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. The Santa Cruz prototype is a modified Oculus Rift which has on-board compute, display, and tracking.

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JUNE 10, 2017

We were all gearing up for Microsoft’s big Project Scorpio reveal at E3 tomorrow, when just a few days ago the company confirmed it wasn’t going to share details about the refreshed Xbox One’s VR support. This is just the latest example of Microsoft throwing a wrench into our Scorpio VR predictions.

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VRScout

JANUARY 6, 2021

They offered the perfect middle-ground between on-ear headphones such as the ones featured on the HTC Vive Pro and built-in speakers like the Oculus Quest’s “piped” audio system. Those looking for a cost-effective entry to the PC VR ecosystem will definitely want to check out the HP Reverb G2. THE VISUALS.

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VRGames

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Microsoft has not expressed interest in joining the VR wars anytime soon but a recent patent filing might be evidence that Bill Gates’ outfit was just being coy with its future plans. Of course, as The Sun points out, none of this means that Microsoft is bringing anything definitive to the next Xbox in the way of VR gaming.

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VRGames

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Microsoft has not expressed interest in joining the VR wars anytime soon but a recent patent filing might be evidence that Bill Gates’ outfit was just being coy with its future plans. Of course, as The Sun points out, none of this means that Microsoft is bringing anything definitive to the next Xbox in the way of VR gaming.

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ARPost

JULY 12, 2021

The company also has some big-name partners including Oculus , Microsoft , and Telekom. However, there’s definitely a sweet spot for companies looking to create nuanced training scenarios and intricate experiences on their own. Right now, the company has offices exclusively in Germany. We’re Ready for VRdirect.

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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. Perhaps the biggest company in the mixed reality landscape right now, Microsoft is paving the way to a future of incredible hybrid learning.

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VRScout

JANUARY 4, 2021

You can find full list of this year’s winners and nominees below: Best Game You Suck At: Apex Legends (Crusader Kings 3, Ghostrunner, FIFA 21, GTFO) Best Soundtrack: DOOM Eternal (Halo: The Master Chief Collection, Helltaker, Need for Speed Heat, Persona 4 Golden) Better With Friends: Fall Guys (Sea of Thieves, Borderlands 3, Deep Rock Galactic, (..)

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AR Insider

JANUARY 27, 2021

I n 2006, I attended a launch event in San Francisco for Microsoft Virtual Earth 3D. 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). It offers high-definition 3D models of 75 major cities. cities, starting with San Francisco.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 12, 2022

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”. More info (Anduril getting $1.48B of investments) More info (Palmer Luckey commenting about Oculus). Image by Valve).

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VRWorld

JUNE 3, 2016

Microsoft decided to take a calculated risk and leave the Virtual Reality market to Facebook (through Oculus and Samsung) and HTC with their dedicated headsets Gear VR, Rift and Vive. All future users of HoloLens should need is a collaborative suite (perhaps Microsoft’s own HoloOffice?).

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

The combined figure was measured across all sales channels including Steam, the Oculus Store, the Playstation Store, and the Microsoft Store—offering support for HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, PSVR, and Windows VR headsets.

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Road to VR

JULY 11, 2017

Definitely some huge mixed reality potential here. More important to the scope of the article, Microsoft also spearheaded a neat way to turn your DSLR into an AR capture device so you can see what goes on in the digital realm, but this requires you to buy an extra HoloLens, which at $3000 is a pretty steep price to pay.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 13, 2022

After the report of last week by Insider, in which Alex Kipman was accused of improper behavior at work, especially towards women, Alex Kipman has resigned from Microsoft. He will stay two more months to guarantee the transition and then will definitely leave. I think the news is the final nail in the HoloLens coffin.

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ARVR

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

In 2006, I attended a launch event in San Francisco for Microsoft Virtual Earth 3D. 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). It offers high-definition 3D models of 75 major cities. cities, starting with San Francisco.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

As virtual reality technology gained prominence, the use of VR devices like the Samsung Gear VR, Oculus VR, and HTC Vive, have also become popular. The leading producers of VR headsets like Sony, Oculus, Google, HTC, and Samsung, mainly focus on creating cost-effective devices. See Also: The Best Virtual Reality Racing Games.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 25, 2017

Little was known about the company’s definitive plans for the headset until Starbreeze and Acer announced a joint venture to “market and produce” StarVR. Starbreeze made quite the impression at E3 2015 when they unveiled StarVR , the 210 degree, high-resolution VR headset born from project InfinitEye.

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Mashable VR

MARCH 14, 2022

“They have either acquired interesting things like Oculus and Instagram, or they’ve been a fast follower of people’s ideas. I don’t think their current definition will be successful,” he shared. ” As for Meta's foray into VR and the metaverse, Fils-Aimé's thoughts are clear. "I

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DECEMBER 16, 2016

You’re probably not through the sheer swarm of Oculus Touch titles that landed last week yet, but there’s still a fresh round of Rift and Gear releases to get through this week. Plus — check out our list of the best Oculus Rift games and best Gear VR games for more suggestions! Xbox One Streaming, from Microsoft.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 5, 2016

It was announcements and product launches galore with news coming from key players like Oculus, Sony, Microsoft and Google dominating the headlines almost every week. She then replied, “No dear, we’ll definitely have more. VR will definitely be at the top of those lists for this year and for years to come. I was wrong.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 10, 2016

You can enjoy the full audio recording below: In this Episode 30 of the VRScout Report, we talk all things Oculus Connect 3 (OC3), getting insights and takeaways from: Max Cohen, VP of Mobile at Oculus; Raj Rao of uSens; Ela Darling of Cam4; Tahdg Kelly of VReal; and Ashley Pinnick of California Rex.

