VRScout

NOVEMBER 26, 2016

Weekend Downloads is part of our weekly update to bring you the latest additions to the Samsung Gear VR and Oculus Rift. Oculus is also offering a $100 Oculus Store credit when you purchase a Rift from Best Buy, Amazon, and Microsoft in the US and Canada. We are kicking off Thanksgiving weekend with a ton of new content.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 16, 2023

I don’t know for whom this is “affordable”, maybe Tim Cook, Bill Gates, or people that have sold both kidneys… More info Microsoft completes the acquisition of Activision-Blizzard After many months of legal disputes, Microsoft has finally received the green light to acquire Activision-Blizzard.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 6, 2016

WebVR is gaining significant momentum; last month the biggest players in the browse space came together to discuss the future of VR on the web at the W3C Workshop on Web & Virtual Reality. WebVR is an evolving foundation for delivering virtual reality directly from the web.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 21, 2021

The entire community is completely getting crazy for it and you must download it from SideQuest, and try it out. More info (SideQuest VR download page) More info (Launch blog post). Together with this piece of news, Bloomberg also reported that PSVR 2 will feature an OLED display manufactured by Samsung. Absolutely not.

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Hypergrid Business

DECEMBER 18, 2016

An industry group and individual vendors are working to fix the problem of incompatibility across multiple virtual reality content hosting, distribution and advertising platforms. In short, publishers’ virtual reality content, once published on any virtual reality platform, could also be accessible through all web browsers.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

This week I’ve anyway found the time to enjoy the artistic piece Finding Pandora X and to work on organizing my session at the Virtual Reality Day (more on this later on in this newsletter). But honestly, I expected a bit more … it’s a bit weird that Microsoft hasn’t solved its biggest pain point yet. News worth a mention.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Only mobile VR browsers can boast having both 360 playback and WebVR in the same build currently.

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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! So many memories… who was there already in VR with me?

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VRWorld

FEBRUARY 10, 2018

Virtual reality (VR) produces a computer-generated environment–complete with realistic sights, sounds and other sensations–which a person can explore by wearing a special kind of headset and, in some cases, using certain props. Samsung Gear VR (with controller). Photo by Samsung. from Samsung.

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Peter Graham

JANUARY 25, 2020

Videogame engine Unity has supported the XR industry from the early days of virtual reality (VR) through to the current crop of augmented reality (AR) hardware. and beyond, it’s now: ARKit, ARCore, Microsoft HoloLens, MagicLeap, Oculus, Windows Mixed Reality and Playstation VR. Affecting Unity 2019.3

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 19, 2020

Microsoft admits display problems on HoloLens 2. Microsoft negated the issue, but now, after continuous reporting from users, it has been forced to admit it. That’s a great win for the XR community, also because after having acknowledged the issue, Microsoft will have to work in actively solving it. Some cool stuff to see.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Before leaving you to the news of the week, let me just tell you two things that may interest you: If you missed them, don’t forget to read my predictions about augmented reality and virtual reality in 2022; This Thursday at 5 pm CET AWE Nite Florence comes back! Some updates on Meta products.

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VRWorld

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

The long-awaited (especially with men population), next Swimsuit Edition of Sports Illustrated is going to be its most immersive experience, as the spread is set to become available in VR, including on Windows Mixed Reality. To watch Behind-the-Scenes of Swimsuit 2018 VR you have to download the LIFE VR app, free for iOS and Android.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Besides that, it is also hiring key figures to make this AR dream a reality : the operating system project will be supervised by Mark Lucovsky, a former Microsoft engineer who co-developed Windows NT. Talking about smell in Virtual Reality, the names of the companies working in the field were mostly two: VAQSO and FeelReal.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 23, 2019

This is very intriguing: Oculus has just finished announcing its full line of first generation Virtual Reality headsets (Go, Rift, Quest) and now it has to start talking about its next generation. At the same time, it has already officially stated that it is working on augmented reality glasses. I think it summarizes everything.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

In my opinion , the true error is with the Vive 1 , that will get a price that is higher than the one of all the competitors… and that will cost as much as a Samsung Odyssey, notwithstanding its far lower features. Vive Focus comes to the west. Me while trying the Vive Focus with Alvin Wang Graylin. Oculus is going to found big games.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Microsoft’s Windows 10 ‘Fall Creators Update’ is available for download today, making the operating system compatible with its line of Windows “Mixed Reality” VR headsets, which coincidentally are arriving on doorsteps and store shelves starting today too. Samsung HMD Odyssey.

