VRScout

DECEMBER 30, 2016

This Christmas, more people watched virtual reality porn than ever before, according to data provided to VRScout by VRPorn.com and PornHub.com. “It seems clear from the data that lots of people got new VR headsets for Christmas, and now they are looking for content.” Image Credit: VRPorn.com.

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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. Virtual reality has taken the world by storm. So, let’s look at the facts, the numbers and the data. Samsung Gear VR expected 3.5

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 28, 2023

First of all, Google has to keep the work on the headset very secret also internally , because Samsung is afraid that Google will steal its expertise to build a competing product. Samsung can be the first partner also on this line of products. All these premises are not good: confusion is never a good sign in business.

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Road to VR

APRIL 13, 2017

In a new Virtual Reality Industry Report, Greenlight Insights forecasts modest VR industry growth in the short term, growing into a major global content marketplace by 2021. In its new Virtual Reality Industry Report: Spring 2017 , Greenlight Insights forecasts total virtual reality revenues to reach $7.2

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

This week in XR hasn’t had any explosive news, but it was interesting nonetheless: in particular we had cool info on AR glasses, with some news from Kura, Lynx, and Samsung. Samsung AR glasses concept has been leaked. Popular Twitter leaker WalkingCat has leaked two trailer videos about two AR glasses by Samsung.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 9, 2024

Qualcomm has officially said that this is the chipset that the upcoming Samsung headset is going to employ. But there is not only Samsung: XR2 Gen 2 is going to be integrated also by Immersed’s Visor, a new HTC Vive headset, a YVR headset in China, and a headset that is still undisclosed. It is not sure the game can survive for long.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

APRIL 16, 2024

The firm plans to debut the Light device in May 2024 and the Super headset in Q4 this year, just as other major vendors like LG and Samsung are looking to enter the headset market. However, Apple is actively promoting it in the workplace to demonstrate the importance of spatial data for businesses.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

MAY 17, 2024

Moreover, new players like LG and Samsung are entering the XR device marketplace. In addition, the Wonderland Engine will continue the platform’s ambitions to ensure developer scalability and extensibility by providing crucial data points and APIs to boost users’ experience regardless of the application’s intended audience.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Since Microsoft provided its list of OEMs the same reference design, all of the available headsets except Samsung Odyssey follow the basic specs below. data) for connectivity. Samsung HMD Odyssey. Samsung HMD Odyssey Pre-order. Acer Windows Mixed Reality Headset. Windows VR Headsets: Basic Specs. 4.00m cable.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 27, 2020

Image by Samsung, taken from Upload VR). Samsung may launch a next-gen Samsung Odyssey. A recent filing at the Chinese IP offices makes us speculate on a new PC VR headset in the works by Samsung. But analyzing the data better, we can spot that people are just requesting incremental updates and not disruptive ones.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 14, 2023

More information about Google’s XR headset are coming “later this year” Google and Samsung will release an XR headset (Image by Google) Google, Qualcomm, and Samsung are working on an XR headset. And this trend can only get better, especially after Google will have launched its XR version of Android.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 28, 2023

The Reality Labs division’s revenue plummeted by $3.7 The firm expects losses to “increase meaningfully year-over-year due to ongoing product development efforts in augmented reality/virtual reality and investments to further scale our ecosystem.” percent from last year to $1.4

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Buying a virtual reality headset in 2016 is difficult, especially if you haven’t gotten hands-on time with the various systems. Unfortunately, if someone on your list has expressed interest in virtual reality, it is unlikely these kinds of headsets are going to blow them away.

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Cats and VR

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Award-winning virtual reality developer and publisher announced that it has set aside $2m to co-fund and publish externally developed VR titles. nDreams is an approved developer partner with Sony PlayStation, Oculus, HTC, Microsoft HoloLens, Google and Samsung. nDreams Ltd.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 13, 2024

Chinese manufacturers BOE and SeeYA may provide cheaper displays in higher quantities than Sony is doing now, while Samsung may be supplying the DRAM components. The second is that “mistaken model of the strategic motivations”, which seems to aim at the fact that Meta has a clear strategy that is not (only) about data mining this time.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

But now some data about it is starting to be found. It’s not much, but if this data is starting to surface, probably very soon we’ll discover more info about it via patents or hardware certification websites. This is another proof of the recognition of virtual reality applictions as working therapies in the healthcare sector.

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Immersive Authority

JANUARY 12, 2016

Basic virtual reality browser based solutions have existed since the 90’s (e.g.browsers which supported VRML, the Virtual Reality Modelling Language that allowed you to create 3D interactive worlds). Image Credit: Infospaces – Data Visualization in Virtual Worlds by Opensource Obscure under CC License 2.0 .

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Survios, the studio behind VR titles The Walking Dead: Onslaught (2020) , Creed: Rise to Glory (2018) , and Raw Data (2017), has secured another round of financing to the tune of $16.7 The news was first reported by Venture Beat. Survios’ latest round brings the company’s overall funding to $70.9

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ARPost

JULY 30, 2020

Hearables with augmented reality features are becoming ubiquitous thanks to the overall spread of wearables, the contribution of tech giants, and the growing demand for emerging technologies. How Augmented Reality Works. See Also: What Is the Difference between Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality?

