Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

First revealed at Google I/O 2017 developer conference, both HTC and Lenovo announced they were building standalone VR headsets for the Daydream platform. With the holiday season fast approaching, we’ll have a definitive answer either way soon enough. image courtesy LetsGoDigital. Check out the hands-on here.

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ARPost

JULY 21, 2023

However, Almeida said that he had been waiting for something like an Apple headset for even longer than that – ever since he was, like so many others, disenchanted by the Google Glass device that launched in 2013. That’s one of the points where they’re definitely innovating,” said Almeida. “If

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Today’s XR wearables are becoming increasingly more advanced, producing high-definition visuals and audio at a phenomenal speed, to make digital interactions feel more realistic, organic, and impressive. Internet technology giants such as Google, AWS, and Microsoft are also making their own investments into the “Edge” space.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 6, 2022

Speaking on her definition of the Metaverse, Hackl stated it was about “virtual shared experiences that happen in virtual spaces, but also in the physical world.” What is the Metaverse?

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VRScout

OCTOBER 10, 2016

Abrash laid out the impending plan for Oculus and Facebook’s future: optics and displays, graphics, eye tracking, audio, interaction, ergonomics, and computer vision… HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT OCULUS CONNECT 3.

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Tech Trends VR

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

Object Theory are the oldest Mixed Reality company around, having launched in June 2015, before the HoloLens had even started shipping Click To Tweet. No matter how much money the investment in Magic Leap sounds, it’s still small compared to a company like Microsoft.

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VRScout

JULY 19, 2016

As of January 2016, Google Cardboard has shipped over 5 million units. As they say, content is king, and in virtual reality this is definitely an area seeing growing pains. Fove has created an eye-tracking headset, which other headset manufacturers may seek to include in future iterations. Samsung Gear VR expected 3.5

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 7, 2023

A Simple Spatial Computing Definition Spatial computing is an umbrella term for solutions that allow us to interact with computers on a new level. For instance, headsets like the new Apple Vision Pro allow users to interact more effectively using eye-tracking sensors with a scalable content interface. What is Spatial Computing?

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Road to VR

JANUARY 13, 2017

The advertising business models of Google and Facebook rely upon creating a unified profile that connects your online behavior to your actual identity, which creates a persistent digital footprint that follows you where ever you go. Creating Unified Super Profiles.

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Road to VR

JULY 25, 2016

According to Veeso, “both the [facial] tracking technology and the avatar interpretation are still not perfect, and further work will be needed in order to have the technology be able to adapt to every typology of face; but we are having encouraging results, and with your support we will achieve the desired goal.”

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

OK, I will be able give a more definite verdict after I actually get a hands-on demo first thing tomorrow, but in the meantime, here are our first impressions from having seen the live demos on the stage here at MWC Barcelona. Microsoft debuts their latest mixed reality device at Mobile World Conference 2019.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 15, 2016

Future solutions will get rid of clunky wired headsets and move onto glasses that can project a high-definition image onto the eye, a la Magic Leap, and eventually contact lenses that contain tiny screens. 3D tracking, capture, and/or rendering: Paracosm: 8i: PrioVR: Uncorporeal: Otoy: Matterport: Snapchat: www.snapchat.com.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 5, 2020

This special version of the headset features additional sensors that can get more data about the user: A heart rate sensor on the forehead; Two additional cameras that track the lower part of the face of the user, so that to read his facial expressions; Eye-tracking cameras , that can also detect the dimension of the pupil.

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Hypergrid Business

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

However, Samsung dropped its Gear VR project, and Google stopped developing its Cardboard and Daydream View platforms. But the big progress that Apple made with the interface is the eye-tracking. I still miss my iPhone, but all the phone-based VR action has been on the Android side. Is the Apple Vision Pro the reason to switch?

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

At GDC, HTC has announced that this great device will come for sure to the rest of the world and that this will happen “later this year” I know, this is not a very definite time, but it is better than nothing: before the GDC we weren’t even sure if it would ever come here. Google AR apps. Oculus Go showcased.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

References found in the Oculus Quest 2 firmware by users Reggy04 and Basti564 highlight how the Quest 2 Pro should have: Eyes tracking Facial expressions tracking Eye relief knob Granular IPD adjustment External charging station. More info (Definition of the metaverse) More info (Use of XR in the metaverse).

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

He's what he said: "That’s a model we’ve definitely explored. When you first put it on you’re told to hold the top button, and you feel (and see a visualization of) the lenses moving horizontally to align with your eyes. The eye tracking is also not designed to be used through glasses, though Kyle claims it did work for him.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 13, 2019

There’s a whole range of services, and GPS is getting better now that it’s being married to computer vision, so you can get highly-localized Google directions – really accurate, down to a couple of feet. Is this a job for Google Glass? Charlie: Yeah it’s Google Glass. Google put in 500 million dollars.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 13, 2019

There’s a whole range of services, and GPS is getting better now that it’s being married to computer vision, so you can get highly-localized Google directions – really accurate, down to a couple of feet. Is this a job for Google Glass? Charlie: Yeah it’s Google Glass. Google put in 500 million dollars.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 13, 2023

They continue to support and collaborate with outside companies, of course — you’ll probably be able to use Google Maps on the Vision Pro, for example — but I wouldn’t expect the competitive atmosphere to change much. At the time, they didn’t understand why we would shoot in high definition when no one had HDTVs.