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VeeR VR

OCTOBER 11, 2018

It is the world’s first all-in-one gaming system built for virtual reality, which distinguishes itself from other standalone. Developer(s) : Mojang, Microsoft Studios , Sony Computer Entertainment. Platform(s) : PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows. Microsoft Windows Mixed Reality. Publisher(s) ?: ?Ninja

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Cats and VR

MAY 1, 2017

Award-winning independent game studio HappyGiant and Tippett Studio today announced their ground-breaking augmented reality game HoloGrid: Monster Battle has made the transition to virtual reality , and is coming out on the next-generation Samsung Gear VR. USD (regularly $4.99

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 26, 2019

Co-founder Jinha Lee developed pioneering AR interfaces at MIT, Microsoft, and Samsung and then also showed them at a TED talk. Our guest today, Jacob, has also been a partner at Samsung NEXT. And when Jinha finished up at Samsung, AR had sort of started catching on in earnest. Jacob, welcome to the show.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 26, 2019

Co-founder Jinha Lee developed pioneering AR interfaces at MIT, Microsoft, and Samsung and then also showed them at a TED talk. Our guest today, Jacob, has also been a partner at Samsung NEXT. And when Jinha finished up at Samsung, AR had sort of started catching on in earnest. Jacob, welcome to the show.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 26, 2019

Co-founder Jinha Lee developed pioneering AR interfaces at MIT, Microsoft, and Samsung and then also showed them at a TED talk. Our guest today, Jacob, has also been a partner at Samsung NEXT. And when Jinha finished up at Samsung, AR had sort of started catching on in earnest. Jacob, welcome to the show.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 14, 2017

Just recently, in the last few years, I founded a company called CastAR, where we’re making AR glasses that allow you to blend virtual graphics with real-world objects on your table. Three times the size of virtual reality, goes their prediction. Above: Microsoft’s HoloLens in action. Image Credit: Microsoft.

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XR for Business Podcast

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Verizon’s XR development lead, TJ Vitolo, dreams of a day where he can download an entire TV series in an instant, or visualize info about the entire world with AR glasses, even living in a connectivity dead zone by the beach. And our team manages the technical-- technology side of virtual reality. Alan: Yeah, the Metastage.

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XR for Business Podcast

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Verizon’s XR development lead, TJ Vitolo, dreams of a day where he can download an entire TV series in an instant, or visualize info about the entire world with AR glasses, even living in a connectivity dead zone by the beach. And our team manages the technical-- technology side of virtual reality. Alan: Yeah, the Metastage.

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XR for Business Podcast

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Verizon’s XR development lead, TJ Vitolo, dreams of a day where he can download an entire TV series in an instant, or visualize info about the entire world with AR glasses, even living in a connectivity dead zone by the beach. And our team manages the technical– technology side of virtual reality.

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XR for Business Podcast

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Verizon’s XR development lead, TJ Vitolo, dreams of a day where he can download an entire TV series in an instant, or visualize info about the entire world with AR glasses, even living in a connectivity dead zone by the beach. And our team manages the technical– technology side of virtual reality.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

I think the three-degrees-of-freedom [3Dof] sets — like the Go and the Samsung Gear VR before it — are very well-suited for video viewing, that sort of thing. And actually, one of the companies we just invested in, they do virtual reality training for heavy machinery. Certainly for the time being, at least.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

I think the three-degrees-of-freedom [3Dof] sets — like the Go and the Samsung Gear VR before it — are very well-suited for video viewing, that sort of thing. And actually, one of the companies we just invested in, they do virtual reality training for heavy machinery. Certainly for the time being, at least.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

I think the three-degrees-of-freedom [3Dof] sets -- like the Go and the Samsung Gear VR before it -- are very well-suited for video viewing, that sort of thing. And actually, one of the companies we just invested in, they do virtual reality training for heavy machinery. Certainly for the time being, at least. Alan: Absolutely.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 23, 2020

After having written my predictions for virtual reality in 2020 , let’s see what will be the trends for this year in augmented reality. A worker wearing HoloLens 2 (Image by Microsoft). Let me be very honest: I’m not expecting that much from this year in augmented reality.

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XROM

JULY 18, 2021

Billion & mind you i haven't added the overall population of #asia.Ignore us at your own risk #facebook #microsoft & the curators of those lists. Most people know Xu due to his dispute with American virtual reality company Magic Leap. However, in June 2020, a U.S. 20- Renji Bijoy. 23- Kathryn Yu.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

After having written my predictions for virtual reality for this year , it’s time for me to dig into what is happening in the next months in augmented reality. Didn’t work (Image by Microsoft). Microsoft has already a valuable AR product. AR games and experiences. Sounded good.

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