Tech Trends VR

OCTOBER 4, 2018

A French company is creating beautiful educational space simulations in VR. It was produced by Orbital Views, a Virtual Reality studio based in Paris, France, with a strong emphasis on research, science and education. It’s therefore not surprising that they were awarded “Best Education Experience” at this year’s GDC in San Francisco.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

You will also be able to stream your virtual experiences in the Samsung Gear VR to Facebook Live before the end of this year, so stay tuned for more information on that angle. Speaking of education and VR… the U.S. Department of Education just announced a $680K prize for new VR/AR experiences. Also… is Facebook making a phone ?

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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…). For example, we invited senior executives from HUAWEI, JBD, HTC, Alibaba, iQIYI, Qualcomm, Microsoft, and so on.

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VRScout

APRIL 13, 2018

VRLA also revealed that Saturday’s keynote will feature a live performance by Light Balance, the captivating dance group from “America’s Got Talent.” Rikard Steiber, President Viveport and SVP of Virtual Reality, HTC Vive. A special announcement from Ricoh. VR/AR expert and futurist Charlie Fink.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 5, 2024

This week saw Microsoft, Google, Samsung, Qualcomm, Meta, and Sony move to optimize their product offerings and business operations. Shahram Izadi, Vice President of AR at Google , notes how Android ecosystem support will enable developers to collaborate with Samsung and Qualcomm to drive the future of immersive and spatial XR.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 13, 2016

The tracking system leaves something to be desired, with two sensors that track only 180 degrees of motion (as opposed to the laser-powered Lighthouse tracking system from the HTC Vive, which tracks in full 360 degrees). HTC VIVE LAUNCHES VIVE STUDIOS. SAMSUNG AND VICE PARTNER FOR 360 DOC RE: SYRIA. MONEY & FUNDING.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 25, 2017

MIT is partnering up with Bayview Labs and early stage VC firm the Seraph Group to launch a new accelerator dedicated to “Playful Technologies” such as VR and AR. It will also have input from the VR@MIT group, a student organization on campus dedicated to fostering VR/AR entrepreneurship at the institution.

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Road to VR

APRIL 26, 2018

Saturday’s keynote will feature a live performance by Light Balance, the captivating dance group from “America’s Got Talent.” Rikard Steiber, President Viveport and SVP of Virtual Reality, HTC Vive. Friday keynote speakers include: Cliff Plumer, CEO, The VOID. Gary Radburn, Director, Virtual and Augmented Reality, Dell.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

In April, we opened the doors to the first Upload Collective in San Francisco, a hub for VR and AR startups, development, co-working, education, meetups and even live broadcasting. Samsung starts off the month debuting its VR Internet browser for Gear VR, becoming the first to offer a VR browser. December 2015. January 2016.

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InstaVR

JANUARY 3, 2019

We’d just seen the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive get wide releases, and Gear VR was seeing strong usage thanks in part to Samsung bundling the headset with new phones. 2018 was a transition to more and more groups within companies using the technology. Putting on a VR headset was no longer a novelty.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 21, 2020

I forecast a big growth in the enterprise usage of VR headsets, both 3DOF (mostly for marketing and education) and 6DOF ones (for prototyping, training, etc…). If you think about it, in the last period, the great years that we remember for headsets are 2016 (Rift CV1, HTC Vive) and 2019 (Oculus Quest, Valve Index).

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XROM

JULY 18, 2021

He heads the institute’s efforts to evangelize its education by incorporating emerging technologies & platforms, through development labs setup in partnership with global technology giants. Kai holds several International Business director positions in VR educational companies and VR, AR hardware companies. 7- Alvin Graylin.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 2, 2019

It will continue developing its AR platform for the future glasses, and educate its users, through ARKit. Samsung itself has stated that it is very interested in developing a future headset that is able to deliver both AR and VR. And Apple doesn’t want to launch a technology that seems a gadget for nerds and has an apple on it.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

APRIL 28, 2017

Gear VR on the other hand is taking an approach similar to the HTC Vive in that there is a lot of content all of the time and it’s hard to sift through it all. This takes the original Titans of Space , which is still one of the best educational sci-fi VR experiences out there, and adds more content plus more controller options.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 15, 2019

We plan to go online with it on Amazon or Netflix and present it like that, and then have it be an additional thing that maybe Netflix or Amazon has on their platform in the Oculus or HTC. And they had great group that they'd assembled, but sadly, if they don't constantly push the envelope with media, you can't stay in business now.

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VeeR VR

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Projects must be viewable via Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Samsung Gear VR, or Google Cardboard. Fictional and non-fictional, live-action cinematography and CGI are all acceptable as long as they are compatible with mobile HMD's such as Samsung Gear VR. The festival mainly focuses on VR narratives and documentaries.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 4, 2016

We started seeing the first Oculus and HTC headsets this year. But something like the Samsung Gear VR, we don’t know how much it gets used, but at least you have the capability. We did a deal with the Disney group, including all the studios owned by Disney — Marvel, Lucas, ABC, Disney Nature, there are 13 or 14 of them.

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

With iPad it’s clearly just a user-hostile decision to try to sell each family member their own, as the functionality exists in the business and education version of iPadOS. At a comfortable viewing size, the legibility feels somewhere between a 1440p and 4K monitor. This is a watershed moment for VR-style headsets.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 13, 2016

Then hopefully we’ll see other groups joining us. Above: VR Funhouse is a series of mini games for the HTC Vive virtual reality headset. There’s an enormous capacity coming from the VR developer community not only for gaming and entertainment, but also for health care, manufacturing, education, travel, real estate.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 27, 2019

— it was the Samsung GearyVR at the time. And they took regular HTC Vive Games, which only need a 10×10 space. Alan: I love things that bring a wider education or social aspect to it like that, bringing a focus to Hispanic heritage. it was the Samsung GearyVR at the time. It’s two sensors and the headset.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 27, 2019

— it was the Samsung GearyVR at the time. And they took regular HTC Vive Games, which only need a 10×10 space. Alan: I love things that bring a wider education or social aspect to it like that, bringing a focus to Hispanic heritage. it was the Samsung GearyVR at the time. It’s two sensors and the headset.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 27, 2019

I remember in, oh man, it must be 2015/16, Coachella livestreamed 360 content to VR headsets and I believe it was pushing to the -- it was! -- it was the Samsung GearyVR at the time. And they took regular HTC Vive Games, which only need a 10x10 space. Sam: Yeah, you're right. And if you look at it, it's not very sexy.

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