Road to VR

JULY 2, 2018

HTC is reportedly laying off 1,500 employees in its Taiwan manufacturing division, something Bloomberg’s Taipei bureau chief Samson Ellis reports to be around 22% of HTC employees. HTC has been in financial difficulty for the past few years, with stock prices falling since their all-time high in 2011. controllers.

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AUGUST 30, 2018

Oculus recently announced the’ll be expanding their educational pilot program by donating Oculus Rift and Oculus Go headsets to a number of educational institutions across Taiwan, Japan, and Seattle.

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JANUARY 29, 2017

There are a handful of major players already cutting their teeth in VR including Google, Sony and Samsung; but the two titans sitting at the top of the heap are Oculus and HTC. Our big question today is this: when it comes to VR, are Oculus and HTC the respective Apple and Microsoft of the industry? Oculus/Apple .

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Peter Graham

JANUARY 28, 2020

Moving from entertainment, he now covers the major developments VR is having in shaping the future Education Technology scene. Yet again, the biggest presence of VR at the show was from Avantis – the company had powered into VR and was one of the first to offer educators a dedicated package.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

In the end, the time has come: Oculus has officially revealed the name and the price of the Santa Cruz headset. Its name will be Oculus Quest and will cost $399. I followed today’s OC5 conference via Facebook streaming only for this moment and Oculus has not disappointed my expectations. ” and he has satisfied us.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

We’ve seen various flavors over the years such as Microsoft Virtual Earth 3D , and of course Google Earth and Street View. Speaking of Google Earth, its VR edition is an immersive dive into 3D cities around the world. One question that arises from all of the above is if Realworld can compete with Google Earth VR.

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OCTOBER 5, 2016

You could argue that Google joined the VR platform wars with the introduction of its Daydream View mobile headset yesterday, but the company really doesn’t see it that way. Google thinks its worth the compromise. “I have a Rift, I have a Vive, I’m going to have a PlayStation VR,” the exec said.

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ARPost

JULY 16, 2020

Winners from the past three events include Oculus Rift and Quest, Google Tilt Brush, HTC VIVE Pro, and the Vader Immortal series. AIXR , the organization behind the VR Awards, is an international, independent, non-profit organization dedicated to growing the XR sector through professional development and general education.

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DECEMBER 8, 2016

The collective includes Google, HTC Vive, Acer Starbreeze, Oculus, Samsung, and Sony Interactive Entertainment. While seeking to educate consumers, governments, and industry about VR’s potential, the association wants to get ahead of challenges with developing and deploying the technology responsibly.

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ARPost

APRIL 22, 2022

The XRA is an industry organization founded by Google , HTC VIVE , Microsoft , Oculus , and Sony Interactive Entertainment. This has particularly frightening implications in settings like education, and health and wellness. About the “Thinking Ahead About XR” Report. Economic Issues. “If

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Their site also posts educational and informative articles relating to the world of MR, AR, and VR technology. This year’s 70+ person judging panel included academic professors and researchers as well as representatives from Google, HTC, HP, Deloitte, NVIDIA, Apache, and others. VR Lifetime Achievement. VR Film of the Year.

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ARVR

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

We’ve seen various flavors over the years such as Microsoft Virtual Earth 3D , and of course Google Earth and Street View. Speaking of Google Earth, its VR edition is an immersive dive into 3D cities around the world. How Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR) can transform Education 3. But its advantage is also its drawback: VR.

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ARVR

JUNE 27, 2022

Be it decreasing training costs and risks, reaching unreachable worlds, educating more effectively, boosting sales or increasing traffic at events. COVID also helped professional implementation of VR which is closer to the real experience than Zoom, Google Meet or Teams. Content ?—?that’s that’s the most important part. size headset).

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Peter Graham

AUGUST 5, 2019

Today, the XRDC has released its fourth AR/VR Innovation Report , and for the first time creator interest has shifted away from HTC Vive towards Oculus Rift. In the 2018 report, 41 percent of developers said Oculus Rift. 30 percent of respondents said Oculus Rift, while 28 percent said Oculus Quest.

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MARCH 7, 2017

Powered by social platform High Fidelity , up to 100 total HTC Vive and Oculus Rift users will be able to join the live Q&A virtually, and select attendees of the virtual session will be able to speak directly to the cast or even participate in VR games with their favorite Ranger.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

But in China, they are very famous, and now they are also organizing a big event about XR called FBEC with hosts from all the major VR companies (HTC, Unity, Alibaba, Huawei, etc…). Since Meta made the acquisition and took over Oculus, VRTUOLUO began to write original and in-depth articles on the XR industry.

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MAY 10, 2017

Very rarely do we get a completely candid look into the exact sale and download numbers, typically having to collect scatterings of information to create an educated estimate. Google Daydream: 170,000. HTC Vive: 95,000. Oculus Rift: 64,000. And is it worth it for me to buy now? PlayStation VR: 375,000.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 14, 2016

HTC’s China Regional President of Vive, Alvin Wang Graylin, took to the stage at the Unity Vision Summit in Asia this week and made a series of bold predictions for where we’ll see VR in the next two years. Education becomes major VR growth driver. SEE ALSO Oculus Chief Scientist Predicts the Next 5 Years of VR Technology.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 7, 2018

The experience was created using that material from the BBC archive, and is a co-production between BBC Northern Ireland and Immersive VR Education, in partnership with the BBC VR Hub, which has been steadily ramping up its production of immersive content under the leadership of Commissioning Editor Zillah Watson. One can hope.

