XR Today - Virtual Reality

APRIL 19, 2023

Virtual reality combines hardware and software to immerse users in digital environments for numerous use cases, including learning, entertainment, therapy, and others. Visitors to the immersive space can receive medical attention, advice, and documentation in real-time with the help of real staff and virtual, AI-powered chatbots.

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VRWorld

APRIL 2, 2018

Big names like HTC and Intel made headlines this week, and even a Kickstarter project called CLOVR got a day in the limelight as well. HTC CEO believes that 5G can turn any compatible smartphone into a VR powerhouse. Intel is a big name in hardware, especially PC hardware. To find out why, keep reading! Source: VRFocus.

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Upload VR

AUGUST 26, 2022

The document released by Valve also serves as an outline of Valve’s technologies and history. Valve’s work on virtual reality also helped launch VR’s modern consumer resurgence, teaming with HTC for the original Vive in 2016 which brought room-scale hand-controlled VR to buyers before Facebook’s Oculus Rift.

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ARVR

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Documentation What is WebXR? ? WebXR is a JavaScript application programming interface (API) that enables applications to interact with augmented reality and virtual reality devices, such as the HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Google Cardboard or Open Source Virtual Reality (OSVR), in a web browser.? Developer Community ? Widget libraries ?

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

MARCH 29, 2023

For example, the industry relies on the following technology components: VR hardware – Medical practitioners and patients can use VR headsets, controllers, trackers, and other hardware solutions to interface with real and immersive environments. Despite suffering a burglary on Christmas day, the charity recouped stolen equipment.

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VRScout

APRIL 19, 2017

Since HTC Vive began shipping the Vive Tracker to developers earlier this year, we’ve seen everything from ceiling fans , fire hoses , and even cats tracked in VR. One of those developers is Master of Shapes , who unveiled their first Tracker demo at CES with HTC Vive.

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ARPost

APRIL 30, 2020

That means a hardware-agnostic platform open to a more diverse range of both users and developers. Simplified Documentation and More SDKs. However, a lot of the talk involved making their available SDKs and documentation easier to find and approach. “ We are always listening to our developers,” said Walia.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Valve is increasingly opening its SteamVR Tracking technology—that which powers the HTC Vive’s room-scale tracking—to the world. And now one of the final barriers to entry has been removed: anyone can buy the development hardware to begin building products with the tech. Four packs of 8 4in Flex Cables (32 cables total).

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 8, 2023

XR Today documents the rapid adoption of use cases and solutions from companies such as Lenovo, Moth+Flame, ENGAGE XR, Altoura, GigXR, and CGS. HTC VIVE unveiled enterprise-grade hardware and platforms on Thursday via its XR Elite Business Edition and Business+ solutions. billion USD by 2030.

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Ryan Schultz

JULY 18, 2022

I do plan to replace it with an HTC Vive Pro 2 kit sometime later this year, the same model I specified in my proposal for a virtual reality lab for the Libraries , a task which took up a significant chunk of my spring. Their decision to force a Facebook linkage to their then-Oculus VR hardware was ill-advised and poorly-received.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Magic Leap has quickly emerged as one of the major market leaders in the Augmented Reality hardware environment. The extensive documentation and guidance on the Unity platform is excellent for beginners too. A leader in all things virtual reality, HTC Vive has established itself as perhaps the go-to choice for VR among business users.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Global tech giants such as NVIDIA, Lenovo, Unity, Epic Games, HTC VIVE, and others have already entered the metaverse space race. This will also lead to companies using fewer resources for travel, documentation, repairing, and event planning. The Industrial Metaverse. Jobs for Metaverse Work.

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Road to VR

MARCH 14, 2017

This data can be used to help designers and manufacturers create new accessories that integrate with the Touch hardware. The new guidelines add to the existing Rift Accessories Guidelines documentation , which include sections for the headset, Audio Module and Facial Interface. Oculus has provided the ‘Touch Accessory Guidelines 1.0’

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 21, 2019

The video spends a good amount of time going through some of the finer points of platform-specific hardware such as ergonomics, viewing experience, and their individual motion controllers, all of which are important in its own right when thinking about which headset plays best with Half-Life: Alyx.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 7, 2022

One of the major market leaders in the XR accessories environment, Rebuff Reality focuses on developing enhanced solutions for existing VR hardware and tools. Among the most famous XR innovators on the market today, HTC VIVE offers a range of solutions for those interested in the benefits of spatial audio. Rebuff Reality. Magic Leap.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 20, 2024

What if you want to experiment with AI and MR and you don’t want to wait for Meta/Pico/HTC to provide access to the camera feed? Well, there are some (not ideal) ways that let you at least do some experiments: Use a headset that provides the access you want : some enterprise headsets give you access to the images the user sees.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 6, 2023

Many of the world’s midrange enterprise headsets like the Meta Quest Pro, HTC VIVE Elite XR, and Pico 4 Enterprise are priced well below $1,500. Meta even lowered the Quest Pro’s price to $1,099 after receiving backlash on its cost, with HTC VIVE pricing the Elite XR similarly. No mention of interoperability.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 16, 2020

Inside the box you find: 1x SenseGlove right 1x SenseGlove left 1x SenseGlove linkbox 1x power cable 1x USB connector cable short (2m/ 6.5ft) 2x USB connector cable long (3m/ 10ft) 2x HTC tracker mounts including screws 1x manual. This way your gloves are powered and can communicate with your PC; Setup of the HTC Vive system.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 13, 2020

We’ll continue to provide examples, documentation, and tutorials that will help developers to deliver native-quality applications in WebXR. The new WebXR standard not only unifies access to VR and AR hardware, but provides a way to improve the privacy and performance of web applications. Admiring a statue in Hello WebXR by Mozilla.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

HTC recently released a document ( PDF ) detailing how its upcoming Tracker is supposed to function. Owners of the HTC Vive who have the headset in their homes already will also benefit from extra accessories as well. The Trackers should be compatible with the base stations and headset already in the homes of HTC Vive buyers.

