Road to VR

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

The report cites people with knowledge of the project in addition to internal company documents shared with The New York Times. ” We know marketing fluff when we hear it, however the report maintains that “serious work” was started last year, predating the Meta rebranding late last month. .”

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 20, 2024

My early start with MR As you may know, I got started with passthrough mixed reality in 2019, far before Quest enabled the use of passthrough. So unless you crack the Quest firmware and its SDK, you have literally no way to get the passthrough from inside your application. It is only accessible on some enterprise headsets.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

It’s the beginning of the end for Oculus Quest and the start of the beginning for Meta Quest, as Meta (formerly Facebook) moves to erase the Oculus brand in order to bring its XR division more in line with its fresh brand identity. The name change is more than just getting rid of the Oculus brand.

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ARPost

JULY 7, 2023

Advances in immersive technology itself are opening up more nuanced and exciting applications for digital twins as fully-featured virtual artifacts, environments, and interfaces to the point that even experts who have been working with digital twins for decades are starting to rethink the concept. You have to get them to work together.”

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 13, 2021

If I had to choose the most common question I’ve received in these 4 years on the blog, social media, and Quora, I would surely pick “How do I get started with virtual reality?” How I got started with virtual reality. How I got started with virtual reality. The education.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 13, 2024

The full video of the interview Hello Alvin, let’s start this interview with something personal. And now the book is out , it’s nice to be able to get that message out and hopefully deliver some good. We also wanted to get out the story of the connection between AI and XR. So I think it’s all good.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 16, 2023

But doing any of that on Meta’s headsets means jumping through a fragmented landscape of different apps and different ways to actually get into the same space with your friends. As far as the interfaces and how you get in the same place with your friends, it’s different from app to app to app.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

As documented by Kent Bye , host of the Voices of VR podcast, many would-be concertgoers were unable to enter the event. 1/ THREAD covering the @Meta Quest Foo Fighters concert in VR, which had a horrible onboarding experience, the lobby crashed, & LOTS of people could not get in (see responses below).

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Upload VR

JUNE 22, 2023

The documentation does actually list "a virtual reality (VR) game" as an example use case of fully immersive experiences. According to that documentation, when you launch a VR app visionOS creates a 3×3 meter boundary centered on your head. If you move out of that zone, the VR app "stops" and you see real-world passthrough instead.

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Road to VR

JULY 28, 2021

.” According to Oculus, that means only its OpenXR SDK will receive “full support” (like QA testing, bug fixes, and up-to-date documentation). Once UE5 gets is full release, Oculus says that new VR projects for Oculus headsets built with UE5 will be required to use OpenXR.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Mitchell wanted to document those first steps, so he took a 360-degree camera to record himself as he wandered the near-empty streets of Hangzhou, China. The app will be available starting 2021. He wanted to use VR as a way to tell the world his story. . They will also be releasing a VR UHD content platform called FM360 app.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

This week started with Sam Altman returning back to the company , de facto making things return to normal after 5 days of plot twists. More info Get started with Apple Vision Pro development Unity has just released the tools to start developing for Apple Vision Pro and interested developers can already start experimenting with them.

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VRScout

JANUARY 1, 2021

Start the new year off right with these physically and mentally challenging experiences. Thankfully, 2021 presents a fresh start for all of us. Start 2021 off on the right foot with one of the following VR games and apps: SUPERNATURAL. Let’s be honest, 2020 has been an absolute nightmare. Platform: Oculus Quest/Quest 2.

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Upload VR

APRIL 16, 2023

The new WSJ report cites internal documents from Meta dated around October 2022, confirming that Beat Saber generated $255 million in lifetime sales by October 2022. If both reports are accurate, we could be starting to get a picture of just how many Quest headsets end up in disuse. Quest reportedly recorded 6.37

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ARPost

AUGUST 15, 2022

SDK documentation with conceptual guides, API reference, tutorials, samples, and more. To start creating 3D experiences and apps using ArcGIS Maps SDK for Unreal Engine, create an ArcGIS Developer account and download the ArcGIS Maps SDK for Unreal Engine plugin. Once installed, set up your Unreal Engine project and get an API key.

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Digital Trends

JANUARY 22, 2021

Here, we outline how to get started with the popular word processor, so you can create documents and collaborate. Google Docs is more than a novelty web app.

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ARPost

AUGUST 12, 2022

The visual interfaces provided by no-code bridge the gap between idea and workable application, allowing developers to get the products to market faster and with fewer headaches. App developers must define all entities from the beginning, making it difficult to start a project. Flexibility. Accessibility.

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Road to VR

JUNE 2, 2020

Cas and Chary VR is a YouTube channel hosted by Netherland-based duo Casandra Vuong and Chary Keijzer who have been documenting their VR journeys since 2016. Let me start by saying that this is my first motion simulator, so I don’t have much to compare it with except for some other motion sims I’ve tried at events.

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ARVR

AUGUST 11, 2020

Vuzix Blaze Smart Glasses), I was curious to know how can a developer who is passionate about Augmented Reality can get started with AR Glasses App development. Plus, if you are already an Android Developer you will be delighted to know that you can get started inside Android Studio. Is your Android Sense tingling?

