UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

I grin for a moment thinking how much a seat like this would cost me in the real world before turning away from one of my childhood haunts and flinging myself into the sky and soaring between the familiar grey and brown buildings of Cleveland. This is Google Earth VR. Our Virtual World. This is not the real Mt.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 13, 2024

This is a period with many tech announcements: we had Meta telling about its Horizon OS, yesterday OpenAI unveiled the new GPT-4o, and today Google will hopefully unveil its Android XR operating system. Go to SideQuest Sponsored Area Do you need a virtual world? What a time to be alive!

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ARVR

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Immersive technologies like VR and AR have shown promising potential, but stayed relatively niche throughout the last years. However, the Covid-19 pandemic has forced people to change the way they work and entertain themselves. Users put on a headset and fully immerse into any kind of virtual world that is generated by the technology.

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ARPost

JULY 29, 2022

See Also: 5 VR Accessories You Need for the Next-Level Immersion. Designed for Oculus Quest and Oculus Go, this app aims to create a cozy family corner in the virtual world. The environment built by AlcoveVR creators is a modern and comfortable living room, in many ways similar to the one you have in the real world.

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VRScout

JULY 11, 2017

Google wants you to play with Blocks, this smartphone wants you to get rid of your headset, a new marketplace connecting content creators with funding, the price of the Oculus Rift is slashed, the investment & funding wrapup, and more… 1. GOOGLE WANTS YOU TO PLAY WITH BLOCKS. THIS SMARTPHONE WANTS TO MAKE HEADSETS OBSOLETE.

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ARVR

APRIL 27, 2022

Customer Behavior in the Metaverse According to Gartner 25% of people will spend at least one hour a day in the Metaverse for work, shopping, education, social media and entertainment by 2026. It’s a huge step to truly bridging the divide between the immersiveness of physical retail and the ease and convenience of shopping online.

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ARPost

JANUARY 29, 2020

Past attempts have been unsuccessful, such as Google Glass, due to reluctance and concerns over ethical issues such as privacy and security of AR glasses. Fast-forward a few years from the failing Google Glass, and now it turns out the popularity of smart-glasses has increased again, thanks to numerous new developments.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

AUGUST 1, 2022

The immersive and real-time aspects of a genuine metaverse may revolutionize a variety of human activities, including gaming, social interactions, eCommerce, entertainment, and e-sports. It essentially comprises VR headsets, smart glasses, and haptic technologies that where users can navigate digital worlds. The discovery layer.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 23, 2016

Honestly most of them haven’t even tried Google Cardboard. So trying to explain just how incredible and immersive it was to travel a full 3D space in VR with no restrictions was nearly impossible. Ever since i’ve had an incredibly hard time describing just how amazing it was to friends and family.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MARCH 29, 2024

The basic specifications of the glasses include a 12MP ultra-wide portrait camera, 1080px video resolution, live streaming mode for up to 30 minutes, 32GB of storage for videos and photos, 133-gram weight, custom-built speakers, five mics with immersive audio recording, Bluetooth 5.2

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Trenzi VR

JANUARY 10, 2024

Metaverse is a 3D virtual world where the virtual avatars of billions of people can live, work, shop, learn and interact with each other without moving away from their couch. Metaverse offers a more immersive and engaging experience. Gaming, Education and entertainment business can become important sectors for metaverse.

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Trenzi VR

JANUARY 10, 2024

Metaverse is a 3D virtual world where the virtual avatars of billions of people can live, work, shop, learn and interact with each other without moving away from their couch. Metaverse offers a more immersive and engaging experience. Gaming, Education and entertainment business can become important sectors for metaverse.

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XR Today - Big XR News tag

MARCH 6, 2023

The Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2023 in Barcelona, Spain, provided a premier backdrop for the immersive and emerging technologies industry. Many revealed new use cases for XR technologies, impressive virtual worlds, and upcoming enterprise solutions. The following recaps highlight the top news articles from last week.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 12, 2024

More info Dreamscape becomes Dreamscape Immersive Dreamscape has pivoted. The once LBVRE (Location-Based VR Entertainment) company has closed its venues in Los Angeles to focus on its VR educative program built together with Arizona State University. To underline the pivot it has also changed its name to Dreamscape Immersive.

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Road to VR

MARCH 30, 2017

The world’s most-visited theme park company, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Worldwide, dominates the charts, entertaining over 130 million people each year, more than double the attendance of the next largest company, Merlin Entertainments Group. DisneyQuest’s ‘Ride the Comix’ | Photo courtesy Dave Pape ( CC BY 2.0 ).

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 8, 2018

One of the largest industry events in North America, the Vancouver-based conference will spotlight how tech giants and startups are creating new ways to visualize and interact with virtual worlds. The VR/AR Global Summit is poised to bring together apps from different corners of the sector.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 13, 2023

Apple’s take on immersive technologies will also test the future of XR hardware solutions and their roles in the broader XR community through rigorous use cases. Following the event, several global executives from the immersive tech industry weighed in on the device. Brian Meaney , Head of Product, Alteon.io

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

AUGUST 9, 2017

The event is organized by The Virtual Reality Foundation, which is composed of many of the same people behind the Virtual Reality Los Angeles conference and startup Mindshow. The updated ceremony is planned to be a showcase looking at both virtual and augmented reality.