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Upload VR

OCTOBER 24, 2022

The official Oculus Developers Twitter account announced the release with an illustration from the documentation showing a user’s full body pose being tracked. Body Tracking API was released on Thursday as part of Movement SDK, which also includes Eye Tracking API and Face Tracking API for Quest Pro.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 9, 2016

In official documentation, the company says that the camera can track you up to 9.8 Rearranging furniture is something users of first-gen VR hardware know a lot about. HTC and Valve ask folks to do it for the Vive. This system works well a lot of the time, but it also has its limitations. That’s not the same thing.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 30, 2021

Together with the update on the hardware, Facebook has also released a software update for Quest : the v32 version of the runtime brings some improvements to Oculus Move, on Friends management, and makes gifting a game now possible from within VR. FCC documents disclose some details of Project Aria. News worth a mention.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 30, 2023

Varjo, Lenovo, HTC VIVE Additional hardware offerings, including the Magic Leap 2, Lenovo’s ThinkReality VRX, HTC VIVE’s Flow and Focus 3, and Varjo’s Aero and XR-3 offer a trove of specifications. Smart glass wearers can receive instruction with videos, images, documents, and real-time 3D (RT3D) assets.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

This way you can exclude some hardware failure. Otherwise, contact HTC support to have your Vive fixed (good luck with that). This confirmed that I had some problems with SteamVR installation and was not a matter of hardware. Header image by HTC). If then everything works, you’re fine. Otherwise, go on.

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Ryan Schultz

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

Over two days this week, I set up two new pieces of hardware in my office at the University of Manitoba Libraries: a brand new desktop personal computer with a high-end graphics card, and a new virtual reality headset tethered to it.*. An HTC Vive Pro 2 headset, bought last month to replace my work Oculus Rift.

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Road to VR

MAY 16, 2017

SEE ALSO A Look at NASA's Hybrid Reality Astronaut Training System, Powered by HTC Vive. In March, Valve announced that the course is no longer required for licensees because the documentation has been dialed in well enough and the tools have been refined enough that people can pick it up and get the work started up on their own.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 25, 2020

Well, on another website, I’ve been able to find someone that reading some Apple’s documents has found pictures of strange colored circular tags that may act as QR Codes for Apple devices. My friends at 7Invensun and HTC have organized a contest to develop VR applications featuring eye tracking. HTC announces Vive Pro Secure.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 4, 2016

Lighthouse is Valve’s system that provides the ‘room-scale’ tracking capabilities of the HTC Vive and it’s motion controllers. Documentation. More than a year ago, the company said they planned to expose the inner-workings of the system and allow third-parties to create compatible peripherals.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 7, 2019

HTC Vive Cosmos will work with Vive Wireless Adapter. This week, HTC has not made another big reveal about the Vive Cosmos, so we’ll still have to wait to discover more about its price and its features. It’s more a logistic thing internal to HTC, so I think most of us can not care about this :D. Other relevant news.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 30, 2023

Varjo, Lenovo, HTC VIVE Additional hardware offerings, including the Magic Leap 2, Lenovo’s ThinkReality VRX, HTC VIVE’s Flow and Focus 3, and Varjo’s Aero and XR-3 offer a trove of specifications. Smart glass wearers can receive instruction with videos, images, documents, and real-time 3D (RT3D) assets.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 12, 2019

If you are curious about all possible states, check out the official documentation. Below the device are clearly visible the hardware IPD adjustment slider and the volume adjustment buttons. It also provides hardware IPD adjustment and a system to accommodate people with glasses. Oculus Quest Right View.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 5, 2018

HTC Vive Focus is one of the most famous standalone VR headsets. I have always been intrigued by this device, since the first time I’ve read about its reveal at an HTC event : I don’t know why, maybe because of the azure color that is my favorite, maybe because it looks so informal. It was funny. Upper view of the device.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 16, 2021

Vive Focus 3 has an expensive cooling system that can keep the Snapdragon XR2 cold enough to perform its operations at the best temperatures (Image by HTC Vive). A final notice goes to the fact that this headset wins the price for the weirdest things I have found while reviewing a piece of hardware. Production quality. Weeeeeird stuff.

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Doc-Ok

DECEMBER 19, 2018

It’s been more than two years since the last time I posted set-up instructions for Vrui and HTC Vive , and a lot has changed in the meantime. The Vrui VR development toolkit is distributed as tarballs ( gzip -compressed tar archives) containing source code, documentation, other resources, and build scripts. While Vrui-5.0

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

APRIL 4, 2024

This could enable Meta to generate a valuable income source and services for its XR hardware ecosystem, competing with Apple’s Vision Pro offerings. Thanks to the time and capital invested by Meta, the industry took slow but careful steps towards what audiences have today: a growing choice between major XR hardware vendors.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 31, 2019

I had the pleasure of participating to the “VR Visionaries” event in Kaohsiung and then I headed to Taipei to meet some XR companies (like HTC ) and people. While for the Mainland, I always need to fill a lot of documents. I think that it’s a great piece of hardware: the 3D effect is solid and the colors are very good.

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