Road to VR

MAY 18, 2016

Google’s newly announced ‘Daydream’ promises to raise the bar for virtual reality on Android compared to Cardboard. We also see Google’s new VR controller reference design in action, which allows gesture-based interactions within the virtual world.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 10, 2023

It’s been another interesting week in immersive realities, so let’s see what happened in our field in the past few days! Top news of the week (Image by Google) Samsung XR headset may have been delayed The new rumor in town is that Samsung has delayed its upcoming headset that it is building in partnership with Google and Qualcomm.

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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

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Assuming you aren’t actually hosting Thanksgiving, undoubtedly the easiest VR systems to lug around would be the selection of mobile VR headsets currently on offer, namely Google Daydream and Gear VR. The original PlayStation VR Demo Disc | Photo by Road to VR. Google Earth VR. Fruit Ninja VR. Oh, and definitely play Moss.

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Cats and VR

JANUARY 17, 2018

WEARVR.com, the web's leading independent virtual reality app store, is launching a brand new competition aimed at seasoned virtual reality developers, which challenges them with updating their original Oculus Rift DK1 and DK2 demos, games and experiences and bringing them back for the latest Oculus headset.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 12, 2019

This was a bit the philosophy of Google Daydream View, that was the first headset employing this kind of materials. And when you have finished it, you have immediately 5 demos of games that are waiting for you. When I demo the Quest to people, everyone loves it. User Experience. And the reason is mostly one: the content.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 16, 2024

In the meanwhile, in physical stores, clerks are preparing to provide demos during the launch weekend of February, 2nd. The most affected by this “restructuring operation” is the “1P AR Hardware” team, the one working on augmented reality devices. This does not mean that Google is not still committed to AR, though.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 26, 2023

You can access it at this link: [link] ) Top news of the week (Image by Microsoft) Microsoft kills Windows Mixed Reality Microsoft has decided to pull the plug on the Windows Mixed Reality platform , the one of the WMR headsets by Acer, Asus, HP, Lenovo, and Samsung which were the first to introduce inside-out tracking in the VR ecosystem.

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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. With high performance VR motion controllers right in the box, the system offers a highly immersive experience that lets you physically walk around a room-sized space while immersed in virtual reality. Find an HTC Vive Demo Location.

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InstaVR

JULY 8, 2019

The best way to learn though is to reach out to our sales team for a demo (contact at instavr.co) or sign up for a Free trial on our web site. There’s two ways to publish to Android — In-House (self-distribute) or Store (via Google Play). For Google Play Store, we’ll create a.apk file and.obb file.

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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). Mozilla and Google are the major players in enabling WebVR through the Firefox and Chrome browsers.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 22, 2023

More info (Quest 2 mosly out of stock) More info (VR had a great Black Friday in UK) More info (Quest 2 selling much better than PSVR 2) Pico 5 has been canceled, Pico 4 Plus not After last month’s layoffs, it seems that Bytedance is totally changing its plans related to virtual reality.

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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. What a time to be alive! It seems that most of the rumors are aligning on the launch of an Apple Vision Pro 2 in 2026–2027.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Playstation 4 GranTurismo Sport VR Bundle comes with a physical copy of the game, a PSVR headset, a PlayStation Camera, and an updated version of the PSVR demo disk with 13 different demos to play. To that effect, Walmart is offering a $300 Walmart Gift Card with qualifying Samsung devices on Verizon or AT&T. More VR Deals.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

But will it be enough to attract would-be Jedi to the augmented reality side of the Force and keep them there? ” Engadget’s report was much less damning on the software side, saying the Lightsaber demo was “really fun and immersive experience, and I liked the haptic feedback I got whenever I blocked or took a hit.”

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 11, 2016

Market researcher SuperData scaled back its virtual reality forecast for 2016, particularly after a disappointing launch of the PlayStation VR headsets. Oculus will hit 355,000; HTC Vive will be 420,000, and the Samsung Gear VR on mobile will be 2.3 During 2016, she estimated that Daydream VR would sell 261,000 in 2016.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 4, 2018

HTC has maybe been the virtual reality company that has shown the most interesting things at this MWC. Samsung S9. Samsung has released its new flagship phone: the Samsung Galaxy S9. I think that Samsung has realized that releasing a copy-paste new device each year had little sense and so kept the previous edition.

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VRScout

JUNE 9, 2017

Apple finally talks about VR while taking a (very solid) swing at AR, Walmart will use virtual reality to train employees, you can grow better weed with AR + AI, and Q1 VR headset sales…. APPLE TAKES A (VERY SOLID) SWING AT AUGMENTED REALITY. APPLE ACTUALLY TALKS ABOUT VR. WALMART PARTNERS WITH STRIVR LABS FOR VR TRAINING.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 23, 2023

More info (CREAL announcing its new lightfield innovation) More info (Video showing the technology in action) Samsung acquires eMagin Samsung has just acquired eMagin, an American manufacturer of OLED microdisplays for AR/VR headsets, for $218M.

