VRScout

MARCH 7, 2017

We were already having a great time coming across a demo of Duck Hunt for the Oculus Rift, with grenades and all. Now Konami’s run and gun classic, Contra , has popped up on the interwebs — and you can download it right now for the HTC Vive. The short demo transports you into the boss battle of Level 3: Waterfall.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Today it’s a great day for virtual reality: at WCVRI conference, HTC has just announced a kit to provide 6 DOF controllers for Vive Focus and has showcased a hands-tracking technology for the Vive Pro ! The Venture Reality Fund and of course HTC. — Alvin Wang Graylin (@AGraylin) October 18, 2018. Really fantastic.

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VRScout

MAY 18, 2017

Day 2 of Google I/O is in full swing and Google is shining some light on the core technologies the company is working on to make VR, AR, and immersive platforms accessible to even more people. It’s in this spectrum that lies all the investments Google is making within core technologies to enable “internally immersive computing.”.

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MAY 18, 2017

Before my demo at Google I/O, Google’s head of VR Clay Bavor outlined a series of caveats and expectations for what I was about to experience. Bavor declined to comment as to the frame rate of the finished hardware. The system was also running an older display at 75 frames per second. WorldSense.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2024

Anyway, with the end of the life of Quest 2, this cycle finished and a new one started with Quest 3, Apple Vision Pro, Google and Samsung announcing their own headset, and other companies chasing them (e.g. Especially Apple and Google, which are the dominant players in the smartphone industry, are both launching headsets this year.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

Luckily, it’s easy to find yourself a free demo of any VR major system out there. The Vive is the ‘room-scale’ VR system created by HTC and Valve. Find an HTC Vive Demo Location. HTC hosts a list of stores across the US and Europe where you can try the Vive for free.

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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.

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ARPost

APRIL 11, 2023

Better AR Hardware Options Better AR hardware options, caused by innovations in mobile technology, such as LiDAR and ToF (depth sensing hardware). Companies like Google, Microsoft, Lenovo, and Vuzix are developing smart glasses to enhance the AR experience. For example, it’s popular among furniture stores like EQ3.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 13, 2024

This is a period with many tech announcements: we had Meta telling about its Horizon OS, yesterday OpenAI unveiled the new GPT-4o, and today Google will hopefully unveil its Android XR operating system. He also said that other OEMs are going to launch headsets with AVP-matching hardware for $1500 this year. What a time to be alive!

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Road to VR

JANUARY 24, 2018

Vive Focus, HTC’s first standalone VR headset, has officially launched in China. Based on HTC’s new mobile VR platform, which includes a mobile version of the Viveport content store, the headset debuts with more than 40 apps. image courtesy HTC. Image courtesy Alvin Wang Graylin, HTC.

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MARCH 6, 2017

Dinosaur kicking for $300 is certainly funny, but it’s also a great example of a broad effort by developers and hardware manufacturers to make virtual worlds more responsive to human behavior. This is a screen grab from Tobii’s demo showing my eye movements over ten seconds. New Tools For Game Designers.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 12, 2024

Workers are learning Vision Pro procedures such as installation, managing Apple IDs, networking, and providing support for services like Exchange and Google Workspace. However, success in optimising hardware, such as Apple’s latest update, is crucial to ensure a positive user experience and, therefore, adoption.

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APRIL 3, 2024

Workers can use new Vision Pro procedures such as installation, managing Apple IDs, networking, and providing support for services like Exchange and Google Workspace. However, the success of the hardware is crucial for a positive user experience and adoption.

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AUGUST 8, 2017

While Firefox has supported the Oculus Rift since 2015, it’s only now that the browser joins competitors Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge in supporting the WebVR open standard. Those wanting to take Firefox 55 out for a test-drive can find demos on Web VR Experiments.

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Road to VR

MARCH 20, 2018

Image courtesy HTC. HTC have finally revealed the price and release date of the anticipated Vive Pro , opening preorders globally at Vive.com and other retailers. The company is still heavily involved with VR development however, and are expected to present some new technology with Google at Display Week 2018 in May.

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AllThingsVR

MARCH 1, 2017

MWC & GDC Headset Updates: Google has shipped 10M Cardboard, Hands-on With LG’s SteamVR Headset & With Microsoft’s First Windows Holographic VR Headset 1) Amit Singh, the VP of VR at Google, announced Google has shipped over 10M Cardboard viewers and seen 160M Cardboard app downloads. Read more on TechCrunch. flipped-up.

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VRScout

JUNE 9, 2017

Also noteworthy: Final Cut Pro X will be able to support 360 video editing, Unity and Unreal now have VR support for Macs, and SteamVR is coming to Mac… and although there was a sweet on-stage mixed reality demo using Star Wars assets and an HTC Vive, there was no mention of support for Oculus.

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JANUARY 5, 2017

Project Alloy from Intel is a prototype VR headset with important new features from one of the world’s most influential tech companies, and we’ve just tried the first hands-on demo of the hardware at CES. Unlike the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, no outside hardware, sensors, or cameras are needed.

