VRScout

JULY 31, 2018

A French company is using VR to create the next generation of educational space simulators. It was produced by Orbital Views , a virtual reality studio based in Paris, France, with a strong emphasis on research, science and education. Download the educational experience now via the Oculus Store, Viveport or Steam for $9.99.

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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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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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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 26, 2024

Haptx to Advance Research into Haptic Solutions for Visually Impaired Groups This week, HaptX gained a Phase 1 Small Business Technology Transfer program grant from the U.S. The research is not just targeted towards visually impaired groups but also aims to provide usage in work environments.

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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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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 4, 2024

Each firm in the partnership seeks to innovate in XR and volumetric capture use cases for enterprise and industrial environments such as education, healthcare, and engineering. Even Sony, which focuses on providing XR solutions to media groups, also dabbles in providing solutions for other clients in construction and beyond.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 27, 2016

In 2016 they teamed up with Samsung to simulate an in-game basketball experience for the Rio Olympics. In addition to all of that, they’ve been working with various YouTube creators to educate and explore new capture techniques using Google Jump. Two Bit’s Jake Sally taking someone through the Samsung Olympic experience.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 11, 2022

The groups have cited automation, income gaps, and others as challenges to marginalised communities, and the partnership’s scholarship hopes to boost representations for such demographics with corporate sponsorship to prepare the next generation of talent. .” XR Initiatives Build Roadmap for DE&I Talent.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

With the enormous influence in the XR industry, VRTUOLUO has set up dozens of industry communities (such as the Industry Executives Association, VR Game Developers Community, VR Education Community, Financing and Investment Community, Offline Entertainment Group, etc.) VR games suffer from the same problem.

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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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VRScout

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Samsung’s incubation program, called the C-lab, has backed developer education since 2012, and the C-lab program will be showcasing four of their prime VR/AR projects in Barcelona at the Mobile World Congress this week (remember that now-iconic Dystopian photo of Mark Zuckerberg strolling through a crowd of oblivious VR headset-wearing journalists?

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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.” A special announcement from Ricoh. VR/AR expert and futurist Charlie Fink. Attendees can sign up for Circuit Stream’s workshops when they register for VRLA.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 2, 2017

The portability and affordability of mobile VR is inspiring developers from all walks to create games, educational apps, or even productivity software for the platform. Finwe Ltd is a Finnish company that was founded in 2006 by a group of research scientists and the company’s focus is on high-quality mobile software.

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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.” Passes are available now and start at just $30, and for the first time ever attendees can register in VR via the official Payscout VRLA Registration 2018 app.

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ARVR

AUGUST 28, 2020

These experiences, that you get to virtually feel, hear and see, are not just cool and exciting but they will also help revolutionize industries like healthcare, education and automotive. Many of us wish that we could spend all day just gaming especially when we have the right gaming devices.

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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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Cats and VR

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Whether its advances in medicine, manufacturing, retail, or education, so many industries stand to benefit from these new technologies. As women founders do you feel that VR has offered new opportunities for women and other underrepresented groups to find a place in tech? Hence, our focus on games at Virtro. And how has it?

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Many companies and enterprise XR end users are leveraging the platform for the industrial metaverse, gaming, education, design, and engineering may face the incoming fees. Renato Andrade, Senior XR Product Designer, Samsung R&D Institute (SIDIA) , posted his thoughts on the changes, gaining him over 20,000 impressions on LinkedIn.

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NVidia VR

MARCH 2, 2022

The Green Planet AR Experience’s mission is to inspire, educate and motivate visitors toward positive change by showcasing how plants are vital to all life on earth. Using NVIDIA RTX and CloudXR , the creative team elevated the AR experience and delivered high-fidelity, photorealistic virtual environments over a 5G network.

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VRPlayin

AUGUST 28, 2018

Samsung in Korea, for instance, has the l argest credit card company and a top of the line medical center ( 3x hospitals + research center). The experience: part educational, part cooperation, part silly. The dominant trend among young adults is to strive to get a job at one of the existing megacorps and work there until they retire.