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VRScout

APRIL 13, 2018

Special announcements from Intel, with Kumar Kaushik, GM, Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality. Rikard Steiber, President Viveport and SVP of Virtual Reality, HTC Vive. Gary Radburn, Director, Virtual and Augmented Reality, Dell. YouTube star Vsauce3 (aka Jake Roper). A special announcement from Ricoh.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 5, 2016

October was such an important month for the virtual reality and augmented reality industry. 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. So what’s next? and many places worldwide. and Canada.

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Upload VR

JUNE 6, 2023

Augmented Reality. In 2014, Facebook acquired Oculus and planted a flag in virtual reality. What does it mean, then, that Apple planted its flag in augmented reality? Companies like NVIDIA, Samsung, Google, Lenovo, HP, and Acer sought portions of underdeveloped systems, and VR's winter was harsh to many.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 25, 2016

You can enjoy the full audio recording below: In this weekly VRScout Report wrapup, we cover the pulse on PlayStation VR, USA Today’s parent company premieres VR news show, the NBA to stream 1 game/week in virtual reality with NextVR, Google wants YOU, investment & funding wrapup, and more… PLAYSTATION VR: TAKING THE PULSE.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 21, 2021

New Technology Walkers (NTW) has released on SideQuest a free demo of HitMotion: Reloaded, a fitness XR game that was already one of the launch titles of the Vive Focus Plus. Together with this piece of news, Bloomberg also reported that PSVR 2 will feature an OLED display manufactured by Samsung. MEGA-GIGA NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

I’m sorry about that, but it’s still a miracle I’ve managed to write it… Top news of the week (Leaked image from Samsung video) Samsung is back to XR with Google and Qualcomm The big news of the week is that Samsung is back to XR. This is huge because we know that Samsung is able to always deliver good hardware.

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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! Iron Man VR demo has been released! It would be very intriguing….

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 22, 2016

And then on October 19th and 20th, there was a historic W3C Workshop on Web & Virtual Reality where all of the major VR players gathered in San Jose to hash out the WebVR web standards for delivering VR and AR applications over the web.

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Hypergrid Business

JANUARY 3, 2017

More than 70 virtual and argumented reality companies will showcase their products, innovations and demos at CES 2017, starting this Thursday in Las Vegas. Dacuda and ZEISS will be showcasing the world’s first mobile room-scale virtual reality system that uses standard mobile phones on the ZEISS VR One headset.

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VeeR VR

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Virtual Reality (VR) film has seen tremendous growth recently. Available on Google Cardboard. This is a just a small demo of what iClone can do! to bring James Wan's The Conjuring 2 right into your living room - "Experience Enfield" is an exciting and unique virtual reality experience. Reallusion.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2020

The demo has been showcased on a PS5, but Epic Games has confirmed that it can work the same on a PC powered by an RTX 2070. Regarding VR, Epic has also said that most tech demos of UE5 will work with PC VR as well. Samsung terminates its XR services. Regarding mobile VR, instead, well, no (at least not at the beginning).

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

I’m also a huge fan of all of the Google Jump cameras [such as the Yi Halo]. It functions reliably and the Google Jump stitching platform is truly game-changing. We shot the demo reel for the camera’s release and it has been really wonderful to watch the stitching improve since it launched. It’s also priced very fairly.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Produced by the same company responsible for the popular Develop:Brighton conference, Develop:VR is drawing top VR creatives from across the UK to share insights learned from the rapidly evolving virtual reality landscape. Develop:VR Presentation: The Future of Stories in Virtual Reality.

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Delight XR

AUGUST 7, 2022

Virtual Reality is here to stay Virtual Reality (VR) invites you to explore alternative worlds as if you’re actually there. Simply take your smartphone and a headset and discover virtual spaces, games, and much more. Samsung Gear VR. Google Daydream View. Google Cardboard. Oculus Rift.

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Road to VR

APRIL 26, 2018

Special announcements from Intel, with Kumar Kaushik, GM, Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality. Rikard Steiber, President Viveport and SVP of Virtual Reality, HTC Vive. Gary Radburn, Director, Virtual and Augmented Reality, Dell. YouTube star Vsauce3 (aka Jake Roper). A special announcement from Ricoh.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

The 2017 Game Developers Conference (GDC) and accompanying Virtual Reality Developers Conference (VRDC) are right around the corner. 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. But beyond that, what about the news?

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 1, 2023

We Repeat: The Metaverse Is Not Dead Inbar’s avatar told audiences that augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) technologies were “no longer buzzwords,” but had become “an integral part of our daily lives.” Many have hosted panel discussions, demos, and presentations for the three-day event.

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ARVR

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

For example, a user could point a camera at areas of their city to see what it looked like ten years ago from an archive of Google Maps. link] AR DEVELOPMENT FOR ANDROID DEVICES: ARCORE In an effort to stay competitive, Google has pushed ARCore far to remain one of the most versatile AR development platforms in the world.

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