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DECEMBER 11, 2016

Oculus will hit 355,000; HTC Vive will be 420,000, and the Samsung Gear VR on mobile will be 2.3 She didn’t include numbers for Google Cardboard since so many of those units are simply given away for free and used for demo purposes only. With hardware revenue added, the forecast hits about $28 billion by 2020.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

These companies make components and enterprise hardware that’s usually a cut above available consumer models. I got to get my hands on some of their hardware at last year’s expo and left feeling enlightened. DigiLens , Vuzix , and Lenovo will also be on the AWE Expo floor. Trying them out can be a glimpse into the future.

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VRScout

JUNE 1, 2016

The latest concept demo video (above) shows three users, one wearing a HTC Vive, collaborating remotely to design the interior of a retail store. Microsoft is planning to outline more software and hardware details at a WinHEC developer conference later this year.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 10, 2016

They brought out the big guns in the form of Mark Zuckerberg (with no mention or sighting of tarnished leader Palmer Luckey, notably absent from the demo floor), and the Zuck came out swinging. All this hardware will be shipping in December… right in time for the holidays.

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VRScout

AUGUST 17, 2016

Project Alloy stands alone among the current lineup of technologies available because it isn’t tethered to a desktop computer like HTC Vive or Oculus Rift, nor does it use a smartphone like Google Cardboard, Gear VR or Google Daydream. It is so precise that it tracks down to individual finger movements.

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VRScout

AUGUST 17, 2016

Project Alloy stands alone among the current lineup of technologies available because it isn’t tethered to a desktop computer like HTC Vive or Oculus Rift, nor does it use a smartphone like Google Cardboard, Gear VR or Google Daydream. It is so precise that it tracks down to individual finger movements.

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DECEMBER 19, 2022

In December 2012 I published my first in-depth article after a demo with a hand-built Oculus VR prototype. ” Given the weight of these comments I thought it interesting to revisit what Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe said during my first demo 10 years ago. “So they refresh 60 times a second. .”

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Image by HTC Vive). HTC is probably going to announce Vive Flow. With a surprise move, HTC Vive has started teasing the launch of a new product. The company has set up a virtual event on the platform ENGAGE (of which HTC is an investor) for October, 14th 2021 at 8 am PDT. Send me hugs while I’m still human!

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 25, 2020

OMG, it’s almost 3 years that I write these roundups… the first week peek was exclusive for my blog subscribers and it featured as best news the release of Google Blocks and in the other news something about Samsung Gear VR… how much time has passed since then! The winners get free hardware and also cash prizes.

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DECEMBER 10, 2016

You have to hand it to HTC, they got their PR spot on this week. It’s launch line-up was incredibly strong, and we’ve since seen big releases like Serious Sam VR or, more recently, the amazing Google Earth. But HTC hasn’t done a great job making that work visible.

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VRWorld

DECEMBER 19, 2017

The demo, that’s later described as ‘”maddening”, lasted about eight to 10 minutes, and features new music that band made for the app. It is obvious that the company still does not allow anyone to speak of the hardware they have on-hand.

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VRScout

JUNE 10, 2016

Did Seebright just release the augmented reality equivalent of Google Cardboard? The Osterhout Design Group is an integrated hardware company with a deep background in advanced augmented reality innovation with the US military, and have their principal outsider investor in 21st Century FOX.

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MAY 11, 2017

According to Microsoft, the controllers would be shown on stage at its keynote but wouldn’t be available for hands-on demos at its Build developer conference this week. Google, Facebook and others have yet to match this technology but are working hard at it. A Beautiful Moment With Outside-In Tracking.

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JULY 24, 2017

The first version of Valve’s SteamVR platform provided us with superior 360 degree room-scale tracking and position-tracked hand input at the hefty price of $799 via HTC’s Vive. Will HTC cut Vive’s price? But regardless of context, these moves put a heck of a lot of pressure on HTC’s Vive.

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JANUARY 5, 2017

Many of the biggest companies on the planet, from Samsung and HTC, to Facebook, Amazon, and Google, and even all the way to Ford, Mercedez, and countless startups, all gather in the desert at the start of the year to unveil the latest and greatest advancements in consumer electronics. Upload’s CES 2017 Predictions [ Link ].

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 21, 2021

Ctrl+Labs already demoed it years ago: check out the link to the Dino Game that I added below this paragraph. More info (FRL Official blog post) More info (Road To VR reporting and commenting the news) More info (Ctrl+Labs’s Dino Game Early Demo) More info (ETH’s experimental wristband). Google halves its revenues on the Play Store.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2017

The Oculus Rift and Touch, HTC Vive, PlayStation VR (PSVR), Google Daydream, Samsung Gear VR, and so many other headsets are all available for purchase. On the hardware side, we don’t expect much news. What to Expect from HTC. CES was a big show for HTC. Valve is likely in a similar boat to HTC.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

The devices at the time included: HTC Vive wands that shipped with the Vive headset. Google Daydream View plus 3DOF controller. Many mobile headsets, like the Google Daydream View and Samsung Gear VR, become fully functional as soon as you slide your compatible smartphone into them. Google Daydream Controller.

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JUNE 29, 2017

Within 12 to 24 months the next generation of VR hardware will hit the market with major improvements in terms of both quality and price. We need to fund projects today so that when the next generation of hardware is released we have a deep library of amazing content ready to go.

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