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DECEMBER 4, 2016

Sony is followed by Facebook (the Oculus platform) and Google (Day Dream, Card Board, Tilt Brush, etc.); And HTC is close behind with its high-end headset, Vive, thanks to its partnership with Valve and the very popular Steam platform. Tagged with: facebook , market share , oculus , sony htc. VR or VRn’t?

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DECEMBER 9, 2022

We’ve already begun to see galleries and museums creating their own augmented reality and virtual reality experiences, designed to educate and enlighten people anywhere. The flexible Oculus environment has already become the platform for a range of virtual museum, gallery and concert experiences hosted around the globe.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Google’s real-time face and body tracking; Source: Google. Consistent gripes have been field-of-view, nausea from sensory deprivation, and no true practicality though there has been an increased usage in remote training, education, and communication in recent years. Full-Body Tracking.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Oculus Quest. More than 60 Oculus developers have reached $1M+ revenue. ” Total Quest Games Reviews Have Exceeded Oculus PC Reviews in Less Than Two Years. The total count of game reviews on the Quest store have surpassed those of the Oculus PC store ( see chart ). Key Data Points.

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MAY 18, 2017

Before my demo at Google I/O, Google’s head of VR Clay Bavor outlined a series of caveats and expectations for what I was about to experience. The demo, according to Google, would reset after each journalist so the hardware would see the room fresh each time after each person donned the headset. WorldSense.

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VRScout

AUGUST 13, 2017

Along with categories that you would expect, such as gaming and entertainment, I was excited to see a category for VR education and training. I reached out to Steve Bambury ; Head of Digital Learning and Innovation at JESS Dubai , and asked him about his thoughts on VR education and training being recognized at the award ceremony.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Starting with its $2B acquisition of Oculus in the spring of 2014, Facebook has continued to build out its virtual reality strategy in a big way. This is a big partnership between the NFL and Google, and the remaining 8 episodes will be available on the Google Daydream content platform – launching later this month.

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ARPost

APRIL 11, 2023

Companies like Google, Microsoft, Lenovo, and Vuzix are developing smart glasses to enhance the AR experience. VR-Enabled Online Shopping Experiences VR creates an immersive visual environment, including 360-degree videos, photos, product demos, and complex experiences using devices such as the HTC Vive or Oculus Quest.

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ARVR

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

One-year price performance for MSFT, AAPL, GOOGL, SNE, and NVDA According to the latest report from Statista , the global augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) markets are rapidly growing and are forecast to reach a total of $72.8 How Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR) can transform Education 3. the year of AR glasses?

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 19, 2016

This is the museum’s first time utilizing VR as an educational initiative and is also one of the larger VR presences we’ve seen at a museum. Opened to the public for the first time late last month, the museum makes use of the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift headset to take you into space in an exhibit they are calling their “Holodeck”.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 16, 2020

Valve Index and Oculus Quest were on sale again. This week the Valve Index and the Oculus Quest have been put back in stock. Oculus and Valve have probably taken out all the devices they had in the warehouses so that to ship them before Half-Life: Alyx and the sale has been a big success. Other relevant news.

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OCTOBER 13, 2020

The XR Association is a non-profit 501(c)(6) trade association with members including Facebook/Oculus, Google, Microsoft, Sony, & HTC. They’re focused on general awareness and education,

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ARVR

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

It let you essentially fly around a city, sort of like Google Earth but in three dimensions. In fairness, Google Earth offers 3D features. In fairness, Google Earth offers 3D features. And Google Earth VR , lets users fly around cities in strikingly immersive ways. Trending AR VR Articles: 1. the year of AR glasses?

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FEBRUARY 23, 2017

This spin-off of the popular survival game is on the way to the HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, and PlayStation VR (PSVR) later this year. It’s not just an educational experience, though. The game will let you lean about each of these creatures at a central hub where you can also view holograms of them.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 9, 2016

The annual Proto Awards, set up to highlight and honour the best and brightest the VR industry has to offer, is over for another year, with Google’s Tilt Brush walking away as the overall winner. Lecture VR – Immersive VR Education Ltd. Pearl – Google Spotlight Studios. Apollo 11 VR – Immersive VR Education Ltd.

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ARVR

MAY 13, 2021

BigQuery from Google Cloud has many powerful features that allow users to view their data in real-time, providing continual up-to-date information to help guide business decisions. It integrates seamlessly with the Google Cloud AI platform and other tools like Data Studio. The device uses Google’s Cloud Healthcare API.

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VRScout

APRIL 13, 2018

Rikard Steiber, President Viveport and SVP of Virtual Reality, HTC Vive. Digital Deception’s Doug McKenzie and Ryan Oakes will be performing during VRLA’s Friday keynote. Friday keynote speakers include: Cliff Plumer, CEO, The VOID. Gary Radburn, Director, Virtual and Augmented Reality, Dell.

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JUNE 10, 2016

With regards to talent, Snapchat has been acquiring there in a big way as well, hiring people from Oculus, Hololens, Qualcomm, as well as a few designers who have created glasses for names like Michael Kors and Lady Gaga. Did Seebright just release the augmented reality equivalent of Google Cardboard?

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