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ARVR

MARCH 9, 2022

As for Virtual Reality (VR), it’s a complete immersion into a virtual world, shutting off the physical world entirely through special VR devices like HTC Vive, Google Cardboard, and Oculus Rift. Virtual Reality is used for entertainment purposes like games and in more serious fields, like healthcare.

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Bernard Marr

JUNE 28, 2022

Virtual Reality – by definition, it isn’t real, right? So if it’s true that we will find ourselves increasingly living our lives in the virtual worlds and environments of the metaverse , will this end up cheapening what it means to be human? So, there’s plenty in it for celebrities and corporations – but what about us?

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AllThingsVR

MARCH 2, 2017

VR experiences welcome users into virtual worlds for education and entertainment purposes, immersing them into settings of the developer’s own design.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 19, 2016

broadband households claim to know little or nothing about virtual reality …but perhaps a new virtual reality segment on The Tonight Show with Tilt Brush Pictionary will help increase awareness. Available through the Google Play Store, the app allows users to navigate around the 360 degree content with their remote control.

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VRScout

JUNE 26, 2016

Samsung solidified its commitment to the virtual reality space with some big announcements that essentially add up to an end-to-end consumer VR solution. Samsung VR is now somewhat similar to the App Store or Google Play store in that it’s where you can find the latest content for virtual reality products.

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Ryan Schultz

AUGUST 17, 2022

As somebody who writes about social VR and flatscreen virtual worlds on this blog, with a popular Discord server packed with metaverse fanatics and a front-row seat on pretty much everything that has been happening in this space, let me tell you, the past twelve months have been a wild ride. The live concerts!

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 10, 2023

Only a few years ago, when extended reality solutions first started emerging in the market, many viewed them as a novel and consumer-focused. Companies quickly rolled out solutions for the entertainment and gaming landscapes, based on new, immersive technology, introducing us to a new age of digital media.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

By offering an immersive setting with a fully interactive experience, a shopper can see how a smart home/setting works and aid his or her purchase decision. [AN: ” VR would allow them to interactively see the change in an instant, something harder to do in a panoramic 360° view and dramatically less immersive. Sounds easy?

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Bernard Marr

OCTOBER 3, 2022

We use smart algorithms every time we search the internet, shop online, navigate as we travel, choose how we entertain ourselves, manage our schedules, and carry out countless tasks – both creative and mundane. In 2023, we can expect to see growth in the use of this generative form of AI across entertainment and business.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 6, 2019

VR just passed the thorough of disillusionment and is here to stay thanks to investments in the AR/VR market by Facebook, Google and Apple. Hyper-reality or mixed reality means creating a world around, it’s the merging of real and virtual worlds, where physical and digital objects interact with each other in real-time.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 11, 2023

Only a few years ago, when extended reality solutions first started emerging in the market, many viewed them as a novel and consumer-focused. Companies quickly rolled out solutions for the entertainment and gaming landscapes, based on new, immersive technology, introducing us to a new age of digital media.

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Ryan Schultz

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Most people, myself included, treated them as toys, mere curiosities (I entertained myself for hours making my Second Life and Sansar avatars “come alive” using WOMBO). AI is now being used to create virtual worlds, or “metaverses”, that are populated by digital avatars and objects that can be manipulated in real-time.

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VeeR VR

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Google Earth VR: bringing the whole wide world to virtual reality. With Google Earth VR, you can simply travel to anywhere no matter if you have time conflicts or financial difficulties, you can travel anywhere simply w. Entertainment VR Apps. You can achieve these unbelievable goals on VeeR VR Immersive.

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Hypergrid Business

DECEMBER 16, 2017

Virtual Worlds Grid gained the most land area, the equivalent of 964 standard region, followed by ZetaWorlds with 447 regions, 3rd Rock Grid with 231, Kitely with 221, and PMGrid closing the fifth spot with 48 regions. OpenSim is a free, open source virtual world platform that’s compatible with the Oculus Rift.

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ARVR

JANUARY 6, 2023

It has made significant contributions in various verticals such as entertainment, education, retail etc. Image credits SCAND Blog Virtual Reality (VR)  — It teleports the user into a completely immersive world that replaces the physical world. It had started gaining interest in the metaverse trend ever since.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

We already know that Google, Samsung, and Qualcomm are working on a competitor of the Vision Pro, which should be based on the Qualcomm Snapdragon XR Gen2+ and cost around $2000. So at the beginning of next year, we may have huge players like Apple, Google, and Meta battling for the high-end XR sector.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

Blogger Tom Ffiske, that writes on Virtual Perceptions, has decided to write a very good book about AR and VR technologies and it is becoming pretty popular on Amazon. It is called The Immersive Reality Revolution and I advise you all to buy it now! Facebook acquires Sanzaru Games. More info Buy it now! More info Buy on Steam.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 30, 2022

Promising a new and improved way for gamers to connect with the worlds they love, XR could represent a new frontier for entertainment. Tender Claws and Google ARCore. ARCore, built to empower creators to build their own game in the Google landscape, comes with all the tools and developers need to engage their audience.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 15, 2018

It is a set of very high-quality headphones that are able to offer truly immersive and spatial audio, with a unique feature that lets you blend the audio of the AR experience and of your real world in an optimized way. This is made through the filtering of some particular frequencies of the outside world, while letting pass other ones.

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