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ARPost

JUNE 8, 2020

This is definitely VR’s potential killer moment. In the next few years, there will be so many more stand-alone devices like Oculus Quest and the next generations of these headsets and the industry will grow exponentially in the next twelve months,” Glue ’s Head of Global Sales, Jani Leskinen, said in a talk on collaboration tools in VR.

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JUNE 8, 2022

If you already have a specific hardware solution in mind, like the Oculus Quest, you might need to look for a software vendor capable of creating an XR experience made specially for this technology. For instance, Meta offers access to the Oculus, as well as Meta Workplace, and a series of apps through the Oculus store.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 16, 2020

And while this is anyway a good result for a startup (developing an AR headsets means spending billions in R&D), targeting the consumer market has been a suicide move , that let Microsoft get full control of the profitable enterprise market. Valve Index and Oculus Quest were on sale again. Image by Oculus). Who knows….

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Road to VR

JANUARY 16, 2020

Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC. With a growing number of Facebook-employed AR/VR professionals and a mounting catalog of IP, it’s clear Facebook isn’t just flirting with the idea of entering into the AR space, but rather it has a definite intention of owning a significant slice of the market. . % Change. Rank Change. Intel Corp.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Palmer Luckey’s intuition in 2012 was realizing that with the launch of the iPhone, finally VR could have its iPhone moment (many of them, actually) and that’s how the Oculus Rift was born. In the middle of this, of course, the Apple Vision Pro was also an iPhone moment, without forgetting Half-Life: Alyx in the mix.

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JUNE 16, 2017

Going into the show, we knew that Microsoft would be revealing its upgraded Xbox One console, now confirmed to be the Xbox One X. Still, Microsoft did later confirm that the box will definitely support VR, and it’s looking likely that we’ll hear more in 2018. Bethesda Bets Big On VR. PSVR is in for a busy 12 months.

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InstaVR

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Virtual Reality (VR), by contrast, can be published across a wide range of devices (headsets like Oculus Go/Quest and Gear VR, phones, Google Cardboard, WebVR, and much more), is completely immersive, and doesn’t necessarily require a real-time data connection (ie can be run offline). VR is basically totally immersive, if done properly.

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DECEMBER 21, 2016

Mojang’s Minecraft has evolved in a lot of different ways over the last five years, but adding support for the Oculus Touch controllers should have been its most dramatic departure from the original survival formula yet. We’ve reached out to Microsoft about the direction taken with Touch support.

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JUNE 19, 2022

.” Such strong commitment to this new form of input is a big call, especially for Acosta, who spent years as a hand tracking skeptic while working on the HoloLens team at Microsoft. “When I was at Microsoft, I was like an advocate for controllers,” he says with a laugh. Controllers are great.’

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VRScout

OCTOBER 1, 2019

During Oculus Connect 6 in San Jose, CA, Mark Zuckerberg unveiled that the Oculus Quest would allow for hand and finger tracking without the need of any hand controllers, and of course, I couldn’t wait to try it. It’s not perfect, but it is definitely a step in the right direction. ” Image Credit: Facebook.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

Company co-founder and CEO Forest Key says “FOVAS is like swapping your old standard definition set for a 4K TV.” As ‘platform agnostic’ player, we’re sure to see apps available for headsets such as Samsung Gear VR, HTC Vive, Google Daydream, and Oculus Rift. ” image courtesy of Pixvana Inc.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

I think that Gartner was not referring to the consumer market, where VR is still unripe (even if devices like the Oculus Quest and the Vive Focus Plus are helping it in becoming more widespread), but at the B2B one, where VR is already helping companies to spare money (e.g. thanks to a better training). Considering that companies like 6d.ai

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NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Investing in a new market is risky and there will be some winners and there will be some losers, so there’s definitely a certain amount of risk. Facebook – NASDAQ: FB – Oculus VR, VR headset, VR Camera, VR content, VR platform. Samsung – KRX: 005930 – GearVR (partnership with Oculus VR) and 360 Camera.

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TechCrunch VR

JANUARY 30, 2020

Spatial’s funding comes at a time when VR and AR startups have certainly seen their share of funding ( Magic Leap alone has raised over $3 billion), high valuations , some extremely notable exits , and definitely the release of a number of head sets and apps — but at the end of the day, it’s estimated that there were only 6 million (..)

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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. Oculus Go showcased.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

This lets you experience scenes that are a bit more complex than the ones that you can live on Microsoft’s device; The field of view is 40° Horizontal and 30° Vertical. The Oculus Quest touch controllers: this is how I want manual interface in XR. I haven’t found anything better yet (Image by Oculus).

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