “Internet of Places.” But it’s not alone.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MARCH 29, 2024

The glasses will translate a user’s surrounding spatial data as helpful augmented information; the New York Times featured how the device could tell the nutritional content of a food item; alternatively, the glasses also help a user with instructional cooking guidelines. Meta will enforce these changes today, on March 29th.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 19, 2017

NeosVR is a collaborative ‘world engine’ that that aims to provide a platform for building the Metaverse, all entirely within virtual reality itself. It’s a powerful way to visualise raw data, and allows non programmers to better comprehend what’s behind the code.

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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. It’s literally who you are in the virtual world and is thus very important.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 31, 2016

This saves an immense amount of computational power since the system doesn’t have to render the entire virtual world all at one time. . With Google buying out eye-tracking developer Eyefluence a while back and other companies making similar purchase throughout this past year, 2017 is shaping up to be the year of the gaze.

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Road to VR

MAY 18, 2017

Over the last 12 months or so we’ve been keeping an eye on Google’s aggressive hiring for its AR/VR team which, among other things, suggested that the company was working on new “mass production” hardware that would go beyond the simple smartphone snap-in Daydream headsets. No pictures were allowed.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 25, 2022

Google starts testing its AR glasses in the wild. Google has announced that it is going to start to test the prototypes of its AR glasses in the wild. What is relevant about this piece of news is that Google has just confirmed its strong commitment to augmented reality. More info (Google testing AR glasses?—?Official

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 26, 2018

I know, it was not a test with precise quantitative data but was perfectly ok to give me the idea of how the tracking drifted over time. So, both headsets showed a good tracking, that offered continuous tracking over time, wherever I moved: world scale tracking is already here. As you can see, we have a winner: the Lenovo Mirage Solo.

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Road to VR

MARCH 12, 2018

These decentralized systems are a counter balance to the aggregated power of centralized companies like Google & Facebook, who are currently dominating the the online advertising market.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 14, 2017

Positivity’ is a reminder our thoughts control not only the virtual world, but the real world as well.”. StoryUP Positivity for Muse” will arrive first on Samsung’s GearVR headset, followed by Google Daydream.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 18, 2023

Max Bickley Digital twins operate in tandem with XR hardware and software by leveraging immersive visualization, real-time data integration, remote collaboration, and simulation capabilities. Data Integration : XR service providers integrate real-time data from digital twins into XR experiences.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

AUGUST 1, 2022

According to Radoff , spatial computing enables users to control and explore 3D places and digitize items utilizing the cloud as well as surrounding physical worlds using spatial mapping, which visualizes data linked to physical spaces in user environments. The decentralization layer. The human interface layer. Closing thoughts.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

AUGUST 10, 2022

The system creates everything in the user’s environment, which may be exhibited inside a blank room via head-mounted displays (HMDs) or other equipment that helps users feel they are physically inside the virtual world. Google Cardboard and Gear VR are two well-known examples. Varying degrees of flexibility and use cases.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

It’s an immersive virtual world that includes all types of content, data, scores, stats, along with other ways for fans to experience the game.”. It’s currently available for Samsung Gear VR, Google Daydream, Oculus , and Google Play. It’s different,” he said.

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Trenzi VR

JANUARY 10, 2024

Metaverse is a 3D virtual world where the virtual avatars of billions of people can live, work, shop, learn and interact with each other without moving away from their couch. Google, Microsoft, Nvidia and Qualcomm followed the steps and invested billions of dollars in that concept. Why is the metaverse gaining momentum?

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Trenzi VR

JANUARY 10, 2024

Metaverse is a 3D virtual world where the virtual avatars of billions of people can live, work, shop, learn and interact with each other without moving away from their couch. Google, Microsoft, Nvidia and Qualcomm followed the steps and invested billions of dollars in that concept. Why is the metaverse gaining momentum?

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Steki Amusement

JUNE 13, 2022

Following Meta, Microsoft and Google’s entry into the metaverse, Apple, currently the world’s No.1 Notably, VR creates virtual spaces, AR simply overlays virtual information onto the real world, and MR technology blurs the line between the virtual and real worlds.

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VRScout

MARCH 12, 2018

“Between 360 video, virtual reality, and augmented reality, I think augmented reality has much bigger opportunities,” Asher said. It’s a great hybrid between the real world and the virtual world.”. Adobe also debuted Project Dali last year , a VR painting app built in the vein of Google Tilt Brush.

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ARVR

APRIL 27, 2022

Then, let’s be realistic, if we’re building replicas of the physical world in the metaverse, why would some of the basic customer reactions change in that virtual world too? If customers love the products they’re experiencing in the virtual world, brands will then know how much of it to manufacture.

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Ryan Schultz

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Backed by technology giants like Google, Microsoft, and Meta, this environment has the potential to change many aspects of people’s everyday lives. Even concepts like the virtual workplace are becoming increasingly appealing. However, it also presents a unique set of challenges from a safety, privacy, and security standpoint.

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