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 24, 2022

My eyes desperately want to close and I will get some sleep after I finish this newsletter for you. A new concert starts every hour… have fun with it! The headset can be preordered starting from the first week of November for €899 + VAT, €600 less than the Quest Pro. Pico 4 gets its buzz in the West. Top news of the week.

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ARPost

MAY 24, 2021

Available through both Oculus Store , Steam , and Viveport for PCVR headsets, the experience has received mixed reviews, but if you look closely at the comments, most of the negative feedback revolves around the fact that the experience is incredibly short – 14 minutes from start to finish and that includes the credits.

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VRScout

JANUARY 2, 2017

Did you happen to get an HTC Vive this holiday season? Maybe you’ve been eyeing one but feel overwhelmed about where to start? And since “ViveGuide” is a living document, if you have critical feedback to share, be sure to share on the “ UPDATE ” page on Reddit’s r/Vive board.

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Upload VR

JUNE 21, 2023

The new software tools in the SDK for "Apple's first spatial computer" rely on eye, hand and voice input, and Apple says it is accepting applications for developer kits starting next month. The company says that starting next month developers who've been building 3D apps with Unity can port their work to the headset.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Actually, NVIDIA started developing both connectors together , but the UE one was developed much faster, probably due to the greater expertise inside NVIDIA. It will be released in beta before the end of the year , so Unity developers can soon enter the world of Omniverse and start creating scenes together with other professionals.

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ARPost

APRIL 24, 2020

The 60-page document was compiled by representatives from eight partners including infrastructure giant Deutsche Telekom, computing company Qualcomm, and a number of international organizations including AWE, and the VR/AR Association. For example, DT doesn’t get any more customers if someone decides to buy one VR headset over another.

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Tech Trends VR

AUGUST 21, 2019

By far the most common approach to medical device education is to have patients read documents describing the device and outlining the steps needed to care and maintain the device. With more complex systems, such as a peritoneal dialysis machine, document training will be supplemented with classroom and hands-on training with an expert.

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VRScout

AUGUST 30, 2020

ska raised $15K CAD through a Kickstarter campaign to begin documenting the difficulties women were facing when it came to their right to choose to have an abortion after witnessing the Polish government reduce many human rights and freedoms, including an outright ban on abortion. In 2018, Polish-Canadian VR filmmaker Joanne-A?ka

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ARPost

JUNE 22, 2020

Custom Boeing computers and controllers were required to make the training experiences as realistic as possible, according to documents Varjo shared with ARPost. You really get the presence of being in the environment,” Miller said in a Boeing release. This one feels like you’re there. Connie Miller with Varjo headset.

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Mashable VR

MARCH 31, 2022

But shopping for one can get overwhelming fast once you see just how pricey new laptops can be (on top of the sheer number of options out there). The good news is you don’t always need to break the bank to get a suitable laptop — there are plenty of affordable models out there for less than $300.

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ARVR

MARCH 26, 2021

The plugin lets you: Export the entire scene Export the selection Go to your AR-media Studio Account Bake the animations Export the animations AR-media 3ds Max Plugin and AR view on mobile Download the AR -media 3ds Max Plugin from the Autodesk App Store and start creating. Don’t forget to give us your ?? !

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 24, 2020

At the same time, today we’re sharing an early look at a new way for developers to distribute Quest apps starting next year. I was like “I’m too sleepy to get all these info together”… wow, too many things together! Oculus Go has helped VR in starting becoming mainstream, but now it’s time is over.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 6, 2023

So the two of us Antonys of the company (it’s interesting how the VR world is full of Tonys) started investigating how to do that, and after some trial and error, we understood what we had to do. Because the documentation talks about the Oculus button, but it doesn’t explain what happens when the button gets pressed.

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ARVR

JULY 13, 2020

I started doing this project as part of my VR developer course. In this project specifically I learnt how to document my work. Puzzler Rules Click the start button. Creating remote MR productions Sketches Below is a sketch I came up with before I started developing the game. The player will move inside the mystery room.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 15, 2024

We started this project from scratch in July 2022, and in this one year and a half, we have built a lot and obtained remarkable results: we collaborated with important artists like Armani White and Jean-Michel Jarre, won some awards, and one day we even reached the top place of the Pico Store.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 19, 2023

The artist behind the experience, Chloé Lee , greeted me and after having said me a few words about the experience, she started to put on me this strange jacket made of fabric. Chloé put a Quest headset on me and explained to me how to use the experience, then everything started. Since I like strange things, I decided to go in.

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VRScout

MARCH 6, 2017

VR is being put to use at Chris O’Brien Lifehouse with the help of Samsung Australia and Start VR. The project, spearheaded by Martin Taylor of Start VR, was designed to help alleviate stress for patients going through the physically and emotionally grueling process of chemotherapy treatment.

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ARVR

DECEMBER 8, 2022

What I didn’t address, was how to start developing these experiences from a practical development perspective. I’m currently in the process of writing documentation for an open source library I’ve created called Wrapper.js , which aims to easily allow developers to spin up Full Stack Web3-based applications.

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