Road to VR

MARCH 9, 2018

Created by Seattle-based Polyarc Games , Moss is an artfully crafted adventure that seems to have gotten a lot right on its first try. Quibbles notwithstanding, Moss first captured hearts and minds from its demo, which is featured in the PSVR Demo Disc 2.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

Seattle’s annual PAX West 2016 gaming convention starts tomorrow with VR once again expected to have a significant presence. PAX West returns to Seattle this September 2-5 at the Washington State Convention Center, and this year, virtual reality will be more prominent than ever. Resident Evil 7 “Kitchen” Demo.

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Tech Trends VR

MAY 29, 2018

Go ahead and call me weird, but of all the Mixed Reality demos I did at this year’s Build, the one I found most fun had me repairing an electric panel.

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VRScout

JULY 21, 2016

Working out of a modest two-story house tucked away in a historic Hollywood neighborhood, Christian Bretz is giving me a demo of his Stonehenge VR experience, just days before he has to pack up everything and make the journey to the Pacific Science Center in Seattle. Bretz is one of those new breed of VR creators.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

In addition to the keynote talks, there will also be smaller breakout sessions throughout the day and an exhibit hall with upwards of 40 companies demoing their work. Last Year’s conference. The conference has attracted the attention of venture capital firms who will again be participating in a ‘shark tank’ inspired event.

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Peter Graham

AUGUST 25, 2019

There was plenty of VR being demoed and with so many companies making immersive content there’s no shortage of industry jobs available. Seattle, US. Seattle, US. Seattle, US. Slough, UK. Developer Relations Engineer. Click Here to Apply. Vive International BD and Sales manager. Click Here to Apply. Birmingham, UK.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Road to VR went hands on with AxonVR’s haptic skin technology in a demo at this year’s IMMERSE Summit. The demo was similar to the one featured in AxonVR’s video with the exception of the thermal feedback system (which was not present at the time). The most impressive part of the demo was when I got to place a virtual deer on my hand.

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OCTOBER 19, 2016

Even if you live in Seattle, buying tickets to PAX West can be expensvie and if you live in Los Angeles, you still need to be part of the industry to even gain access to events like E3. There will be over 40 games to demo, live music, food, and more. Unfortunately, cost and access is a big barrier to entry for a lot of people.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

Road to VR got a brief sneak peak at Accounting while at this year’s PAX West in Seattle, and it is as hilarious as you would expect. This angry little character (voice acted by Justin Roiland), and many others throughout the demo underscored how big of a role dialogue plays in Accounting.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

I took a short break during my time at PAX West this year to checkout VREAL’s new streaming platform at their office in downtown Seattle. After the golf demo we went back to the lobby and then hopped into a tower defense game. During the demo, I was also introduced to VREAL’s new virtual camera feature.

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Peter Graham

AUGUST 27, 2019

At PAX West 2019 in Seattle later this month the studio will offer visitors a new demo to play, where they’ll be able to team up with a friend via a co-op treasure hunt mode. Stormland is gearing up to be one of the biggest VR titles of 2019 and certainly impressed VRFocus when demoing an early preview in 2018.

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HaptX

DECEMBER 19, 2019

SEATTLE, WA – HaptX, the leading provider of realistic haptic technology, announced a strategic partnership with Advanced Input Systems along with a Series A financing round of $12 million. In a widely publicized demo, Jeff Bezos described the system as “really impressive” and remarked that “the tactile feedback is tremendous.”.

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MARCH 6, 2017

It was just a simple tech demo but once my brain started getting accustomed to this new capability, I made a game out of seeing how quickly I could eliminate all the bottles by throwing the orb, recalling it the moment it collided, locking eyes on the next target and then immediately throwing it again.

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OCTOBER 30, 2016

Three veterans of first-person shooter games have formed Drifter Entertainment , a Seattle-based virtual reality game studio. After working on the Bullet Train demo , I am doubly excited to work on immersive VR games,” said Davis, in an interview with GamesBeat. “We The founders include Ray Davis, Kenneth Scott, and Brian Murphy.

