VRScout

AUGUST 22, 2017

Time to applaud for a sweet deal on the HTC Vive, Clash of Clans partners w/ Facebook to bring AR to fans, control VR with your mind, new predictions for spending & investment are out, the investment & funding wrapup, and more… 1. … well, sort of. You still have to set it up). Want more details?

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

MAY 29, 2023

Conversely, artificial intelligence backs the creation of technological advancements that can analyse, respond, and create based on data sources. Across retail, VR is also providing new ways to enhance the customer experience. With AI included, the retail experience can also suggest other similar products to complement purchases.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Disclaimer: HTC provided three of their Vive Tracker 3.0 What is an HTC Vive Tracker? Whilst the first part of this article looked at the history of the HTC Vive Tracker and its three different versions, the second part will focus on some practical experiments with the latest HTC Vive Tracker 3.0. HTC Vive Tracker 3.0

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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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AR Insider

AUGUST 28, 2020

Also known as mirroworld , magicverse and other monikers , it’s all about data that’s anchored to places and things, which AR devices can ingest and process into meaningful content. ” That includes a vast image database for object recognition ( Google Lens ) and geo-specific place data from Street View, among other sources.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

APRIL 19, 2023

Conversely, artificial intelligence backs the creation of technological advancements that can analyse, respond, and create based on data sources. Across retail, VR is also providing new ways to enhance the customer experience. With AI included, the retail experience can also suggest other similar products to complement purchases.

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AllThingsVR

JULY 5, 2016

HTC Vive Roundup: Headset Nearing 100,000 Install Base, HTC Creates VR Subsidiary, Announces VR Venture Capital Alliance & Gets Bullish on Vive’s Future in China, Setting Up 10,000+ ‘Experience Sites’ This Year HTC made incredible announcements this week that impact the future of virtual reality in a big way.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Global tech giants such as NVIDIA, Lenovo, Unity, Epic Games, HTC VIVE, and others have already entered the metaverse space race. Conversely, enterprise solutions are designed at scale to accommodate an immense number of use cases and bespoke data sets. With the increase of data traffic, data security will also take precedence.

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ARVR

JANUARY 6, 2023

It has made significant contributions in various verticals such as entertainment, education, retail etc. Users can use HMD devices such as Google Cardboard, Oculus Quest, Rift or HTC Vive to experience an imaginary environment. It uses GPS and compass sensor data to position the virtual object at a point of interest.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 5, 2016

November has just started and with it come the Christmas and Hanukkah decorations and displays across retail stores in the U.S. HTC Vive at GameStop. While VR hasn’t gone mainstream yet, we are nearing a tipping point and retail experts agree. Low cost VR headsets can now be found at big box retailers like TJ Maxx stores.

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Road to VR

APRIL 3, 2017

A new video produced by IKinema showcases Orion , their new full-body animation system that uses HTC Vive tracking hardware. By attaching Trackers in the most effective places, combined with inverse kinematics, a form of full-body motion capture can be generated; HTC themselves recently released code to illustrate this technique.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 2, 2022

Its first retail store is opening in Burlingame, CA on May 9th. Meta doesn’t know how it handles your data. According to a report by Motherboard, once your data enters Meta’s system, it gets lost in a sea of subsystems about which it loses control. Image by HTC Vive). Others will come in the future. Learn more.

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Road to VR

JUNE 10, 2017

The market is already starting to look pretty busy, with Road to VR taking a look at several solutions both ready for retail and in the works. WiGig is aimed at very high bandwidth data uses, such as the broadcast of multi-gigabit uncompressed video and audio streams. WiGig data rates max out at 7 gigabits per second per channel.

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VRScout

MAY 30, 2017

THE STANDALONE MOBILE HEADSET THAT HTC IS KEEPING IN JAPAN. Remember, HTC is the Taiwanese-based hardware manufacturer and the HTC Vive Tech Corporation is a subsidiary that partners with American-based software company Valve for content via their huge Steam library. Now this is what I call retail theater.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 6, 2020

It includes some of its data and takeaways. This was the case in “normal” times and has accelerated during the COVID era, when retail lockdowns compel AR’s ability to visualize products remotely. Always see chart date for context, and refer to newer data if applicable. A R continues to evolve and take shape as an industry.

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ARPost

APRIL 11, 2023

VR-Enabled Online Shopping Experiences VR creates an immersive visual environment, including 360-degree videos, photos, product demos, and complex experiences using devices such as the HTC Vive or Oculus Quest. Usage Analytics AI can also help analyze usage data and client feedback. AR also relies on spatial data to immerse users.

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Road to VR

MARCH 27, 2017

HTC’s Vive X accelerator is a $100 million fund for AR/VR companies that the company announced last year. Today HTC is revealing the second batch of companies that will receive investments and mentorship from the program. Each accepted company gets an undisclosed investment and hands-on mentorship from HTC. Appnori Inc.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 27, 2017

HTC’s Vive X accelerator program is welcoming more than 30 new VR and AR startups to the fold with investments in North America and Asia. ” HTC Vive’s investment group also said it planned to open an accelerator in Israel, joining locations in San Francisco, Beijing, Shenzhen and Taipei. Appnori Inc.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 31, 2021

Triad was an instrumental partner in bringing Valve’s tracking technology to production , with the photodiodes used in SteamVR headsets, tracking pucks, and motion controllers produced by Triad’s factory and shipped to off-shore manufacturing partners building XR equipment for brands like HTC, Pimax, Varjo , StarVR, and Valve.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

I take the liberty to mention the Quest 2 because it’s the only VR headset that you can get at a retail store and that has the SEC regulations (National Bureau of Electricity and Gas) in order to be sold legally. The Quest 2 headset is the only one you can get in a retail store in Chile (Image by Meta) There is no local (or regional) support.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 2, 2017

We don’t have a clear idea on precisely how many units have been sold for the Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, PlayStation VR, Daydream View, or any other major headset on the market. It is however still available from some third party retailers. Tagged with: data , figures , homido , prediction , research , sales.