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2024

We are at the beginning of March and I just realized that I haven’t written yet a post with my predictions for augmented and virtual reality for this year. 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.

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Road to VR

JUNE 11, 2017

A new report from Nielsen suggests that not only is public awareness of virtual reality at record levels, it’s nearly doubled year on year. SEE ALSO 2017 VR Industry Report to Bring Data-driven Insights & Forecasts That Cut Through the Hype. But just how much is VR on people’s radar? Image courtesy Nielsen.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

The company also convinced a handful of its major PC partners—Dell, Lenovo, Acer, HP, Samsung, and Asus—to launch VR headsets attached to the platform. Data courtesy Valve.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Before leaving you to the news of the week, let me just tell you two things that may interest you: If you missed them, don’t forget to read my predictions about augmented reality and virtual reality in 2022; This Thursday at 5 pm CET AWE Nite Florence comes back!

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Hypergrid Business

AUGUST 6, 2021

Earlier this summer, Google shut down yet another virtual reality app , the 3D objects library called Poly. Poly was Poly was first launched back in 2017 as a platform where users could visit, browse and download any of thousands of 3D objects in a virtual reality environment. ” The end of Cardboard?

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 2, 2016

The Samsung Gear VR is one of the most successful virtual reality headsets of all time when it comes to pure numbers. According to at least one objective analysis , the Samsung and Oculus-developed device is projected to sell upward of 2 million units by the end of this year.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 18, 2021

Well, if I have to express an opinion, that is in common with other members of the VR communities, it is not that I don’t trust that Facebook won’t protect my data against hackers, it is that I’m sure that Facebook itself will collect a lot of personal data about me so that it can offer targeted advertisement. It will do this because….

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

According to a report by Reuters, Mark Zuckerberg has performed a rundown of the company’s spending and from this, we can get very interesting data. For instance, we now know that 20% of Meta’s total budget is going to Reality Labs , the company’s AR/VR division. More info (Meta talking with LG and Samsung) More info (ITRI Display).

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 31, 2023

This made sure investors gained some trust for immersive reality startups again, something that will be beneficial for our whole industry. I think that the upcoming release of Quest 3, and the increasing rumors about Samsung are going to improve our situation even more. Let’s all hope so. Great job, Magnopus!

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 7, 2016

That said, earlier this year Oculus revealed that Gear VR, its mobile VR headset made in partnership with Samsung, had seen one million users in April. Oculus isn’t providing specific statistics to help us analyse and verify this data, but it would be fascinating to work out the divides in headset usage. The result?

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Road to VR

MARCH 19, 2017

In a new report from IDC (International Data Corporation), the market research firm predicts a near 10 fold increase in the shipments of augmented and virtual reality headsets in the next 4 years, bolstered by a plethora of new devices and “expanding array of content for both consumer and enterprise users.”

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 5, 2024

It is not the first time Meta partnered with an external company for a new device and in most cases this choice paid off: both the Gear VR (Samsung) and the Oculus Go (Xiaomi) were pretty good products. This is going to create more awareness around virtual reality. But will it be enough now to beat Apple?

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Tech Trends VR

OCTOBER 4, 2018

It was produced by Orbital Views, a Virtual Reality studio based in Paris, France, with a strong emphasis on research, science and education. In 2016, they became the first company to use Virtual Reality headsets in parabolic flights, for private passengers and professional astronauts. VRScout (@VRScout) July 31, 2018.

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ARPost

MARCH 4, 2022

based firm specializing in AI and data science business intelligence solutions, has recently acquired virtual land in the Sandbox metaverse. Enquire AI joins other major global enterprises that have acquired virtual properties — either in the Sandbox or in Decentraland. Enquire AI , a Washington, D.C.-based

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Road to VR

MARCH 8, 2017

Mobile VR solutions like Samsung’s Gear VR currently employ rotational tracking only. Positional tracking adds not only comfort but also immersion to virtual reality, and is a feature of all major tethered VR headsets. However, achieving the same on mobile VR has proved challenging.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 4, 2016

And after a few years of research, the Finnish company decided to move into virtual reality 360-degree capture cameras. Voltolina talked about the advantage the Ozo has in capturing and processing a lot of data at once, and he talked about the company’s plans for expansion in VR. The data rate is significant.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 11, 2022

Of course, the object must be in the FOV of the cameras of the headset to be tracked, even if HTC says that the tracking can somewhat continue also when this condition is not true (i guess using just IMU data). The second one I selected is from Samsung , and in this case to show what I wouldn’t like to have in an AR windshield.

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XROM

JULY 18, 2021

Most people know Xu due to his dispute with American virtual reality company Magic Leap. Mr. Previously she was one of the first employees at NextVR ( acquired by Apple ), a virtual reality company focused on live entertainment across music and sports. However, in June 2020, a U.S. 20- Renji Bijoy. 23- Kathryn Yu.

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