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VRScout

AUGUST 15, 2016

One of the most memorable demos that debuted at the recent VRLA conference, Mindshow is a platform being developed by Los Angeles-based Visionary VR (who also happen to be the people behind VRLA). SEIZE THE SPOTLIGHT WITH MINDSHOW. DEEPOON WRANGLING LARGE-SPACE MULTI-USER MOBILE VR EXPERIENCES.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2017

At a press briefing in Seattle this week, as reported by Gamasutra , company founder Gabe Newell teased what it was working on in VR right now, and shared thoughts about where he thought the tech would go in the near future. That doesn’t mean short tech demos, that means three actual games.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 13, 2016

Axon VR Haptics – $5.8M : based in Seattle, WA and San Luis Obispo, CA, Axon VR garnered the biggest investment ever in a haptics company. A reporter from The Information has published a contrarian view of the supposedly-revolutionary technology – which has been recognized by investors as so advanced that it has garnered $1.4B

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AUGUST 11, 2017

The creators hail from the Vancouver area, just a three or four hour drive across the border from Seattle-based Valve, and when they took a trip down to Valve’s offices in the summer of 2015 they got a look at an early HTC Vive with controllers that brought hands into VR. It was a moment that changed their lives.

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VRScout

JUNE 10, 2016

In related news, the consumer version of the HTC Vive is now promised to be shipped within 72 hours of ordering as well as additional retail availability and demo locations. In a clear Google snub, you can view Facebook 360 photos with a Gear VR… but not with Cardboard.

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Tech Trends VR

MAY 8, 2018

Live from Seattle, Tech Trends scoops up all the tastiest bites from the #MSBuild2018 developer’s conference. “We We need to ask ourselves not only what computers can do, but what they should do,” said Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella in his opening keynote at Build. The era of the intelligent cloud and intelligent edge is upon us Click To Tweet.

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VR Playhouse

MAY 27, 2015

Out of the four shots I did that weekend, I screwed up three of them, but the one shot I got right, we stitched, color corrected, and added sound to, creating a fully immersive experience as my demo. Now, after a brief rest in Seattle, I’m off to shoot Yellowstone, Grand Tetons, The Badlands, and The Apostle Islands.

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HaptX

DECEMBER 20, 2018

The HaptX Gloves Development Kit debuted on October 3, in New York City at Future of Storytelling and in Seattle at the GeekWire Summit. We also demoed to astronauts at NASA. This new industrial-grade system offers the most realistic haptics experience to date. It was exciting to see them love our stuff as well.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 26, 2019

Co-founder Anand Agarawala sold his previous startup, BumpTop — a 3D physics multi-touch desktop — to Google, and also demoed this in a TED Talk. Jacob: People are always like, “BS — there’s no way” So the demo we did at Microsoft Build on-stage with Satya was live; a fully-live demo of everything we did.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 26, 2019

Co-founder Anand Agarawala sold his previous startup, BumpTop — a 3D physics multi-touch desktop — to Google, and also demoed this in a TED Talk. Jacob: People are always like, “BS — there’s no way” So the demo we did at Microsoft Build on-stage with Satya was live; a fully-live demo of everything we did.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 26, 2019

Co-founder Anand Agarawala sold his previous startup, BumpTop -- a 3D physics multi-touch desktop -- to Google, and also demoed this in a TED Talk. And it's because most demos -- in VR and AR -- frankly, are not that useful, and they wouldn't really generate particular impact for an enterprise or any given organization.

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VeeR VR

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Seattle International Film Festival Date: May 17 - June 10 The Seattle International Film Festival is the largest film festival in the United States, with more than 155,000 people attending each year. Follow YVRFF on social media.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 16, 2019

What better publicity could a VR company ask for, than to have an Avenger demo your product in prime time, on one of the most-watched talk shows in America? My favorite thing to do was work with all the other hardworking folks in our Seattle office and New York office, who were running around doing demos at conferences and events.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 16, 2019

What better publicity could a VR company ask for, than to have an Avenger demo your product in prime time, on one of the most-watched talk shows in America? My favorite thing to do was work with all the other hardworking folks in our Seattle office and New York office, who were running around doing demos at conferences and events.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 16, 2019

What better publicity could a VR company ask for, than to have an Avenger demo your product in prime time, on one of the most-watched talk shows in America? My favorite thing to do was work with all the other hardworking folks in our Seattle office and New York office, who were running around doing demos at conferences and events.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 31, 2019

And I think one of the things, as a company that has done thousands of demos, that’s always the problem; you put a VR headset on somebody, and heh… I don’t know how they ever do it. ” Alan: I can’t tell you that the number of Hololens demos where people just can’t figure out just the simple click thing.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 31, 2019

And I think one of the things, as a company that has done thousands of demos, that's always the problem; you put a VR headset on somebody, and heh. Alan: I can't tell you that the number of Hololens demos where people just can't figure out just the simple click thing. I don't know how they ever do it. Alex: Right. Alex: Yeah, oh God.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 31, 2019

And I think one of the things, as a company that has done thousands of demos, that’s always the problem; you put a VR headset on somebody, and heh… I don’t know how they ever do it. ” Alan: I can’t tell you that the number of Hololens demos where people just can’t figure out just the simple click thing.

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