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Robert Scoble

MAY 20, 2019

I dragged my camera down to meet her and her team in their offices in Marina Del Rey, near Los Angeles, to get a look at the business visualizations they are building for use in both Spatial Computing headsets, like Magic Leap, and VR, for HTC Vive, Oculus Quest or Rift, or others. Think about dwell times in retail stores.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 11, 2022

HTC Vive Wrist Tracker. HTC Vive Wrist Tracker (Image by HTC). HTC has made an announcement at this CES and it has been a pretty cool one. To showcase its functionality, HTC showed some videos of the tracker in use to improve the performances of hands tracking and also with the tracker installed on external props.

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VR Bites

JANUARY 23, 2017

Play Oculus Rift and HTC Vive games with your smartphone. In contrast most VR games will be asking a lot from the PC and therefore we recommend to maintain the system requirements advised by Oculus and HTC so at least an Intel Core i5 4590 or AMD FX 8350, 4GB of RAM and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 or AMD Radeon R9 290.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Since then the HTC Vive , PlayStation VR and Google Daydream View have all entered the arena. The organization found that, by the end of 2016, the Oculus Rift is projected to sell 355,088 units; the HTC Vive will sell 420,108 units; Google Daydream will sell 450,083 units; and the PS VR will sell 2,602,307 units.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

The headsets saw some traction initially, especially as retail discounts made them an attractive budget option. Data courtesy Valve. Windows VR headsets peaked at 11.13% of the share of headsets in use on Steam in June 2019, but have been slowly declining since then, down to 8.05% as of January, 2020.

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VRScout

JULY 13, 2017

When HTC Vive launched last year, it ushered in a whole new era of roomscale interactive experiences. And let’s be real, you probably emit some heat in the breakneck action of Raw Data and yoga – esque body contortion of SUPERHOT VR. However you bring the heat, ViveNchill is there to keep things cool.

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XR Today - Big XR News tag

MAY 26, 2023

billion to the EU in a penalty for allegedly violating transatlantic data transfers. Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) slapped the tech giant with a massive sanction, marking the most significant fine against any Big Tech firm in history. Meta is required to pay roughly €1.2

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 2, 2017

That’s to be expected, of course, given that most Steam games require just a gaming PC and not an expensive headset on top to be played, but Oculus Rift, HTC Vive and OSVR-supported games do make a small appearance in the recently-published list of 100 games that grossed the most revenue over those 366 days.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

This new standard is being rapidly adopted across the ecosystem by HTC, Microsoft, Varjo and dozens more, resulting in faster product development cycles and a flurry of new applications. Step into a world where you can explore intricate details with 3D visualizations of CBCT and DICOM dental data. Digital #Dentistry Reimagined.

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Peter Graham

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Today, HTC Vive has launched its latest virtual reality (VR) head-mounted display, the Vive Cosmos. The headset will be compatible with the Vive Wireless Adapter but not just yet, with HTC Vive revealing support will come by the end of October. .” The pack will retail for $49.99 USD when it’s made available.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Welcome to this new edition of the XR Week Peek, which this week will be a bit special because I will summarize here what happened during the Meta Connect, the event during which Mark Zuckerberg launched the Quest 3, the Ray-Ban Meta smartglasses, and new techniques for data harvest… cough cough I mean, new AI services.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 13, 2016

The tracking system leaves something to be desired, with two sensors that track only 180 degrees of motion (as opposed to the laser-powered Lighthouse tracking system from the HTC Vive, which tracks in full 360 degrees). HTC VIVE LAUNCHES VIVE STUDIOS. Your data plan will thank you. VISUALIZE DATA IN VR.

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Peter Graham

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

As the only VR compatible version in the franchise, over on Capcom’s official Resident Evil 7 biohazard website currently available stats put the players who have enabled the in-game data transmission option at just over 4.9 Of this 833,632 have used PlayStation VR at some point, helping up the scare factor of this survival horror.

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AllThingsVR

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

The organization found that, by the end of 2016, the Oculus Rift is projected to sell 355,088 units; the HTC Vive will sell 420,108 units; Google Daydream will sell 450,083 units; and the PS VR will sell 2,602,307 units. Its most recent study centers around likely sales figures for the major VR headsets.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

The majority of VR experiences available make use of the HTC Vive VR headset, letting you soar with friends in Eagle Flight , get in the ring for heavy boxing in Knockout League , walk a tightrope in The Walk , or battle your way through Raw Data or Star Wars’ Trial of Tatooine.

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Road to VR

JULY 17, 2018

Initial consumer impressions of Oculus’ overall user experience are positive, according to consumer reviews at online retailers and first impressions from early adopter forums. This trend is poised to continue as HTC and Lenovo’s standalone offerings populate higher price points on the market. Consumer Perceptions.

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