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XR for Business Podcast

MARCH 31, 2020

But one of the things that they were really passionate about was controlling heads-up displays like Google Glass, which had just come out at the time. We tested things with eye tracking for a variety of reasons. Stefan: So it is going to be still on track for sometime in 2020. We tested wristbands. chuckles] So, yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

MARCH 31, 2020

But one of the things that they were really passionate about was controlling heads-up displays like Google Glass, which had just come out at the time. We tested things with eye tracking for a variety of reasons. Stefan: So it is going to be still on track for sometime in 2020. We tested wristbands. chuckles] So, yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

And with the use of doing it through VR — not necessarily perfecting the process, or catching everything only from that — but they definitely reduce their costs by… I think they got down to maybe one or two revisions that were necessary, instead of the average of four or five. Bob: Yeah, definitely. And so forth.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

And with the use of doing it through VR — not necessarily perfecting the process, or catching everything only from that — but they definitely reduce their costs by… I think they got down to maybe one or two revisions that were necessary, instead of the average of four or five. Bob: Yeah, definitely. And so forth.

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XR for Business Podcast

MARCH 31, 2020

But one of the things that they were really passionate about was controlling heads-up displays like Google Glass, which had just come out at the time. We tested things with eye tracking for a variety of reasons. Stefan: So it is going to be still on track for sometime in 2020. We tested wristbands. chuckles] So, yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

And then, being able to figure out beforehand those bottlenecks, because they definitely demonstrated that there was a huge amount of money spent on. And with the use of doing it through VR -- not necessarily perfecting the process, or catching everything only from that -- but they definitely reduce their costs by. And so forth.

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EnterpriseWear

MARCH 4, 2019

In a recent mailer campaign to convey the importance of professional alarm monitoring services, ADT sent out Google Cardboard-like VR headsets that put recipients into a simulated life-threatening situation. Accenture Extended Reality, Qualcomm and Kellogg recently teamed up to pilot an eye-tracking VR headset for retail merchandising.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Legal protections for biometrics depend on privacy regulator definitions, such as Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). The organisation also hosts some of the world’s biggest tech companies, including Meta Platforms, HTC VIVE, Accenture, Google, Microsoft and many others.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Sony believes in VR, and we definitely believe at some point in the future, VR will represent a meaningful component of interactive entertainment. Facebook will have its own Cloud Gaming Service, entering so the field of the future of gaming where other companies like Google (Stadia!), More info (Using Google Translate).

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 15, 2019

The big entities; the Googles, Microsofts, where we would hold our event, as well as the whole investment community. So again, they have a new product called Post Reality, definitely check it out. And definitely, an IPO is a potential. So we’re now the, I believe, the second-largest VR meetup in the world.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 15, 2019

The big entities; the Googles, Microsofts, where we would hold our event, as well as the whole investment community. So again, they have a new product called Post Reality, definitely check it out. And definitely, an IPO is a potential. So we’re now the, I believe, the second-largest VR meetup in the world.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 20, 2021

Or better, I can imagine who can be the names and they are all the big monoliths: Google, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon , etc… Only companies of this size could afford selling a good headset under cost and at the same time attract enough developers to publish VR games on their own new stores. PlayStation believes in VR. Will it be this year?

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

AUGUST 2, 2023

This is due to several “false starts” with Google Glass , Microsoft HoloLens2, and Magic Leap, although the companies remain potential customers. MediThinkQ developed the Eyes Up Surgical Display, eliminating pressures on the body for surgeons performing long surgeries.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 23, 2020

Martin: Yes, definitely. Martin: Standard Surface MDL and Enterprise PBR, if I say it right now, is different ways of describing -- in a generic way -- a material definition. The HTC Vive Pro has eye tracking-- or the new one has eye tracking. The Pico Neo 2, I believe, has eye tracking option.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 23, 2020

Martin: Yes, definitely. Martin: Standard Surface MDL and Enterprise PBR, if I say it right now, is different ways of describing -- in a generic way -- a material definition. The HTC Vive Pro has eye tracking-- or the new one has eye tracking. The Pico Neo 2, I believe, has eye tracking option.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 14, 2017

Beliaeff: Whether it’s VR or what I’ve seen released of AR now, it’s definitely been function over form. GB: Google Glass. I look at Google Glass and it was really interesting. Or it’s a Google problem. With hand tracking and eye tracking built into the headset, I can be playing with my friends across the world.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 23, 2020

Martin: Yes, definitely. Martin: Standard Surface MDL and Enterprise PBR, if I say it right now, is different ways of describing -- in a generic way -- a material definition. The HTC Vive Pro has eye tracking-- or the new one has eye tracking. The Pico Neo 2, I believe, has eye tracking option.

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