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VRPlayin

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

VRPLAYIN GROUP EVENTS. Basically this is what happened to me in Japan, luck would have it though that I already owned a Samsung Galaxy S8 and was reasonably happy with it, despite having my mind blown by the Galaxy S9 that the pop-up space was promoting. Until the re-match… fun! VR for Added Value.

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NVidia VR

MARCH 2, 2022

Natural, Immersive AR Over 5G — It’s a Stream Come True The Green Planet AR Experience’s mission is to inspire, educate and motivate visitors toward positive change by showcasing how plants are vital to all life on earth.

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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

JULY 7, 2017

And don’t forget that UploadVR has a Steam community group , complete with a curated list of recommendations so that you don’t have to waste any money finding out what’s good in the world of VR. Apollo 11 VR Mobile, from Immersive VR Education. Time to get stuck in. Recommendation: We’re not too sure about this one right now.

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Robert Scoble

MAY 15, 2021

New 3D services for things like music, fitness, education, and more. Samsung has started putting UWB chips into their devices but they don’t have the M1 chip sitting next to these things, so Samsung is way behind and, really, who will buy an entire house full of stuff from Samsung? A new 3D audio service.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

APRIL 28, 2017

And don’t forget that UploadVR has a Steam community group complete with a curated list of recommendations so that you don’t have to waste any money finding out what’s good in the world of VR. If you missed last week, you can see those new releases here. Worth it for the price if you like the wit. Titans of Space Plus, from DrashVR.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 19, 2020

And given that name, it is legit to think tha t the device is tailored to be distributed in educational settings (schools, etc…). The headset, dubbed “VR Classroom 2” should feature: Snapdragon 835 reference design 4K total resolution 75Hz framerate 64GB onboard storage + SD Card slot. From the specs, it seems a good VR viewer.

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Road to VR

JUNE 19, 2018

Successfully combining educational value with an entertaining, playful presentation, The Big Table is a VR laboratory that teaches many fundamental chemistry concepts, aimed at students aged 13 to 17. SEE ALSO HTC's New Vive Focus Headset Locker Aims to Put VR at the Forefront of Education in China.

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VeeR VR

APRIL 10, 2018

Alan's business has worked with companies like Samsung, HBO, Techweek, Microsoft, Comcast, and many more. CEO and Founder of the Emblematic Group, one of the world's leading virtual reality experience agency. Sabarish Gnanamoorthy. Sabarish is a 14 year-old Virtual Reality & Augmented Reality developer. Nonny De La Peña.

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ARPost

JULY 30, 2020

Companies are beginning to incorporate the technology into solutions across various industries, including healthcare, sports, education, tourism, and the automotive industry. Juniper Research named two distinct groups of vendors leveraging hearable technology to add value to premium audio products.

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VeeR VR

DECEMBER 6, 2017

FIVARS is a presentation of VRTO – Toronto’s virtual reality meetup group and think tank. Samsung Developer Conference (SDC) Date: October 18-19, 2017 Venue: Moscone West, SanFrancisco, CA, USA Besides the events mentioned above, you can also find local VR events to attend by searching on Meetup.

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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. August 2016.

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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…). It’s too much time that I hear this rumor, and Samsung teased that it was interested in a headset mixing AR and VR, that is exactly the main topic of this reference design.

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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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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 27, 2019

— it was the Samsung GearyVR at the time. 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. ” Sam: Yeah, you’re right. And this year was like a really discombobulated and disjointed spacecraft.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 27, 2019

— it was the Samsung GearyVR at the time. 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. ” Sam: Yeah, you’re right. And this year was like a really discombobulated and disjointed spacecraft.

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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. Alan: I love things that bring a wider education or social aspect to it like that, bringing a focus to Hispanic heritage. Sam: Yeah, you're right.

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